I was walking through the sleepy town of St Anne’s in Lancashire, England after a morning photo session when I stopped dead in my tracks. The most unusual dog I had ever seen was crossing the road right ahead of us. After a brief glance at my other half I dashed straight over to find out more.
Casper is a five month old Daschund with a coat known as dapple, that rarely occurs in his kind. Although strikingly beautiful Casper’s markings are often coupled with terrible health defects. It is incredibly dangerous to breed specifically for dapple traits, but luckily for Casper he has a clean bill of health. It turns out he was an unexpected accident from a Black and tan Mum and a Cream dapple Dad. So while we can admire his coat all day it’s super important to remember to avoid trying to engineer such traits.
For a young pup Casper was incredibly confident and curious about the world around him. He was visiting from Scotland on holiday and we just managed to squeeze a photo session in for him before he returned up north. After all how often do you get to play with a fur baby as unique as Casper!
More info: catsdog.co.uk
