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

Sintra 2007

No sooner had we got back from Finland (see below) than we had to start preparing for the Sintra shows, and the Portuguese Terrier Club show (Monográfica) last Saturday.

It was scorchingly hot, but we had a good weekend, making up two champions - Entertainer da Roseira Brava (Canela) and Snow Winds Churchill (Louie, in the picture). Canela also took best bitch at the Monográfica.

Louie is about to sire his second litter in Portugal, as we are going to mate him to Lisa (Elisa da Roseira Brava), who is just now coming into season.

Trip to Finland

Here are some pictures we took in Finland of Carlos training for agility - Kirsi has him slaloming around her legs as she paces forwards, and then leaping through her arms.

We spent four days in the country, visiting friends and dogs and taking in the Finnish Parson Russell Terrier Club Show, with close to two hundred terriers. It was extremely interesting to see the dogs and their owners, and in particular to see dogs we had bred ourselves and their offspring.

The show is a unique opportunity to see a huge number of parsons of all ages and different lines. There was an especially strong showing of veteran terriers, who held their own in the final line-up. A lot of the dogs taking part are family pets who are not normally shown, and the event gives everyone a chance to get together and see how the dogs are developing. The atmosphere around the rings is very friendly, and we hope to go back another year, and hopefully show dogs of our own.

Our thanks to everyone, especially Anja, for making us so welcome. And to Kirsi, for making the trip specially for us to see Carlos!