Count to ten...

Maggie continues to keep us busy and is usually on the go!  We are very pleased our animals here are very tolerant, as can be seen below.

Maggie on the go

Pausing for a second

my goodness, she has stopped!

Playing with Auntie April

and kissing (or is it attacking?) her

Daisy being very tolerant!

the cat, just out of reach

Granny Apple!!!

The pitter patter of little paws

After a single visit by Darcy, Herby is now a proud daddy of 10 little gingers, 5 boys and 5 girls.  We wish them all well and will watch them grow up with great interest and pride.  We know they are in the most capable hands with competant mum Darcy and Rachel and Neil overseeing: http://moricroft.com/view.aspx?item=36

The proud dad

the babies!

Manic puppy!

Maggie continues to be a lovely addition to the family but she is keeping us busy.  Either full on or crashed out!  Her confidence was one of the things that caused us to pick her so we aren't complaining, we hope it will bode well for the future!  Meanwhile we are sleeping well...

Maggie checking out the garden

Relaxing on the long suffering Jasper (who turned 14 last month)

April showing Maggie how to behave serenely like a lady ;)

Another puppy update!

Isla and I spent today showing alpacas for Inca at the North Somerset Show.  Congratulations to them who won Champion Black Female and Male!

Whilst we were there Scrumpy, a puppy from Apple's litter 2 years ago came to introduce herself!  What a happy soul she is!  Happy 2nd Birthday to them all for tomorrow!

We also had a message from Sian who has Jeanie from Cally's last litter to say that she had been placed 5th at her first ever working test - well done to them!

Since our last post we have also had photos from two other siblings from Cally's litter.  Bailey and Holly.  It is always lovely to see and hear how they are progressing.

Herby's sister Scrumpy

Sian with Jeanie

Bailey

Holly

Meet Maggie!

The excitement has been building here for a bit waiting for our new puppy and here she is - Maggie!  (you guessed right Jenny!).  Maggie comes from Rachel and Neil at Moricroft and we couldn't be more thrilled with her.  She has bags of character, has taken everything in her stride on her first afternoon here (as seen in the photos) and looks very pretty as well.  We are so proud that she is joining our gang here.

Maggie

Maggie

Maggie

Maggie

Meeting alpacas

Being carried back after a "pootle" in our field

with mummy!

and daddy - being carried out to meet the alpaca

with the gang

Freesia - doing well

the pekin with her foster ducklings!

Puppy Progress

This week has been a good week to follow the progress of our puppies.  On Saturday at the HWVA's first ever Championship Show we got to see Jeannie of the first time since she left us last summer.  She really reminded us of her mother in more than just her looks as she larked around the ring.  It was great to hear how much her new owners were enjoying her even if she is keeping them on their toes!

The following Monday we received news that Tennant had been placed Best of Breed and shortlisted for Best in Show at Cornwall Gundog Society Show - I am promised there will be a picture to follow.  Needless to say we are very proud of Cally's son/ Daisy's brother.

Yesterday we received some photos of Milo (Apple's son/ Herby's brother) and his uncle Cosmo (Cally's son  from her final litter last year and Jeannie's brother).  What a smart pair of wires.  Like Jeannie I think Cosmo is keeping his owners on their toes.  Pictures of them below.

Milo and Cosmo
(Milo struggling to keep his eyes open)

Milo and Cosmo

Lastly we are very pleased to announce Herby is going to be a daddy.  http://amiryck.co.uk/herbylitter.html.

Well actually that wasn't quite our last bit of news - there is some other very exciting news but you will have to wait next week for that :).

Freesia the cria... or is it a puppy?

Freesia continues to do well and can be seen here running around with the dogs and I!