Welcome to Cruzin' Kennel Rat Terriers. We are a small kennel located in Montana state. We breed type A standard Rat Terriers and the focus of our breeding program is excellent structure, sound health and wonderful temperaments. Our dogs are a wonderful enhancement to our lives and part of our family. We do not kennel our dogs, nor do we breed often. Our litters are long researched, and planned with only the very best for the resulting offspring and their new families in mind. I've been truly blessed by the Lord over the last eight years and I have had some very special dogs. We have seen some fine offspring result. We have a very kind and generous God indeed!! I rely heavily on the Lord for wisdom and direction for our breeding program. When we do have a litter, we spend a lot of time with our puppies and they are socialized and handled extensively throughout their first 8 weeks of life. We use the Bio Sensor/ SuperDog program with our puppies and they are exposed to a sound desensitization CD daily from three weeks on. They have been taken to be evaluated by Pat Hastings at 8 weeks of age when possible. Our puppies are taken to our veterinarian for a comprehensive health exam just prior to leaving for their new homes. We are committed to natural rearing and will work with you to help you to use natural healthy methods for rearing your puppy. We view our puppy owners as family and the relationship as lifelong. Have a look around at our albums and we hope you enjoy all of our lovely dogs...
Credit for my awesome kennel logo and my individual dog logos goes to my friend Darice Ragan of RaganRat Terriers. If you have interest in commissioning her to design a custom logo for your website you may contact her at: Logos by Darice
NUMBERS 14:14 And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, O LORD, are with these people and that you, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of FIRE BY NIGHT.
I love this passage as it so beautifully illustrates the loving relationship that the Lord desires to have with His people if we will only follow and trust...He is so magnificent, so loving and so very GOOD...
*****MEET CRUZIN'S FIRE BY NIGHT aka RUGER****
Ruger is a dark exotic black/white/mahogany tuxedo male. We want to give the Creator God all credit due Him for His precious hand in creating this handsome dog. We also owe our dear friend Dr. Deb Tibbitts a HUGE thank you for partnering with us to produce this boy and his siblings. She did an AWESOME job!!!
Ruger is what I envision a quality Rat Terrier should be. He has solid structural integrity, which allows for lovely movement, and deep rich color genetics. Ruger is the wonderful and unusual blend of fire and sweetness, intelligence and devotion. Thank you for stopping by and seeing our boy.
God Bless!
***SHOW STATS***
July 2, 2010 BEST OF BREED and GROUP 2 awarded by honorable judge Darice Ragan.
August 29, 2010 BEST OF BREED and GROUP 1 awarded by honorable judge Darice Ragan.
***HEALTH TESTING***
PLL OFA NUMBER: RAT-PLL393/8M-NOPI-CARRIER HIPS, PATELLAS AND HEART TO BE OFA TESTED BY TWO YEARS OF AGE. 16 1/4" and 26 Lbs. Birthdate: November 22, 2009 Ruger is 20.5% Decker Creator: THE LORD GOD Breeders: LYNN PINKEY AND DR. DEB TIBBITTS Dam: CRUZIN'S RAVEN IRISH BEAUTY Sire: GRCH DESERT HIGH BENEATH HIS WINGS
I wanted to create an album just specifically for Shevaun and Hawk pups since our past puppy album is getting so full of beautiful dogs. We have only produced 9 litters in our "career" so we are not seasoned breeders, but we are blessed to have seen our dogs greatly improve structurally in 5 years. This will always be our goal, dedication to quality.
Natanah and Maddy are from our 9/08 Masters Touch litter Breeder: Lynn Pinkey/Cruzin Kennel Rat Terriers
Plymouth, Pilgrim, Bounty and Grace are from our 11/09 Give Thanks Litter. We partnered with our friend Dr. Deb Tibbitts DVM to produce this litter as Shevaun now lives with Deb.
Breeders: Dr. Deb Tibbitts/Sahuaro Sunset Rat Terriers Lynn Pinkey/Cruzin Kennel Rat Terriers
SHEVAUN IN THE IRISH DIALECT MEANS GOD IS GRACIOUS.
PSALM 86:15 BUT YOU, O LORD, ARE A GOD MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, SLOW TO ANGER AND ABOUNDING IN MERCY AND LOVING-KINDNESS AND TRUTH....
********************************UPDATE****************************** SHEVAUN NOW LIVES WITH AND LOVES MY DEAR FRIEND DR. DEB THE VET. SHE LIVES WITH ONE OF OUR CHLOE/CRUZ DAUGHTERS AND WITH HER OWN DAUGHTER PROMISE ON 17 ACRES AND GOES ON CALLS WITH HER MAMA. WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER IN DEB'S HOME AND THERE WILL STILL BE SHEVAUNIE PUPS IN THE FUTURE. LOVE YA DEB!
**HEALTH TESTING** On February 23, 2007 we took Shevaun to our veterinarian and had a hip x-ray as well as patellas and heart screen done. Shevaun's hips are well seated and will pass OFA certification. Her patellas were rock solid, even under sedation and her heart is sound.
Shevaun is a tad over 14" and weights 18lbs. Shevaun is 27.5% Decker
JAMES 1:17 EVERY GOOD AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE; IT COMES DOWN FROM THE FATHER OF ALL LIGHT, IN WHOM THERE CAN BE NO VARIATION OR SHADOW CAST BY HIS TURNING...
GRCH Poochville's Orlando NBT BIMBS
** RETIRED ** June 28th, 2008 Cruz was neutered at the age of five. He is in perfect health and has sired some marvelous dogs. We are so blessed that he gave us the girls he did and are going to take those daughters and granddaughter and move forward with our new male Hawk. Cruz will always be my heart dog and will always remain here with us. He is part of our family. This boy gave me a wonderful start to my breeding program. Love ya Cruzie....
