The pups now have their eyes open and are very mobile – I will soon have to raise the doorway on the whelping box to prevent escapees. This week I’ve taken individual photos of the pupppies, so numbers 3 and 8 are bitches and the rest are dogs. I’ve had good news about two of […]
Category: Gundogs
Puppy update
Shona is the perfect Mum, careful and attentive, yet willing to come for a walk. Her puppies are now five days old and doing well, with pigment starting to appear on their noses and feet, and they can move surprisingly fast. They are like peas in a pod, with no distinguishing features, but I can […]
Shona’s fox red Labrador puppies are here
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 […]
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 […]