Ursula wilby's Posts - Exclusively Setters2024-03-28T10:19:36Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1950751656?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://irishsetters.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=mossby188&xn_auth=noRemember this? Ines looking rather more like a giant tick than a french bulldog with two CC's?tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2010-06-04:865021:BlogPost:3314892010-06-04T07:15:15.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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<p style="text-align: left;">Well this was the result...7 puppies...2 males and 5 females...Ines just loves them, and so do we! Ok, they are not setters, but who cares? :-)</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Well this was the result...7 puppies...2 males and 5 females...Ines just loves them, and so do we! Ok, they are not setters, but who cares? :-)</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974207309?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/>Ines is (quite understandably) totally pissed off by it all, too fat to even scratch her ears...looking rather like a giant tick...all body and a small head to go with it.<br/></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974207309?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/>Ines is (quite understandably) totally pissed off by it all, too fat to even scratch her ears...looking rather like a giant tick...all body and a small head to go with it.<br/></p>Ines...the ex-au-pair for setterpuppies is starting a family of her own.tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2010-05-09:865021:BlogPost:3205642010-05-09T08:40:02.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
<p style="text-align: center;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974203515?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/>Her puppies are due on the 31st of may. And until then, she will spend her time resting on a silk pillow :-)<br/></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974203515?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/>Her puppies are due on the 31st of may. And until then, she will spend her time resting on a silk pillow :-)<br/></p>Tasty...or perhaps not...?tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2010-01-30:865021:BlogPost:2860722010-01-30T15:41:01.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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This could very well be yet another one of those "oh-I-just-love-snow-pictures". But in fact the cold brings something else appart from snow to lick off...it freezes the cat-turds and somehow enhances their flavour! Wow...rather like a cat-turd-ice-cream!<br />
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Is there a market I wonder?
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This could very well be yet another one of those "oh-I-just-love-snow-pictures". But in fact the cold brings something else appart from snow to lick off...it freezes the cat-turds and somehow enhances their flavour! Wow...rather like a cat-turd-ice-cream!<br />
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Is there a market I wonder?Vilda best obedience Irish setter in Sweden 2009...tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2010-01-14:865021:BlogPost:2807622010-01-14T09:03:31.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
Even though she had a great litter of 12 puppies in the summer, we managed to squeeze in three compertitions in the autum.<br />
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Not enough to defend her title from 2008 (I thought), but there was no more time and no more competitions close by.<br />
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Now that all points are added up it shows that we <b>DID</b> win the title of Best Obedience Setter in Sweden for the second year running!<br />
So lets see about…
Even though she had a great litter of 12 puppies in the summer, we managed to squeeze in three compertitions in the autum.<br />
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Not enough to defend her title from 2008 (I thought), but there was no more time and no more competitions close by.<br />
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Now that all points are added up it shows that we <b>DID</b> win the title of Best Obedience Setter in Sweden for the second year running!<br />
So lets see about 2010...Remember Ivy and her foal?tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-12-11:865021:BlogPost:2685712009-12-11T09:19:18.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
Life is not always easy and its good to remember that however much we plan ahead, and however much we dream and however careful we are, it can all come to a very sudden end.<br />
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We had started Ivy up after her foal and all was going smoothly.<br />
She loved being back at work, even if it was only in the padock with her foal running next to her.<br />
One night she suddenly got stomach ache. Alexandra walked with her for ages, but instead of getting better, it got…
Life is not always easy and its good to remember that however much we plan ahead, and however much we dream and however careful we are, it can all come to a very sudden end.<br />
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We had started Ivy up after her foal and all was going smoothly.<br />
She loved being back at work, even if it was only in the padock with her foal running next to her.<br />
One night she suddenly got stomach ache. Alexandra walked with her for ages, but instead of getting better, it got worse.<br />
So Ivy had to go to the animalhospital and was operated on instantly. The operation lasted for 6 hours and 6 meters of her intestine had to be removed due to a twisted intestine. Against all odds, she survived the operation and although it was a matter of life and death for a week, she was going to make it!<br />
When we brought her home, she was her usual (hungry) self.<br />
Once again on a strict and controlled diet, she stood in her box calling for constant attention...like...Hey! Someone forgot to feed me! She went for long walks and behaved just as she had before the disaster.<br />
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To begin with, there was the small problem of the foal calling and Ivy calling for her foal. She had after all had her whole stomach cut open and could do without a hungry foal. But things were calming down on the second day and day three at home was much calmer.<br />
She was being walked and was very alert.<br />
Until it was feeding time...<br />
Ivy, whos main interest in life was food, would not even look at her foodbowl.<br />
Back to the animal hospital.<br />
And then things went from bad to worse.<br />
She was put down on the 8th of december, only 8 years old.<br />
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A brave jumper that never gave up and would have a go at any fence...a super mum (ah well if you dont take into account that she kept trying to steal the foals food).<br />
We are so happy that we at least have her foal...and if the foal is only half as good as her mum, she will be a great horse!<br />
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Take care of all the ones you love, sometimes life is far shorter that we think.Scandinavias biggest puppy-show...almost 1300 puppies in Malmö 8/11tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-11-10:865021:BlogPost:2591052009-11-10T06:54:22.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
Best of Breed irish setter (and reserve gundog group) was <b>Rusa</b> (Röde Baronens It Aint Me Babe).<p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974179471?profile=original"></img></p>
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Once again I realised why I enter so few shows...it took all day and then finally there we were...in the big ring. And Rusa certainly made the most of it! From behaving perfectly in the breed-ring, she went to bouncing all over the place with joy, grabbing hold of the lead and having a great time.<br />
I only just managed to get her to stand still for two…
Best of Breed irish setter (and reserve gundog group) was <b>Rusa</b> (Röde Baronens It Aint Me Babe).<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974179471?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
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Once again I realised why I enter so few shows...it took all day and then finally there we were...in the big ring. And Rusa certainly made the most of it! From behaving perfectly in the breed-ring, she went to bouncing all over the place with joy, grabbing hold of the lead and having a great time.<br />
I only just managed to get her to stand still for two seconds while the photographer took the picture (some heavy handed handling going on there...a good grab of the tail and not quite the way we practiced at home).<br />
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Runs on the beach are more our style...:-)Why my dogs dont get to sleep in my bed...tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-09-15:865021:BlogPost:2425112009-09-15T09:25:17.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
Just did these two illustrations for a job and thought that they explain quite clearly why my dogs dont get to sleep in my bed...yes I know, I drew the wrong breed...<br />
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Night 1 and Night 14...<br />
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Just did these two illustrations for a job and thought that they explain quite clearly why my dogs dont get to sleep in my bed...yes I know, I drew the wrong breed...<br />
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Night 1 and Night 14...<br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974169738?profile=original" alt=""/></p>Yet another Birthday missed....:-(tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-08-28:865021:BlogPost:2357902009-08-28T09:48:06.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
No wonder I am totally pissed off!<br />
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I was 5 years old on the 26th of july...and did she miss my birthday? She most certainly did!<br />
Did I get a cake, like practically all other dogs on this site?<br />
Judge for yourself.<br />
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She hardly put a lot of effort into this "special" birthday-meal did she now?<br />
On top of it, I have my daughter laughing at me just becourse I am feeling quite depressed about it all this getting…
No wonder I am totally pissed off!<br />
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I was 5 years old on the 26th of july...and did she miss my birthday? She most certainly did!<br />
Did I get a cake, like practically all other dogs on this site?<br />
Judge for yourself.<br />
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She hardly put a lot of effort into this "special" birthday-meal did she now?<br />
On top of it, I have my daughter laughing at me just becourse I am feeling quite depressed about it all this getting older and not even having a cake to show for it!<br />
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(5 years old and wondering if life can get much worse than this...)Ivy and foal at the showtag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-08-06:865021:BlogPost:2281232009-08-06T12:26:40.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
Remeber Ivy and her foal? Well after her bad start, the (still unnamed) foal went to a foal-show. We did not expect that much...but we were hoping!<br />
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<b>First class foal!</b><br />
With special remarks on her very pretty face and excelent canter!<br />
Wow!<br />
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We had hoped that her shaved hindlegs from the operation would have grown in, but no such luck...but obviously it did not matter too much.…
Remeber Ivy and her foal? Well after her bad start, the (still unnamed) foal went to a foal-show. We did not expect that much...but we were hoping!<br />
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<b>First class foal!</b><br />
With special remarks on her very pretty face and excelent canter!<br />
Wow!<br />
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We had hoped that her shaved hindlegs from the operation would have grown in, but no such luck...but obviously it did not matter too much.<br />
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You have seen them all here on this site...those perfectly stacked puppies...and the cute ones. Here is one of mine, sent to me by the puppy-buyers (who by the way are delighted with their puppy). Looks more like a monster to me...hey...what went wrong? :-)<br />
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And here is another one of the same puppy...an irish red setter. As we all know, a gentle and sweet breed... I just have to blame it all on the stud-dog :-)<br />
