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Just Casper and Lily

30/12/2018

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L to R: Casper and Lily
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Just bread and soup for supper

30/12/2018

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Homemade white and wholemeal bread
We run out of bread today, so rather than go to a shop. I decided to knock up a loaf of white and wholemeal bread, handmade, which went nice with homemade Chicken, vegetable and noodle soup. I was hoping that some of the white bread would be left for husband, David to make a sandwich with for his pack lunch  tomorrow, but that was not to be. He has though got a tub of the soup to take to work with him.
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Homemade chicken, vegetable and noodle soup
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Just Ysobel

29/12/2018

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Ysobel (she is the Grandmother of Sasha, who we hope to breed a litter from in 2019) will be twelve years old this coming April, and I caught the lovely photo below of her this morning, as she watched me eating my breakfast before going off milking. Frighteningly, half of the pack (ten of our dogs) will be six years old or over in 2019.  Thankfully all of them seem happy and healthy. Long may that last.
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Ysobel, who will be 12 years old this April
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Just waiting

29/12/2018

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On Christmas day, I wondered why Teagol seemed to be on sentry duty by the tree. I then realised she was just keeping an eye on the gifts our two youngest children had made for all the dogs. Little homemade bags filled with homemade doggy treats. 
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Bringing in the cows: Sign from dog or juggling pig?

26/12/2018

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My husband, David milking this morning took an interesting photo of a cows teat home. The interesting bit is the markings on it. David thinks it's a sign from dog, but I see a pig running along juggling three balls.
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Cow teat with unusual markings
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'Twas the night before Christmas

24/12/2018

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The Poundlane official Christmas broadcast, because you can never have enough cheese at Christmas
I'm now off the internet for a few days. "Merry Christmas!" 
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Just thank you!

23/12/2018

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Thanks for all the Christmas greeting, and wishing you all a Happy Christmas!
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Just Prepping

23/12/2018

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Cooked meats just out of the oven cooling for Christmas eve supper, cold meats with Bubble & squeak
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Just prepping

23/12/2018

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Mince pies and jam tarts just out of the oven
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Just resting

22/12/2018

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"What do the experts do when their dog dies?"

20/12/2018

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Just read this Oyez a Beaumont by Vicki Hearne published over at the Terrierman's Daily Dose. 
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Just Ernest

19/12/2018

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Ernest
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Just Teagol

19/12/2018

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Teagol has grown in to a lovely little spaniel. Really, really pleased with what this mix can produce. It's now just waiting on the MRI scan results, which I don't expect to get before the new year. If you look closely you will spot her Dad and Mum in the photos, as she sits regally on my computer chair, awaiting my return, as I had just gone to answer the phone.
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Just in the sunshine

19/12/2018

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First time we have seen the sun for a day or two. A welcome visitor this morning.
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Tree up!

17/12/2018

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We ascended in to the loft yesterday evening, and the ceremony of the lowering of the tree began. This will be this trees 13th (unlucky for some) year, so it is adorned with a lot of fond memories
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Just prepping

17/12/2018

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Just family

17/12/2018

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Reggie with his sleepy daughter, Belle
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Just Bertha

17/12/2018

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Bertha is Sasha's sister, and although to look at from a conformation point, she is a very good type. She is though lacking in the type of temperament, that we would want to breed from her. Saying that though, does not mean she is not a lovely dog, and she is a lovely pet dog, especially attached to our son, Thomas. We will look to spay her alongside Treacle in 2019.
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Bertha
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Just family

17/12/2018

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Teagol snuggles up with her Grandfather, Henry
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Just family

17/12/2018

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Epic study shown to have many flaws

15/12/2018

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CavalierHealth.org for sometime has been publishing concerns about the EPIC Study which has given way to the earlier giving of pimodendan aka vetmedin to a dog with Mitrial Valve Degeneration (MVD). We now have more and more cardiologist vets airing concerns about the EPIC Study's finding  Cardiology researcher Dr. Anna Beber disproves EPIC Study's definition of enlarged hearts for cavaliers and Univ. of Bristol cardiologists slam the EPIC Study for not investigating arrhythmias in its pimobendan group.
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As I've said before, "You need to now your stuff when it comes to MVD"
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"This is rape"

15/12/2018

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Just saw this very interesting passage from the book SOS Dog: The Purebred Dog Hobby Re-Examined by Johan and Edith Gallant posted on the CRUFFA Public Group | Facebook page by Jemima Harrison, on a post about dogs unable to mate naturally,
From SOS DOG: The Purebred Dog Hobby Re-examined by Johan and Edith Gallant.

"Most of the breeders are very well aware of fertility cycles, and a bitch that finds herself close to the eleventh day is often loaded in a car destined to the breeder’s ide
a of her perfect mate. Since time equals money, it is expected from the bitch that, on arrival, she courteously concedes her rump to the male and lifts her tail out of the way to enable a rapid and uncomplicated mating. Should the bitch, on arrival, refuse advances from the male, she will be characterised as dangerous. Most often she will then be escorted to a small enclosure, have her muzzle tied-up and have her body held still, ready to be mounted by the “mating machine.” 

"It is amazing how many breed speciality books advise the newcomers and aspiring breeders about the dangers of mating. The unwilling bitch could bite the stud dog and ruin him for life! Once the stud has penetrated and the genital lock or tie is effective, a restless bitch could remain agitated to the point that the penile bone causes internal damage or breaks! The authors of such books then advise that the bitch should be muzzled at arrival by tying a silk stocking or pantyhose around her snout and behind her ears, that she should be help up so that the male can easily mount her and that she should be firmly restrained from turning her head back and from growling at the stud. Once the active part of the mating is over, the the owner of the male should carefully lift one of its hind legs over the back of the bitch so that they stand backside to backside, and they should both be restrained until the end of the genital lock and thereupon be separated without allowing further contact between the two partners.

