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News 2010

29/12/2010

Today we went to Luton Canine Associations Open Show. A fantastic end to the year for our Dolly as she was awarded Best of Breed and went onto gain Group 4 in the gundog group.

What can we say! A fabulous year for our Dolly. This year we have attended 8 Championship Shows where she won 5 x 1st Places & 3 x 2nd Places. 2 General Open Shows where she won 2 x Best of Breed and a Best in Show at a Breed Open Show!! Also at the end of the summer she managed to fit in having a lovely litter of five gorgeous puppies. Thank you to friends,family and fellow exhibitors for supporting us and cheering us along the way, it really is much appreciated. Let's hope 2011 is just as good as 2010!

23/12/2010

We would like to wish all of our family, friends and Keladity Owners and their Dogs/Puppies a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We look forward to exhibiting Dolly our black and tan and her son Jambo also black & tan next year.

02/12/2010

Snow is here! The dogs love it as you can see by the photos below!

21/11/2010

We had a fantastic day at the Coventry Cocker Spaniel Club Open Show today. Dolly was declared BEST IN SHOW! A wonderful achievement after whelping her pups 11 weeks previously. Breed judge for the day was Peter Darby - Dargess. Thank you to the commitee for a lovely day and well run show. It was great to catch up with folk after the short break from the ring.

20/11/2010

Archie - Keladity High Style left for his new home today and made the long journey back up to Scotland with his new owners Colin & Rachelle. Here's a photo of him with his proud new mummy & daddy.

04/11/2010

Oscar - Keladity High Flyer left for his new home today. He has gone to live with the Richard's family who live nearby. Were looking forward to seeing him when he comes back to see us to be groomed.

03/11/2010

Astro - Keladity Tan You See Me was the first of Dolly's puppies to fly the nest and we are pleased to hear he has settled in well with his new family in St Albans with the family's other dog Rags. Here is a photo of Astro before he left for his new home.

Here is a photo of Dolly after she had been bathed and trimmed. It's hard to believe she had a litter of puppies 8 weeks ago! Hopefully she will be hitting the ring again for a few outings soon.

22/10/2010

We have decided to run these two boys on from Dolly's litter

Jambo - Keladity Wait Tan See

Gino - Keladity High Life

19/10/2010

Sad day today, my parents gold cocker spaniel Rosie had to be PTS at 11 1/2 years old to prevent further suffering. Sleep tight Rosie Posie x

08/10/2010

Dolly's puppies are thriving and growing well.We have just started weaning them and they have been tucking into their puppy porridge although I think more has ended up all over them than in their tummies! Latest photo is on the puppy page.

17/09/2010

We are pleased to receive confirmation today that we have been accepted by the Kennel Club as Accredited Breeders. More info can me found on the link below.

09/09/2010

Click here to hear more about Dolly's Puppies

06/09/2010

Dolly's puppies arrived today by SH CH Asquanne Gillespie JW! 5 gorgeous dog pups 3 blacks and 2 black and tans, all strong healthy pups. Dolly is doing a grand job looking after them all. We may have 1 or 2 available so please get in touch if you are interested in having one of these babies. Here are a few photos.

02/08/2010

Great news today! Dolly is now officially registered as a PAT (Pets as Therapy) Dog. We are so proud of her not only is she a beautiful, healthy example of her breed but she also has a superb temperament which we hope will be enjoyed by others as much as it is by ourselves. We are not sure where her first visit will be yet but hopefully after her maternity leave she can start visiting and bringing joy to others, we will keep you up to date with how her visiting goes.

27/07/2010

More Birthdays! Today is Jazzy's Birthday and she is 7 today. Here is a photo sent to me by her owners Jenny & Jim. Happy Birthday Jazzy xxxx

12/07/2010

Saturday was the 3rd Birthday for Jazzy's pups from her second litter and we received this photo of Louie from his owners Glynn & Cilla who say

" He still loves our trips in the caravan and is an exemplary traveller. We don't here a peep from him when we're on the road. We're off to France again later in the summer and I'm sure he'll enjoy exploring new ground and playing on the beach and the sea "

30/06/2010

We took Dolly to have her eyes tested today for Glaucoma and we were pleased to be advised that she is Glaucoma free and passed with flying colours.

05/06/2010

Today we went to Southern Counties Championship Show. A lovely sunny hot day with great company. Dolly did well in her clas and was placed 2nd under American judge Mrs B Threlfall (Edgewood).

08/05/2010

Dolly was placed 2nd today under Betty Rice-Stringer (Kennelbourne) at the National Dog Show in Stafford. We had a great day and there was also a little party to celebrate two well known bitches achievements; Lujesa Touch The Sky on winning Best of Breed at Crufts and Charbonnel Dream Design gaining her crown.

01/05/2010

To blow away the cobwebs we went to Holkham Beach and were joined by Tinker and her owners and another couple with a lovely black cocker. The weather was great and the dogs had great fun!

