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Welcome to the Baltic Winters Sled Dog Association hub! In this particular building, you will find all of the Baltic Husky information, including Kennel Club breed standards. This is your base of all information concerning the Baltic Husky breed!

Located in this center is primarily Kennel Club information: meaning standards for Baltic Huskies, as dictated by the BWSDA. You can also register your BWSDA kennel here, provided it follows the rules of the association (and of course, CS rules)!

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BH Breed Description

Baltic Huskies have changed over the years. The breed went dormant over some years, and during that time the bloodlines became a bit changed. Now, the original Baltic Husky looks a little different than the current breed!

At the base of this breed, there are a fair amount of variations: due to the combination of breeds added to create this ideal super breed, their standards have a bit more wiggle room than other species might! It is not incredibly rare to find a Baltic Husky that is outside of these standards: the only interference that may have is if the owner is professionally showing the dog.

As with most dogs, their stature slightly varies based on their gender assigned at birth. Males are typically bigger, ranging from about 22-28 inches (to the shoulder) while females range from about 20-25 inches (to the shoulder). Weight can vary based off of the type of work the dog is doing, but a healthy weight is considered to be one that follows the Body Condition System.

These dogs still have strong, working group blood: they kept the Siberian Husky, Alaskan Malamute, and Akita build, but it seems that the Canadian Eskimo dog was brought in with heavy influence in the most recent lines. Baltic Huskies are incredibly heavily built, with strong muscles and wide chests and necks. They have become one of the more ideal sledding dogs for their strength and size: they stay the size of a Siberian Husky, but have a more bulky build that is better for pulling. This includes their typically well muscled legs and shoulders that help them with endurance and keep high speeds. They are a perfect working and sledding dog!

BH Attitudes and Personality

While Baltic Huskies are created to be the ideal working and sledding dog, this breed is highly adaptable. Originally, this breed was created with the Belgian Tervuren for intelligence, but with the Border Collie breed was mixed in with the more recent bloodlines. As a result, these dogs tend to be a lot more intelligent than their other working dog counterparts. They are able to not only solve puzzles given to them (provided they are not too difficult + have proper motivation), but also seem to be able to think on the go.

Baltic Huskies have Samoyed passive nature brought into them, but overall, these dogs can have a wild variation of personalities and temperaments! Most are stubborn and headstrong unless bribed, and they tend to have independent natures! However, do not get that confused as being some sort of lone wolf: Baltic Huskies can be incredibly protective of their family, including their sledding team and owner. Many of them are eager to please, but due to their high energy levels and high levels of intelligence, both physical and mental stimulation are necessary! If they are very bored or have pent up energy, they can get very destructive or very vocal! A Baltic Husky typically has no restraints on letting you know if they have a problem.

Since they are bred as sledding dogs primarily, most do not do well in solitary homes or isolated areas: despite being independent, these dogs definitely recognize the value in a good friend! That either means having another dog companion, or in a home that only has the Baltic Husky, means bonding tightly with the humans in the family (though any cats might want to watch out- this breed tends to have no qualm jumping on the backs of couches to spend time with their other furry friends)!

This all might sound daunting: really, caring for a Baltic Husky is typical of caring for any other animal! Learning to train and own one of these dogs is fairly easy: once you find your dog's motivation and what it likes, working with them can be a breeze! Due to their flexibility, Baltic Huskies do well in a variety of different tasks! They do well as service dogs, but it has been seen for Baltic Huskies to have capabilities for sports like agility or herding given their other descendants. When trained properly, they can make good family pets as well: as long as you take them on enough walks, or have a big enough yard to play in!

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Baltic Husky History

will be added at a later date!

Association History

will be added at a later date!

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Welcome to the next section of the association's building: the genetics office!

Genetics are a large aspect of Baltic Huskies: especially with the introduction of new breeds to the bloodline, more coat combinations are now possible! So, how do we understand these? We can look at the resources below, and the gene guide further down!

The staff who work at the association are always happy to help you with genetics for the Baltic Husky breeds: however, we have compiled a list of resources that may be helpful and learning/understanding how to recognize the genetics! Baltic Huskies are based very closely off of real dog genetics: so please note that these links below may not strictly be for this breed, but most of the material applies to the genetics (and how Baltic Husky genetics are set up)!



