Novaforesta Doug

Hard to believe that it was nearly two years ago we braved a camping weekend with Betsy and one of Bepops pups, now called Dougie. He was about 18 weeks old when he spent three nights under canvas and was as good as gold.He loved the sea, first time he went swimming, but of course he had two good teachers that were fearless in the waves, a black lab and a Betsy. A fantastic way of socialising a pup, Dougie not only had lovely walks with other dogs, but he also spent time on buses and with lots of children of different ages.

barbet visitor

Lovely surprise on Saturday to catch up with the owners of one of the pups from Betsys' first litter.Dylan has grown into a much calmer adult male dog, not with the easiest of coats to manage but he has kept a lovely brown colour. Dylan is an amazing swimmer, loves the sea and has stamina beyond normality!, a very keen waterdog. Dylan yells beyond belief as he gets near our house, dogs never forget some things, with such a doggy house and his keen nose, he loves being here. Dylan has not taken the TAN in the UK, as you can see by the photo he is a beauty in the water but due to an incident with fireworks he has become noise sensitive, a terrible shame as its hard work for his owners, fireworks are so readily available. Once a dog has become noise sensitive they ofton over react to all noises that are sudden. There will be more news on Dylan as I hope to groom him soon.
Dylan is about 55 in height and weighs about 21kg, his owners say he can  swim a mile in open sea, and still not be tired, that takes real stamina.