Masasyu's Muddy Waters
WTD
"Clay"
UKC ptd Jireh Kotzebue Kamishak
"Mishak"
X AKC ptd/UKC CH Epona's Leather N Lace Masasyu
"Stevie"
b. 3/3/2005, 23"/70# skinny working weight @ 4y, AGOUTI/white
masked male
10-gen COI 29%, OFA Excellent, CERF
pending, Thyroid normal 8/08
Owner Sidney Helen Sachs/Wayeh
Co-Breeders Lori Hicks/Masasyu & Michelle Frank/Epona
Clay's Picture page, Clay's
Long Pedigree
Clay is a true agouti/white and thus was
born mud-faced, hence his name. The first time I put him in
harness he bolted down the driveway and didn't stop for MILES. He
is light on his feet, never puts a foot wrong, and is raising puppies
Amak (male) and Honey (female).
Clay is 3/4 pure Kotzebue, his sire is pure
K and his dam was half K. All modern dogs (save the
few pure Kotzebue left) are a rough mixture of approximately half Kotzebue and
half M'Loot, and that not-pure Kotzebue grandsire had plenty of Kotzebue in him, but after a while
the fractions start to be a little silly.
The Kotzebue dogs were the
ORIGINAL AKC Malamutes before the stud books were reopened allowing in the
M'Loot and Irwin/Hinman dogs to come in. Modern pure K Malamutes are known
for several things, including ORIGINAL correct sledding size 22-25"; easy
temperaments and working drive; solid structure and especially good hips; dense and
harsh coats that are weatherproof and nearly maintenance free; terrific inky
pigment; and the lack of the genes that cause dwarfism or coat funk. Sometimes
pure K Malamutes are born solid black, which lightens to mud faces, then
lightens more to classic masks -- but seeing solid black puppies in the whelping
box can be startling!
Thanks Lori and Michelle for allowing
Clay to come to Wayeh, we are very excited to get him on the sled team.
AKC Alaskan Malamute standard 1945, AKC Alaskan Malamute
standard 1991
Generations
Clay is the sire of:
