Elton @ 3 months
April 12, Easter has been and gone, we attended 2 local shows here in Victoria for some lovely results - at Lang Lang under Mr Chris Evans Prim made another appearance for Best of Breed, Bambi was Reserve CC to her for the second time and Sia won her Best of Breed. Onto Easter Monday Karolyn made her 2021 debut and collected Bitch Challenge and Runner up to BOB, Sia was Best of Breed Smooth and went onto win Open in Group. Our last baby also went to his new home but not before winning his Baby puppy of Breed, we are hopeful that Elton will make many more showring appearances.
March 21 - Last Sunday we ventured up to Ballarat for a dog show, we had great fun with Prim winning Best of Breed Collie Rough (her first show in nearly 1.5 years) Bambi Ru Best of Breed to her at her 2nd show & Sia taking out Bitch CC and Ru BOB to her Uncle in the Smooth Collies. Rough Dog CC was Robbie a son of Ross * Giselle of Samantha Buckley so definately all in the family.
March 13, 2021 - Time is certainly flying, Faith and Lyams puppies have flown the coup and we are getting photos of them settling into their new homes which is great. Below is a small selection of puppies and dogs in their new homes enjoying themselves. :)
Shows are finally starting to open across Victoria and happily we have been successful at the few we have attended - Sia to date has been the only Smooth Collie shown as has collected her Best of Breed at them all - she is very out of coat at the moment. Saga has ventured to 2 shows and we are happy to report that she has gained the final 2 points for her title. Bambi has debuted to pick up her first points.
March 21 - Last Sunday we ventured up to Ballarat for a dog show, we had great fun with Prim winning Best of Breed Collie Rough (her first show in nearly 1.5 years) Bambi Ru Best of Breed to her at her 2nd show & Sia taking out Bitch CC and Ru BOB to her Uncle in the Smooth Collies. Rough Dog CC was Robbie a son of Ross * Giselle of Samantha Buckley so definately all in the family.
March 13, 2021 - Time is certainly flying, Faith and Lyams puppies have flown the coup and we are getting photos of them settling into their new homes which is great. Below is a small selection of puppies and dogs in their new homes enjoying themselves. :)
Shows are finally starting to open across Victoria and happily we have been successful at the few we have attended - Sia to date has been the only Smooth Collie shown as has collected her Best of Breed at them all - she is very out of coat at the moment. Saga has ventured to 2 shows and we are happy to report that she has gained the final 2 points for her title. Bambi has debuted to pick up her first points.
The Sable boy below is lovely Buddy, he is now 12 years old. Some of you may remember him from the lovely puppy photo that I have used a number of times. Buddy lives in West Australia with the Keane family and is a son of Tom (CH Carluke Name Dropping) and Fancy (CH Carluke Fancy That)
February 10, 2021 - Well what a busy time we have been having. Faiths first litter arrived right on time January 5 - 6 lovely boys and 1 gorgeous girl, they are now 5 weeks old running around like all puppies should. Iris's babies have nearly all flown the nest just the last 2 that leave this week. Another new arrival is our Arabian filly foal 3 weeks early as I write this she is not meant to be born! her expected due date is Feb 13th luckily for her we were ready and only just finished the hay.
We have been to our first show where Sia collected BOB and Saga was RCC. Here are a small selection of photos that new owners have sent us.
January 01, 2021, Well what was that... 2020, probably etched on everyone's mind for a good while yet. Certainly not a 'usual year' by any stretch of the imagination!
Dog shows were cancelled in Victoria on March 15 2020. We have been shut out of other states of Australia for varying periods of time from 4 months - 6 months and are just now as I type this being banned again from several states. All this makes promoting well bred, healthy, purebred animals a test for human fortitude. Demand skyrocketed as people found themselves with spare time - lack of companionship and unfortunately we have had to disappoint so many.
On the brighter side we did manage to complete a title - Dion - CH Carluke Myheart Willgo On finished her title in early March 2020. Sia - CH Foxbell X Factor had a phenomenal run in the first 3 months of the year and is half way to her Grand title. Whilst Saga - Carluke Noroomonmydanzcard the fates seem to want her to languish 2 points short of her title (apparently I can not count!) The only other girl to make an outing was Karolyn - Carluke This is Me made a couple of trips for some handy wins.
Again puppies have unfortunately been hit N miss, along with planned breeding being changed to suit the Covid environment.
Will 2021 be any different ? I will let you know in 365 days time. Keep smiling .
We have been to our first show where Sia collected BOB and Saga was RCC. Here are a small selection of photos that new owners have sent us.
January 01, 2021, Well what was that... 2020, probably etched on everyone's mind for a good while yet. Certainly not a 'usual year' by any stretch of the imagination!
Dog shows were cancelled in Victoria on March 15 2020. We have been shut out of other states of Australia for varying periods of time from 4 months - 6 months and are just now as I type this being banned again from several states. All this makes promoting well bred, healthy, purebred animals a test for human fortitude. Demand skyrocketed as people found themselves with spare time - lack of companionship and unfortunately we have had to disappoint so many.
On the brighter side we did manage to complete a title - Dion - CH Carluke Myheart Willgo On finished her title in early March 2020. Sia - CH Foxbell X Factor had a phenomenal run in the first 3 months of the year and is half way to her Grand title. Whilst Saga - Carluke Noroomonmydanzcard the fates seem to want her to languish 2 points short of her title (apparently I can not count!) The only other girl to make an outing was Karolyn - Carluke This is Me made a couple of trips for some handy wins.
Again puppies have unfortunately been hit N miss, along with planned breeding being changed to suit the Covid environment.
Will 2021 be any different ? I will let you know in 365 days time. Keep smiling .