Genetics
General Genetics Laydown; provides a good guide for how inheritance work, how genes show, and traits!
-> This probably will not be needed for individuals who understand information such as punnet squares, but if you never have taken a biology course or just did not have any interest prior, this is a good guide before understanding how dog genetics show!

General Master Genetics Guide; includes all information about dog genetics, reference pictures, and more information about genotypes!
-> Includes information about nose color, eye color, and the range of markings such as white! If you have no idea where to start, this is probably the best general comprehensive source! Read the basics before all else!

Dog Colors - Color Layers Guide; describes the difference between the three 'layers' to coat colors; white, black, and red.
-> This is good if you have no idea how the pigment colors function, and is best as a color learning guide!

Dog Colors - Dilution, Merle, Brindle, and Masks
Dog Colors - Color Spread; visually shows the spread of white and the spread of black
-> Both of these guides are follow up to the Color Layers guide! This will help teach how these coat colors work.

Eye and Nose Color Guide; made by Leonca, it shows in a chart the color of nose and eyes matched with coat colors!
-> Useful after you understand the base genetics to find eye and nose colors: a visual chart!

Brindle Guide; made by Shock Therapy Stables, understanding how brindle shows!
Dilution Guide; made by Shock Therapy Stables, it gives information and pictures about liver, blue, and isabella dogs!
-> Some useful visual guides made by Shock Therapy Stables!

Comprehensive Master Guide; the basis of the general master genetics guide!
-> I would recommend reading this to understand further, after you read the general guide!


Please note genetics are typically not learned in a day: they can take time, especially to do "guessotypes" (guessing the phenotype/genotype) without any other resources! If you need help, please feel free to reach out!

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Baltic Husky Genotype Configuration - Please note this may be changed somewhat before opening!
K . B . D . A . E . I . Sl . S . G . M . T . F. N

[ Old Genetic Configuration is - > K . A . B . D . E . G . I . P . S . T ]


Baltic Husky genes have slightly changed since the original breed standard. As such, some things have been changed, added, or been removed! Similar to the old genetics layout, however, all genes here are listed in order of dominance: anything listed as "co-dominant" is dominant to anything below it, but it will also show in addition to the dominant gene above it (if the dog had both genes)!

[A note: if anything is referenced as black pigment below barring the B/D series, it refers to both black pigment and if there is modification such as chocolate, blue, or isabella!]

Symbols that indicate the co-dominant genes are:
▲ = co-dominant genes

#1 - K Series - Decides how the black (or black modifier) color shows.

K - Dominant black: a solid jet black coat.
▲ Kbr - Modifies black pigment to be a brindled coat.
k - Allows E series or red pigment to show in the coat.

#2 - B Series - Base black color modification. Effects nose colors and eye colors.

B - Black pigment, no change.
b - Black turns into chocolate (brown).

#3 - D Series - Base black color dilution. Effects nose colors and eye colors.

D - No dilution, leaves the coat black or chocolate.
d - Dilution; black into blue, chocolate into isabella.

#4 - A Series - Determines how much black shows, if black is present.

▲ Ay - Sable (Shaded, tipped, or clear).
▲ Aw - Wildtype/agouti.
▲ At - Tanpoints. (bicolor without white, tricolor with white). Only shows on black, liver, blue, or isabella dogs.
▲ As - Saddle.
a - Recessive solid black (fully black pigment dog).
al - Seal.

#5 - E Series - Codominant with the A series.

Em - Gives dog a black pigment mask on face.
▲ Ex - Extends the mask down the chest and even to the stomach and feet.
▲ Eu - Urajiro. Lightens the underside of red marks, primarily in the pattern of tan points. Is codominant with masking.
Eg - Grizzle/domino, or "reverse mask". Lightens red marks, primarily tan points. Masks will make this gene recessive.
E - This series has no change.
e - A fully red coat (recessive red).

#6 - I Intensity Series - ("Chinchilla") Modifies the intensity of red/copper

I - Normal copper pigment (darkest red shade, copper).
Ir - Copper intensity reduced to red/apricot.
Il - Copper intensity reduced to light red/fawn.
Ii - Copper intensity reduced to tan/cream.
Ic - Copper intensity reduced to silver (lightest red shade, an absence of copper tone).

#7 - Sl Series - Pure white, regardless of other genes.

Sl - No silvering.
sl - Solid white.

