Three Weeks Old Papillon Puppies

 Three little precious faces, 20 days old.

Valdemar
Reserved, 03-26-2022

Vadim
Reserved as of 03-27-2022

Valentin

Two Weeks Old Papillons

 We have three beautiful boys, almost two weeks old.

Vadim
Dark sable

Valdemar
Dark sable

Valentin
Tri color

Road's End Barbina

 Our youngest.

Ulma & Utrecht.

Ulma is reserved

Utrecht is available.
Reserved as of 3/3/2022

 Our Theo, 4.5 months old.

(He is a keeper!)

Papillon Dog Development

 Theo (four months old) loves sitting in the sun. It is a bare 30 degrees outside.

His brother Tony lives now in Central Oregon.

One looks more like mom, the other looks more like dad.

You ask: At what age do I know, whether it's a Papillon, or a Phalene?

U ask:
At what age do you know whether it will be a Papillon, or a Phalene.

Nicolaes Maes: Portrait of a Lady, 1677

The Phalene (Drop-Ear -Version) is the original dog of the breed. So, all Papillons do carry the Phalene genes in them.

Puppies,2 Weeks

All new-born whelps have their ears down.
Between the age of 6 to 12 weeks, many of the Papillon puppies have by then erected ears.

Puppies, 6 weeks

But the change from drop- to erect ears can take up to 4 months or more. Sometimes there are puppies, who erect their ears, followed by dropping their ears. That can go on for a while. As a rule: by the time the dogs are fully grown to heights, approximately 8 months, their ears also decided where to be: up or down.
But there are cases of a much longer time span. I know for example a case, where the dog was shown in the spring as a Papillon at the age of 15 months, to be declared as a Phalene in the following autumn, age 18 months.
And she was a beautiful dog, both ways.

Blitz is a dog from a lengthy line of Phalenes



 The best way to ensure that you get the breed you want is by looking into the pedigree of the dog for its consistency of either Phalenes, or Papillons. But, as mentioned first: there is never a guarantee.


Snickers, Max's sister, is here at 8 Months, is a Papillon.



It looks like Max, here at 7 months, has decided to be a Phalene, coming out of a lengthy line of all Papillons.

Kaleidoscope is a Phalene with Phalene parents. But further down her lines are mostly Papillons.

Cowboy has a Phalene mom and a Papillon dad. His lines following parents are mixed of both breeds, but mostly Papillons.


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Papillon, Phalene, U Ask: Short Hair vs Long Hair

I re-posted the following post a few years ago.

The Paps you see here are all older now, or no longer living with us.

You are asking often about Short Haired Papillons. So, let me focus here on both kinds:
Some Papillons have a shorter hair coat, others have a longer coat.
There are several factors involved, such as why, and how short/long the hair is on a full grown Papillon, or Phalene.

• Genetics; have a look at your Papillons Pedigree, and photos of his parents, grandparents, and down the line.
• Climate: if you live in the tropics with him, do not expect the same hair length, or hair volume, as the dog of your friend in Alaska.
• Diet: a poor-quality diet produces a poor hair coat. 
• Maintenance: regular brushing and bathing helps to a shiny coat on your dog, regardless of length, and will support hair growth/length of a longer coat.
• Neutered vs not- neutered: a neutered dog grows much nicer hair, he/she does not have to go through the constant hormone changes, whelping, litter, and stress from heat cycles.
• Play-time: especially here with a look at his ear fringes and culottes (hair on his hind legs). The more your Papillon gets to play with other dogs, the more fringes, and other hair will get ripped out, or damaged, broken.

Praline, with all her hair & fringes requires daily brushing.
Praline is spayed and is not very interested in playing with other dogs. 

Pros and Cons: more brushing to do on a long hair coated papi, more maintenance overall.
The original Papillon was meant to be a wash and go dog. Next to no maintenance.
Do you want to deprive your dog of play, so just that he will grow longer hair?

Matti is a low maintenance dog, only her fringes need attention more often.

My Road's End Papi Story:
I have Papillons with long and shorter hair coats. The long hair dogs are high maintenance, I love their coats, but I pay for it. There is always a chance, as my Praline did, that they choke on their own fringes, or their chest hair gets caught in their teeth.

Our tiger Man wears a bandanna, he gets his chest hair frequently tangled in his teeth.
Tiger is a high maintenance dog; he has a lot of hair (dense). Needs frequent baths with brushing.

All my dogs get to play, so that in the beginning they do not show too much fringe. When they get older, they play less, and everything starts to grow better on them.
Some of my dogs wear little bandannas, which keep their chest hair cleaner and more away from their mouth. I tried snoods for their ear fringes before, but again, you will have to restrict your dog pretty much from playing with other dogs. In our case, the snoot was removed right away by other dogs while at play.
(A snood is nothing but a tube with elastic band on both ends. The tube goes over his head. (A snoot is a different thing))

Phalene Blitz has nice long hair, but it is very silky and not so dense. He requires some brushing and bathing. Very little sticks to his fur.

Brolle is a high maintenance dog. Everything sticks to his dense hair coat. His groin area needs to be bathed frequently and brushed; his fringes need to be addressed daily.

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Papillon, Phalene Hair, Coat, (Fur )Development

Hair Growth inPapillons and Phalenes:
Papillons and Phalenes have the same development in their hair coats.

