Went to a companion dog show today, it gets the pups socialized and gives the kids a chance to do a bit of showing, i took Saphy along as well as she has not been shown since well before the pups were born
We met up with 2 of spirit and Persia's sisters,Yana (left) and Savy (right)

Saphy went like a dream and won the open class and then reserve best in show. Jordan won the junior handling and me and saphy won the adult handling so we had a great day out.


















The pups all got on great and i could not believe how they both remembered the kids so well, they were all over them.



















It took some time to get this picture of them all sitting











Merlin and Kira, Scott and Jordan's dogs

Paul took this picture of the sunset over the field the other night.









Went to the chicken sales on Wednesday and got a bit carried away.
We now have more chickens, another goose,ducks, turkey's and rabbits.

Here they are in quarantine for a few days

The goose is very friendly and loves to nibble on clothing and hands. watch the video to see him


We have finally located some pigs, can not believe how hard it has been to get a traditional type pig, the breed we have gone for is the oxford sandy and black.

Will be picking them up on Saturday, although its a bit of a trek, we have to go to Dorset to get them which is around 3 1/2 hours away, hope they are worth it!

Thought i should have an update on the blog as its been so long since i have been here, where has the summer gone to, not that we have had much of one in terms of weather.

We have been having a great time at the shows, doing very well, at Wales this week Giorgia took her 2nd cc in Tervuerens, only one more to go, here's hoping, although she is about to throw her coat which is a shame. The Laekenois have been doing extremely well, especially Ghia, she has been best of breed in every show since may, she was shortlisted in the group at working & pastoral breeds and best rare breed pastoral in show, that does not happen very often, then at the BSDA club champ show she had rave reviews, every one loved her on both days(Northern BSD as well) there was an entry of 12 Laekenois that day which i do not think this country has ever seen that many entries before at a champ show, a total entry of 215 Belgian Shepherds.After going best in breed then went RESERVE BEST IN SHOW, all under foreign judges which made the wins even more special.

We have just had the hip score results back for Giorgia who has a 0.0 score, i suppose we should have expected that from her as she would not have possibly tolerated getting a 1!

Heavens knows how we will find a mate who she approves of, (she is very posh)

The Laekenois have all had decent scores as well with Gaby having 5, Ghia, 10 and Haramis, 9.

The Mali pups are coming on well, even though they are very noisy, one goes so the other has to copy. We kept 2 in the end, Persia who is a little star and Spirit who lives up to his name. It will be interesting to see how they finish off.

We have been walking over Kinver edge the last few weeks,one of our local beauty spots full of hills but the views are amazing and it certainly wears the dogs and kids out!