Briarlows Spanish Water Dogs

New Ringcraft Classes Cheshire

2009-08-28T06:06:00.000-07:00

The Edge Ringcraft will be moving to new premises as of 2nd September 2009. view their website for further information.

www.the-edge-ringcraft.webs.com

New pages with photo's etc. will be set up shortly.

Where Have the Past 16 years Gone?

2009-01-30T08:31:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe that it is 16 years and 10 days since myself and the Canagua partnership were picking up Dilita and Relampago from Spain. Where has that time gone?

Looking forward to their great, great granchildren being born in the next few days. Unfortunately don't think they'll look anything like these two ancestors due to their colours, but sometimes you just never know what you are going to get with the Spanish.

Lana's Pups

2009-01-30T08:29:00.000-08:00

Well pups are due a week today and Lana is getting very big. I am sure that they will be here by about Wednesday.

Fingers crossed that all goes well.

Calida is at a show on Sunday and looking forward to meeting up with Marley.

Happy New Year

2009-01-16T09:00:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't posted anything recently.

Some good news, Lana will be due a litter in 3 weeks time. Lana is a natural bobtail with a hipscore of 10 she has been mated to Choco from the Maravilla kennel who is a brown boy who also has a hipscore of 10.

Hopefully we will have some natural bobtailed pups.

Calida is a big girl now. A real character loves everyone and everything and like Anton has one of the best temperaments with people that you will ever find in the breed.

The End of an Era

2008-12-06T06:02:00.000-08:00

Sadly a couple of weeks ago I had to have my wonderful Lydia put to sleep at the great age of 15. She was a wonderful girl and I was surprised at how many secret admirers she had.

Lydia was from the first litter to be born and bred in the UK.

RIP Lydia, you will never be forgotten.

Well Done Rachel and Chacha

2008-10-20T06:05:00.000-07:00

Well congratulations are in order again for Rachel and Briarlow's Chacha at Fivenineplus!!

Rachel and Chacha competed in the biggest class of the day under an English judge, in novice obedience, and we won 2nd place, the highest placed NI dog. On top of that they have been invited to a selection evening for the NI regional obedience team!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYDIA

2008-10-09T05:29:00.000-07:00

Well Lydia is 15 today. Spending her birthday at her grandma and grandad's as she decided that she would come into season for her birthday so she's there for the next few weeks away from Lastar and Anton.

Have a great birthday Lydia.

Photo's of her at 15 to follow soon!

Wonderful Lydia

2008-10-04T04:34:00.001-07:00

Well my wonderful Lydia will be 15 years young on Thursday. Will try and get some photo's and a video of her in the next few days to show that a SWD can still be fit and healthy at the wonderful age of 15.

Calida and I will be going gundog training tomorrow. This will be her first time so think I've got quite a day ahead of me as she's such a character!

Great Photography Site

2008-08-28T12:41:00.001-07:00

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The Gundog Club - Hunting Retriever Grade I

2008-07-18T15:30:00.001-07:00

Well this evening Briarlow's Nuevo Principio (Carmen) got a distinction in the Gundog Club's Hunting Retriever Grade I test.

It's a nice basic test for beginners where the dog has to walk by your side on the lead, then sit stay whilst you walk away and then do a recall. Then you have two controlled retrieves the first in short grass and the second in long grass.

Carmen for once was very calm and did a PERFECT sit stay.

She managed to achieve a distinction with a score of 77/80. Mainly failing as when she came back with her retrieves she circled me once before sitting. I am extremely proud of her and looking forward to entering the Grade II test very soon.

If you want to find out more on how you can attend the above go to www.thegundogclub.co.uk and good luck!

Calida the Gundog!

2008-07-07T14:36:00.000-07:00

Calida at 10 weeks old showing her gundog skills already!! I hope you enjoy the photo's as much as I did taking them.

Beautiful Day at the Park

2008-07-04T12:42:00.000-07:00

Anton and I went to the park today. It was absolutely beautiful here in Manchester, so took my camera out as I believe it's going to rain all weekend!

Then Anton decided to climb a tree!

A Few Photos of The Dogs in the Garden

2008-06-29T11:53:00.000-07:00

Congratulations www.59plus.org.uk and Chacha

2008-06-23T11:06:00.000-07:00

Well congratulations goes to Rachel with Briarlow's Chacha at Fivenineplus. Chacha was handled by Adeline at the SWORDS INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW on Saturday and won the Green Star and BOB qualifying her as a new Irish Champion (a first for her owner and for me as a breeder).

Well done guys and keep up the good work.

Pickles First Bath

2008-06-17T12:13:00.001-07:00

Well before Pickles left on Sunday he had a bath. Luckily he seemed to enjoy it.

Just for Jenny

2008-06-15T14:55:00.003-07:00

Well Jenny just for you! You can't even guess how long it took us to keep her still but here is a standing photo of our baby girl.

