Phaedra (Bryedal Emmaslass For Klancraig) - 'Fayfee'

Phaedra was our beautiful, gentle liver and white dalmatian bitch and Roman's soulmate. Today 'Fayfee' would have been twelve years old. Still very much missed for her cheeky smile, God Bless sweet little girl xx

GWPC Breed Seminar April 2010

Today we had the pleasure of attending the German Wirehaired Pointer Club Breed Seminar, having been invited to take Lottie along as one of the 'assessment dogs'. Bronte came along too and made a brief appearance to demonstrate correct 'reach and drive' during the talk which was given by Josie Baddeley (Lourdace) and Di Arrowsmith (Fleetapple).
Lottie was one of five dogs chosen to be assessed on their movement and conformation by fourteen up-and-coming judges. All five dogs were thoroughly well behaved during the assessments which took nearly four hours - standing, being looked-over by a succession of assessors and then moved repeatedly. Needless to say, Lottie and I are both shattered this evening.
Congratulations to Barbara Stamp (Tynsil) for arranging such a successful event on behalf of the GWPC and fingers crossed for all those who attended the seminar.
On a personal note it was lovely to see mum (Bronte), dad (Plumley) and daughter (Lottie) all together.

Happy birthday Tilly

Well the birthdays are coming thick and fast in the Klancraig household at the moment and today we would like to wish Tilly a happy 5th birthday.

Indie (Kimmax Sealed With a Kiss)

Introducing Indie who has just come back to live with us here at Klancraig. Indie has come from a loving home but due to a change in family circumstances her owners felt that it was in Indie's best interests for her to return to us.
So far she has settled in well considering that she has come to live in a busy family environment and now has to adjust to being one of a pack rather than an only dog. She is a very loving and playful little girl..
Although she is already in lovely condition, we have put her straight back onto a raw diet and she is happily tucking into chicken carcasses, an assortment of minces, offal, sardines and eggs.
We have started some very basic training with Indie and she is booked to attend a one-to-one training session with Gary and trainer Nigel Dear.
We have no plans to find Indie a new home at the moment but are enjoying her being here and getting to know her again.

Happy 3rd Birthday

Happy 3rd birthday to Lottie and all her litter brothers and sisters xx

German Wirehaired Pointer Club AGM

Today was the GWPC AGM which was held at Stoneleigh near Coventry. Although I resigned from the Committee mid term last year and was not standing again this year, I went along to support our Club and show an interest in the matters which affect both it and the membership.
As meetings go, it was relatively straight forward and nice to see a number of new faces standing for Committee.

Bootle, Crosby & Sotuh Liverpool Canine Society - Judge Amandy Hayes (Germanus)

Today we took Winnie to Bootle, Crosby & South Liverpool Canine Society Open Show at St Helens where the judge was Amanda Hayes (Germanus). We were delighted to be awarded Best Puppy in Breed, unfortunately however Winnie did not go on to achieve anything in the Gundog Puppy Group, I think in part since she was slipping on the floor both moving around the ring and being stacked up. Not to worry, she enjoyed her day out making friends with lots of the other competitors and I got the chance to meet up with friends too.
Well done to Una Russell and her boy Kimmax Bourbon (Bisto) who took Best of Breed and went on to get G4, a well deserved win.