Pisca's pups

Born this afternoon after a long wait - three dogs and one bitch. Mother and pups all doing well, Paulo now taking a well-deserved rest after sitting up all night.

I'm going to upload some more pictures on my Facebook page.

Gambler in England

Whilst I'm still filling in on the missing year in the blog, here's one event I really can't leave out: Gambler winning Reserve CC at the Parson Russell Club Championship Show in November.

I know it's old news, but still a proud achievement for a young dog (just over a year old at the time) from Portugal.

Gambler also went to Crufts in March, where he got a second in his class. If all goes well, we'll be back in the UK with him later this year.

Gypsy in Brazil

Another picture from the last year, this time from Brazil. Since I last posted a picture of Gypsy she has grown into a smart young terrier, pictured here winning BOB at the Panamericana.

Gypsy is Canela's daughter from her first litter by Muhlross Melrosian. We mated her for the second time in November, in England, to Cassacre Mandolin, and showed one of the pups (Jones) from that litter for the first time this last weekend. Picture to follow when I can get one.

Folia is US champion

As I let my blog get out of date, there's a backlog of news from our breeding project. One of the events of the last year was Folia earning her US championship. Her undocked tail was apparently no obstacle.

Folia is a daughter of Elisa da Roseira Brava by Morgan for Roseira Brava, and belongs to Mary Strom in the United States.

Pisca's puppies expected

Our whippet bitch, Pisca (right), is expecting puppies in early August.

We took her to England in June to be mated to CH Nut Chip of Nevedith (below), taking the chance to visit the Southern Counties show.

Pisca is a daughter of Nevedith Eefa Empra and was top dog in the Portuguese hound group in 2008.

I'll be posting pictures and news of the litter, here and on my Facebook page.

Thanks to Pauline Oliver for the photo of Chip.

Gambler

This weekend we had the Portuguese terrier club show and then two more days of the Sintra shows. Gambler completed his Portuguese championship and Abby won best veteran in show two days running, and reserve best veteran on Sunday.

The photo shows Gambler in the group final on the last day. Thanks to Rui Monteiro for the picture.

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.