Chlout's Acorn of Velikaya


(Photo by Karen Ramstead)


"ACORN" -- (DOB: 5/21/2007)

 From the get-go, we've resisted calling this dog Astro, after Earl and Natalie's Astro. He is certainly a ringer color wise and build wise for Astro but is smaller than Astro. Acorn is a 45-47lb. dog.

For Earl and Natalie, there had to be good reason why Astro was a cornerstone in their program, both performance and breeding. For Acorn, we looked at him as a pup and all we could say was, "could it be?". I kept/keep looking for holes in this fellow and comparisons are always at best relative to their time period. Though we haven't been able to really speed train at our new location due to the type of long hills we have, I've had him carry an average speed of 17.9 mph in a 12 dog team going 8.4 miles and while that may not be fast, considering our trail, that is what I call, "cuttin'-a-rug".  AND Acorn does not ever appear to under any performance stress. As far as speed goes, he was easily on the towline in multiple occassions during the same outing running "long" down hills at 22 mph and occassionally slightly over. So, we do not consider Acorn a fluke and think of him as a pretty darn good dog.

 Compared to Astro, don't know, all relative to their respective times in the sun. Suffice to say, Acorn is one hec of a dog. And one day perhaps I would like to think of him as Astro but he might be better and the nut the squirrel takes home today and tomorrow better than the one from yesteryears.

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-- View Astro's 10 Generation Inbreeding Report


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