Jack eyes up the competition

Jack has always been a dog man and nothing pleases him more to see a dog working well.This time he was admiring a sheepdog. Last night we had young Caleb O'Keeffe stay here with his Dad.He was today competing in the One Man and his dog competition down at Byland Abbey and will be shown on Countryfile in September 28th at 7pm. Caleb is only 17 a canny lad who with his dog Tess had a day we felt he should be proud of.He was in the junior section. Whilst in the afternoon the pressure was handed to the senior handlers and their dogs.With total scores added up to see which of the 4 countries,England ,Ireland ,Scotland won on the day. . Wishing you all a safe trip back to Ireland.

Leadburn Mabel and her pups

A royal pedigree or there abouts. If it wasnt as expensive I reckon an entry in the hatches,matches, and hopefully not despatches column in the Times wouldnt go amiss.It would reads something like. Cuckavalda Bert known as Finn ,son of FTCH Leadburn Viceroy 2nd in the IGLs in 2008 and top dog in Scotland x Jakoranda Feel the Moment and Leadburn Mabel daughter of FTCH Hillus Clyde X FTW Leadburn Tango are the proud parents to 4 sons and 4 daughters at home. Mother and offspring doing well .

Isn't nature wonderful

A week older.....

Willow's pups are all doing well. we are helping out with additional top ups of goats milk. Previously we have syringed milk into them but Emmy has kindly shared her bottles with us as she is a big girl now which makes life a bit easier.

Willow's Eleven Little Superstars....

Willow is one of our orginal fox red girls. Her sire was FTCH Talsbrook Rhum of Bolton Abbey who was 4th in the IGLs and owned by the Duchess of Devonshire. Willow's sisters Tina and May have had their last litters and this is Willow's last litter too. So anyone who admires these girls when they were out working and want to own one of their prodigy please let us know. Already we have some spoken for. There are 9 girls and 2 boys. As usual we are keeping some for ourselves but there will be some spare as it is such a big litter. Here are a couple of photos to keep you going. They were only 10 hours old here. The sire of the pups is Cuckavalda Red Caz who has FTCH Ernvale Maud who was the top retriever in Ireland in 2008 on both sides of the pedigree. At the time Caz was born there was no other dogs known to have this stylish breeding .Caz father is FTCH Copperbirch Paddy of Leadburn.owned by the famous Billy Steel senior, who has qualifies 3 times for the IGLs. For anyone who doesn't know about IGLS -this is the yearly competition on of the top 50 gundogs in the UK

Cuckavalda Gundog Labrador pups 5 month old 2014

Grand Départ 2014 - Made in Yorkshire