Friday, 27 December 2013

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to us all from Seahaven! It's been a busy few days with an extra three dogs staying with my parents, but a fabulous time to catch up with family.  The dogs have enjoyed some lovely walks, Christmas presents and some seasonal food treats.  I think they enjoy Christmas as much as we do!!

A very big thankyou to you all for the good wishes, cards and presents.  The dogs have had fun opening the presents, and Maddie thinks that Rookie has impecable taste in treats!

Thursday, 26 December 2013

Christmas Fun

Hope you all had a brilliant Christmas, Rookie has loved the last few days; lots of people visiting, including a baby to play with! Roast turkey, new toys, treats, lovely long walks and loads of time on the sofa watching terrible Christmas films!

Seahaven's Celtic Commander at 23 months old


Nylabone, later abandoned in favour of squeaky toys

Rookie loves his new hot dog

Prime present observation position


Boxing Day walk. Chili (collie) quite offended by the gunshots.


All the best to you all for 2014 :)

Jess and Rookie




                                                                    Tinsel Toller!




Monday, 23 December 2013

Not interested - where's that giant chicken Dad brought home earlier?


Just can't see what's in this Christmas lark sometimes.  But boy, I like the look of the biggest chicken I've ever seen that Dad popped into the fridge earlier.  If I'd ever met that bird with its feathers on I'd definitely have run the other way!

(Footnote from Dad - apparently it's the chicken's big cousin - very popular this time of year apparently.)

Anyway, it's been a great year, and the highlight for me was the rave we had in Newgale.  Amazing it was.

Merry Christmas to one and all

Love

Cooper
xxx

Sunday, 22 December 2013

Happy Birthday Tollers, and a Few Pics

Firstly, a big happy 1st birthday to all of the lovely Seahaven Tollers. Really lovely seeing all the pics and what super testimonials from the happy owners. Hope all you pups got spoiled rotten :)

Merry Christmas to you all, hope you have a good one!


A few pics of Rookie tracking and then on another date with Zennie. The weather when out with Zennie was horrendous! First there was a big downpour of  hailstones, which Zennie took great exception to and decided to BARK at them! Rookie's solution was to roll in the ferns, ensuring total body coverage of mud, hail and general filth.








Found it mum

Zennie and Rookie on Dartmoor looking rather soggy

The Gatekeepers

My beautiful Rookie Bear




Bogdogs

Happiness is a munster on the moor!

Hunters

Sad Rookie cause Zennie keeps stealing his ball!

Tucked up in his jumper after a hard day's munstering
Jess and Rookie

Thursday, 19 December 2013

Eve - Seahaven Parish Bell

Well on one hand I don't know where the time has gone and on the other it feels that Eve has always been part of our family!

She has become such a loving and fun partner for Eleanor, who has done all of the work with her.  She started off by attending the puppy training classes at Barnlake and flew through all of the exercises for the puppy foundation course.  It was difficult to continue with show committements, so training was then completed at home with the other dogs.  Good progress has been made but much harder to be disciplined with training with other things going on!  When the weather improves and the days start to lengthen then more training with happen.

Eve made her showing debut at Windsor Champ show, where Eleanor handled her to a 4th in the Puppy Stakes class with an entry of over 40 puppies.  She was also placed in the NSDTR Class amongst much older puppies, and excellent start and she took it all in her stride.

She also passed her KC Good Citizen Bronze award at Windsor and is hoping to take the Silver award early next year.

She has really enjoyed her showing, where she has gained two Best Puppy awards and Two group placings at Open level and has been placed in Puppy, Junior and Post Grad Level at Open and Champ Shows! 

Eleanor has introduced her slowly to the handling classes and has won a few and is usually placed, she has high hopes for her at Welsh Junior of the Year in Feb 2014.

But most of all she is such a character to live with, adores Trio and will play for hours with her.  Maddie has now decided that she must be staying so will now play with her, but does tell her off when she gets too rough something that the other dogs don't!  Eve loves to swim with the munsters and will happily retrieve all day long.

Now that she has turned one Eleanor will begin some agility training with the hope that she might enter her in some competitions towards the end of next season.



Rio - Seahaven Nicole Marie

Sandrine has not been able to post at the moment but has promised to update after Christmas.

Rio is now a much loved family member, well adjusted and enjoying the business of a busy family household.  She has been on holiday to France, and has recently met up with her big brother Yoshi who lives near by.