On Sunday we travelled to Malvern for the NGA Champ show, another early start as LMs and JH were starting at 9.00am.
A good thing about these early mornings is that there isn't much traffic on the roads so we normally have an uneventful journey. Thankfully this was the case and we arrived to find a great parking spot at the entrance under a tree which gave a bit of shade as even at the early hour it was rather hot.
The benching areas indoors were lovely a cool, with the rings outside in the sun, so a good combination.
We enjoyed a number of successes with both breeds, the highlight of the day had to be Cooper being awarded the Reserve CC!! He has now gained his stud book number, so has lifetime qualification for Crufts.
Results
Large Munsterlander
Post Graduate Dog - Seahaven Celtic Psalm (1st)
Limit Dog - Seahaven Celtic Psalm (Res)
Novice Bitch - Seahaven Borrowed Heaven (1st)
Post Graduate Bitch - Seahaven Bouquet of Roses (1st)
Limit Bitch - Seahaven Borrowed Heaven (3rd)
And we won the best breeder in breed and group 2 overall.
NSDTRs
Limit Dog - Seahaven Galactic Storm (2nd) Reserve CC and stud book number
Graduate Bitch - Seahaven Parish Bell (1st)
Post Graduate Bitch - Seahaven Red Andromede (1st)
Post Graduate Bitch - Seahaven Parish Bell (2nd)
2nd in the breeders group!
Eleanor also handled Eve to a 2nd in the Junior Handling. A lovely day spent in great company, thank you all for coming along with the Seahaven gang and supporting us.
Home of the Large Munsterlanders and NSDTRs.
Monday, 4 August 2014
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Two's company, three's a crowd!!
Well Morry has settled here as if he hasn't been away and Eve is so grateful to have such a good playmate around for her. The weather has been so hot making it difficult to get out for any decent walks and the dogs have been quite happy to laze around until the air cools in the evenings. That's when the fun starts!! The video below is of a typical evening, although the other dogs normally just leave Eve and Morry to it.
Sunday, 20 July 2014
Show Time!! Pembs Canine Open Show Saturday 19/07/2014
Well it seems like ages since we had a show! We had expected to have been busy with puppy duties so didn't have much booked in, but what an enjoyable day.
This was our ring craft clubs open show, and with breed classes put on for both breeds were are always keen to support it and encourage others to do so too. Despite the weather forecast being for showers we managed to have a pleasant day sat outside by the cars with only a few drops of rain - not really enough to wet the grass. We had also been fortunate to obtain parking close to the hall on hard standing but backing on to part of the showground at Withybush. This was a great opportunity for a good crowd of us to catch up on any news that we had. I think the dogs enjoyed it too!
The Large Munsterlanders we in the ring quite early on, and with only an open class on offer it was all hands to the deck. Tasha handled Trio to a 1st and BOB, a first for her and so proud of them both. Eleanor handled Maddie to a 2nd and I handled Morry to 3rd with Ella and Jan 4th. So proud of the Seahaven crowd gaining 1 -3. As we were all handling it was rather difficult to take any pics of them and we were then busy getting the tollers ready for their classes.
Two classes on offer for NSDTRs, so Eve was first in for Post Grad where Eleanor handled her to a 2nd place behind the much more mature Marlow. Then it was in to the open class with Tilly, Bron (Eve's sister) Cooper (Eve's older brother) and Marlow. Cooper won the class and BOB with Tilly 2nd, Marlow 3rd and Bron 4th. Had some lovely comments made to me from the judge about Cooper and Tilly and she didn't realise until I had told her that it was mother and son, can't wait for the critique!
Both of the girls were also entered in the handling classes and this clashed with a stakes class so was rather difficult to watch, both girls had to rush into and out of the stakes class in order to compete. Eleanor won her class and Tasha won the older age class, so proud to see them doing so well!
Not content with the rosette collection so far they handled the dogs in the brace class, Tasha with the LMs and Eleanor with the NSDTRs. This was a huge class of some really well matched dogs, and only the 2nd time that the girls have handled in the brace. Tasha managed to gain a 3rd place with the LMs, and Eleanor came out empty handed but did such a fab job with miss fidget Eve.
