Barbets meet and greet

Charamese Hermione (Hallie) and Charamese Hector, with Bonnie in the foreground. Brother and sister were so happy to see each other yesterday that it was hard to capture with a photo!. A big day yesterday as they were both having their hips and elbows graded, so we await the results.

say hello to Deejee

It is always good to hear about youngsters and their health reports. This boy Deejee (all being well) will in 2013 be adding to the UK Barbet population........apologies to Caya as his wife Bepop is going to be unfaithful. Official news soon to be released, but with A hips everything is looking positive for a good combination.

Novaforesta Duplo hip scores

Another fantastic result for Novaforesta Duplo, he has 'A' hips having scored only 6 on his official results.

Novaforesta Duplo at 8 weeks

Hip Scores and Novaforesta Effie

 Fantastic news , Novaforesta Effie has A hips (European system), and a clear eye test.  Effie lives with a wonderful couple in Holland, so we cannot include her results under the health reports for the UK resident barbets.




Effie swimming at 9 weeks
 She is the daughter of Betsy and Bachus and one day I hope to see her again. She is approx 54 in height and weighs approx 22kg. 

She loved retrieving, the watering can she felt was better in the house than the garden!

  The Barbet in the UK at the moment is achieving a mean average of 8 which converts to an A in Europe, although with only 6 dogs hipscored in the UK we will have plenty of  test results in the future,when more pups go through health testing, however its a very promising start.