Babies

Huge congrats Nico and Kia on the birth of 7 beautiful babies. 

Looking forward to watching them grow and eventually meeting them! 

Manchester Ch. Show

Great critiques for Loki and Bella from Manchester Champ Show in January!!!!

Well at least they have finally gone to print!

JD (6) 1 Stanley’s Lokean Of Blanik, lovely boy of 16 months of nice size & shape with a good head, dark expressive eyes, firm high set ears that he used to advantage, powerful wedge shaped muzzle & good mouth with correct dentition & bite. He had a good neck & shoulder, super forehand assembly with straight strong legs down to firm pasterns & well arched feet. He had a super shapely well covered body with deep brisket & was well ribbed up. I liked his rearquarters, topline, tailset & carriage & he was in good coat & condition. This boy stood on good legs & feet & he showed & moved very well;

 JB 2 Turner’s Tuna Com Mit Tasella, lovely smart looking girl of 16 months with good head, nice eye & expression, nicely formed cheeks & powerful wedge shaped muzzle. She had a strong neck, shapely body, pleasing forehand assembly & excellent rearquarters. She was in good coat & condition & she moved well eventually

Mikey's Lump

Mikey's lump continues to annoy me, but as you can see from the photo of a muddy Mikey taken on the mountain today, it's really not restricting his life style at all. We are not sure if it's growing now or not, at least we are not seeing it grow at the speed it was a few weeks ago. Last week we decided to measure it, not just the distance side to side but taking the raise of the lump into account as well. We need to be aware if it's growing upwards as well as spreading outwards. I make it 7.5" x 6.5" - possibly about 4.5" x  4" in distance across his body. I will try not to measure it again until next Friday, then it will be a week since the first measurement!
We are having a training session in the field tonight and a couple of people will be here who have not seen Mikey in over a week, their opinion will be useful. Seeing it all the time doesn't really help and we have 2 weeks till the next vet visit. Here's hoping the people who see him tonight will now see an improvement since the last time they saw him eh!

Out And About And ...

...Trying to avoid the cattle

God those bloody things scare me! 

Rhostryfan Walk

 Mikey and Loki go out with Lexi

Llyn Clywedog

This is a fantastic place that we found by chance a couple of years ago on the way home from Builth. The Sat Nav had been trying to take us off the road we knew and for long enough we had ignored it. I realised that as we past the junction it readjusted itself adding just 3 or 4 miles onto it's calculated route. So it's route was shorter than ours! Anyway on the way home one day we decided to go the way technology wanted us to go! 

The road was not as good, but theoretically faster .. but when you just have to stop and look at the view it adds time to your journey! We have now come home this way several times .. stunning, just stunning, thanks Auntie Sat Nat! 

"How do we get in that water?"

"Maybe we could jump?"

"Well come on ... let's go down there!" 

No Smurfs On This Route!

 Walk Three

 Walk Two

 Walk One - Part Two

Walk One - Part One 

At The Show

Loki wins BOB at The Royal Welsh .. a first EVER BOB for one of my dogs at this show. Though Sammi and Nico have managed a RBOB and Loki BPIB last year, in all my years of showing this is our first BOB here. A super day be it a soggy one at times!

Loki was also shortlisted in the group, but sadly not placed! 

On The Way Home From The Show

 a quick stop to admire the beauty of Llyn Clywedog

Loki and sister Bella

No One Missed Out!

 Mikey and his Mummy!

 Ziva, Asha, Mikey, Tali 

 Nico, Jezi and Finlay

Asha in the photo, Mikey and Ziva behind me, 

And Tali? 

Yeah she's down there somewhere, one of those black blobs!

Moel Smytho

Exploring with Linda, Sammi and Loki

 Loki and Sammi with Waunfawr behind them

 We'll come up to decorate it at Xmas

Miss Sammi Belle - and no I didn't put her up there! 

 Below three photos of the stunning view off the top of Moel Smytho 

We hope to go back when the weather is better and the skies are clearer. I should have known better than let Linda plan the route, after all if you turn her around twice she's lost!