March 2011 Blog Posts (84)

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Beloved Connor

I know he's not a Setter but this gentle soul was a major part of my life for over 14 years and today is his first anniversary away from home & I still miss the old man terribly. I ended up with this guy purely by accident, while taking my little sister's Guinea Pig Spike to the vets for a nail trim, I ended up with a puppy ! Con & his six sisters were left unwanted at five weeks of age at the vets all he knew was that their mother was a Border…

First of all, thank you all for your support and wonderful words of encouragment.

Pitanga is doing just fine, she is back being a Setter at times. She tried to chase some birds this morning and is eating and drinking well, so as long as I keep her calm and not running around like a mad dog, she should be fine in a week. Her hearing has already improved and she is a bit scared of the loud sounds as I think they are now a lot louder, but she is adjusting very well - no more…

Pitanga is recovering slowly from her surgery. She is still in the hospital since her night was not so good, but doing a lot better now. We are hopping to have her at home by dinner time.

While Pitanga is recovering from her surgery with me in Évora, Romã is staying with my parents in our small farm in Portalegre. She was doing fine, but this morning she somehow got a pine tree larvae in her mouth. They are very toxic and normallu cause necrosis of the place they touch. She…

So, Pitanga is just off her surgery.

She is still recovering from her anesthesia, but her vitals and temperature are OK. I'm actually inside her kennel in the hospital monitoring her as she recovers - one of the previleges of being a vet student here =).

I got to assist her surgery and good thing I was there. As soon as we opened her up we found a big hernia that was undetected so far - that would have been a lot of trouble had I done another litter!

Her ear surgery went…

Irish Melody LUCKY LUKE ( Sumaric Shadow of Mr Jingles & Irish Melody Sunday Morning) - 26.03.2007…

We are very proud of our little girl Red Hot Chilly (21 months old)...

After the titles of  "Giovane promessa ENCI" and Young Mediterranean Winner 2010,

she gives us two other risults...

 ....   International show Avellino 26/03/2011   intermed. class 1^ecc Cacib Best bich (Judge: mrs Zilli)

        International show Salerno 27/03/2011   intermed.…

Roxy won the Junior class, she became the best Junior in Breed and finally went the Best Junior in Show. With this win she got the title of Junior Champion of Austrian Club.

We are very proud of our little girl and we would like to thank for her to the whole Goutorbe familly…

and she win BEST PUPPY IN SHOW

Judge : Sue Mitchell

Unfortunately, we had no live pups after Flickan Red Tails Funnie Flicka and Balthazar Coppers Art Of Bubbles. We are now waiting for the autopsy of two of the puppies. More info will come when we know what…

Really ncie show week-end in Luxembourg, under Judge A. Ulltveit (SE) our little Jack Nicholson degli Angeli Rossi become Luxembourg Junior champion!!!!

Was a hard junior class with nice dogs and we are really happy about this…

With the rain passed and Joy's paw on the mend, we continued with the next stage; here we are leaving the village of Büren and in the back you can see the rocks, we passed last time:

The famous cherry trees of this area (back right) are not yet in…

Happy Birthday to our lovely Irish Ladybird who became today 2years old :)

It's your special day my dear girl,

I wish you all the best and many many happy and healthy years together with all of us in Saturnii familly!!…

Winning was in the air for:

Vicary's Hunk Of Love

1) BOB to Offenburg on March 12th and also this title of VDH…