It was fantastic to see two dogs bred by us in the BIS ring, it was rather crowded as this show wasn't judged on the group system so a lot for the dogs to contend with. Cooper and Trio both moved beautifully in the ring with Dawn and Tasha giving a polished performance. However BIS went to a fantastic Dalmation, with a Whippet reserve BIS.
This was our ring craft clubs open show, and with breed classes put on for both breeds were are always keen to support it and encourage others to do so too. Despite the weather forecast being for showers we managed to have a pleasant day sat outside by the cars with only a few drops of rain - not really enough to wet the grass. We had also been fortunate to obtain parking close to the hall on hard standing but backing on to part of the showground at Withybush. This was a great opportunity for a good crowd of us to catch up on any news that we had. I think the dogs enjoyed it too!
The Large Munsterlanders we in the ring quite early on, and with only an open class on offer it was all hands to the deck. Tasha handled Trio to a 1st and BOB, a first for her and so proud of them both. Eleanor handled Maddie to a 2nd and I handled Morry to 3rd with Ella and Jan 4th. So proud of the Seahaven crowd gaining 1 -3. As we were all handling it was rather difficult to take any pics of them and we were then busy getting the tollers ready for their classes.
Two classes on offer for NSDTRs, so Eve was first in for Post Grad where Eleanor handled her to a 2nd place behind the much more mature Marlow. Then it was in to the open class with Tilly, Bron (Eve's sister) Cooper (Eve's older brother) and Marlow. Cooper won the class and BOB with Tilly 2nd, Marlow 3rd and Bron 4th. Had some lovely comments made to me from the judge about Cooper and Tilly and she didn't realise until I had told her that it was mother and son, can't wait for the critique!
Both of the girls were also entered in the handling classes and this clashed with a stakes class so was rather difficult to watch, both girls had to rush into and out of the stakes class in order to compete. Eleanor won her class and Tasha won the older age class, so proud to see them doing so well!
Not content with the rosette collection so far they handled the dogs in the brace class, Tasha with the LMs and Eleanor with the NSDTRs. This was a huge class of some really well matched dogs, and only the 2nd time that the girls have handled in the brace. Tasha managed to gain a 3rd place with the LMs, and Eleanor came out empty handed but did such a fab job with miss fidget Eve.
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| Eleanor was delighted to be asked to handle a Belgian Shepherd for BIS |
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| Trio waiting to be seen |
It was fantastic to see two dogs bred by us in the BIS ring, it was rather crowded as this show wasn't judged on the group system so a lot for the dogs to contend with. Cooper and Trio both moved beautifully in the ring with Dawn and Tasha giving a polished performance. However BIS went to a fantastic Dalmation, with a Whippet reserve BIS.
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| The Seahaven Tollers after judging. L-R Cooper, Bron, Tilly & Eve |
As always thank you all for sharing the day with us, it really was a lovely pleasant relaxed day. Hope to see you all soon.
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| The perfect antidote! A trip to the beach for Eve & Tilly. Those 3 dots are Eleanor with Eve & Tilly enjoying some swimming at Newgale today. |
Saturday, 5 July 2014
Munster Happenings
Just thought I’d share some of the latest Rookie happenings
and pics.
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| Seahaven's Celtic Commander |
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| Retrieves with his pheasant dummy |
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| Retrieves with his rabbit dummy |
I’ve also attended my first working trial just to see how it
all works. It was a brilliant day, and I know Rookie is going to love trials.
He has started jumping, and can clear the 3ft clear jump, 9ft long jump and 6ft
vertical scale without breaking a sweat! I’m working hard on trying to keep him
searching for articles inside the search square, hard to get a nose that wants
to hunt far and wide to focus its efforts on a small square, but slowly he is
spending more time in the right area.
In between that boring stuff he has been....
Being a big dork....
Looking after 'his' puppy.....
Secretly swimming in a lake that apparently they aren't allowed to... (oops)....
Walking on water......
And being a cuddly bear :)
Hope everyone is well, and you've all had plenty of that shiny ball in the sky to get out and enjoy like we have :)
Jess and Rookie
Friday, 20 June 2014
Trio Update
Well I know a lot of people have been eagerly awaiting the arrival for puppies from Trio! Sadly it isn't to be this time, we are all along with people on the puppy list absolutely gutted.
