The dogs enjoying their bubble machine (boxing day 2006).
TARYN AND DEVON BOTH CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS.
FEBRUARY 2007
FEBRUARY SAW US ALL MOVE HOUSE BACK TO FAMILAR TERRITORIES!!!
THE DOGS HAVE SETTLED WELL AND ARE LOVING THE OLD WALKS.
BROOKE IS NOW FIGHTING FIT AND ENJOYING LIFE ONCE AGAIN.
AYSHA (DEVONELITE HERE TO STAY WITH WIDGERWOOD) BROOKE'S DAUGHTER. WINS 2ND GRADUATE AND 1ST POST GRADUATE AT THE LABRADOR CLUB OF WALES CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW, QUALIFYING HER FOR CRUFTS 2008.
CALLY (DEVONELITE SCANDAL AT CARPENNY) WINS 3RD UNDERGRADUATE AT THE WEST OF ENGLAND LABRADOR CLUB SHOW.
APRIL 2007
BETH CELEBRATES HER 10TH BIRTHDAY
THE FARM SALE WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE GONE WELL, CAUSES MORE HASSLE AFTER A HUMAN ERROR MEANS THAT NOT ALL PARTIES GOT THEIR MONEY FROM THE SALE. SOMEONE IN THE GROUP YET AGAIN WON BIG TIME WHEN THEY COLLECTED DOUBLE THEIR SHARE FROM THE SALE.
EVEN WITH A DEED OF TRUST IN PLACE THIS SALE HAS GONE BAD AND AFTER 3 YEARS OF FIGHTING IT DOES SEEM TO BE WINNER TAKES ALL.
FOR LEGAL REASONS I CANNOT SAY ANYMORE HERE BUT IT SEEMS AFTER 3 YEARS THIS MATTER IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE AND KICKING.
MAY 2007
SUMMER (DEVONELITE ZOZA) IS NOW IN THE RING AND WINNING WELL WITH BEST PUPPY IN BREED AWARDS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LUKYMA KENNELS.
JUNE 2007
BROOKE CELEBRATES HER 7TH BIRTHDAY.
THE DEVONELITE DOGS IN OTHER KENNELS CONTINUE TO WIN IN THE RING. CONGRATULATIONS.
JULY 2007
SATIN CELEBRATES HER 2ND BIRTHDAY.
THIS IS A HARD MONTH AS 24TH JULY IS WHISKEY'S BIRTHDAY.
OCTOBER 2007
THIS MONTH IS EXTREMELY HARD.
FIRSTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IT IS THE 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF MY BELOVED WHISKEY LEAVING US.
I ALSO HAVE THE SADNESS OF THE FACT SATIN WAS DUE TO WHELP THAT SAME DAY AND WAS NOT PREGNANT, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN A BAD DAY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DAY OF SORROW AND JOY ALL IN ONE. BUT IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE.
Whiskey on Bigbury beach
NOVEMBER 2007
WE ALL MOVE AGAIN BUT THIS TIME WE WILL BE HERE TO STAY. ONCE AGAIN WE ARE LIVING IN AMONGST THE MOUNTAINS WITH STUNNING VIEWS.
THE DOGS ARE ENJOYING THEIR NEW WALKS ESPECIALLY AS THE FIELD AND THE MOUNTAINS HAVE MANY BOGS, GREAT FOR ANY LABRADORS COMPLEXION, NOT SO GOOD FOR THE HOUSE BUT NEVERMIND THEY'RE HAPPY. THE COLD WEATHER MEANS THAT MORE DOGS ARE SNUGGLED UP ON THE SOFA TOGETHER ALTHOUGH BROOKE STILL PREFERS TO BE ON SOMEONES LAP.
STORM JOINS US BRINGING CHAOS TO THE HOUSE AND ME SUDDENLY REMEMBERING WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE A PUPPY IN THE HOUSE AGAIN!!! IF IT IS NOT PINNED DOWN THEN IT IS IN HIS MOUTH. HE HOWEVER IS VERY SWEET AND WE HOPE TO SHOW HIM JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS.
DECEMBER 2007
THE BIRDS OF PREY IN THE GARDEN CAUSE GREAT AMUSEMENT HERE AS DEVON SEES ONE AND SLIDES ALONG THE GARDEN ON HER STOMACH AND CREEPS BACK TO THE HOUSE!!!
CHRISTMAS IS COMING SO THOUGHTS HAVE TURNED TO PRESENTS FOR THE DOGS AND OF COURSE TREATS.