Category Archives: Puppy Info

COI/COR

These calculations are used to plan each Wayeh litter. Co-efficient of Inbreeding (COI) COI is how inbred the pedigree of a particular dog is.  It is a mathematical estimate of inbreeding, but we have not yet mapped the genome in a practical way for breeders, so it’s still a calculation, not a fact — but…

Coat Color & Markings

See Also Nicole Royer’s excellent & definitive Malamute Coat Color Genetics “The usual colors range from light gray through intermediate shadings to black, sable, and shadings of sable to red. Color combinations are acceptable in undercoats, points, and trimmings. The only solid color allowable is all white. White is always the predominant color on underbody,…

The Rule of 7

Pat Hastings, AKC judge and author of The Puppy Puzzle offers these hints for socializing very young puppies, and we follow them here at Wayeh with each litter. By the time a puppy is 7 weeks old it should have: Been on 7 different surfaces, such as: carpet, concrete, wood, vinyl, grass, dirt, gravel, wood…