The Studio Ghibli litter was the first and only litter we planned for our superstar girl Moro and boy, she really made it a good one!

We made the decision to pair her to our newly imported boy, Winter.
Having already seen an aspect of our lineage paired similarly overseas, we were as confident as we could be that it would be a good combination!

Moro

Winter

Moros pregnancy was very textbook, she gracefully carried her babies to full term. Sadly, i will be honest, she didn’t enjoy the responsibility once they were born. We had never experienced a mother not take to her puppies, and we haven’t since. Moro had a good amount of milk and all the tools to provide, and with some trust and a safe space we worked out a safe routine for her and her puppies to safely meet the requirements for both parties.
Evaluating this litter was a nightmare! I wasn’t prepared to how emotionally attached i was going to feel with this litter. I realized how easy it could be to allow that to sway your decisions, and not always in the right way.
Thankfully we grounded ourselves and did what we are supposed to do, evaluated each puppy against the breed standard and made the critical decisions we are required to.

We evaluated this litter with a fine tooth comb. We weren’t only choosing puppies for ourselves, we were also sending a puppy to another show home for the first time, which came with added responsibility. By 7 weeks we had a basic idea and at 8 weeks we confirmed our choices with the addition of Calcifer, Reasan (fka San) and Ashitaka. Teto became Hurricane and our first external champion!