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You have seen them all here on this site...those perfectly stacked puppies...and the cute ones. Here is one of mine, sent to me by the puppy-buyers (who by the way are delighted with their puppy). Looks more like a monster to me...hey...what went wrong? :-)<br />
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And here is another one of the same puppy...an irish red setter. As we all know, a gentle and sweet breed... I just have to blame it all on the stud-dog :-)<br />
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Oh yes...the slightly mad older one? I have to take the blame for that one too!Once again...12 puppies having a bad time!tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-06-29:865021:BlogPost:2174392009-06-29T08:54:27.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
You may think that the south of Sweden is a quiet place, but look at what we found in our play-area!!!!!!<br />
I truly scary Panda!<br />
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We had to attack!<br />
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We all had a go...and yes, there is a Panda underneeth us all.<br />
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We tried various ways to kill this scary beast.<br />
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Nothing left but to call for mum! She realy is great! Rushed in…
You may think that the south of Sweden is a quiet place, but look at what we found in our play-area!!!!!!<br />
I truly scary Panda!<br />
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We had to attack!<br />
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We all had a go...and yes, there is a Panda underneeth us all.<br />
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We tried various ways to kill this scary beast.<br />
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Nothing left but to call for mum! She realy is great! Rushed in and instantly removed this nasty creature! Wow...thank god for mum!<br />
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PS. Are you wondering why the french au-pair bulldog is not on any of the photos? Well she took one look at us and handed in her notice. As did the pug. Wonder why?12 puppies still having a bad time...tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-06-24:865021:BlogPost:2157762009-06-24T16:00:00.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
Just so that you can see how bad things are...<br />
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Still a huge problem with the beds...<br />
I have now bought three all in all. Two big ones and one gigantic...<br />
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But then who wants to share when you have 11 bothersome sisters and brothers?<br />
When you are a 6-week old setter-puppy, happiness is = being first in the bed and hoping the rest of the gang wont be around for some…
Just so that you can see how bad things are...<br />
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Still a huge problem with the beds...<br />
I have now bought three all in all. Two big ones and one gigantic...<br />
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But then who wants to share when you have 11 bothersome sisters and brothers?<br />
When you are a 6-week old setter-puppy, happiness is = being first in the bed and hoping the rest of the gang wont be around for some time..:-)12 puppies having a bad time...again...tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-06-14:865021:BlogPost:2111882009-06-14T09:56:57.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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Seeing that the last litter demolished my <b>BIG</b>, soft and <b>EXPENSIVE</b> dogbed, I thought I would go for one of these plastic ones this time. Checking them out in the shop, I honestly thought this would be big enough for a litter of 12 at the age of 8 weeks.<br />
They are 5 weeks old to-day and are laying in layers...
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Seeing that the last litter demolished my <b>BIG</b>, soft and <b>EXPENSIVE</b> dogbed, I thought I would go for one of these plastic ones this time. Checking them out in the shop, I honestly thought this would be big enough for a litter of 12 at the age of 8 weeks.<br />
They are 5 weeks old to-day and are laying in layers...12 puppies having a bad time...:-)tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-06-02:865021:BlogPost:2056392009-06-02T13:24:19.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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At least they thought so, having had their nails clipped for the <b>THIRD</b> time in their life...and on top of it all, they were then briefly placed in a washbasket.<br />
No fun at all!<br />
And most probably the last time I can use the washbasket like this, they are growing fast and getting fatter by the minute!<br />
Just over three weeks on the photo.<br />
So soon time to call in Ines, the french au-pair-bulldog for…
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At least they thought so, having had their nails clipped for the <b>THIRD</b> time in their life...and on top of it all, they were then briefly placed in a washbasket.<br />
No fun at all!<br />
And most probably the last time I can use the washbasket like this, they are growing fast and getting fatter by the minute!<br />
Just over three weeks on the photo.<br />
So soon time to call in Ines, the french au-pair-bulldog for help!:-)Celebrating life with a jump of joy...we hope!tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-06-01:865021:BlogPost:2050632009-06-01T07:30:00.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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Life is not always easy and things don’t always run as smoothly as we wish. We were delighted with our filly, well built legs, full of joy, but then, day 3 she was walking on three legs and run a fever. Not all that much, but enough to worry us and bring a vet out.<br />
The result was a trip straight to the animal hospital. A long and nightmarish drive with Ivy calling for her foal in the trailer and us knowing we had an unsteady three-day old foal…
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Life is not always easy and things don’t always run as smoothly as we wish. We were delighted with our filly, well built legs, full of joy, but then, day 3 she was walking on three legs and run a fever. Not all that much, but enough to worry us and bring a vet out.<br />
