Hallie again

Hallie at 8 weeks

Eton at 8 weeks

Bonnie at 8 weeks

Barbet puppies another update

My house is quiet, and this morning I had a lie in before work. Hope and Halfpint left yesterday to rejoin their litter brothers and sisters. I wasn't as sad as I thought I would be, maybe as I knew it was the best thing for them and of course I will see them again soon.I am so lucky to have learnt so much with these two pups, every stage of development is so easy to follow when as a human you are their provider. I mustn't forget the input from mainly Bepop as she was so good at keeping them clean. Strangely enough in the last couple of days, Bepop was less interested in them and Betsy was starting to be calmer around the pups, so I do believe that the roles of my dogs were just starting to change, as Betsy was wonderful at lying in with her own pups and playing.
When I look back it all seems a bit of a dream, but as 14 pups are now over 4 weeks and all taking solids it just seems quite amazing.  

Bonnie (novaforesta Dora) ready to burst!

A lovely picture of Bonnie looking rather full of puppies.
We have only a few days left to wait. As soon as I hear, I will let you know the good news.
Betsy and Bepop are playing it cool over becoming Grandmas.
Should we take bets on how many pups are waiting to be born, as Bonnie was one of a litter of 13, It could be a large one.
I am keeping everything crossed it all goes well.
I know nothing, but I reckon at least 11 pups, 6 males and  5 females and colourwise 2 browns, 5 solid blacks, 4 black with white bits. How wrong will I be?......probably 100% as no one knows till they come out but I am having fun guessing.

Love is in the air

An exciting day for me, not only is it my birthday but a day in history with a pup from Bepop and a pup from Betsy now old enough to get together with hopefully the patter of tiny paws at around Easter.
So well done Eton, you did us proud and well done Bonnie for allowing him to do so.

Novaforesta Denzil and Novaforesta Dora French show 2011

Novaforesta Denzil

Novaforesta Dora

I am still only on Thursday, the World Dog show was on the Friday.

French dog show 2011

We are back from our French travels and I am catching up with work and family life.

We left on Wednesday morning, and arrived at our campsite in France, 13 hours later, we did have a rather strange journey as we had not anticipated driving past the Eiffel Tower, but it was a nice surprise in someways. We had Ebene, the Canadian dog with us, who travelled without complaint and seemed very relaxed about the camping experience, she was certainly very happy to be allowed to sleep on the bed in the camper van.

The French show was on Thursday for the Barbet, the carpark arrangements were chaotic to put it mildly, Six lanes of traffic, going into two lanes, coaches,campervans, trailers, the world and his wife were trying to park, and to think we paid 10 euros for that madness!

The judge was Italian, and these are the results for the barbets living in the UK:

Novaforesta Denzil (Odo)

Novaforesta Dora (Bonnie)

Courailee Ebene

Alma z Barbeciarskiej Chaty (Nelly)

It was very rewarding to see so many barbets, the judge was keen on how the dogs moved, and I was especially pleased that Bonnie was placed, she had quite a short coat compared to others, but as she is a curly dog regardless of length of coat and she moves very nicely, the judge liked her, I am of course very biased. Denzil moved well, but his coat although curly was too profuse. Ebene moves beautifully, and is a Canadian champion already, but her coat was not as good as it could have been, maybe hormones as she had just been in season or even a reaction to 'frontline' but she was still graded excellent.

Barbet Classe OUVERTE  MALE Juge : M. GUFFANTI Gianni

11172	BATTERIKULLENS EXCALIBUR	3e	TRES BON
11173	DENZIL NOVAFORESTA	4e	TRES BON
11174	EOLE DI AMARETTO NERO	1er	EXCELLENT CACS
11175	NELUM-HIMALIS DERNIER DE LA QUEUE	2e	EXCELLENT RCACS
11176	NELUM-HIMALIS DISQUE D'OR	-	ABSENT

Barbet Classe CHAMPION  MALE Juge : M. GUFFANTI Gianni

11177	AMARETTO-ROMEO DE LA BAIE DES LANDES	2e	EXCELLENT
11178	BATTERIKULLENS COME TO THE CABARET	1er	EXCELLENT
11179	COMPAY II DE LA SERVE DE LA CHAPELLE D'ALEXANDRE	3e	EXCELLENT
11180	NELUM-HIMALIS BRONZE	4e	EXCELLENT

Barbet Classe JEUNE  MALE Juge : M. GUFFANTI Gianni

11181	COUSTEAU VON DER LEIBRUCKE	1er	EXCELLENT	Meilleur Jeune
11182	FLY-ME-TO-THE-MOON DE LA SERVE DE LA CHAPELLE D'ALEXANDRE	-	ABSENT
11183	FRENCH-LOVER-DOG DE LA SERVE DE LA CHAPELLE D'ALEXANDRE	3e	TRES BON
11184	NELUM-HIMALIS ENGELBERT	2e	TRES BON

Barbet Classe NE CONCOURANT PAS  MALE Juge : M. GUFFANTI Gianni

11185

Non présenté

-

Barbet Classe INTERMEDIAIRE  FEMELLES Juge : M. GUFFANTI Gianni

11186	ALMA Z BARBECIARSKIEJ CHATY	3e	TRES BON
11187	ELASAMBA DE LA SERVE DE LA CHAPELLE D'ALEXANDRE	1er	TRES BON
11188	FANNY FORIGOLER DE LA SERVE DE LA CHAPELLE D'ALEXANDRE	2e	TRES BON

Barbet Classe OUVERTE  FEMELLES Juge : M. GUFFANTI Gianni

11189	ARKANN	-	ABSENT
11190	BABALOO VON DER LEIBRUCKE	-	TRES BON
11191	BE MY BIJOU BABE DE LA SERVE DE LA CHAPELLE D'ALEXANDRE	-	TRES BON
11192	COURAILEE EBENE	4e	EXCELLENT
11193	DIXIECHICK DE LA SERVE DE LA CHAPELLE D'ALEXANDRE	-	ABSENT
11194	ERMENGARDA	-	ABSENT
11195	NELUM-HIMALIS BRAISE	2e	EXCELLENT
11196	NELUM-HIMALIS DEETHA DEJA-VUE	-	TRES BON
11197	NOVAFORESTA DORA	3e	EXCELLENT
11198	QUACIENDAS ALBA AQUA-AURA	1er	EXCELLENT CACS	Meilleur de Race

Barbet Classe TRAVAIL  FEMELLES Juge : M. GUFFANTI Gianni

11199	BATTERIKULLEN'S COPA CABANA	1er	EXCELLENT RCACS
11200	TCHIN TCHIN DE LA PERTE AUX LOUPS	2e	EXCELLENT

Barbet Classe JEUNE  FEMELLES Juge : M. GUFFANTI Gianni

11201	FLOIRAC-DEJA-VUE DE LA SERVE DE LA CHAPELLE D'ALEXANDRE	2e	TRES BON
11202	FLORETTA DI AMARETTO NERO	1er	TRES BON
11203	NELUM-HIMALIS ENIGMA	4e	TRES BON
11204	POPPENSPALER'S FARA	3e	TRES BON

Barbet Classe VETERAN  FEMELLES Juge : M. GUFFANTI Gianni

11205

UNIQUE-ELLE DE LA PERTE AUX LOUPS

1er

EXCELLENT

Meilleur Vétéran