APRIL - MAY 2010
Sat 29th May
Bath Ch show today and Libby was second in junior under judge Richard Stafford. Dede was unplaced in her class for the first time!! Weather here has been good, until today. It has rained since early morning but better forecast for Sunday fingers crossed. On to Southern Counties on Monday.
Mon 24th May
Absolutely brilliant weather for SKC can't remember a year when it did not rain!!! Good result in the ring with Dede 3rd in post grad bitch under judge Frank Kane. The two babes Ola and Becky both took caravanning in their stride and loved the weekend away. Little do they know that they will be away again soon (Bath then Southern Counties) Just the little matter of all the cleaning and repacking of the van to do!
Fri 14th May
No show news at the moment but SKC wont be long. Sugars babies have all gone to their new homes and are all settled and we wish them all a long and happy life. Connies are due to leave this Saturday and Sunday and we will be back to normality!! ( well as close as it ever is here) Just had the babies out in the garden for while and got some nice photo's of them for the litters page. We are both looking forward to a break up at SKC next week but, as I said last time, taking the caravan to Ingliston usally ends up with bad weather but fingers crossed and it will be good to get out and see people again.
Sat 1st May
Well thats April gone then! It really does seem to be flying past this year. We had the confirmation of Dede's hip scoring back today and she is 4-3 (7) so not too bad. Puppies are growing up into real characters. Sugars are just like their mother and do everything at a million miles an hour! Connies are more laid back but love to run around the room and garden and at least we are getting the food inside them now! Really looking forward to SKC and getting away for the weekend. The caravan is all ready to go which means it will probably pour it down for the whole week!!!
Wed 21st April
Sorry for the lack of news just lately but we have not been to any shows. Connies and Sugars babies are doing well and are both well on the way to weaning although Connies do tend to wear more of their food than eat it at the moment. (See pictures on Connies litter page) Hoping to get to SKC for the weekend with a bit of luck and a good weather forecast. Nearly had a trip to Rome on Tuesday to pick up stranded friends. We both cannot imagine travelling with 2 children for nearly a week. Our two boy's would have been bored after the first hour !! They managed to get a train to Nice then Paris for the Eurostar on thursday, hopefully. Just makes you think how much we take air travel for granted.....
Tues 6th April
Angela judged at Eastwood C.S. yesterday and enjoyed her day out. Her BOB was Trudy Topliss Peasblossom Butterfly at Beresford and B.P. was Peasblossom Escape to Beresford. In Vizsla's BOB and B.P. was Layton's Layways Strathisla. Connies babies are 2 weeks old and doing well. Sugars are eating weaning porridge much to Sugar's disgust as she thinks it shoud be for her! At least she gets to clean it all off them afterwards.
Sun 4th April
Nice quiet weekend for us. Went to Tweedmouth open show on Friday but did not show the dogs as I was by myself and was to be stewarding on the day. Angela is judging Springers and Vizslas at Eastwood on Monday and is really looking forward to it. She says it seems like ages since she was at a show. The babies are all growing nicely and Sugars have had their first solid feed ( some of it actually went inside of them ! ) I've added a few new pics of the babies today taken after they were cleaned up. Connies are starting to get up on their feet but no eyes open yet.
Thurs 1st April
Big day for Dede yesterday as she went to have her Hip Scores done. She was a bit groggy on the way home but, thankfully, she is fine today. We have to wait for the official B.V.A score now but the Vet thought they should be o.k. Fingers crossed !!
