A VISIT WITH LITTLETOWN PEKINGESE

A VISIT WITH
LITTLETOWN PEKINGESE
S
o here we are, four years older
and sometimes not so much
wiser.
For those of you who
did not see my previous
OE kennel visit, I am Jan
Sugden of Littletown Pekingese in British
Columbia, Canada. I have had Pekes since
Dec. 1994, and then only by default as
I was interested in Bichons, not snappy
little lapdogs. For the full story, please see
the Dec. 2007 OE, or my website www.
littletownpekingese.com/oebreedervisit.
html or www.littletownpekingese.com/
history.html. We have bred and/or finished
20 champions at Littletown since our start
in May 1997. We are a small hobby kennel
and all the dogs live in the house with us.
Below is Littletown’s story since
Dec. 2007:
The year 2008 got off to a promising
start. BPIS Ch Littletown Rhapsody’s
Rockette (sire BISS AmCh Windemere’s
Tonic on the Rocks, dam Ch Littletown’s
Bohemian Rhapsody) had been bred to
Joy Thoms’ Ch Windemere’s Reflection In
White. In Jan. 2008 she produced a male,
Littletown’s Reflection In Silver, who went
to a companion home, and a female, Ch
Littletown Rockette Reflection (Lexy),
shown to her title exclusively by my friend
and handler, Charissa MacDonell from
Alberta.
In June, 2008 Windemere’s Hi Fashion
(Wendy), from a repeat breeding to
Littletown’s Casblanca Casanova (Nova),
produced a singleton litter, Littletown’s
Rhett Dragon (Rhett, a white), named
after the vet who saved his life. Although
Wendy’s temperature never went down
and she never went into labour at all,
suddenly I just knew she was in trouble.
My regular vet was closed that day so I
rushed to the closest vet I could find. He
was able to save the puppy and told me
Rhett had been only minutes from death
when I arrived. Rhett is now in Michigan
and just needs his majors to finish his AKC
championship.
By Janice Sugden
Littletown’s Dreamtime Moonglow pictured here with my grandaughter Caitlin
Ch Littletown’s Goodfella, aka Peshi pictured here with Mel Senko
But then disaster struck. In a single year,
I lost my beloved first Pekingese, Poppy
(at age 15), my alpha male Ch Akarana
Rover’s Red Rogue (RJ, at age 13), and my
16-year-old Siamese cat SooSoo, who died
in my arms.
Time stopped and the sun went out,
particularly after Poppy’s death. She
was not only my first Peke, she was my
constant companion and my favorite bed
dog. She had been with me through so
much that I honestly believed she would
be there for me forever.
After she was gone, it didn’t
seem to matter any more
that there were no puppies
and no shows. Despite
the changing seasons, I
experienced only dark,
empty days of everlasting
winter. My bed felt utterly
empty because Mar Ju’s
Oreo Dream Littletown (Cookie, now age
12) developed arthritis and could rarely
manage to jump into bed. I finally allowed
Littletown’s Champagne Sparkle (Layla)
to be in my room after she came back from
Alberta with 6 points. It took a long time
for me to truly let her into a corner of my
heart. But thankfully even the darkest
winter does not last forever. The dense fog
into which I had fallen lifted bit-by-bit,
and slowly I became able to work on my
kennel again.
In early 2009, I bred Littletown Nova’s
Dreamdancer (Sasha) to Ch Littletown’s
As Time Goes By (Tic Toc). Sasha
whelped three lovely boys. Ch Littletown’s
Dreamtime Firedance (Specs, a silver) was
shown by Charissa and Shannon Grabbil
and then finished by me. He achieved
several Best of Breed wins and a group 4
placing. Littletown’s Dreamtime Starfire
(Shadow, also a silver) went to my friend
Rachel Braxton of Chownese Pekingese,
NC and is now major pointed. Littletown’s
“TIME STOPPED AND THE SUN WENT OUT,
PARTICULARLY AFTER POPPY’S DEATH.
She was not only my first Peke, she was my
constant companion and my favorite bed dog.”
Ch Littletown’s One More Time, aka Victor
Ch Littletown As Time Goes By (Tic Toc), Sire: AmCh Windemere’s Heres Lookin’at You, Dam: BPIS Ch
Littletoewn Rhapsody’s Rockette
Dreamtime Moonglow (Shimmer, a white)
is pointed after being shown by me and
by my granddaughter Caitlin (age 12, but
sometimes it seems she’s going on 30).
In spring 2009 Charissa used her
MBPIS Ch Lionheart James Dean on
my Ch Littletown Rockette’s Reflection,
(Lexy) and we had a lovely litter of two
girls, Ch Littletown’s Indian Summer,
Summer, (co-owned by Charissa), who
finished her championship easily with
several BPIG and Group placings, and
Littletown’s Hot Summer Nights (Sonja)
retained by me. Sonja did well in puppy
sweeps but is not too fond of the show ring.
