“Mythical Creatures Litter”, Loka x Boone, Born June 22, 2019

Birdsboro Umber “Loka” x Ch Scanpoint’s Boonesborough JH “Boone”

Loka is our solid liver girl, who is a granddaughter of Claypond’s Saba “Ansa”, our Scandinavian import. Loka is 55 lbs. Ansa is still the picture of health at 11 years old. The other side of her pedigree is made up of Birdsboro dogs, as well as another well known dual Pointer kennel. Loka’s mother is Birdsboro Anika “Neva” and her father is Birdsboro Mr Jones “Stache”. Her parents are both 8 years old and in great health (as are all of their littermates).

The sire of the litter (via frozen semen) is Ch Scanpoint’s JH “Boone”. He was our first Pointer, and an absolutely amazing specimen of the breed – in conformation, hunting ability, health, and temperament. He placed in the American Pointer Club Specialty Field Trial multiple times. He was an avid and strong swimmer and a good retriever. Boone was a once in a lifetime dog.  But, above all, he was a gentleman in every sense. We have been fortunate to be able to keep puppies, grand puppies, and even great grand puppies out of Boone. They continue to carry that impeccable Pointer temperament we have grown to insist on in our line. Boone lived to be 13 1/2 years old, and comes from a line of many long lived Pointers. We know this line forwards and backwards, and have been so pleased with the consistency in it.

Loka’s hips received an OFA Excellent rating.  Boone’s OFA hip rating was Good.  

As far as colors, statistically we should get and even proportion (1/8) of every color, including solids. Even with these statistics, if you are hoping for a solid black female… there is only a 1 in 16 chance of that! And as we have learned from past litters, statistics are just that and anything is possible. For this reason, we ask families to be very flexible on color (and ideally gender if you are hoping for a particular color). If you are interested in Pointer Coat Color Genetics, click on this link. Loka is a bbEe liver. Boone was Bbee. 

UPDATE: Loka had 9 beautiful puppies of a variety of colors. The litter was so amazing, that we at Birdsboro kept four puppies for ourselves.

Birdsboro Umber “Loka” (dam):

Loka at 3 years old
Loka at 3 years old
Loka at 3 years old
Loka with our youngest son. She is just a week younger than him.

Ch Scanpoint’s Boonesborough JH (sire via frozen semen):

Boone as a young dog (approximately 2 years old), being stacked by a fellow breeder.
Boone was an amazing hunter. He was a natural and taught me everything I needed to know.
Boone was a great dad. Here he is with his son Birdsboro Tom Sawyer JH “Garrett”.