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Ch. Sylvan Hue and Cry
Hue started showing at 7 months with two majors under breeder-judges at supported entries. A few months later, a fence jumping accident left him with torn cruciate ligaments and the potential for permanent lameness at 12 months.
He actually was ready for sedation for a visiting ortho specialist to do surgery, when the specialist saw his radio-graphs for the first time and realized his growth plates had not yet closed, making him an unsuitable candidate for surgery. We took him home to wait for a few months and kept him confined.
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When the appropriate number of months had passed to retry surgery, Hue had recovered enough that we chose to continue the non-surgical course.
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Nine months passed, and Hue became sound enough to re-enter the ring, though not quite as perfect going away as he was originally. He completed his Championship in short order.
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Nine months passed, and Hue became sound enough to re-enter the ring, though not quite as perfect going away as he was originally. He completed his Championship in short order.
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His high energy and youthful ways were likely to result in re-injury on the acreage of our farm and hard running with his kennelmates, so we opted to get Hue into a safer home situation. In the summer of 2012, he joined the long-time Borzoi home of Wear and Emily Alexander in central Florida.
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Before he left, Hue sired a litter of two from Ch. Sylvan Nutmeg. Both Rafaella and Rubio finished easily, with daughter Rafaella winning Best Puppy at the 2013 National Specialty in an entry of ninety puppies.
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Littermate to:
GCHS Sylvan Silver Springbok
Ch. Sylvan Pewter Gazelle
GCH Sylvan Carbon Steel
Ch Sylvan Hot Toddy