The result was a trip straight to the animal hospital. A long and nightmarish drive with Ivy calling for her foal in the trailer and us knowing we had an unsteady three-day old foal standing or laying next to her in a very confined space.<br />
But the trip went well and the foal (still unnamed) was operated on straight away, flushing the joint on her back-leg.<br />
We were told the outcome was uncertain.<br />
But then we picked both up one week later, the foal shaved in various parts of her body, but now with a very good prognosis of full recovery as the joint was not affected at all.<br />
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There are still daily injections and a lot of medication ahead. We are keeping our fingers crossed that this is the end of the nightmare…<br />
It looks as if things are moving in the right direction.<br />
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A few hours old and totally worn out after a short visit in the field....<br />
A great looking filly that took some effort to get into the world, and now being watched over by mum Ivy.<br />
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All legs...and not much else.<br />
Keeping our fingers crossed all goes well in the future.<br />
But for now...no more breeding for us, three nice mares in a row...we sort of understand that you can not be lucky more then three times...can…
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A few hours old and totally worn out after a short visit in the field....<br />
A great looking filly that took some effort to get into the world, and now being watched over by mum Ivy.<br />
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All legs...and not much else.<br />
Keeping our fingers crossed all goes well in the future.<br />
But for now...no more breeding for us, three nice mares in a row...we sort of understand that you can not be lucky more then three times...can you?<br />
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And a quick update...(yes I know this is a site for setters all over the world...but can I resist? <b>NO!</b>)<br />
Here comes a photo of the newest adition ...full speed ahead with mum...one and a half day old!<br />
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60 days...<br />
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And there they are...13 born (day 62), 12 still here. I was quite glad to see one go as I feel that 12 is more than enough...6 of each sex and great weights considering.<br />
300g - 400g. But then what would you expect with the new and totallay improved formula for expecting bitches! The menue chosen by the mother of the puppies...and for the last three weeks of pregnancy it consisted of: Catshit, chickenshit, seaweed and grass!<br />
Worthwile…
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60 days...<br />
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And there they are...13 born (day 62), 12 still here. I was quite glad to see one go as I feel that 12 is more than enough...6 of each sex and great weights considering.<br />
300g - 400g. But then what would you expect with the new and totallay improved formula for expecting bitches! The menue chosen by the mother of the puppies...and for the last three weeks of pregnancy it consisted of: Catshit, chickenshit, seaweed and grass!<br />
Worthwile marketing?<br />
All natural product and totally free of aditives! :-)<br />
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Yes I know...Im not up to mass-photograps normally shown on this site...but I am working on it!<br />
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PS Almost forgot...Sire: Coppers Bubblande Glad (B) - LP1 Röde Baronens Glory Days (A)WOW!!!!!!!!tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-03-11:865021:BlogPost:1657842009-03-11T08:31:07.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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I’m not great on remembering birthdays, most of the time not even my own. I’m not even all that worried about celebrating it. So the fact that the ultimate day for mating happened to coincide with my birthday did not worry me all that much.<br />
(Although it did worry my family and friends somewhat. “Does it have to be on your birthday?” Yes it had to…)<br />
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I can of course think of better ways to spend your birthday than a 5 hour-long train journey, but so…
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I’m not great on remembering birthdays, most of the time not even my own. I’m not even all that worried about celebrating it. So the fact that the ultimate day for mating happened to coincide with my birthday did not worry me all that much.<br />
(Although it did worry my family and friends somewhat. “Does it have to be on your birthday?” Yes it had to…)<br />
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I can of course think of better ways to spend your birthday than a 5 hour-long train journey, but so what?<br />
It turned out to be a great day!<br />
Perhaps not all that glamorous (unless you consider a take-away Chinese and standing out in the cold holding two dogs during a <b>very</b> long tie glamorous).<br />
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But Camilla and I did have the champagne to go with it and I of course had my cigars (thinking my birthday would be a good time to kick <b>THAT</b> habit – but not doing much about it).<br />
We sat up talking about old time (like you do when you are getting older and older…and tipsier by the minute).<br />
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After the second mating the day after, there was the same boring journey back…<br />
But once I got home and turned on the computer, I was totally overwhelmed!<br />
Loads of Birthday-greetings from all over the world!<br />
Wow!<br />
So thank you all for sending those messages! It was great and I hope I will one day see you all in person.<br />
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Tons of love to you all<br />
UrsulaMaximum bragging Blog!tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-01-24:865021:BlogPost:1395252009-01-24T18:37:10.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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"Vilda" = Röde Baronens Glory Days has won the title of 2008's most successful obedience-setter in Sweden!
