Marta's pups

Marta gave birth last night to six healthy pups - three dogs and three bitches. They are nicely marked, and all six are thriving.

Photos taken this morning, when the pups were just eight hours old.

The litter was sired by Louie (Snow Winds Churchill) - pedigree on the puppy page in our site.

Folia flies to the US

Folia is now nearly four months (she was a bit younger in the picture, top) and has gone to live in the US with her new owner, Mary Strom, of the Snow Wind affix. She flew out from Lisbon on Tuesday afternoon, and we were happy to hear last night that she had arrived safely in Oregon.

Folia is a daughter of Lisa (Elisa da Roseira Brava), making her a granddaughter of a Snow Winds bitch (Snow Winds Anastasia) and a great granddaughter of Hoelio Just Jenny at Glenholm. Folia's father is Morgan for Roseira Brava, who was bred by Anne Milne (of Glenholm) and lives as the family pet of some friends of ours close to home (bottom picture).

So we wish Folia and Mary the best of luck and every success!

PS: Folia's granddad, Limão, is making a steady recovery after his adventure with a kebab stick (see earlier post). His has his stitches out, and is almost back to normal.

Boris and Eidi

António Alves and his wife Amélia first contacted us a couple of years ago, looking for a pet terrier. After seeing several litters, they settled on Boris (photo, top), who is a litter brother of Marta, and so one of Flash's sons.



To keep Boris company, they decided last year they would like to have a bitch, so they took Eidi (second photo), who was one of the three sisters in Duna's first litter - the other two were Patch and Canela, who are still with us (see the site).


In the pictures, Boris is at the National Stadium, where they often walk, and Eidi is on holiday at Praia da Amoreira, on the Algarve's Atlantic coast, near Aljezur. The two dogs also often accompany Amélia to her shop - and were even featured in a magazine photo shoot last year.




António: obrigado pelas fotos!

The other Canela

Here's a picture of Canela (da Roseira Brava), who belongs to our friend Teresa Ogando. Teresa contacted us a few years ago, looking for a dog who could fit into her life, and get on with her cats. Canela was already six months old at the time, but with her quiet temperament she seemed ideal.

Happily we were right, and Canela has established a very special relationship with her owner. These are some pictures that Teresa sent me recently.

I'd be pleased to hear from other people with dogs we have bred. Please send me a photo, and a small text (in Portuguese or English), if you like, and I'll post them here in the blog. (Messages to clive@roseirabrava.com)