We are so grateful to the Creator God and to Julia Kleutsch of Poochville Kennels for this truly amazing dog. Cruz achieved his champion status in one weekend at just 8 months of age and he was Champion of Merit award winner at the UKC Premier in June of 2004. We then went on to Grand Champion Cruz in only three weekends. He is the foundation of our line and a grand little dog with a gentle heart of gold. With the Lord's help this little dog has done more than I could have asked and hoped of him.
**HEALTH TESTING** Patella RAT-PA232/20M/P-NOPI NORMAL Cardiac RAT-CA12/17M/C-NOPI NORMAL/CARDIOLOGIST Hips: RAT-84F26M-NOPI FAIR LCP: RAT-LP83/26M-NOPI NORMAL AKC DNA profile # V394011 Cruz is 14" and 18.8 lbs....a small standard. Cruz is both AKC FSS registered and UKC registered.
PSALM 36:7 HOW PRECIOUS IS YOUR STEADFAST LOVE, O GOD! THE CHILDREN OF MEN TAKE REFUGE AND PUT THEIR TRUST UNDER THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS...
HAWK HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING SHOW DOG, AND SIRE. HE IS NOW IN A FANTASTIC FOREVER HOME AND IS RETIRED. HE IS HAPPILY LOVING AMANDA AND ALL OF HIS NEW FRIENDS. THAT IS THE GREATEST THING A BREEDER CAN HOPE TO FIND FOR THEIR RETIRED DOGS. LOVE YA HAWK...LOVE YA AMANDA!!!
Health stats:
PLL Clear Penn-Hip results in album Patellas vet checked as Rock solid Heart vet checked as normal
Sire: GRCH Desert Highs Light Of Eternity Dam: GRCH BCR's Annabells Wish Of DH
Breeders: Gary and Debbie Glaspey of Desert High Rat Terriers
CALLING ALL CRUZIN PUPPY OWNERS! SEND US UPDATED PHOTOS OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL DOGS AND WE WILL ADD THEM TO OUR ALBUM. COME ON...GIVE US YOUR BEST SHOT!!
This album contains pictures of my past puppies either born here at Cruzin' kennel or sired by our stud dogs. We are very proud of our wonderful offspring. We invest so much of ourselves into our pups that by the time they reach their new homes they have been thoroughly socialized, litterbox trained, examined by a veterinarian for congenital defects and general health and evaluated by Pat Hastings. Our puppies have also been through the Bio-Sensor/SuperDog program from day 3 to day 16. We are commited to Natural Rearing with our puppies.
I would like to thank each of the fine people that own one of these Cruzin' beauties. We received, in answer to prayer, incredible perfect homes for each of these wee ones. We all enjoy a very special bond and I am so grateful for the wonderful people that the Lord introduces to me through our dogs. Thank you all so very much!!!
I have been blessed to take two trips to Scottsdale AZ with my friend Sharon and these are photos of our journey as well as of their home in Scottsdale. We drove through Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, California and, of course, Washington. It was a wonderful trip and we were BUSY bees to say the least. I got to do and see some wonderful things. We bought fresh dates from a date farm on the way home and fresh Pistachios from California. YUM! The weather was in the 80's and 90's most of the time we were there and it was a wonderful second summer!! It was a false reality and had to end unfortunately as we came home to cool temps but the day we got home, the Lord blessed us with sun here too! YAY!!!! My photos don't do the house justice, and it is only in the beginning stages, as there is much decorating yet to do. But it is fun to have these photos and then to compare them to later photos after the work has been done. Sharon and Gary's home is 5600 sq ft and has 4 bedrooms, 6 baths, a great room, den, gourmet kitchen, exercise room, game room, bar, media room, wine room, all gathered around the center courtyard that has no roof, so you can sit out and enjoy the open environment. Floors are all Travertine except bedrooms with carpet. All counters are gorgeous granite. Backyard will house a gorgeous pool with waterfall, flagstone patio with built in grill, fridge and sink., cabana with misting system and fan. What a beautiful home.
***Please Do Not copy My Photos Without Written Permission***
Our weekend trip out on the boat with Mom and Pops out to Sucia Island. John and I camped in a tent and had an incredible view from our tent door. The sunsets were outrageous!
I decided it would be fun to make an album of my dogs squirrel hunting in the back yard and just some summer candid shots of them. I will add to these through the summer. Enjoy!
This album is filled with glorious examples of God's beautiful creations. These photos are from Bend OR and Eastern Tennessee. We had the joy of driving out to Warm Springs Indian Reservation and taking photos of the wild mustangs that run loose. What a thrill!! God's creation always brings me such joy and inspires me to worship Him...the Creator. I hope that as I share these photos they cause you to pause and think of Him and tell Him how grateful you are that He is who He says He is...the Living God!
If you click on a photo it will enlarge for you so you can see it better. Please do not copy my photographs without written permission as they are the property of Lynn Pinkey. Thank you!
I and my family have the wonderful priveledge of superintending the dog division of the Whatcom County Youth Fair. This year was our 4th year and we had 50 children and almost as many dogs. We always have such a wonderful time seeing the children every year and their marvelous dogs. We had many wonderful demonstrations again this year. We had an educational poster contest. The children had to present their posters and communicate to the rest of the division all that they had learned about their particular breed. As always it was wonderful. We had a costume contest, bandana decorating (so their dogs could wear them) a tracking demonstration, a veterinarian, an agility club, a US Customs drug detection dog, and a best trick contest. Oh and I almost forgot!! We had the Guide Dog Puppy Raisers too!! We had a wonderful time and we built so many wonderful memories with the kids. Hope you enjoy the pics as much as we do.