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"Vilda" = Röde Baronens Glory Days has won the title of 2008's most successful obedience-setter in Sweden!Not for the faint-hearted...tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-01-21:865021:BlogPost:1383002009-01-21T15:15:36.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
Sorry, I was unable to resist this one :-)<br />
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Sorry, I was unable to resist this one :-)<br />
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Just the inside of my head at Christmastime...ah but there is a setter!
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Just the inside of my head at Christmastime...ah but there is a setter!Unknown setterowner (continued...)tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2008-12-02:865021:BlogPost:1209722008-12-02T08:55:14.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
This photo has hung on the wall in my kitchen for many years. Found at a fleamarket and taken in Sweden. He obviously loved his dogs enough to have a special photo taken with them. I find it interesting that the leads used are so very thin, rather like show-leads. Enjoy two setters from the past...he is now back in his frame and once again looking down at me on a daily basis. :-)<br />
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PS I am certain he would have been delighted to find himself (and…
This photo has hung on the wall in my kitchen for many years. Found at a fleamarket and taken in Sweden. He obviously loved his dogs enough to have a special photo taken with them. I find it interesting that the leads used are so very thin, rather like show-leads. Enjoy two setters from the past...he is now back in his frame and once again looking down at me on a daily basis. :-)<br />
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PS I am certain he would have been delighted to find himself (and particually his dogs) here on the site!<br />
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I got the book about the the photographer Karl Fr. Andersson and having gone through hundreds of wonderful photos, I have only found one other setter.<br />
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(In fact there is only one other dog in the book, but this may well be due to the fact that as exposures were so very long, you had to stand 100% still not to end up as a fuzzy image. My personal belief is that dogs were banned from most photos as not to spoil it all...)<br />
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This english setter was owned by Nils Fock (a Swede with Geman/Baltic background). A world-traveler (long trips to Africa, America and South America) and married to an american wife.<br />
There is tons of information about this setter-owner but not a single mention of his dog.<br />
Who actually looks quite like the english setter that was owned by my "kitchen-man".<br />
As the photographer Karl Fr. Andersson appears to have been active in the area for a relativly limited time (according to the book 1896 - 1910) it can well be assumed that the two english setters are in fact related.<br />
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But guesswork is as far as it goes...Unknown setterownertag:irishsetters.ning.com,2008-11-27:865021:BlogPost:1196012008-11-27T06:30:00.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
This photo has hung on the wall in my kitchen for many years. Found at a fleamarket and taken in Sweden. He obviously loved his dogs enough to have a special photo taken with them. I find it interesting that the leads used are so very thin, rather like show-leads. Enjoy two setters from the past...he is now back in his frame and once again looking down at me on a daily basis. :-)<br />
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PS I am certain he would have been delighted to find himself (and…
This photo has hung on the wall in my kitchen for many years. Found at a fleamarket and taken in Sweden. He obviously loved his dogs enough to have a special photo taken with them. I find it interesting that the leads used are so very thin, rather like show-leads. Enjoy two setters from the past...he is now back in his frame and once again looking down at me on a daily basis. :-)<br />
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PS I am certain he would have been delighted to find himself (and particually his dogs) here on the site!World show Stockholmtag:irishsetters.ning.com,2008-09-18:865021:BlogPost:975522008-09-18T11:09:37.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
The drawings are now published...but my scanning from the magazine is not all that good. This is what I was doing while all others were just looking at all the dogs:-)<br />
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The drawings are now published...but my scanning from the magazine is not all that good. This is what I was doing while all others were just looking at all the dogs:-)<br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1974109503?profile=original" alt="" width="626" height="974"/></p>Bragging blog-post number 3!!!!!!tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2008-08-24:865021:BlogPost:907912008-08-24T13:42:36.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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Today Vilda (<b>Röde Baronens Glory Days</b>) once again got a first prize in obedience, this time even better than the last two...182 point out of 200 possible. She ended up in second place, this time beaten by a poodle...so she now has the qualifications in obedience I wanted (<b>LP1</b>). The three first prizes were taken in three compertitions in a row.<br />
