Keelypso Keeshonden

Int'l Ch Keelypso's Devil W'O A Cause

Rebel was the pick bitch from Tala's first litter. She won her first
points at nine months of age with a five point major. She was along
for the ride while her mother was being campaigned and managed to
rack up eight more points, which included going up over her mother
twice to take BOS. She also took a Group 3 placement in the
Bred By Exhibitor group at a show in New Mexico. Unfortunately, she
dropped her puppy coat at eleven months of age and came into a much shorter
adult coat. Even though this is a correct coat length for a bitch and much
easier to maintain, the shorter coats do not fair well in the show
ring. Rebel had an uncanny ability to sense when she had been entered in a show
and would invariably drop coat a few days before the show. She sat on needing
three points in the form of one major in order to finish, due to being out of the
show ring for a couple of years in order to be bred. She did complete
her International Championship in March of 2003 and managed a
Group 3 in the Bred By Exhibitor group there, as well. Due to complications of
pyometra, Rebel had to be spayed in May of 2007 and never had the
opportunity to complete her AKC Championship.

Rebel's best attributes were her side gait, her gorgeous front and nice rear, a
very nice tail set and ear set and well defined markings with nice, dark
coloring. Her undercoat is somewhat creamy, but not to the extent
of her mother's. She has a nice almond eye and very nice bite. She
is a bit smaller than her mother, only reaching a tad over 16" at the
withers, but has good neck and is fairly short backed, although the
short coat sometimes makes her appear a bit long.

Rebel whelped her first litter of six pups on July 5, 2005, three
males and three females. We retained the pick bitch and pick male from the litter,
Tia and Winston.

Rebel's OFA certification numbers:
CERF - KE-842
Hips - KE-3555G29F-PI
Elbows - KE-EL157F29-PI
Patellae - KE-PA171/29F/P-PI
Thyroid - Equivocal (Although her thyroid function tested normal,
she had one level that was on the cusp of being out of normal
ranges and, therefore, could not be certified completely normal.)