This personal website is about my dogs but is also somewhere to display my photos of them.
Dogs and Photography are both very enjoyable hobbies of mine and go well together.
Dogs and Photography are both very enjoyable hobbies of mine and go well together.
Rosie & Saffy with their haul of trophies in 2014/15
Ebony & Sam
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Ebony
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There had always been a dog at home in my childhood and when I stopped full time work and started a family I bought my first Labrador in 1992. Ebony turned out to be lovely biddable and sensible girl who grew up with my children and who was responsible for introducing me to this lovely breed. I didn't breed from her but I enjoyed her immensely and along with Sam, our collie, we used to walk for many miles, tramping up and down the Cotswold hills with my daughter in the backpack.
In 2005 I bought a bitch called Wren from Mrs Lynne Minchella (Abbeystead) and bred my first litter 2007. I am proud to have bred on from Wren Labradors that have gained their stud book numbers, won Challenge Certificates in the show ring, been awarded Show Gundog Working Certificates and Working Gundog Certificates on Game and Working Test awards.
However, what gives me a real thrill is to see Labradors that I have bred (and also their progeny) working in a partnership for
Dogs For Good and Canine Partners
I am on the committee of the Cotswold & Wyevern Labrador Retriever Club (and was previously their Working test Secretary from 2010 to 2015 and have recently taken up the role again.) I have also qualified to be included on the A3 list of breed specialist judges having attended seminars, taken exams and judged all over the country and I have my first Championship show appointment in 2020. I am also a member of the Labrador Retriever Club and several other regional Labrador Clubs.
Our dogs are our pets, living with us in the home and coming on holidays with us, my hobby is to do extra things with them and
I have made many friends through showing my dogs, training them and working them, it's a lifestyle!
In 2005 I bought a bitch called Wren from Mrs Lynne Minchella (Abbeystead) and bred my first litter 2007. I am proud to have bred on from Wren Labradors that have gained their stud book numbers, won Challenge Certificates in the show ring, been awarded Show Gundog Working Certificates and Working Gundog Certificates on Game and Working Test awards.
However, what gives me a real thrill is to see Labradors that I have bred (and also their progeny) working in a partnership for
Dogs For Good and Canine Partners
I am on the committee of the Cotswold & Wyevern Labrador Retriever Club (and was previously their Working test Secretary from 2010 to 2015 and have recently taken up the role again.) I have also qualified to be included on the A3 list of breed specialist judges having attended seminars, taken exams and judged all over the country and I have my first Championship show appointment in 2020. I am also a member of the Labrador Retriever Club and several other regional Labrador Clubs.
Our dogs are our pets, living with us in the home and coming on holidays with us, my hobby is to do extra things with them and
I have made many friends through showing my dogs, training them and working them, it's a lifestyle!
Judging at NDLRC
Open Show January 2014 - Best In Show
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Judging at NDLRC
Open Show January 2014 - My Best dogs
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Judging at KSSLRC Open show September 2015 - Best In Show
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Judging at LRC of Wales Open Show October 2016 - Best In Show
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