It all started Tuesday afternoon when Kaley had 2 beautiful Narci daughters. We did not, however, anticiapte what would happen next.

The last of our 2020 puppies headed off to his forever home in Dunedin over the weekend.

Our gorgeous Japanese houseguest led the charge for Team Kitaco in Gore and we are beyond excited to add Flint to our program and our home.

Although we do not breed for colour, understanding coat genetics is a powerful tool in managing the health of our puppies

We are delighted to announce that Bubbles (NZ CH Kitaco's Deevyne Inspiration) and Ren (Salinacruz Renaissance) have 4 beautiful, healthy b

Meet our gorgeous solo baby, Shelby, daughter of Kyrie (NZ CH Kitaco's Valkyrie Warrrior) and Salinacruz Renaissance (Ren).

We are currenlty getting between 1 and 5 enquiries a day, asking for puppies. We have had over 400 serious enquiries this year alone

We nornally get 1-3 enquiries a week about the availability of puppies. Since NZ's COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown, we are getting up to 5 a day

The 1st thing about the difference between a "show quality" puppy & pet puppy is that it is entirely in the eye of the breeder

Still trying to decide if this "2 simultaneous litters" thing is a good idea or a prank the older breeder play on us newbies

We have as many males as we do females in our home, and have come to realise that many of the common truisms about male versus female dogs,

We are delighted to anounce the safe arrival of our latest litter from Chloe (Gemchi White Cloud) and Toby (El-Toro Tobias at Teddee).

Well, another Christmas Eve, another 3 enquiries asking if we have puppies to pick up today for Christmas presents tomorrow... sigh.

I remember the first time we used Xero, which describes itself as"beautiful accounting software". DogBreederPro has the same feel.

Scientists have identified a genetic marker that could explain why a Chihuahua is so much smaller than a Great Dane

Although not our breed, the data mined through researching pedigrees is astonishing and it is well worth a read

To have those who complained the loudest now following our lead is more rewarding than they will ever understand. We are delighted and will

There are ways to tell and hopefully the following 4 basic rules will help you identify the legit breeders from the wannabes.

Ethical breeder do not talk about economic interests over the health of the specimens, stay away from those scoundrels!

Dr Tracey Tonkin now in 2019 Massey University Master of Veterinary Medicine - Veterinary Clinical Reproduction and Fertility program