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Siru<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Kristull <\/strong>The Surprise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

February 7, 1999 – April 4, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristull Gringo X Kristull Kali<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For a brief moment in time I co-owned Siru with Salla Klemetti, Kennel Sarafias, Finland.
Siru had a litter here at Starcastle Hound’s but lived her long life loved by Salla.
Sirus full ownership was turned over to Salla after her litter here in Sweden.
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Siru knocked me out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day Francie put up photos of a hitherto unknown young girl.
Siru. And I just was – she has to go to Sweden! She has to!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little did I know that Salla Klemetti, Kennel Sarafias in Finland had visited Francie in Texas the day before, and also fell in love with Siru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not sure how, but I ended up convincing Salla I should co-own Siru with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a joy to have Siru visiting here in Sweden for her litter.

I am forever grateful to Salla for making this possible.

Through her son Netscape she helped me steer my breeding program in a direction I wanted.
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Siru lived a long life, 17 years, and so did her litter brother Teal’c in Finland.
Another litter brother back in USA lived to 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me a litter with several pups that ends up living very long lives, that is a good thing. To me it indicates healthy dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is something we should ALL be happy about, when we go on to study Sirus genetic impact on the breed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweden<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sirus litter in Sweden consisted of 3 surviving boys, from a litter of 6.
This was unfortunately a lotus litter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only one of these boys went on to breed, Starcastle Hound’s Netscape, he sired one litter for me in 2002, 6 puppies, 3 of them were bred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s take a look at Netscapes grandfather curve and see the impact Sirus Swedish litter had on the gene pool<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grandfather curve of Starcastle Hound’s Netscape, offspring in first 4 generations, representing the Swedish and British (one daughter was exported to England) part of Sirus offspring<\/h3>\n\n\n
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\n Generation 1\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/th>\n \n \n

\n Generation 2\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/th>\n \n \n

\n Generation 3\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/th>\n \n \n

\n Generation 4\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/th><\/tr>\n \n \n

\n 6\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/td>\n \n \n

\n 12\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/td>\n \n \n

\n 35\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/td>\n \n \n

\n 90\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n

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Finland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Finland Siru had one litter with two daughters and a son. One of these daughters, Sarafias Cara was bred twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s take a look at Caras grandfather curve and see the impact Sirus Finnish litter had on the gene pool<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grandfather curve of Sarafias Cara, offspring in first 4 generations, representing the Finnish part of Sirus offspring<\/h3>\n\n\n
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\n Generation 1\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/th>\n \n \n

\n Generation 2\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/th>\n \n \n

\n Generation 3\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/th>\n \n \n

\n Generation 4\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/th><\/tr>\n \n \n

\n 10\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/td>\n \n \n

\n 15\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/td>\n \n \n

\n 15\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/td>\n \n \n

\n 20\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n

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But here is the kicker.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siru had a litter in USA before coming to Europe.
6 puppies, 4 males, 2 females.
They were very young when Siru moved to Europe and none of us could foresee what happened next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n