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I have entered two more compertitions (in case I needed more than one shot at the last first…
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Today Vilda (<b>Röde Baronens Glory Days</b>) once again got a first prize in obedience, this time even better than the last two...182 point out of 200 possible. She ended up in second place, this time beaten by a poodle...so she now has the qualifications in obedience I wanted (<b>LP1</b>). The three first prizes were taken in three compertitions in a row.<br />
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I have entered two more compertitions (in case I needed more than one shot at the last first prize) so you may well have to suffer another bragging blog-post if I decide to go:-)Bragging Blogg-post number 2tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2008-08-02:865021:BlogPost:855652008-08-02T11:00:00.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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Obedience competition last night and Vilda (<b>Röde Baronens Glory Days</b>) got her second first prize. 175.5 points of 200 possible and a second place. 2.5 point better than last time and one place higher up, now beaten only by a Briard.<br />
Very difficult conditions with temperatures over 30 degrees and few dogs that mooved more than at snails-pace.<br />
So I was pleased it went so well. :-)<br />
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<i>Sorry, Genes comment made me realise that I should have…</i>
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Obedience competition last night and Vilda (<b>Röde Baronens Glory Days</b>) got her second first prize. 175.5 points of 200 possible and a second place. 2.5 point better than last time and one place higher up, now beaten only by a Briard.<br />
Very difficult conditions with temperatures over 30 degrees and few dogs that mooved more than at snails-pace.<br />
So I was pleased it went so well. :-)<br />
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<i>Sorry, Genes comment made me realise that I should have thought about the temperature being in Celsius...it was 31 degrees and that means 87.8 Fahrenheit. Perhaps not too hot for some of you...but a definate turn-off for most dogs (including mine) when it comes to work.</i>Bragging blog post...tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2008-06-22:865021:BlogPost:772782008-06-22T14:43:08.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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Back from competing Röde Baronens Glory Days (Vilda) in obedience class 1.<br />
A first prize and 173 points out of 200 possible.<br />
Placed as number 3 out of 23 competitors (beaten by a BC + a Belgian shepherd). Well I managed to beat a few BC*s as well...<br />
Considering that it was raining after more than 50 days without a drop, it was very good indeed. I was ill prepared and ended up doing it all in sandals and no…
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Back from competing Röde Baronens Glory Days (Vilda) in obedience class 1.<br />
A first prize and 173 points out of 200 possible.<br />
Placed as number 3 out of 23 competitors (beaten by a BC + a Belgian shepherd). Well I managed to beat a few BC*s as well...<br />
Considering that it was raining after more than 50 days without a drop, it was very good indeed. I was ill prepared and ended up doing it all in sandals and no raingear...Oh my god! That horrid bulldog Ines got her second CC today!tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2008-05-17:865021:BlogPost:706102008-05-17T20:30:00.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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The horrid french au-pairbulldog Ines got her second CC today. So just one more to go and she will be a show-champion!<br />
She also got placed as third best bitch at the tender age of 18 months. (39 entrys)<br />
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Thank god all of us puppies have left for new homes and dont have to hear her bragging about it :-)
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The horrid french au-pairbulldog Ines got her second CC today. So just one more to go and she will be a show-champion!<br />
She also got placed as third best bitch at the tender age of 18 months. (39 entrys)<br />
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Thank god all of us puppies have left for new homes and dont have to hear her bragging about it :-)Last day for the gang...tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2008-02-14:865021:BlogPost:547222008-02-14T09:00:00.000Zursula wilbyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/mossby188
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The very last day for this gang...a great litter from beginning to the end. And there are so many interesting things they <b>failed</b> to discover, like the bottom draw of my desk where I keep my drawingpapers, the wires to the TV, the inside of the catlitterbox, the cover on the settee in the kitchen, the small place where I keep my ironingboard etc. I think this is all thanks to the french (au-pair) buldog Ines, who kept them far too busy for…
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The very last day for this gang...a great litter from beginning to the end. And there are so many interesting things they <b>failed</b> to discover, like the bottom draw of my desk where I keep my drawingpapers, the wires to the TV, the inside of the catlitterbox, the cover on the settee in the kitchen, the small place where I keep my ironingboard etc. I think this is all thanks to the french (au-pair) buldog Ines, who kept them far too busy for anything else. Everybody should have one of those!<br />
In one weeks time they will all be gone....starting from tomorrow.