#8 - S Series - Most dominant (absence of pigment): decides how much white is present.

S - No white present.
Sm - Minimal/residual white: typically only on face, chest, or lower part of legs.
Si - Irish white.
So - Pinto, derived from the horse term: typically describes a form of piebald, where the head has no asymmetrical white (or no white at all), and a third of the body has color.
Sp - Piebald.
Sx - Extreme white: can sometimes cause deafness, and more rarely, blindness.

#9 - G Series - Unrelated to natural age graying, grays out color in various stages, but may leave patches of fur unaffected.
Occasionally, may effect the entire dog. A homozygous dog with two graying genes (GG) will tend to have a greater change in color than if a dog only had one gene (Gg).

G - Varying degrees of greying is present on the coat, gets lighter with age.
Gs - Snowflakes.
g - No graying.

#10 - M Series - Controls merle.
Double merles (MM) often have serious health issues, such as blindness or deafness: when breeding a dog with merle, consider if the other dog has merle as well!

M - Black pigment areas become merle.
Mc - Cryptic merle.
Ma - Atypical merle.
Mh - Harlequin merle.
Mt - Tweed.
m - No merle present.

#11 - T series - White marking modifiers.
A dog that is homozygous for any of these traits (TrTr, T+T+, TT) will have a more prominent or "heavy" version of the gene. A heterozygous dog with only one dominant gene will be considered "light" due to not having as much effect.

Tr - Roaning.
▲ T+ - Spotting.
▲ T - Ticking.
▲ t - Absence of any white marking modifier.

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#12 - F Series - Distinguishes Fur Type

F - Normal, thick BH fur.
fc - Curly fur (mustache not reliant on genetics).
fs - Silky fur (kind not reliant on genetics). Overrides ear type.

#13 - Ear/Tail Series - Distinguishes Ear/Tail Type
The main difference in this series is the ears. Both the curled and straight tail are available for any of these types. Any tail mutations will be listed in the mutations section below! Please note any non-genetic ear or tail, such as cropped ears, will not be included here.

N - Upright ears
nh - Half flop ears
n - Floppy ears

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While the BWSDA strives to have dogs who fit the already loose breed standard, Baltic Huskies do have some alterations to genes that are not prominent enough to count as a standalone marking.

Below you can find information about these altered genes.

Pencilling - Em+ or Ex+

Shows up on dogs that have masking or extreme masking. The main alteration is that the toes on the dog are not solid black, and have red hairs show through the feet.

Watermarking - Requires Em or Ex, no gene necessary for watermarks

Shows up on dogs that have masking or extreme masking. The main alteration is that for any white marks, there is a "watermarked" pattern of black/liver/blue/isabella marks around them.

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While the BWSDA strives to have dogs who fit the already loose breed standard, Baltic Huskies do have genetic mutations that can sometimes occur, even in otherwise normal dogs.

Below you can find information about these mutations.

Siamese

Nothing listed here yet... maybe as more dogs get released, mutations will pop up.

Chimeric

Nothing listed here yet... maybe as more dogs get released, mutations will pop up.

Somatic Mutation

Nothing listed here yet... maybe as more dogs get released, mutations will pop up.

Natural Bobbed Tail

The natural bobbed tail is a genetic condition causing a bobbed tail, similar to cropping. However, dogs with this mutation are naturally born like this! This effects the 13th locus, the ear/tail series.

Any dog with a natural bobbed tail will add an + to the specific gene that is being modified. In respect to the other tails, the bobbed tail is recessive, so it requires either N+N+, nh+nh+, or n+n+ to work properly.

Dwarfism

Nothing listed here yet... maybe as more dogs get released, mutations will pop up.

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Baltic Husky Kennel Club

Here, you have reached some of the last offices of this association's building.

What exactly is this Kennel Club, however? In short, the association has created its own Kennel Club section (known as the Baltic Winters Kennel Club - BWKC) in order to better promote the breed. Like most other Kennel Clubs, the association strives for greatness: Baltic Huskies are a crucial keystone to not only the economy and sporting industry, but in the hearts of many people. Promoting not only the breed for good, but reaching healthier standards and better breeding practices. This is partially why the Baltic Husky breed brings in so many different breeds: in order to help solve health issues, and create the super working and sledding dog.

