Finn, Jeff and Anita

We've recently had news of a number of our dogs. Photographed here is Jeff, one of Abby's sons, who lives in the north of Portugal. Much loved, and soon to be a father.

Then I had this message from Rick and Annie van de Wetering who are now Finn's owners:

"Almost a year since the original posting we can report that Finn has totally integrated as a member of the family. He understands everything we tell him and has accepted most of our idiosyncratic rules like no sleeping on chairs and sofas, no chewing on anything (including the neighbourhood cat), no jumping on the pool cover and walking to heel on the Cascais-Estoril promenade. In exchange we have accepted his boisterous play with balls in the house, flipping them into the air, his hunts for gekkos, his tiny licks like strings of kisses and sneaking his way to the foot end of our bed when he feels his beanbag is getting too cold during the night.
He has totally accepted Lucy, leaving his warm daybed to her whenever she demands and not touching her food even if his own bowl is empty.

We are so happy to have him and even our daughter who lives in England has seriously bonded with him during her recent few days here.

Regards from Rick and Ann."

And finally, from Slovenia, a film and song for Anita, from one of our earliest litters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM2m-3pFf0Y

My thanks to everyone for the news.

Louie's pups

It's some months now since Louie (Snow Winds Churchill) left us to return to the US, and the two pups we kept from his litters are now starting to mature. On the left is Gambler, who made his show debut last weekend, picking up a best of group on his first outing, at just six months. Gambler is out of Lisa's litter by Louie.

Although a few months older, Gina (right, out of Marta's litter) is also just starting to be shown. Both Gina and Gambler have inherited their father's outgoing temperament.

Brazilian Gipsy

Gipsy is now four and a half months old, and has settled with her new owners in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We were delighted last week to receive these photos of her, holding her own with the Dobermans. Her owner, Rosane Longo, flew out to Portugal especially to collect her, and we wish her every success with her new interest in the breed.

Gipsy is one of Canela's puppies by Muhlross Melrosian. Canela herself is now back on form after the litter, and we ourselves have kept Gipsy's brother, Golias.

Mel and Canela

This was also a good weekend for the father of our current puppies. As I mentioned in an earlier post, Mel has gone to spend some time in the UK with his breeders, and this weekend won a CC in Manchester. Our congratulations to the Philps!

In the meantime, here are some photos of his pups, with their mother, Canela.

Patch is Portuguese Champion

We are back today from the shows in Porto, where Patch (Expat da Roseira Brava) won the ticket on Sunday, making her champion of Portugal.

It was interesting that the Parsons continue to be one of the best represented terrier breeds at the Portuguese shows. This has been the case for a couple of years now, and is a real change from the situation five or six years ago.

The numbers are due to a relatively large number of exhibitors from abroad - so we hope they keep coming!

Canela's pups

In October I flew to Maiorca with Canela (Entertainer da Roseira Brava) to mate her to Muhlross Melrosian, owned by Pedro Llinas. For me it was a great chance to see Palma and the rest of the island, and Pedro and Dani were terrific hosts.

The pups were born on 9 December - one dog and three bitches. They are now developing nicely. We'll post some more photos soon. We are very pleased to hear that their father, who is presently in Scotland, is already making a good impression. We hope he will do weel on the UK circuit.

This is Canela's first litter, and we hope to get her back in the show ring later in the year.

With another generation of puppies growing up, we will be looking this year for permanent new homes for some of our adult bitches. This will be so that we can keep numbers down, and continue to give them all the attention they need. Enquiries to either me or Paulo: clive@roseirabrava.com or paulo@roseirabrava.com