My first Pražský Krysarík "Kikina" 5 months old.
The Pražský Krysařík was actually the firts dog I have been in contact with. My parents are from the Czech Republic and since I was 2 years old I have visited relatives every year. I have always been in contact with the breed since you could see them running freely on the streets.
In 1993 my grandmother bouth me a brown and tan little PK bitch. Unfortunatly back then the Czech Republic wasn´t part of the EU and it was hard to import/export dogs. So she stayed there with a relative to us - she died in 2007, 14 years old.
The goal with my breeding on Pražský Krysařík is to breed on healthy dogs that like to work and have nice temperaments. The Pražský Krysařík is known for it´s good temperament and I like to keep it that way! Dogs that really can catch a rat (not be eaten by it) and then also win at shows! An typical PK in other words!
Emilie Kopečková & Rocky
This breed (or any other for that matter) is not a accessory or something to keep in your handbag. This is a very active breed that loves to please. At the same time it is a very convenient breed that is easy to handle.
If you compare the Pražský Krysařík with other breeds in the same size you will see that they are superior when it comes to perceptive, eager to please and speed!
The breed is fit to train and compete in many different sports such as Agility, Rally obedience, Obedience, Freestyle, Lure-coursing and Tracking!
In the picture to the right - Emilie Kopečková with Rocky, one of the first to own a Prazky Krysarik and also the founder of KPPPK (Czech Prazsky Krysarik Club)
Ing. Jan Kubeš - vice precident, Renata & MVDr. Lubomír Široký- President of CMKU, Czech Kennel Club
The recent years I have seen a drastic development of this breed where the size is the focal point just because the breeders sell more "handbags"...
The Pražský Krysařík has gone from a sturdy but in the same time elegant dog to a miniature rat that consist of only skin and bone, that dosn´t even walk properly in the show ring!
It is a dangerous development that has gone very fast and already to far!
The breeding base has taken a beating and it feels like money has controlled the breeds faith and that´s why I´m gonna do everything in my power to try and retain the original Pražský Krysařík that I grew up with!
For me a Prazsky Krysarik is Black & tan or Brown & tan. The other colors or long coat PK´s that have been aproved not to long ago are NOT Prazsky Krysariks according to me and many other breeders that have been breeding for a long time.
These are mix breeds just to get a specific color or coat because they sell better. If you are genuinely intrested in this breed, please think twice before buying a Merle, Blue or long hear.Their are other breeds with those colors or coat that you can buy!
The head is a vocal piont in my breeding and of course a good construction of the body that makes the dog healthy and abels it to have good movement!
To the left we have my Rocky and to the right we have one of the "original" Prazsky Krysariks that the breeding started with in the 1980's.