Our first GCh lamplighter Bendill Kiss My Royal tail (circa 2013), co-owned with Barbara Beissel. (Photo by the Winning Image)
Ch aslett seayre sweet success and Ch aslett seayre shenandoah, circa 1992. (Photo by Kenneth Reed Photography)
them if we have problems. I use 3x3 puppy playpen lined completely with a sheet and crib bumper pads attached on inside. The puppies graduate to a 2x4 pen with a cover at 3 weeks and we introduce a large litter box in one end filled with pine pellet litter that my daughter also uses in her horse stalls. At 4 to 5 weeks, they move to the family room where a large 4x6 area serves as their home. Lots of toys keep them busy and we have introduced wobble boards and puppy ramps to play on. Our dogs are not allowed to roam loose in the house when no one is home, and they are never left outside unless one of us is at home. 9. your ThoughTs on selling peTs versus shoW prospecTs? Show prospects are generally sold as finished champions. I let the new owners put the Grand Championship on them. Our handlers help us to place them in a show homes if we decide to let one go. If I co-own a dam, then the co-breeder will usually take a few puppies and help place the pets. Each litter is planned and raised as if it was going on to win Best In Show. We do eye and patella screenings every year and find these are easy to manage with many nearby shows holding
(www.puppyculture.com). Puppies stay with us until 12 weeks and they are litter box trained from 3 to 4 weeks keep- ing everyone clean and tidy. All puppies are acclimated to small children and toddlers from the time their eyes open and we have expanded the exposure to include multi-racial, all ages and genders. We try to have them trained to complete AKC Canine Good Citizen title before they go to new homes at 12 weeks. Whether they are show dogs or pets, the training is the same. Both should be happy, healthy and sound. 10. aT WhaT age do you reTire your breeding biTches? At 5 to 6 years old, we try to place our retiring show dogs with close friends or family. At that age they are still active and can manage agility, rally or other activities with the new family. Silkys are generally easy to place as adults. abouT The auThor An Idaho native, Janet Aslett followed her Navy husband to Pearl Harbor Hawaii in 1970 and they purchased an Austra- lian import Silky who went on to become Am Ch Morgaree Danc- ing Lady. Orders back to Idaho sent Jan and her husband, Lyne, to Moscow, ID where they met Kay Magnussen of Kiku Silky Terriers. Under Kay’s guiding hand, Jan and Kay owned several dogs together until Kay’s untimely death in an auto accident in 1986. The Aslett’s reside in Virginia Beach, VA since 1974. Janet is a lifetime (43 year) member of the Silky Terrier Club of America and has been Breeder Judge and Steward at STCA Top Twenty competition. She has bred over 40 Champion Silkys and “Aslett” producers can be credited with well over 100 champion get. She is co-owner with Mark Benson, Bar- bara Beissel and Jim Dillman’s Platinum Grand Champion Lamplighter’s Tattle Tail, that is AKC’s first andonlyPlatinum Grand Champion. Janet currently serves as Secretary and 2016 Show Chair for Tidewater Kennel Club of Virginia.
clinics in conjunc- tion with the show. We used Dr. Battaglia’s Neuro - s t imu lus technique with baby puppies and start their train- ing very early. Jane Killion has a new series out called “Puppy Culture” that fol- lows the proto- cols we have used for over 30 years with enhance- ments that I find to be very helpful
Granddaughter emma with 3-week-old puppies.
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