New photo's of Ellie, Eskwinds Chasing Moonbeams

Here is the beautiful and blooming Ellie , the pups are due on April 21st and her owners Ken and Sandra Rees have been told there's a nice sized litter in there!!

We're all looking forward to Remus and Ellie's litter!

More Photo's from Crufts 2010

Top is Linnet with her breeder Thor Jakobsen followed by Bennigan and Remus and last but not least is Linnet on the bench!

Many thanks to Nathalie for these photos x

Remus, Crufts 2010

This clip is of Remus receiving his write up from judge Jenny Morgan (Hillwolf) also in the clip is the winner of the class Elma Winton's Braidwyn Bennigan (sired by Seymour)
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Third in the class was Brief Encounter of Darksquires

Rainesgift back ends .... courtesy of Blazingstar

Thankyou Louise

This photo of Remus and Luna was taken by Our Dogs photographer Louise Tope of http://www.dewerstonephotography.co.uk/. Louise and I were penpals when we were 14 years old, Louise worked as a kennelmaid for a G.S.D breeder whilst I worked for Glenis Peach of the Kilbourne Deerhounds. We met up again a few years ago at a show thanks to the internet. Louise now breeds and shows Whippets and I have the black hairy beasties !!! Funny how life turns out!

Rainesgift Fleur De Lis for Woodfinch

And here is Fleur .... owned by Roz Bellamy and handled by Liz Saunders of the world famous http://www.blazingstarflatcoats.ca/ kennel , Alberta Canada . Liz is seen here wearing a plum jacket and matching skirt!!!
Congratulations ladies on your placing !!!

Hempths Linnet for Rainesgift (IMP)

Many thanks to Cathrine Haugaa for allowing me to use these photos of Linnet seen here with her breeder Thor Jakobsen. It was so lovely to watch her with Thor!!

Remus is going to be daddy again!!

Remus is going to be a daddy again and the lucky lady is the beautiful and talented Ellie, Eskwinds Chasing Moonbeams . The puppies are due on April 21st and this is the first picture sent by Ken and Sandra Rees, Ellies very excited owners/ breeders!

Crufts 2010 is over for another year

Crufts has been and gone for another year and my feet are still recovering!














Luna went cardless (see photos by Andrew Durrant and Gill Smitherman)
Remus won a second in Graduate Dog behind Braidwyn Bennigan (sired by Seymour)
Seymour was second in Special Working Gundog behind last years Best of Breed winner
Linnet came third in Limit bitch handled by her breeder Thor Jakobsen from Norway. A real treat to watch her handled by Thor and she never seems to forget him!

It has been a hectic week and the last of the visitors has gone today ...but it's been great fun as always to spend time with friends from both here and overseas.

Congratulations to Frank Whyte and all associated with Ballyriver Mackenzie our Best of Breed winner. Fantastic to see him go Group 4 too!!!!

Crufts 2010

After a mad week of flying visits to the Netherlands,the setting up and working of the Discover dogs stand and guests from all over the world ...We are finally ready ... all bathed and trimmed and ready to go with huge thanks to Liz Saunders of the Blazingstar Kennel http://www.blazingstarflatcoats.ca/ Alberta,Canada!!
The new Blaster from www.petcetera.co.uk has proved a huge asset and is fantastic... every home should have one!! The gang are bathed in Black on black shampoo also from Petcetera and their coats look wonderful!
I'm not looking forward to the early start but heh!!
Wishing all my friends and their dogs and the Rainesgift and Rainesgift offspring all the very best for tomorrow!!!!

Sherwood Forest

Wow what a lovely day and a fantastic walk in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire with excellent company of all nations!!!

Crufts Discover Dogs

 

Remus and Luna had their turn on the Discover Dogs stand at Crufts yesterday. Remus and Luna worked their public and had a great day! As always they soaked up all the attention!!

AND a show is not complete without a visit to Mike Bloxsome on the Eukanuba stand for biscuits and cuddles!

Congratulations

Congratulations to Ronnie and Susan Ross for their Islstrom Quillan who went Best of Breed and Reserve Best In Show at the South West Scotland Gundog Association Show under Penny Williams this weekend.
Quillan is sired by Seymour and is out of the beautiful girl Show Champion Islstrom Farranta who Ronnie and Susan sadly lost recently.

Fingers crossed for Quillan at Crufts on Sunday xx

Champunzie Touchy Feely

This is Lola the beautiful Seymour daughter whose mother is Braidwyn Bernadette. Bred by Mary Ball, Lola already has one Reserve CC to her credit and will be at Crufts on Sunday.

Fingers crossed for Lola and Mary x

Visit to Brightmoor

Thankyou to Wies Boermans of the Brightmoor Kennel for a lovely weekend in Holland. Jenny Campbell, Hayley Walker and I have spent the weekend cooing over the lovely babies. Their father is the Swedish boy Boltiltorps Reason to Believe (Rio) and their mother is Netherlands Champion Brightmoor Irish mist (Misty).

Misty is a Dutch born girl of English breeding, her mother is Rainesgift Mid Summers Dream bred by me and and exported to Holland in 2002.
The puppies and Wies were visited by the Dutch Kennel Club whilst we were there. The puppies are observed in their enviroment and identichipped by the representative from the Kennel Club. A scheme perhaps we should adopt here in England as maybe some of the more unscrupulous breeders wouldn't be left to continue their ways .....

Wishing Wies, the puppies and their new owners all the very best and I hope the puppies will follow in their parents and grandparents footsteps xx

T

Quiet morning at Rainesgift

But look whose up to no good .... The oldies who should know better !!!

Making the most of the fantastic weather

Today has been the most beautiful day and we have been out making the most of it. Rosie (Calswish Rosebud) and Finn Rainesgift Hucklebery Finn to Lizzlog have been over and had a great time swimming in the River. Finn has loved playing with his mum Linnet as she likes to play rough too.

Rosie has had a tidy up for Crufts as she has too much hair in the wrong places whilst Finn like his mother Linnet has no hair!!! I have all the dogs in different stages of coat at the moment as our weather has just confused them.
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