Welcome to Country NIGHTZ Ranch

Our Dalmatians are extremely friendly and family raised. All of our dalmatians are genetic health tested for 150 genetic diseases and bad traits. We do have a variety of colors and also have long haired dalmatians. Starting in 2020 we will have LUA dalmatians, dalmatians not prone to urinary stones. 

We offer PET HOME ONLY

Our primary concern is HEALTH and temperament of all of our Dogs. Our dogs live their life inside our home, with my children, on a farm with livestock and small animals. We have never Had any issues with our dogs and if we had one who did have issues he/she would be spayed and neutered and no longer be apart of our breeding program. 

Puppies will be BAER tested, microchipped, vet checked, Dewormed and have first vaccine prior to going home. We do offer 30 days of pet insurance and a genetic health guarantee. 

I started breeding in 2016, dalmatians where I was living were hard to come by and the ones that were around were all inbred, or show dogs who were closely linebred, and came from breeders/ owners who wouldn’t give you the time of day unless you showed too. My first pet Dalmatian we got from Craigslist and it was a giant mistake on my part, though I loved him a ton! I knew nothing about breeding or breeders then as I was more into the rescue world and he was just a pet(I had fostered dozens of dogs at that point and found homes for several for friends). Come to find out he was brother sister bred, meaning his parents were brother/sister. He had horrible health issues and temperament problems which unfortunately resulted in us having to find him a home with no kids due to him biting a friends kids, and being unsafe for my kiddos. I mention this because many first time owners don’t know the importance of buying a dog from a good breeder who raises them around kids and breeds for temperament/ health over profit. Many people think a “pet is just a pet it doesn’t matter who I buy from” which is really strongly not the case. I made that mistake, and felt horrible for rehoming him, but knew my kids came first always and he was happier not being around kids. This experience was when I decided the breed was being bred in my area with a great disservice to the breed and I wanted to change that and bring quality Dalmatians back to the area. I then purchased two girls from a breeder in Oklahoma,Scarlett  and willow, who quickly became very good family pets and I was very happy to see that they were well rounded happy individuals, who really showed the true qualities of the breed. Admittedly when I started I had a not so great mentor, but I was still learning. Over the years I have watched, learned and changed my own program for the betterment of the breed. It was very disheartening to learn how common it was for breeders (even breeders who have been breeding for several several years) to actually inbreed just because breeders didn’t want to own multiple dogs, or didn’t want to use stud services. Our genepool for the breed is fairly small, you have to search far and wide to find a dog with no relation to yours in 4 generations. Which makes it important to own (or in my case guardian home) different males so that I’m not inbreeding or having high cois (coefficient of inbreeding basically inbreeding percentage). I make sure that my breedings are paired up properly to ensure the puppies have low coi % (below 5% is breed standard but I personally prefer it to be below 2-3% for my standards). A lot goes into the perfect pair for each other and there is so many things I consider prior to the breeding even happening and this is a key factor in being a ethical breeder. I typically like to plan 2-3 generations down before I even consider a breeding (as the goal is to expand the genepool with proper bloodlines and temperaments). I also want to make sure I point out, that temperament is extremely important to me, after our first dalmatian I made a promise to only breed dogs who have the most amazing family temperament and health. I have 3 kids and I know how important it is for families to have dogs they can trust around their children. Temperament is extremely important to me and if any dog is not meeting my standards they will be spayed:neutered and not bred. Health is as well extremely important, my goal long term is to eventually only have LUA puppies, sadly the genepool is fairly small with the LUA lines so it will take several years to get to that point. We take the health of our dogs very seriously and our dogs see our vet routinely, and for any issues or concerns (seriously my vet will tell you I’m a frequent flier for not just annual care but I take my dogs or pups in for even the slightest concern, call my a helicopter mom if you wish lol). The adults and pups all receive proper medical care, daily exercise (we have 7 acres for them to run and I’m home all the time besides groceries or appointments, if I’m not home for any length of time, my Co-breeder is with them). They receive basic training and some we do agility here on the ranch with (: they are very much spoiled indoor, house pets first and foremost! Their happiness and well-being is our number one priority. We raise our puppies in our home, and they get proper daily socialization, probably get cuddles a little to much for some folks but what can I say how can you not hold and play with them almost every second of the day?! This makes for well rounded puppies and social puppies but it is defiantly important that new families take their puppies to get socialized in public as we do not take them anywhere but our vet to limit exposure to any viruses. We do start them on crate training and litter box training (: for puppies who stay with us past 12 weeks, they get started on indoor.outdoor potty training usually by following their mommy around the house. As well as being started on leash training, and basic obedience. I can’t stress enough how important it is for new puppy parents to do puppy training classes with their pups once in your home so if your considering a puppy please make sure to prepare for that (: 

I know many people who follow me are primarily curious about different colors/ coats in the breed. I want to start by saying, no I do not show my dogs, and per breed standard; lemons, tri colors, long coats are not allowed in the show ring for conformation though you can do agility with them, and you can register them as the color they are as Akc recognizes these colors as part of their “breed colors”. This has caused a lot of hate to be aimed at me because I think they are beautiful and are apart of our breed and I love all Dalmatians. It has also caused folks to spread humorous rumors and false information about me to try to discredit me, but I assure you I do not breed solely for color or coat. And I do not lower my high standards to breed for them. My “off standards” colors are just as healthy as my standard confirmation show quality dogs and they all get the same health testing and temperament testing. Ultimately my primary reason for breeding is to better the breed in multiple ways, I focus on pedigrees, structure,  temperament and health. I back my puppies with a genetic guarantee as well as I am confident in my program.  We rarely actually have puppies who are tri color, or long coat. As my focus is truly on LUA black and liver, they just happen to come up in some of my litters which I’m glad to be apart of preserving them in the breed and being one of the few who are actually doing it morally and ethically. Something people don’t really know is a lot of those who breed lemon, long coat or tri color are solely doing it for the colors and not with preservation, temperament, health or pedigree in mind. Many of them are sadly being inbred, which is why I made the ethical choice to not sell any off standard showing or carrying puppies to breeding homes. It is unfortunate but there is only a handful of breeders who actually have the morals and ethics to breed for them properly. And I think it will be a disservice to my lines and to the breed to allow them into the wrong hands after all my hard work. We do offer LUA liver or black spotted to ethical breeding homes under a mentorship program for those who want to help better the breed. So if you are considering helping to better the breed I am more then willing to chat with you about potential LUA prospects. 

I am always more then happy to answer anyone’s questions, and get to know you over a longer period of time before you commit to one of my puppies so please do not feel like you have to rush to get one, I would rather you be confident in me as the breeder you choose, and be fully prepared for a puppy then jump into the commitment. After all your puppy is going to be a important member of your family for 10-15 years and it’s very important you pick the right one for you and your family (: