Monday 23 December 2013

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

Sorry for the lack of posts, it's been a busy year, my job has been incredibly time consuming, and therefore canine activities have been somewhat scarce. So here is the year in a nutshell !

Harlistream Ellerstina qualified for Crufts 2014 at Paignton Championship show under Pam Lynott (Avening), she also had her eyes tested clear including gonioscopy.

Harlistream Pilara owned and loved by Terry Cowley qualified for Crufts 2014 at URC under Val Orme (Elmstock) and NGA under Terry Hargreaves. We are also proud to announce she has clear eyes including gonioscopy and her hips are 2/2 = 4

Clandrift Dirty Dancing at Harlistream has been consistently in the cards throughout the year, with the highlight being a 2nd in Limit Bitch at Paignton under Pam Lynott.

I somehow managed to fit in a trip to Sweden to see Linda Edberg (Black Mica's) and attend the Hundmassa Show in Stockholm. It was lovely to see all the Swedish flatcoats, in particular Tuva's Black Mica's family and her father Sune. Thank you to Linda and her family for their kind hospitality.

Merry Christmas Everyone and a Happy New Year !!




Monday 25 March 2013

CRUFTS 2013

It certainly has been a busy time recently with one thing and another. A couple of weeks ago we had CRUFTS, which is always an exciting time in the show calender. We were also excited to have some overseas friends visit us for the occasion, one of them being the breeder/owner of Tuva's Sire, Black Mica's That's Enough all the way from Sweden, Tuva wasted no time in "getting to know" Linda !

CRUFTS was attended this year by Jive and Tuva, unfortunately Percy (Harlistream Pilara) came into season ! We also had Madison's children Mac and Atty (Oaksenriver Rimac & Oaksenriver Atico). I was assisted in the showing of the team by our other overseas visitor Yasmina from Switzerland. Yasmina handled Atty in Undergraduate Bitch, and I showed Mac in Undergraduate Dog, but no placings for the Oaksenrivers today. I also showed Tuva (Harlistream Ellerstina) in Puppy bitch, she showed like a dream, but was not in the cards, however her mother Jive (Clandrift Dirty Dancing at Harlistream) was awarded 5th in her Mid Limit Class ... so the celebration Tea was on Jive ! We all had a lovely day, and so the qualifying starts again for next year !

Tuva having the once over by judge Becky Johnson (Downstream)

Saturday 23 February 2013

A good start to 2013 !

Two good pieces of news to start 2013 with. Our very own Tuva (Harlistream Ellerstina) had her eyes tested by Ian Mason, at a testing day in West Sussex. Tuva received the all clear, including the gonioscopy. Another piece of good news, Jazz (Harlistream La Dolfina) Tuva's sister, passed her Bronze Good Citizen Award recently. We are very proud that Jazz is such a good citizen .. keep up the good work.