Trio however is delighted to once again be allowed to dive through the woods and have a great time on the beach along with the family again. We think that she has displayed a very convincing phantom pregnancy, well she had us all fooled.
It has been quite a quite few weeks, as we were planning on keeping things relatively relaxed in the run up to expected puppies. The dogs just enjoying spending time with us all at home and enjoying their walks. The weather has been quite hot here, so walks have been adjusted to fit in with cooler times of day. Some days have just been pottering around outside along with us doing some outdoor jobs.
Hope everyone is making the most of the good weather.
Trio however is delighted to once again be allowed to dive through the woods and have a great time on the beach along with the family again. We think that she has displayed a very convincing phantom pregnancy, well she had us all fooled.
It has been quite a quite few weeks, as we were planning on keeping things relatively relaxed in the run up to expected puppies. The dogs just enjoying spending time with us all at home and enjoying their walks. The weather has been quite hot here, so walks have been adjusted to fit in with cooler times of day. Some days have just been pottering around outside along with us doing some outdoor jobs.
Hope everyone is making the most of the good weather.
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Cooper Does it Again!!!
Sunday saw us travel to Malvern for the Three Counties Champ Show, Trio has a great day being spoilt by the boys at home and didn't seem to bothered at not jumping into the car.
Thankfully not too early a start for us as neither breed was scheduled to be first in the ring, so a good relaxed drive for a change. We arrived in good time to be greeted by our good friend Jan who had already finished with her breed (Field Spaniel), who had just been awarded the Reserve CC with Ianto. So thrilled for her and this lovely boy.
We still had a long wait though as some of the judging was rather slow, and both breeds ended up in the ring at the same time. I must have looked a bit odd trying to stack Maddie and look through the ring to see the girls with the tollers two rings down.
Maddie was entered in Open bitch and gained a very creditable 3rd to two champion girls, she then went into the Veteran Stakes and had a 4th in another strong mixed class. Still can't believe that this lovely girls is a veteran, she certainly doesn't look or act it.
Tollers started as usual with the boys, Cooper in Post Grad, which he won! He was then back in at the end of the dog judging for the challenge to gain his second Best Dog award at a champs show. The girls then had there turn with Eve gaining a 3rd in Junior and a 2nd in Post Grad, showing well again with Eleanor. Tasha then took Tilly into Open and gained a 2nd, glad to see that she finally has some coat on her!
Best dog and best bitch then came back in for the Best of Breed, again Cooper showed really well for Dawn and gained his 2nd Best of Breed at a champ show. Not quite three years old yet, but maturing so well. So very proud of this lovely boy and Dawn & Gerald for all of the hard work that they have put into him.
Thankfully not too early a start for us as neither breed was scheduled to be first in the ring, so a good relaxed drive for a change. We arrived in good time to be greeted by our good friend Jan who had already finished with her breed (Field Spaniel), who had just been awarded the Reserve CC with Ianto. So thrilled for her and this lovely boy.
We still had a long wait though as some of the judging was rather slow, and both breeds ended up in the ring at the same time. I must have looked a bit odd trying to stack Maddie and look through the ring to see the girls with the tollers two rings down.
Maddie was entered in Open bitch and gained a very creditable 3rd to two champion girls, she then went into the Veteran Stakes and had a 4th in another strong mixed class. Still can't believe that this lovely girls is a veteran, she certainly doesn't look or act it.
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| Team Seahaven - Maddie, Tilly, Eve & Cooper |
Best dog and best bitch then came back in for the Best of Breed, again Cooper showed really well for Dawn and gained his 2nd Best of Breed at a champ show. Not quite three years old yet, but maturing so well. So very proud of this lovely boy and Dawn & Gerald for all of the hard work that they have put into him.
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| Cooper & Dawn with their awards |
Monday, 2 June 2014
Wye Valley Agility and Munster Catch Ups!
Finally managed to get the caravan out for a show! We took the girls along with Maddie and Tilly down to Monmouth for the Wye Valley Agility show for the weekend. This is the usual weekend for the LM Champ Show, one of our favourite shows of the year. We did make the difficult decision to not enter this year as it was so far to go with only one dog who could enter. We have decided not to take Trio out to any more shows and to give her a well earned rest prior to the arrival of puppies at the end of the month. Wow, the end of the month - not too long to go now.
