Puppies

Dark Blue Boy @ 4 weeks old..

Dark Blue boy head shot...

First day outside @ 3 weeks old..

Feeling the sunshine for the first time...

Grandma Skye keeping an eye on the babies...

Pink Girl chilling out...

Feed time !!

Long suffering Mum - Bree doing a great job with her babies...

Cuddles with piggy...

We're all awake again !

Hmm, now what's that I can see ?

Feed time yet again !

5 days old...

5 days old..

6 days old...

Cuddles with Mum...

And now we are three !!

Make that 2 more....

Nine & still counting !

Seriously cute @ a few hours old

Final count....11 !!

An exhausted Bree & her babies..

2 days old...

Tummies full & time for a snooze

Bree pictured above on her first duck season - 2009.  She worked brilliantly
and easily retrieved 4 birds like she has been doing it forever !
Not happy with just picking up her ducks, she flushed out 6 quail on her 
way back to the car.  She is a natural retriever and we hope to encourage 
and further develop her skills in the future.

Above: Informal pictures of Bree ~ October 2009
@ 2 years & 4 months old....

      
Bree is 2 & a half years old and what a little whirlwind she is !
A spirited young lady with the sweetest nature,
the past 2 and a half years have been eventful to say the least.

  Bree won the WCV's 'Bad Grey Dog'
award for 2008 and I am not sure whether I should
be happy about that or not !  I suppose after destroying our
mattress, remodelling our sofa bed, redesigning our
stereo remote control and Chris's reading glasses,
she was a sure bet to win  
I should add, she did all this with a smile on her face !
Worst of all, she looks like she is heading for Back to Back Wins,
as she is off and running in 2009* with her latest trick of
opening a travel bag (using her teeth to open the zip)
and finding and 're-designing' our spare mobile phone.
(*Bree came equal first in the BGD Award for 2009.
Let's hope she is not trying for a 'hat-trick' in 2010 !! )

BREE'S BABIES HAVE ARRIVED !! (SEE ABOVE)
PROUD DAD IS:
** BIS MULTI INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION/AUST CH
ASHLAREN CAIPIROSKA **


          

Bree is everyone's friend and is
one of the most affectionate girls we have ever bred.
Right from a baby, Bree shared a very strong bond with our dear old
girl Demi and it was lovely to see both the young and the old together.
We feel sure that she still misses her old friend every now and then.

(Bree - pictured below at nearly 16 months old
~ photos taken on 20th September 2008 by Cheryl Ridge)

Sire: Amer/Aust Gr Ch Nani's Sovereign Cross Check JH (Imp. USA)
Dam:  Aust Ch Silvasheen Indian Summer
Whelped: 1st June 2007

Bree pictured above at 7 months old on
Boxing Day 2007 and below at 9 & a half months old....

Above: Bree in the morning sun on the back deck....
and below ~ 'the young & the old' - Bree with Demi (nearly 13 yo)..

Above: 15 weeks old....

Above:  First stack at 6 weeks old....

Below: Bree at 8 weeks old....

After dabbling in the showring a few times and
not enjoying it one little bit, it has been decided with
her strong working instincts and ability, that
Bree's forte lies in fieldwork and this will be our main focus in 2010
after she has a break for maternal duties.
 
I am sure she will enjoy herself much more, burning
off all that energy, rather than sitting in a crate
all day being bored silly, and then only running 
around in a circle for two minutes  

Bree is an absolute delight to live with, a
 full on young lady with tons
of attitude and we look forward to
having heaps of fun together, particularly
in the field during the cooler months.

With her fabulous pedigree, Bree's lines are
an asset to our breeding program. 

She is very 'birdy' and spends hours on
end with her ever patient mum Skye, stalking 
the birds in the backyard.

Bree's litter brother AJ now has his own page
up and running and can viewed here.....



Bree pictured below at 4 & a half months old.....

Above: Bree pictured above at nearly 6 months old 
getting in a bit of showring practice at the 
Morwell/Traralgon Kennel Club Members' Competition
and going Baby Puppy In Show (17 babies entered). 

Below: Bree (6 & a half months old)
at Yarra Valley Kennel Club Inc.
Championship Show - 15/12/07
'Puppy of Breed'

BELOW : 

Photos of Bree at 5 & more recently, at
8 months old, taken at our local gun clubs.

 This was Bree's second & third
outings to the gun club to
mainly to get her used to hearing
shotguns from a distance and also 
close up in order to test her for gunshyness.

Well, we needn't have worried !

She took it all in her stride and we
shot a few rounds of Simulated Field with
Bree close by with Stan for company
and reassurance.  She did not flinch once
and this, combined with her inherent birdiness
has set the groundwork for her future
field training in the the months to come.
She's a natural !

River Run

At Right: Bree with her Mum Skye (left)...

Bree heading back after a swim...

Where did that bird go ???

There it is....

Stan thinks he can catch it...

Too quick for me this time...

Oh well, maybe next time...

The 'end' to a fun morning at the river...

At The Gun Club - Oct 2007

What's all that noise ?

Checking out what Dad's up to....

Mmm, that snag was yummy !

Crossed paws  :-)

A very tired Bree after a big day....

At The Gun Club - Feb 2008

What's Ted up to now ????

Bree with Stan....

Bree & Stan with Ted the Jack Russell Terrier....

Watching the clays.....

Bree on point....

Fun At The River

We know that possum's
here somewhere !!

Bree on the scent of something good...

Bree In Full Flight !

Bree (far right), with Skye (centre) & Demi (left)....

The whole gang at their favourite spot
at the river....

The 3 girls....
Demi, Bree & Skye....

Bree

Skye with Bree....

Bree with her mum Skye.....

Look at those huge ears !!!

Getting used to the crate
with a little help from Mum, Skye......

Bree @ 11 weeks old....

We will have some new stacked 
shots here in the next week or two....

A keen retriever @ 9 weeks old....

Bree @ 8 weeks old....

Chris with Bree....

Little Miss Innocent....

Okay Mum, I'll be a good girl !

A girl on a mission.....

Stalking....

Good reach & drive at 5 weeks...