This, at the base, is what the Baltic Winters Kennel Club strives to achieve. Under the BWSDA, both breeders and your usual family can register their kennel - as big or as small as it may be - in order to participate in the association's events! This includes using your dogs to compete, or entering in community events!


So, what exactly is a kennel? In respect to the association, it means some sort of thread/website/character collection that will show off all your huskies. In simple, a character thread! This kennel should be given a name unique to you, as well as a prefix that would be given to your dogs! Otherwise, what information you include is up to you. However, it is advised you show what dogs you own, give us their names, and any important information like genes or titles!

The association urges everyone interested to register their kennel, even if they do not have any dogs yet!

Registering your kennel and dogs

After hearing about the association's work, you may be interested and wondering how to go about this process. Well, registering your kennel and dogs is relatively simple! All this involves is basically checking your kennel and dogs into the association's archive.

Everyone must create a kennel and have it registered in order to properly participate: however, you do not have to register your dogs unless you have an older Baltic Husky from previous lines! Because these dogs are older standards of the breed, they need to be reevaluated: do not worry about this, though! All the association will do is take a look at them and give them new papers [which involve being given new genotypes that fit the new genetics]. Your dogs will not change in appearance, nor will they be voided if they do not fit the species or genetics! This is just for species purposes: so, for example, if your dog is to be bred, they will not be held back by not having the new genetics.

If you would like to follow through with registering, please fill out the appropriate forms!

Registration Forms

If you are registering a new kennel [one that is not registered with the new association/this thread], please use this form:



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If you are making a kennel alteration that is not your username [changing the kennel name, prefix, location, etc] please use this form:



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If you are only changing your username, please use this form (in tangent with the previous form if necessary):



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While all changes in dog ownership/names should be processed through the archive, if you have not yet registered Baltic Huskies on previous lines, please use this form for each dog:



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    [b]Username ;;[/b]
    [b]Kennel Name ;;[/b]
    [b]Name of Baltic Husky ;;[/b]
    [b]Link ;;[/b] (please provide the adoption page link, and not a kennel link)!
    [b]Extent of Correction ;;[/b] (would you like us to only update the verbal phenotype and/or genotype, or correct any phenotype / genotype errors made when making the dog? remember, your dog's appearance will NOT change)!



As it currently stands, there are no forms listed if there are user errors when adding kennels or giving new certifications: however, if you find there is a problem we made, please contact Morghettio privately so he may resolve the issue!

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Baltic Winters Kennel Club

Here, you will find an archive of the association's kennel club registrations!

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aray17 [412879] - Golden Hills Baltics Kennels [GHBK] - CS

Arkinhallow [345365] - Heartwood Kennels [HEA] - CS

BadgerBuddies [68823] - Baltic Buddies Working Dog Center [BBWD] - CS

bsktcase [300155] - Sweet Lightning Kennels [SLK] - CS

Calibri [927415] - St. Francis Rescue Centre [FRC] - CS

Chaotic_Affection [926010] - Snowdrift Kennel [SDK] - CS

clown boy [956851] - Clown's Circus [CC] - CS

conversett [792811] - Beyond Imprinted Kennels [BIK] - Weebly
Old Registration Record: Arctic Alphine Kennels

DarkestWerewolf [545676] - Wild’s Calling Kennel [WCK] - CS

discontinued. [577198] - The Nexus Kennels [TNK] - CS

Micki. [8302] - Elderberry Creek Kennels [ECK] - CS/Wix

olivionary [106651] - Tchotchke Kennel [TCHKE] - TH
Old Registration Record: Prefix, OMA

δρεπάνι [815256] - Boreal Moon Huskies [BMH] - TH

Jolly Rabbit [954866] - Day Dream Rescue [BCL] - TH

Starwalker123 [733021] - Starwalker Sanctuary [ST] - CS

Syelfavaki [788602] - Badger Print Kennels [BPK] - TH

Venatici [282725] - Invisible Whisker Kennels [IWK] - CS

.-bugrat-. [890614] - Gold and Silver Kennels [G&S] - CS

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after this post, registrations are open: please note that kennels will actively be added, but any new certifications [ie registering old dogs] will be processed in down time when other things are not being worked on!

here is an example of what a form will look like (with my kennel):

New Registration

Username ;; Morghettio
Kennel Link and Name ;; Invisible Whisker Kennels
Kennel Prefix ;; IWK
Where is your Kennel located ;; cs