All in the planning

Jack was up early to travel up into Scotland to Billy Steel's FTCH Copperbirch Paddy of Leadburn to line Cuckavalda Jilly June. Paddy has just qualified for the second year running in the IGLs which this year are held high up in Scotland. The IGLs is a competition which involved the top 50 retrievers. Rollo is Jill's father . His dam is FTCH Ernvale Maud of Tudorcourt -top Retriever in Ireland in 2008 and his sire a FTCH. Paddy's mother is also FTCH Ernvale Maud but lined with a different sire a FTW. We have been told that this mating on paper is very good so fingers crossed we will have some first class pups. As far as we know this is the first time that FTCH Maud will appear in both sides of the pedigree .

Four in a row

Not bad 4 4 4 month old pups. These are fox red Labrador pups. Their sire is Rollo-Copperbirch Winnebego and dam is Tara -Cuckavalda Touch of Gold. This is Tara's first litter and we are really looking forward to seeing these young dogs develope. We are keeping Gin and her sister Tonic. Tie went earlier in the week and Turk is for sale to a good home. They are very intelligent as you can see Jack got them all to sit up in a row.not bad as they were only born in the middle of May. Tara had 11 pups and 3 of her pups have gone to working homes within half an hour of here so I guess we will see them out on the

shooting field next season.

Spitfire,fireworks and good company...

Perfect weather and a perfect setting, we have to thank Rachael and Tom for inviting us to share their picnic. Castle Howard on Saturday evening for Last Night of the Proms. Even the sky looked to have been painted bright blue and pink for the occasion. Some even dressed up -the ladies had really gone to town. We felt sorry for the man dressed in shooting attire who thought he looked very dapper.Obviously he

had never worn breeks before. They were skin tight and would have been more at home as Travolta in Grease.Lots of food and drink were consumed and a good night was had by all. William and his little friend both 3 were still full of energy when the finale fireworks lit up the sky.

Labrador pups in the game crop

Our Labrador pups are out and about and here they are taking a run in a game crop. They had their first injection yesterday at Skeldale vets and all travelled well in the back of the pickup.

Mrs Peabody

No dog will ever take Quozzi's place but here we have Mrs Pea

body .This is Quozzi's niece ,George is her father as you will see she has inherited his colouring and Pip is her mother. She lives near the house and kitchen door so she gets extras, a sausage or egg that maybe left from breakfast time. She has started going out with the big dogs in the field and is very much a character.She takes the limelight from her brother who was registered Cuckavalda Snipe and has taken on the name of Mr Peabody .So confusing this name lark. Fam de Peabody are not for sale.

Walkies...

When we have a litter of pups we like them to get out and about as much as they can. Jack takes the up the field and they love it. An added bonus when the sun is shining. They hunt head down and are now starting to venture up the hillside into the wood.One eggs another on. A bit of rough and tumble here as they come galloping down the field and back for a feed. This is repeated at least 4 times a day.

Fox Red Labrador pups.....

These happy ,healthy pups are now fully weaned. They have started carrying light things about.They go for walks all together up the field and love to roll about. Already they have an exploring nature and turn up their noses to sniff the air.The sunshine has come at just the right time as they like nothing better to stretch out warming in the sun. Each having

its own character.They are KC registered having the Cuckavalda Prefix. We are keeping Red Gin and Red Tonic and Turk. Two girls and a boy.