Toy Fox Terriers O'BJ
"Puppies with a future - from dogs with a past!"

I will leave these puppy pictures here but we do not breed winter litters so it will be late spring before I have puppies ready to go.  I'll try to put information about Garbo, Fannie Mae and Lolly in the "Planned Toy Fox Terrier Litters" link above.

I'll leave these photos here though so you can see what a 6 week old pup should look like.  And so, no matter where you buy your puppy, you know what to look for.  So read on a little, hopefully you will find this interesting whether you are looking for a show puppy or a family pet.

Our litters are uniform for short backs, great angles, solid toplines, and straight-up high tailsets which should be evident even in a six week old puppy like the little guy above.  All puppies are born with round, ball-shaped heads and you'll note his topskull is still rounded, like a Chihuahua.  That will change over the next few weeks.

Head, eyes and expression are most important to me because that is what we all look at a thousand times a day.  To me, it is the "headpiece" that makes an outstanding Toy Fox Terrier.  Structure and soundness are important but it's the head and what's in it that makes a Toy Fox Terrier so unique.

This boy is a typical four-months old O'BJ puppy.  The ideal Toy Fox Terrier head has equal proportions (foreface to backskull), and parallel planes which means in profile the top of muzzle is at the same angle as the topskull (the part from eyes to back head).  A flat topskull is demanded, with no hint of Chihuahua roundness.  The Toy Fox Terrier should have a strong, well developed underjaw (see his chin?) with large "terrier teeth" and large open nostrils.  Few do...

Most toy breeds never go to ground, could care less about catching a mouse (and instantly snapping the neck) but please remember, the Toy Fox Terrier is in the Terrier group in UKC, the first and primary registry for the breed.  He's in the terrier group because he is first and foremost, a Terrier, not a Toy dog.  He was a Fox Terrier, bred down to a smaller size through introduction of toy breeds.  That makes him an ideal house pet and lap dog, but he should still be constructed like a sturdy, capable fox terrier!  We must not lose the strong mouth, jaw, and teeth that are the hallmark of a working terrier.  It's sad that so many toy breeds have bad teeth and are prone to jaw and skull deformities.  Sorry, but it is quite simply the truth.

For more photos and information on the moms and dads of my upcoming litters, go to the Gene Bank and click on Ch. Getta Blaze O'BJ and Lucky Dog O'BJ.  I'll update this page over the winter, right now, the sun is shining and me and the dogs are going out to play! 

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