Welcome to Zip!

DragonRam Doodles is pleased to announce that we have acquired Springville Zippity Doo Dah, a red-and-white parti stud prospect, from Springville Labradoodles in Oregon.

Zip was born April 4, 2011, so is still just a puppy. He has already been fully health tested to the Gold Paw standard of the ALAA – meaning he has good hips and elbows, no eye problems, good thyroid levels, and is clear of the genetic disease PRA. We will repeat his hip test once he’s a bit older, to ensure he hasn’t developed any hip/elbow issues during puppyhood, and his eye and thyroid exams will be repeated at least every 18 months.

Zip arrived in Toronto on Friday, September 9^th, after a 4½ hour direct flight from Portland. My family had driven down the night before and, after spending the morning at the Toronto zoo, headed to the airport to get him. Owing to Toronto rush-hour traffic and some issues at customs, we didn’t actually get him until about 5:30. Boy was he glad to see us! Even though we were strangers to him, he came to us willingly (who wouldn’t, after close to 9 hours cooped up a crate?) and was very friendly and calm. That first night we stayed at some friends in Toronto and put Zip in his crate in my son’s bedroom. Zip did not want to be in the crate, so after a few minutes piteous whining we let him out and he spent the night sleeping on the bed beside my son.

Saturday afternoon we drove home to Ottawa, and Zip did very well in the car – other than being unable to hold onto his poop until I could find a spot to pull over. Thanks to the kids for having the presence of mind to haul out a poop bag and hold it under his bum until he’d finished the job!!

Since we arrived home, Zip has settled in nicely. He likes to play with Lyra & Cassi – especially Lyra, the little doggie ring-leader of the family. He loves my kids – and does well with me, too! – and looks to Amore for cues on how to behave. He is a very, very quiet dog that rarely barks. He has a calm, gentle and loving disposition, playful but not wild, very social and laid-back. He adores snuggles.

We hope that Zip will move in with his forever Guardian Family by the end of September. We will miss having him with us, but will look forward to occasional visits to his house and romps at the dog park.

We expect to use Zip with Lyra to produce some beautiful cream, gold, and apricot babies. He and Galena would have lovely creams, blacks, and cream or black parti pups (he probably does not carry chocolate but we will be testing to be sure). Down the road, as we acquire more dams, we will use Zip with them as well.

 Welcome here, Zip!

Zip is co-owned with Canadian Doodle Puppies.