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)

Incredible!

Over the last week or so we got some worrying emails from Slovenia telling us that Limão was unwell, although it was unclear to anyone exactly what the problem was. Various vets were consulted, and several possibilities considered.

Then a couple of days ago, his owner, Nina, was alarmed to find a lump. She took him straight back to the vet, and it was decided to operate. To everyone's amazement, what they found was not a growth, but a wooden kebab stick almost 12 cm long, which had been sitting in Limão's stomach for an incredible two weeks (see picture). Even more extraordinary is the fact that none of his internal organs appear to have been damaged.

Now it has been taken out, Limão is back home convalescing and Nina's main problem is to keep him still, and not running about.

So, thank you Nina for the photos, and for looking after Limão! We are all hoping he will soon be fully recovered...

Shows - Odense and Vila Franca de Xira

It's been a busy ten days or so, culminating for us in the show at Vila Franca de Xira at the weekend. But in the meantime we were delighted to hear news from Denmark where one of our pups was showed for the first time the weekend before last.

"Flash da Roseira Brava" was named after his father, known here as Flash, officially Fellshied Tell Me More. Young Flash has gone to live with Britta Norlund in Denmark, and at his first show, in Odense, he won best puppy in the breed. Here's a picture of him, kindly sent by Britta.

And at Vila Franca, we had a good day. Canela, still in junior class, took BOB for the first time. So after taking best bitch on the second day in Porto, she's making a good start to the year.

Marta in whelp

Marta (Dafne da Roseira Brava) is now definitely in whelp to Louie (Snow Winds Churchill). This will be Marta's first litter and Louie's first litter in Europe. The puppies are due in early March.

Although Marta is a bitch of our own breeding, she is also a relative newcomer to our set of terriers. We sold her as a puppy, but late last year we were contacted by her owner, whose personal circumstances had changed, leaving him unable to keep her on. We were delighted to have her back, and look forward to her puppies, and to showing her later in the year.

Marta was born at our old house (just up the road), in the dry and hot September of 2004. Her mother, Carolina da Roseira Brava (better known as "Whitiezinha"), had also come back to us for her litter, although in her case it was just a temporary move, while the puppies were born and reared. She then returned home to her permanent pet owner.

Marta has been settling in well, and the photo shows her with Louie on the day the other newcomer arrived from the US. (More photos of both on our website.)