Shona whelped yesterday and has a nice even litter of nine strong puppies sired by Atraglen Olly of Longcopse. Both parents have 0:0 elbows, 3:3 hips, current clear eye certificates and the puppies will never develop CNM, EIC, SD2 or PRA. Shona is a tall athletic bitch, who is a superb gamefinder; she remains calm […]
Category: Breeding
Fox Red Labrador Puppies
Shona’s second litter of puppies are due on May 17th and will be dark yellow and fox red. All ten of her previous litter (born December 2015) went to working homes, and two of them have already had awards in working tests. The sire of this litter is Astraglen Olly of Longcopse, a promising young […]
Off to stud we go
Shona (Threevalleys Dawn Approach of Fletchingly) has been mated to Astraglen Olly of Longcopse, a promising young dog from field trial bloodlines. I aim to breed sound, healthy dogs, so both parents have 0:0 elbows, 3:3 hips, current clear eye certificates, and the puppies will not be affected by PRA, EIC, CMN or SD2. Shona […]
Flying the nest
It has been very difficult choosing which pup to keep back, so I was pleased when Graham popped over to give his opinion, and fortunately liked the same two as me. I have chosen puppy number nine, who is the second of the “Vile Sisters”, nicknamed thus because they are always in the thick of […]
Puppy progress 6
The puppies have now developed distinct personalities, and the pleasure I get from watching their antics more than makes up for the hard work of looking after them, but having said this, they are very good indoors, and are clean overnight if I creep downstairs in the morning before they wake up, and get them […]