SOPHIA starts her career as a therapy dog: certified by Therapy Dogs International, Chroma Swift and Sure, TDI, CGC, is a now registered therapy dog. Congrats to Ann & Keith Grauman!

MARTINE FINISHES HER RAE @ the 2009 NAT'L!

MARTINE has her RAE! She finished it this year at the Great Dane National Specialty Show. Click HERE for some new about our time at the National in 2009. Dr. Brox again was victorious with more than one Dane there! Martine finished her Rally Excellent (RE) title the same day she completes her Companion Dog (CD) title--and at the Great Dane National Specialty Show last year! Congrats to Dr. Broxann Spencer, who also took Highest Scoring Harlequin at the Obedience/Rally Trials at the National, as well as winning <G>oldest handler too. Broxann also finished an RN on her nine month old Mantle dog Rene (CHROMA Heart Of The Renegade RN) that day. Congrats-that's THREE TITLES in ONE DAY! WoW !!! CHROMA NORMANDY INVASION CD RAE CGC Martine is consistently ranked in the top five in Rally.

Sadly Martine fell ill soon after the National & Broxann's talented girl was gone by Xmas. Contact CHROMA if you wish to contribute to her memorial.

DARE FINISHES HIS UD!

FLASH! GUIDON's BABY BOY moved quickly with Dina thru Novice and Open and finished his UD before he was three! Dina Whitehouse just finished Dare's UD when he was three. He finished his CD with an all breed HIT as a two year old, then moved up the next day to Open, where he debuted by winning his class, then finished his CDX in one single weekend in January. He finished his UD with three First Places and two scores in the 190s. He is HIT CHROMA WHD ALLONS!, UD, TDI, CGC: Working Therapy Dog & Obedience "star" of the future! His scores saw him ranked in the Top 10. HE IS ONLY THE 2nd Male Dane in breed history to get an ALL BREED HIGH IN TRIAL!

The D-DAY BABIES turn 3 years old 5 AUG 2009: Martine was already on her way to her RAE & is ranked nationwide in Rally, and Dare had finished his UD already and was an all-breed High In Trial dog. Their merle sister Sophia was working towards her therapy dog status (done) & is a happy CGC companion. Sadly this litter seems snakebit. Not only did most of the pups die that first month, but in 2010 only Sophia remains, Dare having died the summer of 2009 and his sister Martine that same winter. Shown below in happier times.
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DARE & MARTINE shown here at 3 months: Thanks to Paula Stebbins of PHOTOTEK of LAKE CHARLES for this great shot!

DARE=CHROMA WHD ALLONS! CD TDI CGC

Dare is Dina Whitehouse's new puppy, so will go to live with his daddy Guidon. Click here for Dare's building page........

MARTINE=CHROMA NORMANDY INVASION CD RE CGC SOPHIA=CHROMA SWIFT AND SURE TDI CGC

Dare, Martine & Sophia (the merle) shown below (from left to right) as babies. Below shows an odd event for the high plains of West Texas, nearly a thousand miles from the shore: a beach ball showed up in our training field early one morning after a strong south wind had blown here all night. We go out to get the paper (pups and me) and here is this beach ball just sitting in the middle of the field...immediate "pup attack" ensued....

Now could it be it came all the way<G>from the Gulf of Mexico... (or at least from someone's poolside in town)? The puppers sure had fun with it, while it lasted<G>, as beach balls were certainly not meant to endure puppy teeth! This last picture was the "last" of the beach ball.....

THE D-DAY BABIES: DOB 08-05-06. When we named them the "D-Day Litter" (for their date of conception; born August 5th, 2006), we didn't expect the majority of them to be slaughtered on the beaches of being born. But that was what happened: their mother lost her milk (gained a horrible infection), & so this stud dog litter arrived unexpectedly on my doorstep with major issues--and so 2/3s of what seemed a most promising litter was lost in the first week of life. Gone were 5 promising males, including four show marks (a Harl male & 3 Mantles, plus a mantled merle boy) & a fierce mantled merle girl. Shown above at 21 days (exactly 3 weeks old) are the three survivors--the DARWIN THREE-- "Dare" the Harlequin boy, "Martine" the Harlequin girl & their merle sister "Sophia." We in ChromaDane treasure what we salvaged from this most savage event. In honor of those gone & as a reminder of the little power we can have in the face of nature, we offer Alfred Lord Tennyson's immortal thoughts from In Memorium:

Below: to the left proud momma & all the babies day of birth. On the right is a group shot from that same day. Scroll for pix of parents & pedigree.

	Sire: AOM CH Michldn JB Dgn M T Pockets v NTL (H) OFAG35/thyroid normal--Sire is by Michaeldane Dagon Radar JD (W) x Natolite's Roseanne (B&W). CHROMA Pride of the Regiment, UD, TDIA-OV, CGC, RCV. WP93154701. "GUIDON" DOB: 08-29-99: Veteran. Harlequin. CHIC#16359 all test results normal. (OFA38Good/multiple OFA Thyroid normal/ OFA Cardiac with echo as Veteran/multi-CERFs) Click on photo to see more of Guidon. Owned by Dina Whitehouse and JP Yousha. Dam: Venerable Dane, Versatility Award Winning CH Michaeldane JB Advent CD TDI CGC GDCA-VA. (H) DOB: 02-04-95-still living. OFAF29/OFACardiac/Thyroid--Dam is by BISS CH Fraser of Michaeldane (H) x Michaeldane JayBee Rox Ann Dgn (H) Mjg. Ptd.
D-DAY BABIES BORN 8-5-06!	CHIC-UD & TDIA-OV CHROMA sire of impeccable type to large CH Scotty daughter with health certifications. **9 puppies born 8-5-06: 3 harlequin, 3 mantle & 3 merle--3 surviving. FUTURITY NOMINATED LITTER. POC: JP Yousha
	Sire: Ch. Hladik's Scotty Too Hotty (Mtl) OFA24G/OFACardiac-echo/OFA Thyroid & CERF---Sire is by BISS Ch. Sasdania's The Navigator (H) GDCHipEX/ OFA Thyroid x Marbledane's I Got Yur Number (H) GDCHipsEX. TOPAZ'S MESKEETER BUG. WS04501607. Mantle. OFA26Good, CHIC#30277: all test results normal. Click on photo to see sire of dam. Owned by Sharon Hladik & John Reyes. Dam: Topaz She's All That (Mtl) OFA Cardiac, hip Xray normal, T3/T4 Thyroid normal---Dam is by We Be Danes Ice On The Road (H) OFA38EX x The Drummer v Meistersinger (B&W) OFA30Good (Hip)