Monday 30 April 2012

Spring is sprung

and in the interests of evolution webbed feet are now a requirement. Thank goodness we live near a beach so that mud is never a feature in this house (substituted for sand, mind you).
Weather was nice and warm though in March when we visited Honeybears and had a small family reunion:
"Fancy another go this year honey?"
"Are you kidding? Look what arrived last time!"
Siblings Tali and Mia came to visit, goodness, they have both changed so much - Tali has Ilo's lovely eye markings and Mia's coat texture is superb.

Tali
Mia
Although we only show infrequently, 3 of the 6 pups have been exhibited already. Tykky set the ball rolling by picking up Best Puppy Bitch on her first outing at Manchester Ch Show under Stuart Band and Tuula won BP AVNSC Pastoral at Horley and District. Mia meanwhile was strutting her stuff at a local companion show on the S Coast and loving it.
Susanne (Lappviken) and I often travel together for long-distance shows, its more fun driving and chatting and we can celebrate/console each other on the way home. So it was for the FLCGB Ch show at Stoneleigh - when with low expectations we joked about stopping off on the way there to put additional air in the tyres so we could carry all the trophies!  As the prizes, rosettes and dog food mounted up, we were wondering if it would all fit in. Tykky won MPB with Tuula coming second. She then took Best Bitch Puppy and behaved quite well in the challenges. Finally she got BPIS under Hans Lehtinen from Finland and we celebrated most of the way home and the next day too! I was overjoyed that my two babes had done so well at the strongest entry we have ever had in the breed for puppy classes.
Tykky BPIS
At home with the trophies and Ilo's fur for the birds!


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