Dapperdawg Beagles

August 2011

7th Falkirk and District Today under Judge Mr J Cowie, Cara was awarded 2nd in Graduate.

13th Upperward of Lanark CS, Off to Lanark today under Judge Sandra Johnston ( Burnvale), this was Fudge’s first show since having the pups, Cara got a 2nd in Graduate and Fudge received a 2nd in Open, very happy with both girls today!

July

22nd Leeds Championship Show Early start this morning leaving at 330am to get to Debbie’s for 430am!!!
We were in 2 classes today, Cara was awarded a 1st in Graduate Bitch and a 3rd in Post graduate Bitch thanks to Judge Anne MacDonald, and we have now qualified for Crufts!!!

12th Ruby goes to her new home today, she will be well entertained here with Finlay, Archie and Eilidh, who were all very excited when we arrived Ruby loved all the attention, hopefully she will be well behaved for Helen and Clark.

23rd Cleveland Show Society Today under Judge Dick Morrison Cara got a first in the open Class.

30th Well done Debbie and Lagan ( Bruadair Lag-An-Rata) gaining his Junior Warrant (JW) today at Highland C.S.

31st Well done Luisa and Chief ( Newlin Anchor Chief ) gaining his AW(B) in agility and his Show certificate of Merit (ShCM) this weekend.

June

18th Border Union Champ Show, The classes seemed huge, I was worried Cara would not behave, however she received a reserve in Novice Bitch out of 10 dogs and a very respectable VHC in Post Grad that had an entry of 20 with only 1 absentee, I was very happy.
A huge congratulations to Lynn Bailey and Seamus on gaining his CH title total, glad I was there to see it!!!! Well done Ch Newlin Victor of Salenko JW ShCM.

19th Scottish Beagle Club Champ Show. Only one class entered today, Under Ms Hazel Deans Cara received a 2nd in Novice Bitch out of 15 dogs, we have had a super weekend.

23rd Blackpool Champ show. Under judge F A Somerfield, in Graduate Bitch Cara was awarded a 3rd in Graduate bitch and a VHC out of 17 dogs in post Graduate, she is doing well but we haven’t qualified for Crufts yet!!

27th Buddy our Tri boy goes to a new home today, a quick visit to the vet for all pups first vaccinations then we head to Culloden, we took his brother Murphy and sister Ruby and aunt Cara along for the company, after a bout of sickness the pups settled down and it was a lovely drive up North, we went for lunch to Jackie Frasers ( Wyvisview Beagles)she whipped up a fabulous Macaroni and cheese ( Thank you so Much Jackie!!) and the pups got a run around her garden, with a few attempts of escaping!! Then headed down to drop off Buddy, Sharron, Shannon and Aaron were all there to greet him. All of the pups and Cara had a fab time running through the hall chasing each other when they were all tired we left Buddy sleeping in his new home and headed off, Thank you Sharron for the beautiful canvas of the pups!!!

28th Today Murphy goes to his new home in Clydebank, a far shorter journey but again Ruby and Cara came along, Murphy settled in right away with new owners Andy and Karen, and has their children Jack and Olivia as his new brother and sister, Cara also made herself right at home on their window sill!!! Once again Murphy had fell asleep when we left which makes it easier to let go.......
We have Ruby for another few weeks.

May

1st Pups arrived just after midnight, first born a Tri dog weighing 388g, an hour later a T&W dog weighing 318g, and last but not least 20 minutes later a Tri bitch weighing in at 326g, Fudge is a great wee mum, feeding and cleaning pups.
We have now missed a lot of shows due to my broken wrist including SKC. We still have not qualified Cara for Crufts 2012, so I am now on a mission, I need to get her back in the ring and gain her confidence.

April

8th PM lost footing on sofa and broke my wrist!!! Only 3 weeks till pups are due, this isn’t going to be easy!!!...........

17th Perthshire Canine Club Cara got a 3rd in her class today under Judge Tom Johnston.

March

Crufts: another long journey leaving home at 23:30 to be at Debbies for 00:30, Debbie then drives us down to Birmingham, arriving at 5:30 am, who said dog showing is glamorous!! We entered the show at 6am and got settled in, Lagan performed well in his class and received a VHC well done Lagan and Debbie!! Cara had to wait until lunch time before her class, I had worried for weeks as to how she would be on the table with the judge, as due to her season we stopped the training. She was a wee star, although we didn’t get placed, I was very happy with her performance and couldn’t have asked for any more, I now hope she has gotten over her fear of people looking in her mouth and enjoys the shows. Huge thanks to Debbie for letting us travel with them!!

31st Fudge went to vet for a scan today, we are now preparing for pups!

February

Once again Cara’s timing is impeccable, and she starts her season on the 3rd, so no shows or training for a few weeks now.

Fudge also came into season so no dogs to show at the moment as Darci prefers outside venues!!

January

Monty gets his Show Certificate of Merit, well done Monty & Fiona a fab start to the year.

News of our little ‘special’ beagle Willow ( Cara’s sister ) owned and loved by Louise and Andrew Mckee, Willow was born with slight nerve damage to one side of her wee face and had to be syringe fed as she couldn’t feed from Darci herself, she went to live with Louise and Andrew and their beautiful Lab cross Darcy, Louise started training with Willow at the end of last year and here she ............little Willow proudly wearing her rosette, her class was seven weeks long and entailed of sit, stay, fetch and recall. Last week was agility but she was a little wary of the hoops. Week five she had to perform her number one trick of dancing on her two back legs! Louise tells me Willow will do anything for a cocktail sausage. Willow is having a wee break from training for a few weeks but is starting another seven week block of more intense training soon. Well done Little Will’s!!!!!!

3rd:

Kilmarnock and District Canine Club: first show of the year, Cara won 3rd in Graduate and Fudge won a 3rd in Open under judge Debbie Linden ( Bruadair) Cara still a bit off on the table.

9th:

A very very sad day today, Fudges father, Ch Newlin Sailor...Jack and his companion Brook were tragically drowned when chasing deer at the river Endrick, a horrific accident for any pet owner to see, Jack was a super show dog and a wonderful pet, our condolences to there owners.
Sweet dreams Jack and Brook..... R.I.P.

13th:

Ringcraft tonight with Cara, we met Debbie and Lagan there, it was a good night, I think Cara was getting Dizzy the amount of times she was made to go on the table, but we are making progress.