As it was the school holidays we were able to leave home at lunch time with the aim of arriving around 3.00pm, the earliest we were able to arrive to make the most of the time away. We had a terrible journey and left glorious sunshine to be met with heavy rain showers, not what we expected. We finally arrived and found a very wet field (we had been warned that the ground conditions weren't too good) and tried hard to find a spot that wasn't too boggy. After one failed attempt at a suitable spot, my reversing does need to improve we managed to find somewhere suitable. Quickly set up and spent the evening in some good company, friends who were also staying over.
Saturday started with a little mist and the promise of a bright day, it was quite warm but not burning sunshine which was perfect for agility. Maddie managed two clear unplaced clear rounds in the agility but wasn't running as well as normal. Tilly ran quite well with Tasha and picked up a few faults in each of her classes. Julie visited with Uma (Trio's sister) and it was so lovely to see her with her mum Maddie. She is such a lovely girl and has Maddie's lovely fun personality, love her loads.
We also took the opportunity to visit Ruth with Fae (Maddie's daughter from her mating with Darcy) whilst we were in the area. She has grown up so much since we last saw her, maturing beautifully, another lovely girl.
On Sunday we woke to bright glorious sunshine and had some early runs and no clear rounds for any of us. Maddie still wasn't quite right, but nothing obviously wrong and only a few faults picked up. Tilly on the other hand would have rather sun bathed as she wasn't interested in doing agility at all. Not even for a new rabbit skin tuggy toy!!
We managed attend the SMART clinic with both of the dogs, as they were running a clinic at the show. Really pleased that we managed to with Maddie not being 100% right. She was found to have some heat in one of her hocks, but with no lameness or pain evident something they were surprised about. She also had some tightness in her back, which could be connected or it might not. She has a list of treatments to be carried out each day for the next few weeks and we hope that she'll be back to full fitness again. Tilly on the other hand was given a A1, no excuses now Tilly for not getting clear rounds at agility!!
With the good weather the ground had dried up and we had no problems at all getting out, thankfully.
As it was the school holidays we were able to leave home at lunch time with the aim of arriving around 3.00pm, the earliest we were able to arrive to make the most of the time away. We had a terrible journey and left glorious sunshine to be met with heavy rain showers, not what we expected. We finally arrived and found a very wet field (we had been warned that the ground conditions weren't too good) and tried hard to find a spot that wasn't too boggy. After one failed attempt at a suitable spot, my reversing does need to improve we managed to find somewhere suitable. Quickly set up and spent the evening in some good company, friends who were also staying over.
Saturday started with a little mist and the promise of a bright day, it was quite warm but not burning sunshine which was perfect for agility. Maddie managed two clear unplaced clear rounds in the agility but wasn't running as well as normal. Tilly ran quite well with Tasha and picked up a few faults in each of her classes. Julie visited with Uma (Trio's sister) and it was so lovely to see her with her mum Maddie. She is such a lovely girl and has Maddie's lovely fun personality, love her loads.
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| Tasha with Maddie & Uma |
We also took the opportunity to visit Ruth with Fae (Maddie's daughter from her mating with Darcy) whilst we were in the area. She has grown up so much since we last saw her, maturing beautifully, another lovely girl.
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| Fae not forgetting that she did this whilst a puppy! What a good girl. |
On Sunday we woke to bright glorious sunshine and had some early runs and no clear rounds for any of us. Maddie still wasn't quite right, but nothing obviously wrong and only a few faults picked up. Tilly on the other hand would have rather sun bathed as she wasn't interested in doing agility at all. Not even for a new rabbit skin tuggy toy!!
We managed attend the SMART clinic with both of the dogs, as they were running a clinic at the show. Really pleased that we managed to with Maddie not being 100% right. She was found to have some heat in one of her hocks, but with no lameness or pain evident something they were surprised about. She also had some tightness in her back, which could be connected or it might not. She has a list of treatments to be carried out each day for the next few weeks and we hope that she'll be back to full fitness again. Tilly on the other hand was given a A1, no excuses now Tilly for not getting clear rounds at agility!!
With the good weather the ground had dried up and we had no problems at all getting out, thankfully.
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