"Theoretically speaking, the sperm cells have found their way to the ova and all is well that ends well. This is rape, and what the deep consequences of such an act could be on an animal that genetically has been programmed for reproductive behaviour within its social group, has not provoked one criticism. 

"It remains a fact that for highly social animals, such as dogs, a 'par force' inducted mating can precipitate enormous stress on the female. Dogs are highly susceptible to stress. In nature and in domesticated dogs, too, stress plays an evolutionary role. It fosters an unyeilding condition or atmossphere ie a condition in which reproduction would best be interrupted or terminated. Therefore, stress can cause the failure of coming in season, re-absorption of the fetus, premature birth or stillborn pups. When a mating is enforced on a bitch with human assistance (it would not happen without) we create a stress situation where the detrimental consequences are beyond calculation. Such a scenario is not only detrimental to the bitch, it actually also works in favor of stud dogs without guts i.e. Those that lack the natural sexual behavioural patterns dictating courtship and the necessary convincing attitude and drive to mate. Human assistance not only tolerates but also encourages males that in nature would never stand a chance to mate. Of course such matings may produce the desired color, the chiseled head that one is after or improve on any of the external features described in the breed standard, but the chances that it is instrumental in improving mental stability and true canine behaviour is remote. 

"Because 'par force' inducted mating brings two individuals together that most likely would not mate under natural conditions, the offspring that they produce are in fact contrary to nature and improvement of the breed concerned. When we are faced in modern dogdom with an endless list of complications in canine reproductive behaviour and with general behavioural disorders, their origins can be found to a large extent in human-induced mating, which in many cases has been applied over consecutive generations."
Which makes reading my blog Twelve month review part one: Blottie and Ernest's  litter interesting. Many years ago we traveled a reasonable way to get one of our Cavalier bitches mated with a breeder, very up in the breed. It was obvious to me that when we got there, the bitch was not on enough to be mated, but this breeder with her so called vast experience of breeding dogs insisted she should be mated regardless, as his sperm would last until she ovulated. What I then witnessed, I can only describe as "rape." That bitch never produced pups from the mating, and when we found a breeder who would allow natural mating, she would act terrified, I mean really terrified if any male came within feet of her. She never had puppies, and I never have forgiven myself for allowing her to be traumatized by that breeder.  
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Just family

15/12/2018

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Shooting today, on the beat with Mum Blottie, Dad Ernest and their daughter, Teagol. Very windy and wet on the first drive, so an early break for a soup and sandwiches. Thankfully we had a better time on the next two drives, and then the heavens opened again, and it was in by the wood-burner for an early supper. Blottie's first time out, and she lived up to expectations, taking it all in her stride. Three tired, but content dogs, fast asleep on our sofas tonight. In the photo, is me holding the dogs with our daughter, Florrie beside me, after finishing the first drive, and hoping the weather was going to improve, whilst we all had the earlier than usual break.
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Murphy enjoys his cake

12/12/2018

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Happy 1st Birthday Greetings! from another of  Teagol's litter siblings
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Happy birthday to all of Murphy’s siblings! He’s much better this week - here’s a picture of him about to enjoy his tuna fudge birthday cake.
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1st Birthday Greeting from Teagol's litter siblings

12/12/2018

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All went well in Bristol yesterday with Teagol and Sasha. By the way they reacted to seeing me when I picked them up only 5 hours later, it was hard to believe that they had been under a full anesthetic, other than the tell tale bald patch on the top of their front legs. Now it is waiting on the BVA - CM / SM scheme to grade them, which can take up to a month or so.
I had a wonderful surprise to open my email inbox this morning to see Happy 1st Birthday Greetings! from four of Teagol's litter siblings.

Jack

"Jack would like to send Happy Birthday greetings to all his nine siblings.

He is having a great day; birthday frisbee arriving from Cooper, and a celebratory bag of prawn crackers from his other best friend Claude the cat.

Off to class tonight, he is the youngest and smallest but very keen to do well.

He had the snip and his extra tooth removed last week, all is going well but he still has to wear the collar. Hopefully only until Thursday.

Lots of love to all the family in Umberleigh (human and canine) and thanks to Ernest and Blottie, his parents!

Best wishes

Penny and Tony"

Skye

Looking longingly ( but it’s mine )!!😂

Skye didn’t miss out she had plenty doggy pampering 🐶🐶x

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Skye

Skipper

"Dear Jane,
We have been counting down the days to Skipper's birthday since the children's birthdays in November! 
It was lovely to see your message on your website wishing the whole litter birthday greetings. 
I hope the Bristol trip went well. I have no doubt that Teagol's will all be as you wish.
Skipper is continuing to bring joy to all  six of us (us five, and my mother next door).
He is a friendly, sociable, affectionate, adorable pet, and also a good running/ walking companion too. Thank you for breeding him! 
Happy Birthday to all of his siblings! 
Best Wishes,
Fiona & Joe & family in Oxfordshire x"
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Skipper

Charlie

"Hello Jane

Hope you and all the family are well and looking forward to Christmas.  Charlie has enjoyed his first Birthday (the photo was taken today) and hopes all his siblings have had a lovely time too.  He really is such an affectionate, loving character; great temperament.  He absolutely loves the beach and his runs at Beck Hole, exploring the woods!  Good luck with the scan results.

Kind regards

Adrian & Sandra Berryman"
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Charlie
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    ― Samuel Butler
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    Hello, I am Jane!
    You might of guessed, I love dogs. My family and me are situated in the North Devon countryside, England, United Kingdom. Our home is occupied by my husband, David, our children, pack of dogs and me.
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