Tali's Tails

Saturday, 25 April 2015

That Was Then ....

.... But This Is Now

Loki and Mikey - November 2014 and April 2015

Two young GSD have died in the last couple of weeks. Both have just dropped dead. One was in a pet home, one a show dog and at a show. How utterly devastating for the owners. I'm not pointing the finger, I know all too well that it happens, but the father of one of these youngsters also dropped dead in similar circumstances a few months ago. No one is to blame, no one can see into the future, but looking for a suitable stud dog is becoming a mine field.

A litter of 6 seven and a half week old puppies have been stolen from their "kennel" overnight in Essex. Reputable and well know breeds, they must be in pieces.

To top it all I've just heard that Loki's best mate Noya is seriously ill and on the drip at the vets. The vets have x.rayed and found grit in her bowel, but as yet nothing else has come to light. Noya has charmed us all, stolen our heart. I can't stop thinking about her so god only knows what her devoted owners are going through! We pray for good news and hope to see our delightfully little friend again soon. xxx

Friday, 24 April 2015

Puppy In Training ...

Gaiting

Walking

Ok, Just Hanging About

But looking good!!!

Another New Place To Walk

Thanks to Mr S for spotting it.

"Parc Dudley" in Waunfawr - stunning.

Can't wait to go back when the bluebells are in full bloom!

Mr Loki

Tali - having an extra walk after her vet weigh in!

She's doing as well as I am!!!! ( must try harder)

Love this pic of the three of us.

Little Legs towering over Tali,

I think he needs a new nickname.

He seems to be putting all his current nourishment into his head size and length of leg,

hopefully at some point he'll fill out!! lol

Thursday, 23 April 2015

Evening Walk With Friends In Cwm Dulyn

Sammi Silhouette

Loki Loving it

Me And My Precious Youngsters

Sarah with Daphne, Linda with Sammi And Loki

Memories

Recently I've been looking a lot at Loki and thinking I've only had one dog that looked like this at this age before ... and that was Blade! All head and legs with no body. Had a few tears and a look through treasured memories today... this was Laecor Mikhail, this was Blade, this was the beginning of it all, this is the "Bla" in Blanik!

Blade at 7 months

Mid 90ies and BOB

Blade and Nikki - Blanik!

Stunning boy - 1999

Long Coats

An explanation from a Breed Council member.

..., nothing has changed apart from the fact long coats have now been recognised as being different which is a big step towards being allowed their own shows etc hopefully some time in the future . The application has now gone in to register the GSD Long Coat Club due to this announcement.

There may not be separate registrations because this has to be managed and the KC do not have the resources to do this ie in Germany they have Breed Wardens who see the litter before the point of registration to identify the different coats which come from the normal coat matings. As far as being shown in the normal coat classes already in WUSV/SV Germany the FCI and Ireland KC they are all shown in their own classes and not mixed. The KC are aware of this .

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Coats In GSD's

At its recent meeting the Committee approved the following amendment to the GSD Breed Standard coat clause, as previously agreed by the Breed Council: Coat Two separate varieties of coat. Outer coat consisting of straight, hard, close-lying hair as dense as possible; thick undercoat. Hair on head, ears, front of legs, paws and toes short; on neck, longer and thicker; in some males forming slight ruff. Hair longer on back of legs as far down as pasterns and hocks, forming fairly thick trousers on hindquarters. Mole-type coats are undesirable. In long Coats, outer coat longer, not always straight and frequently not lying close and flat to the body. Thick undercoat. Coat distinctly longer inside and behind the ears, forming moderate tufts. Longer hair on the back of the forelegs, through to the loins, and dense feathering on the hindlegs. Tail bushy with light feathering underneath. This will become effective from 1 June 2015. An announcement will be placed in the June edition of the Kennel Club Journal and the Kennel Club website will be updated from 1 June 2015

*** Photo of long coated Dino and brother Nico***

Counting My Wishes!!!!

Someone said to me recently that "if you have a hundred dandy lions in your garden, then depending on how you see life, you either have a hundred weeds or a hundred wishes!" Yeah, I really like that!

So I've had this conversation with a couple of friends recently; if you split me into two different people, then you have on one hand person one who is the GSD/show enthusiast, the person who want to improve on the breed and sees nothing outside the box of "Breed Standard!" The second person is simply the lady who loves her dogs!
So hand on heart person one is feeling a little deflated, she know that at this moment in time Loki is not making the grade. She knew he was out of his depth at the champ show and should never have put him in the ring for all to see. She sees it all as it is today and doesn't look into the future, and she regrets her decision not to have waited and mated one of her own instead!
Person two absolutely loves this young man. She could never have wished for a more delightful, sweet natured boy to share a life with. Because she loves him so much she was worried sick that people would laugh at him at the champ show, as she knows they do. But she will wait until the pup is mature, give him time and enjoy every minute she can watching him grow up.
God am I going round the twist? Na, I guess not. Unlike some show enthusiasts I guess there is enough of both people in me to strike the balance. But do excuse me if person one occasionally shows her ugly head, after all she is very much a part of what make me who I am.
Right I'm off now to count my wishes in the garden!