A "Louis" Moment

Today I cried again. I think about him everyday, usually with a smile of wonderful memories of precious times spent together; but today I cried at the heartbreak of my loss.
Here there have been so many loved and lost, top winners, top producers, best friends but none have left a scar like the loss of my wonderful Louis.  He was my very special friend , In him I truly believe I have had "the dog" in my lifetime!

The Man In My Dreams

Last night you broke into my dreams, this morning I can't get you out of my mind. Where are you? What's going on in your life? This silence is scary, I fear the black dog has you in his clutches again.
I haven't written about you for so long; it's not that I don't think about you, because I do ... I think about you all of the time, it's just that there really is nothing new to say. You have my heart, that will never change.
The Symphonica singles came and went, but without you publicising them somehow it gave little cause for celebration. I love them, how could I not? But we heard nothing from you, saw nothing of you and for me it left it all a tad hollow.
Seriously, I am thankful for what you have give us over the years. You and only you, have on occasions given me the strength to carry on. I wish you as a person love, peace and happiness within your life. I remember so clearly your words .. "It's not what you have, it's what your missing!" I pray someday you will find what's missing in your life and that you will feel complete and at peace with yourself. Then hopefully one day you will have the strength to come back to us. Until then my lovely we will be thinking about you....

Better Sammi Photo

Over the moon with these photos today. 

Smitten with you baby girl. 

Last weight and measures till 12 month today. Sammi is still the same height, I make her 61.5cm and today she weighed 30.70kg. She looks bloody great, looking forward to the last few shows of the year now! 

Kiri Mctavish

Still in our hearts 1/2/99 - 24/9/12

Will have to dig out some classic "Mud" photos later! 

I'm Reminiscing

6 weeks

3 Months

Almost 4 months

 5 months

 6 months

7 months

 8 months

9 Months

My Baby Is 9 Months

Beautiful Blanik Ivana

Or Sammi Belle to her mates! 

Not the best photos as it's a dark, wet and miserable day. But still it gives us all an idea of what she looks like on yet another milestone in her young life. No longer a Minor Puppy, it just gets harder as they get older! Beautiful isn't she! :)
I'm repeating myself but, I love this naught angel so much, she lights up my life, she makes me smile, she makes me laugh ... so proud of you baby girl. 

A Couple Of The Kids

Celt the long coated black and tan boy and Margo the sable standard coat bitch out of Kia and Nico. Super babies!

This Mask Thing

Various degree's of mask. 

The first top photo is Sheba, a bitch who we rescued and re-homed about 10 years ago. Sheba had no mask at all. 

The second top photo is Asha, more mask and a sweet gentle expression

The first bottom photo is Ziva and the second is Sammi,both have more mask with Sammi having a very pronounced mask. These two are my preference, though I think Asha has a beautiful head and expression I would have loved it had she kept a little more mask.
Both Mikey and Nico have very black masks and some people find them facially hard to tell apart. But Mikey has a shorter muzzle as Louis did, and Nico is longer is muzzle like Kai was. Neither Louis nor Kai had such black masks, but both had beautiful heads with wonderful expression.

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A Confession Of Confusion

Where do I start? To quote Mrs Brown, "I've no fecking idea." This post will no doubt be a mixture of thoughts, emotions and confusion!

Mr Orange with his black face really appeals to me

The puppies! Well I was so adamant wasn't I? No puppy, but yesterday's activities have left me in a state of total confusion. The 3 week old pups are adorable, 10 stunning babies of lovely substance with super coats and colour. At this stage it's hard to criticises any of them really, yeah one boy was a little smaller, but he wasn't lacking anything else really. If I were going to be critical,
and as I said a few days ago this is personal preference, some, like their mum, will not have a very dark mask, but she has enough!
Steve and I were smitten with the pups and the setting they are being brought up in is just ideal. Again 10 out of 10 to the owner/breeder for creating such a super space within the home for mother and puppies. As we talked Ian announced that he would love us to have a puppy. I explained that I was hoping to breed from Jezi next year so this was not the right time for us. As we traveled home Steve and I discussed the possibilities and how promising this litter looks at this age.

Stunning Mr Red will have less mask

Later in the afternoon Ian rang, he said "Listen, I don't think we made ourselves clear earlier, we really want you to have a puppy, any puppy you like, take the one you think is the best and get him/her in the show ring. You've done so much to help us it's only fair you should have a pup." Initially I was speechless and quite choked. Of course I want a bloody puppy, they are Nico's kids, and they are beautiful, why would I not want one of these puppies? But then my head stepping in and telling me, I currently have 8 dogs, a number we cope with easily. We have 2 packs that mostly get on well together, if I brought in another puppy which pack would he fit into? What if we had another Kiri scenario? We both know we have not been successful at introducing bitches into the home, but we have done well with males, is that a consideration?
I honestly don't know what to do? If I did bring a pup in I could put off mating Jezi for a year I guess, but that would make her over 4 years old and that's something I'd have to really look into again. I guess the most sensible thing to do is wait, if it doesn't mess up the breeders plans I could go and see the pups again in 3 weeks and then decide. If a male pup "really stands out" then that's the time for serious discussions and consideration
. Honestly my head is Cabbaged!!!!