Our A litter is the first taigan litter in Poland and in the European Union.

The sire of the litter is Abolla DOLON, and the dam Abolla GÜLSHIN. These are the only dogs which we could use for mating in our kennel, but this pairing seems to be a very reasonable one, as far as breeding is concerned. If we are lucky enough, the puppies might be foundation dogs for the taigan in Poland and other European Union countries.

The taigans are so rare, that any dog of this breed should be used for breeding as long as that dog does not have some visible and significant anatomical or mental defect. The aim of breeding in such a rare breed is not to create a dog with extreme features ( i.e. wonderful angulation, light and elegant head, well-set tail), but a dog who will make a canine judge feel confortable when writing in his report "typical for the breed". It is a very precious remark as the taigan is not genetically stable. As we know, some of the representatives of this breed differ to a certain extent from one another and a successful litter is one which is composed of puppies which look very much alike. Moreover, because of a narrow gene pool, it's better for the breed to breed two litters from two different bitches (even if one of them is a little bit less beautiful) than breeding two litters from just one bitch, the one which we consider nicer.

Abolla Dolon comes from a litter in which seven puppies were born. Five of them were black with white markings, two puppies were golden. Unfortunately for the time being it seems that apart from Dolon, no dog from this litter will be used for breeding, mostly because of lack of interest in the matter of their owners. The golden male has been neutered, and the only bitches from this litter live in a country where it is not possible to use them for pedigree breeding, the rest of the dogs are just pets in their families. So Dolon is the only dog which may continue the lines planned by Ingrid Lasimer – his breeder, who died some time ago.

Abolla Gülshin was born in a litter of nine puppies, one of them was golden, the rest were black with white markings. Only one of her sisters is owned by a breeder from Estonia – Liivi Plumkvist, who had also bred the mother of our "Polish" taigan girl. Thus it might be possible that these two bitches will continue the "taigan folks" in Europe.

The inbreeding coeficient of this pairing, as far as the generations included in the pedigree are concerned, is 9.38%. The safety line for rare breeds is considered to be 10%, but still one can encounter a lot of dogs with a higher inbreeding coeficient in many European kennels. An excellent reason to do this breeding is the fact that in the pedigrees of both dogs there has been no inbreeding present up until now. This situation is extremely different from the one which is very common in popular breeds, with great breeding traditions where the inbreeding has been continued over many generations. In case of the taigans the 10% coeficient guarantees healthy puppies, both physically and mentally.

Here's the link to the pedigree of the future litter:  Pedigree

Further breeding plans...
Thanks to the internet we are in contact with other taigan owners; some of their dogs are not related to the dogs which we have in Poland. The next litters, based either on the parents or on puppies from the first litter, depend on interest in the breed. They are very possible, anyway.

We are not as interested in selling our puppies as much as we are interested in contact with people, who would like to lend a helping hand to this incredibly rare breed, the breed which some years ago was close to extinction, but nowadays is working its way into the consciousness of the Europeans.