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 !!

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)

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.

The end to the 2012 show season ....

We had a lovely day at LKA Championship Show today at the N.E.C in Birmingham. Jive and myself made the trip up, as it was the last show of the year, and more importantly the last chance to qualify for Crufts. I was kept busy showing some puppies bred by Lyn Irwin, Hawk was 4th in Minor Puppy Dog and Grace was 4th in Minor Puppy Bitch, well done puppies ! After a break to do some quick shopping and chatting, I was back in the ring in Limit Bitch. This time with my dog, the ever so lovely Miss Jive Bunny, it was a strong class of 14 with 2 absent. Jive showed her little socks off, and to my utter delight was awarded 2nd qualifying her for Crufts, and thus awarding her, her Stud Book Number and Crufts qualification for life! She is the third dog I have owned to be awarded a Stud Book Number, and it feels just as exciting as if it were the first. Thank you Team Pinebank for the support today, and thank you so much to all our well wishers, it means so much. On that note, I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you all in 2013 !

3 Champ shows, 3 Harlistream puppies Crufts Qualified !

Here at Harlistream we are immensely proud of our puppies and all their achievements. At South Wales Championship Show under Roz Bellamy (Woodfinch), Chance (H. Astrada) was 3rd in Minor Puppy Dog and then 1st in Puppy Dog .. both these wins qualified him for Crufts 2013. He showed beautifully and was handled to perfection by Lorraine.

Chance - Harlistream Astrada

Then at the Joint Flatcoat Championship show Percy (H. Pilara) went under Sandra Stevenson (Steelriver) in a couple of very large classes. Percy was VHC in Minor Puppy Bitch out of 17, and then 3rd in Puppy Bitch out of 14, thus Crufts qualified !! I must say a huge thank you to Anna-Victoria (Kennel Vom Wildförstersee) who showed Percy for me in both classes, she handled her so well, thank you, thank you, thank you !

Percy - Harlistream Pilara

So that is three Championship Shows with three Harlistream puppies Crufts qualified (Tuva - Driffield, Chance - South Wales, Percy Joint Flatcoat). We look forward to Crufts next year ! (Think the Oaksenriver's/Harlistream's/Pinebank's may take over quite a lot of benching !)

So the Showing starts .....

We've been very busy with shows recently, first off we attended Driffield Championship Show held at Wetherby Racecourse. What a day that was !! We had terrible weather, it was very wet and cold, a very water logged car park (we sat and watched a car with it's wheels spinning but going nowhere!), a very cramped tent with our benching, and the tiniest ring you have EVER seen, quite surprising for an Autumn show. Our microscopic ring also had a large wet/muddy patch which did see someone slip over, all of this combined meant that our judge Gordan Haran had a difficult if not impossible job of assessing movement. However Tuva (Harlistream Ellerstina) still managed to get a 3rd in Minor Puppy and a 4th in Puppy bitch, thus qualifying her for Crufts ! Today wasn't Jive's day and she went unplaced in Limit. We were really pleased with Tuva's first Championship show and the very difficult conditions she showed in, we were all very glad to get home that day !

Yesterday we attended Beckenham Open Show in Maidstone, Kent. Our judge was Manita Busser-Jager from Holland. Another wet day, but at least we had a decent wet weather ring this time ! Chance (Harlistream Astrada) won puppy, Tuva was 3rd, and then Jive (Clandrift Dirty Dancing at Harlistream) was 2nd in Open. Congratulations on the winners of the day, to Brian & Gill Broadbent with Blackshyne Super Trouper JW ShCM who went Best of Breed, Celia Taite with Gayplume Bowled Over who won Reserve Best of Breed and of course to Lorraine Connor and our own Harlistream Astrada who went Best Puppy In Breed.

 

Harlistream Astrada - Best Puppy In Breed at Beckenham Open

Harlistream puppies First Show

Today was the Harlistream puppies first ever show, they recently turned 6 months old, so attended Eastbourne Open Show held at the South of England Showground. The judge was Carla Hawes whom had an entry of 15 Flatcoats.

Tuva (Harlistream Ellerstina) won Puppy and Best Puppy In Breed, Chance (Harlistream Astrada) was 2nd in Puppy and Jive (Clandrift Dirty Dancing at Harlistream) won Open. I was very proud of everyone, they showed beautifully, and have matured into lovely, happy puppies.

Tuva and her BPIB Trophy and rosette

After the show we had a little photo session, we were joined by Georgie (Blue Boy), so both brothers, sister and mother got to have a play whilst the owners enjoyed some celebration cup cakes !

Celebration "Harlistream" cupcakes

Jive with three of her children