Goodbye Pickles

2008-06-15T14:51:00.001-07:00

Well Pickles left for his new home today. Hopefully he survived the long drive home. He seemed happy to meet his family again and gave them quite a few licks and some wags of his tail.

Pups at Seven and a Half Weeks.

2008-06-12T14:16:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Day

2008-06-08T12:54:00.001-07:00

Had a great day today. The weather was beautiful and still is here in sunny Manchester. Anton and I started the day with a walk in Wythenshawe Park taking a few photo's whilst we wandered around.

Later on took the pups for a play in the next door neighbours garden which they loved. They enjoyed playing with their newfound human friends.

To follow are just a few photo's from Wythenshawe Park.

Pups at Almost 7 Weeks!

2008-06-07T15:08:00.000-07:00

I can't believe where the time is going, pups will be 7 weeks old on Tuesday. They are a great pair of pups, absolutely no trouble at all and have wonderful temperaments.

Draft Excluder

2008-05-31T15:22:00.000-07:00

The latest fashion accessory the PDAE draft excluder!

Latest Puppy Photo's

2008-05-31T15:13:00.000-07:00

Well here they are again. They are both really coming on now. Have fantastic laid back nature, don't know whether it's due to only being two of them and not needing to fight for attention.

More of Today's Photo's

2008-05-31T04:44:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Day

2008-05-31T04:25:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a beautiful day here in sunny Manchester. Don't believe the lies it doesn't always rain here! So spent most of the morning mowing my back garden with the dogs in tow and a camera in my pocket.

So here are the results, look away if you don't like flies, ladybirds and snails. Of course there's the odd photo of a dog in here too!

2008-05-23T15:21:00.000-07:00

Pups at Four and a Half Weeks

2008-05-23T15:18:00.000-07:00

Where is the time going some photo's of the pups.

Carmen's pups at 3 weeks

2008-05-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

Well, where does the time go? Can't believe that the two pups will be 4 weeks old in 3 days time. They are beginning to really show their characters now. They are really laid back but have quite a cheeky side to them also.

More of Anton's pups

2008-05-17T13:26:00.000-07:00

Well as the title states another of Anton and Rosita's babes!!

Anton's Pups

2008-05-16T14:32:00.000-07:00

Well Anton was the father of 5 pups recently. I went to see them at 6 weeks of age and really pleased with his first litter. Hoping to have a few short tailed ones as Anton is a natural bobtail but unfortunately there was only one born with a short tail.

Well done to Lisbeth and family and especially Rosita who was by my Carina and Maravilla's Cote.

Raol and Lastar

2008-04-27T03:08:00.000-07:00

Had a lovely day in Wakefield yesterday with Moira, Raol and Lastar. The countryside is beautiful and the dogs really enjoyed themselves.

Lana

2008-04-24T13:40:00.003-07:00

Here is Carmen's wonderful mother. Natural short tailed cream girl. Extremely intelligent and a wonderful family dog.

Pups

2008-04-24T13:38:00.003-07:00

Well here is one of the first photo's of the two bruisers. Big and healthy and doing well.

Carmen

2008-04-21T13:30:00.001-07:00

Here's my youngest girl. Was hoping to show her but she's not interested in that but she's doing brilliantly as a gundog.

22.4.08. Carmen had two pups today. A light brown and white boy and a darker brown and white girl. Pups and mum doing well. Photo's to follow!

Lydia

2008-04-21T13:21:00.000-07:00

This is my wonderful old girl, Lydia who is still going strong at 14 years of age. She's a delight to own and I'm so pleased to have spent almost 15 years with her. Hopefully she's still got a few more in her yet although she has gone deaf and her eyesight is just starting to fade.

Carina

2008-04-21T13:16:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favourite photo's. This is of Carina, who is a Lydia daughter. She is 8 years old now and was rehomed 6 months ago to a family who had an elderly SWD. Unfortunately the SWD's four legged friend died and he couldn't cope and was really unhappy. After a lot of soul searching I let his owners have Carina and now it looks as though a 13 year old boy will have a few more years of fun in him yet.

Anton

2008-04-21T13:08:00.000-07:00

This is a photo of Anton, who went Cani-Crossing with me on Sunday. This is where you go cross country running with your dog. Unfortunately Anton is much fitter than me and could of gone on for ages. This is him at the end looking a little muddy but he really enjoyed himself!

My Spanish Water Dogs

2008-04-21T13:05:00.000-07:00

Hi there

My name is Diane and I am owned by 5 Spanish Water Dogs. My eldes is Lydia, she is 14 and the daughter of my first ever SWD who was Dilita de Ubrique at Canagua. I have Sp. Ch. Lastar de Ubrique who will be 10 in May 2008. There's also Lana who will be 8 in August, her son Anton who is 5 and her daughter Carmen who will be 3 in July and who is just about to give birth to pups any minute now!

I will post some pictures of my dogs and Carmen's pups as and when it happens.