In early 2010 I bred Littletown’s
Champagne Sparkle (Layla) to my Ch
Tic Toc, and in April she produced a
lovely singleton cream female, Littletown’s
Champagne Bubbles (Sparkle). Sparkle is
a lovely bitch but absolutely HATES the
ring. I’ve never had one quite like her;
“Tasmanian Whirling Dervish” describes
Littletown’s Hot ‘N’Wild aka Paris
her perfectly! I think she will best serve us
in the whelping box.
In fall 2010 Summer was bred by
Charissa to Arlon Duit’s Am Can Ch LonDu Don Quixote. She gave birth to three
stunning males at Littletown. BPIS Ch
Littletown’s Goodfella (Peschi, owned by
Charissa) and Ch Littletown’s One More
Time (Victor, currently in Italy) were both
shown to their championships by Charissa
and her partner Mel Senko. In the process
of obtaining his championship, Peschi
won several BPIG and two BPIS. I kept the
third boy, Littletown’s Timeless Tradition
(Fabio, a red). He is pointed although I
have shown him only a very few times.
About a month after Charissa bred
Summer, I bred Sonja to Tic Toc. Sonja
free-whelped five puppies; she delivered the
first one during supper in her crate almost
a week before they were due! I didn’t even
have the crib up yet. She delivered the
next one just before I finished making up
her bed. Two of the puppies were placed
into the same companion home: a female
sleeve, Littletown’s Summer Stardust
(Dusty), and a mini male, Littletown’s Just
a Second (Teddy). The other three puppies
are now lovely show bitches: Littletown’s
Mistress of Majik (Isis, a silver) is owned
by Charissa, and Littletown’s Hot ‘N’
Wild (Paris, a silver fawn) and Littletown’s
White Hot (Nilla, a paper white) were
both retained by me. We are hoping for
good show wins with them all. Nilla is
already pointed.
In fall 2010, I bred Ch Oakhill’s Sirtain
Fashionista to Tic Toc, and she had two
lovely boys in December, Littletown’s
Timeless Treasure (Simon, now called Li
Woo), owned by Adell Lantz, Lantzlot
Pekingese, and Littletown’s Timeless
Edition (Theodore), still owned by me.
Both Simon and Theodore are minis: Simon
weighs in at 8 lbs and Theodore at 7.5.
In late spring 2011, I bred both Layla
and Sonja to Kaesi Cook’s Oakhill’s Party
Like a Rock Star (Spike, a black), who was
at Littletown on an extended visit. Sonja
freewhelped first on June 21, producing
two fawns (one male, one female), two
silvers (one male, one female), and one red
female. Then on June 28, Layla freewhelped
two black males and one red female. I was
overwhelmed with two litters born only
a week apart! But Sonja and Layla coped
with the situation quite well, both feeding
each others’ puppies.
The three girls and two boys from
Sonja and Spike are coming along nicely.
Littletown’s Summer Jade (Jada), although
show quality, went to a companion home
in Winnipeg. Littletown’s Summer Solstice
(Solly), if he is not sold, and Littletown’s
Summer Sunshine (Skye) will be going
to Charissa to start their show careers in
early 2012. Littletown’s Summertime
Blues (Eddie) will follow if he is not sold,
and Littletown’s Summer Sunset (Evie),
a sleeve at 4.5 lbs., is now in her furever
companion home. Sonja’s coat is growing
back quite well, and I will try her in the
ring again in the coming year.
Layla’s puppies have all moved away
from Littletown. One black male,
Littletown’s Night Moves (Bobby), was
placed in a companion home to live with
Nova. The other black male, Littletown’s
Night Hawk (Hawkeye), was sold to my
friend Cindy Ward in Oregon, and he
Ch Littletown’s Indian Summer (Summer), Lexy’s Daughter
Ch Littletown’s Bohemian Rhapsody (Sweet
Pea), Sire: BISS MBISA Am Can Int Ch Weitoi
Seeker of Wisdom, Dam: PagodaPalace
Princess (Ptd)
may begin his show career in 2012. The
red female, Littletown’s Pink Champagne
(Stella), went to a companion home in
California.
I have recently bred Ch
Lexy to her grandson Fabio;
the puppies are due next year.
I believe they will produce
something really special.
The four photos on these
last two pages are of my bitch
line since 1999; as puppies.
They are very consistent:
My mentors all told me that
your kennel stands on the
quality of your bitches.
I’m still I’m planning to
do more showing myself this
coming season, if my knees
allow it. I might even get
some new jackets. I do wish
someone would invent a pin
brush to telescope me off
the ground at the push of a
button.
Thanks for visiting; I wish
a happy, healthy, prosperous
and winning New Year
to all.
Jan
Littletown’s White Hot (Ptd), ‘Nilla’ Sonja’s daughter
FLASH
PUPPIES
ARE HERE!!!
Arrived by C section
Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012
One blonde male,
one red female.
Lexy and babies all
doing well.
Littletown’s Hot ‘N’Wild. (Paris) also Sonja’s daughter