25/04/2010

Today was The Solid Colours Cocker Spaniel Club Show, as I was busy on committee duties Adam handled our Dolly and was placed 2nd under Ian Scott (Middlegill)
Well Done Ads!

05/04/2010

We had a very busy Easter weekend. On Saturday we went to the Midland Cocker Championship Show where Dolce showed her little socks off again and won 1st in Graduate Bitch under Breed Judge Moira Forfar (Glasedin).

On Sunday I judged cockers at the Wigan & District Canine Society's Open Show. The entry was low but the dogs I did judge were all of very good quality. Many thanks for entering your dogs. Best Puppy was a sweet young blue bitch Royaldene Paparazzi and Best of Breed was a sturdy black dog, Notrella Jacobs Ladder SHCM.

On Easter Monday we were up at Newark at the Eastwood Kennel Association Open Show. Dolly was placed first in the junior class and then declared Best of Breed under breed judge Louise Wilding (Jayzander/Lochranza).

Many thanks to Cristobal Agradano & Juan Lopez for the lovely photo taken of Dolly after she had won her first prize at Crufts. Here is a link to cockeringles where you can see all of the fantastic photos taken of the cocker spaniels placed at Crufts. http://www.cockeringles.org/exposiciones/2010/Crufts10.htm

25/03/2010

Tinker came to visit today and have a trim, it was lovely to see her and get licked to death!!! We also received some photos from Jenny & Jim who have Tinker's mum Jazzy, they have now had her 2 years and cannot imagine a day without her!

21/03/2010

Today we made the long journey up to The North of England Cocker Spaniel Club with Dolly. She was placed 2nd in her class under breed specialist Carol West (Sheigra). As it was my Birthday the day before, Adam brought along cake to share with everybody that he had made as a surprise. Thanks Ad & his boss Sue it really was lovely x

15/03/2010

Wow what a day we had a Crufts!!! Dolly was awarded 1st in Under Graduate Bitch out of a class of 23 bitches and went on to make it down to the final cut for the Bitch CC under well respected judge Mr Frank Kane.

We are so proud of Dolly and thank everyone for their support, the cheer that went up was overwhelming, thank you so much for all of the messages and cards it really was a day we won't forget in a hurry!

A huge thank you to Sue & Annie Kettle (Dolly's breeders) and all at the Lochranza kennel who own Dolly's sire SH CH Lochranza For Your Eyes Only, for their support. We were thrilled that Sue and Annie's beautiful black bitch Molly - SH CH Lujesa Touch the Sky JW won Best of Breed and then made it through to the short list for the gundog group - Well done girls!

07/03/2010

Last show before Crufts! Today we went to the Sheffield and District Open Show. Dolly won the junior class and went onto win Best of Breed under breed judge Mark Smith (Pontisbright).

02/03/2010

A friend of mine is now making good quality Snoods. Here is a photo of Dolly modeling her new purple sparkly snood. If you would like to order one please contact Trudi at www.shansartcockerspaniels.com

28/02/10

We went to the North Mids & Eastern Counties Cocker Spaniels Clubs Championship show today where Dolly was placed 1st in her class under breed judge Mr Chris Laverty. It was lovely to see the dog I chose as Best of Breed the day before go onto win the Dog Challenge Certificate. Many congratulations to his owners.

27/02/10

Today I was judging cocker spaniels at the North Lincs Dog Club which was held at the Newark Show Ground. I had a lovely entry of 21 with some quality cocker spaniels to assess. In some classes I was really splitting hairs and could have handed out plenty of red rosettes. Best Puppy was Wensum Augustus a lovely dog puppy that was full of cocker exuberance and character. Best of Breed was Canyon Classic Welcome a beautiful, well muscled black male (see photo below). I was thrilled to hear that he went on to win Group 1 and Reserve Best in Show. Thank you to all the exhibitors for giving me the opportunity to assess your dogs they were a joy to judge.

14/02/10

Valentines day and we were out showing at Home Counties Cocker Spaniel Club.The bitch judge was Fran Glendinning and Dolly came home with a red rosette.

23/01/10

We had a lovely day at the Hampshire & Sussex Cocker Spaniel Club's Championship Show. Dolly was placed 1st in two classes under the well respected Breed Specialist Penny Lester (Quettadene). What a lovely start to the new year!

11/01/10

Great News! Dolly's certificates have arrived from the Kennel Club to confirm her Junior Warrant Title and Stud Book No.

03/01/10

We had a brilliant day at the Cocker Spaniel Clubs Puppy and Veteran Challenge at the Yew Lodge Hotel in Derbyshire. It was the first time we have qualifed a dog for the challenge we had a really good day, a lovely sit down meal with friends and then the match. Dolly went out in the first round but came home with a lovely rosette and bag of dog food.

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