What glorious weather we have had at last.

Went to the Cheshire county show today, wow what a day, Shetland sheepdogs, Jack went best of breed out of over 50 entries, Coral (owned by Pat) went best of breed in Tervuerens and Ghia went best of breed in Laekenios and group 4 in the pastoral group.

Not a bad days showing.Full results will be on web site shortly.

The traffic for this show is unbelievable, so all in all it has been a very long day.

The kids had a great time on the old time fair,and with all the old fire engines and tractors all i keep getting is '' in the olden days '' did we have this and did we have that, like i know, i am not that old!

I found a breed of sheep today that i liked,

called the hebriedeans, all black with horns, might be something to add to our managerie

The pigs made me laugh, we saw a saddleback there that was the biggest pig i have ever seen, might have to rethink what type of pigs we get after seeing her, she was masssive

A future farmer in the making ?

The allotment is coming on well, space has been cleared for the polytunnel, should hopefully be up by the end of the week.

The potatoes and runner beans are looking well.

We have also planted a whole range of veg and fruit.

For the first time in a few years a lot of our apple trees have a good crop on them.

The foal is doing very well and is no longer the ugly duckling. The sheep have settled in well and are not bothered at all by the dogs and noise coming from the kids.

And finally but not least, the mali pups are doing great, still 2 pups waiting for that special home.

Took them down the field for the first time on Tuesday, a bit unsure at first but soon got the hang of it and then there was no stopping them.

Will upload more pictures of them in the next few days on the website.

Bed early tonight cause i am shattered.......

Where has the time gone to, i hadn't realized it has been so long since last writing on here.






We had a good day at southern counties with the laekenois, with Ghia taking best bitch and best of breed,Gaby had reserve best bitch and Haramis with best dog. At Three counties today there were no classes for laekenois but Ghia had a first in AVNSC junior bitch and reserve best bitch, she then came fourth in the Pet plan junior stakes out of an entry of 45. Cerise and Coral also won their classes in Tervueren.

We had some sheep last week, pedigree Jacobs, i put them in the field with the agility equipment at first until we had time to move it, you should see these sheep run over the A frame, they would give any collie a run for their money, i only need to teach them to jump on command and we may have ''Babe'' in reverse. Talking of pigs, i have finally talked Paul into having some pigs, although they are a lot harder to get hold of than you would think, we have some oxford sandy and blacks on order and are still trying to locate some saddlebacks. Watch this space..

With the allotment coming on in full swing and hopefully the polly tunnel will be up this week we are well on our way to being self sufficient!













The Mali pups are nearly 10 weeks old now and most have gone to their new homes, the time flew by, only 2 bitches left looking for new homes. They are really starting to grow now and can't wait to get them out and about.We took one to the school sports day last week and he took it all in his stride playing in the flower bed and meeting all those children, its a great way to socialize.











I think we have a budding star in Jordan who won every race she was in, and Kai won the egg and spoon race.