@ 8 weeks

• Birth to 4 Months:

Most likely nice soft, silky, fuzzy hair , somewhat diminishing toward the 3rd/4th month.

• 4 - 8 Months:

In this stage the Papillon puppy has little hair.

• 7-8 Months:

Adult hair starts growing in nicely.

• 8-18 Months:

@ 4  months

The Papillon will now grow all it's adult hair.

• 15 Months:

There will be an additional slight change in about this time. Some Papillons will loose a little hair and then settle with their permanent hair coat.

see also:
Grooming
Maintenance/Coat Care
Papillon Ear Fringe Development

@ 3 years

@ 9 months

 

 

 

Toy Dogs, Small Dog Breeds vs Teacup, Pocket Dogs

Toy Dogs, Small Dog Breeds  vs Teacup, Pocket Dogs.

Small dog breeds, or Toy dogs are usually under 15", and weighing less than 15 LBS.
Toy dogs that are under 10" may be called Miniature Dogs.
The very smallest version of Toy dogs are sometimes called Teacup-, or Pocket Dogs, but these two titles are not recognized by any breed registry.
 Toy, or small dogs, including our Papillons, and Phalenes are basically hardy dogs, with mostly a big dog attitude, with an average of a 13 year life span. There are many Papillons who reach the age of 16+.

 But here I want to focus on the health problems+ heart breaks people have when they purchase a cute Pap, ever so tiny, under the term Teacup, or Pocket Pup.
These little dogs, weighing barely 2 LBS when full grown, are mostly the results of inbreeding, as litter mates, or sons, daughters to parents.
With inbreeding you have the high risk of genetic diseases. And even not inbred, breeding for increasingly smaller offspring will put all pups , and moms in danger. Small dogs, or Papillons have small litters anyway, with an average of (my Papillons) 2.2-(other small dog) 4. A very small mom will most likely have big troubles to bear puppies, and her naturally ability of bearing any healthy puppies diminishes.
There is no such a thing as a Teacup dog.

Another problem you may run into is that you may purchase a very tiny puppy under the Teacup term, but it is a puppy in a much younger age given to you than it actually is.
Most people can not distinguish the difference between a 5 week old puppy, and a 8, or 10 week old one, simply because of the lack of experience. A small puppy is small, and that is what they see; especially in small breeds.
These kind of breeders just simply lie to you for extra money. The outcome here does not need be further explained.
The very worst and horrible kind of breeders are the ones who force the puppies to remain small by starving them. The pups are taken of their moms milk bar, and given only occasional puppy formula  or sometimes no formula at all, and substitute only liquid vitamins, and or liquid gel like Nutri Cal; which all stunts their growth.
All these puppies will have health problems, as they have insufficient calcium for bone growth, protein for muscle, brain development, no colostrum given to  develop their immune system.
The outcome is that you purchased a dog which will remain frail, fragile in all aspects, with a possible lifespan of only 1/3 of the normal lifespan.

I had written an article before about the size of the Papillon Dog. I encourage you to click here and read.
Don't make the "Teacup" mistake, go for a healthy pap!!

The Size of the Adult Papillon / Phalene Dog

Puppies placed into their New Homes at 8 Weeks vs 12 Weeks

Puppies leaving Breeder's Home/ Mother/Litter at 8 weeks vs 12 weeks of age.

Occasionally puppy buyers are questioning the leaving of a desired puppy age 8 weeks vs 12 weeks.
Here my personal opinion, observation and experience in my 12 years of Papillon breeding, concerning this subject.

Between somewhat 3 and 6 weeks puppies learn to get to know each other, and socialize with each other. From 4 weeks on they are getting to be "little dogs" they learn how to be a dog by playing, catching, roughing up each other, learning dominance and submission.
Mom shows much less interest in them and leaves them alone a good amount of time, but not forgetting to return to have the milk bar available.
Puppies start also on slurry meals besides mom's milk, if still available (most do, some don't) at 4 weeks of age.

Puppies from 6 weeks to 14 weeks start socializing with people. They are ready to learn.
This is the time where they learn to fit into their environment, where they bond.
And as more those puppies get socialized in all aspects from car driving to meeting other people, places, as better these puppies will be for the rest of their lives.

So ask yourself: why should the puppy, you possibly desire first become attached or bond to the breeder? The home of the breeder? the daily chores, other dogs (Paps) and then being ripped away from that already processed environment to start all over again.

At 8 weeks to my experience is an absolute perfect time to let a puppy go to their new home to be loved, taught, and pampered by the what should be forever family.
 You, as the new family, owner will have 6 weeks of time to shape your new friend's life, to fit him/her into your life style the way you would like.

At What Age Should Puppies Be Brought to Their New Homes?

(Stanley Coren, Ph.D., FRSC., is a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia.)

Road's End Sunny & Charlie where born in March of this year.

I just got new pictures of them from the owners in CA.

Pictured here at 3.5 months of age, and at 6.5 weeks old.

Our girl Truffles, now 11.5 months old.
(Keeper!)

One Year Old Papillon Girl

Precious girl Barbina.

Will be one year old in just a few days.

Our little Star "Sunny".
She is now 6.5 weeks old.
(Reserved)

5 weeks old sibling Charlie + Sunny

They got their names already from their future family.

(Reserved)