Deborah Christopher's Comments

Oh well, I think that the last one for sale is the worst, just a wee bit worse than the first ever to go, I will always remember the first one ever to go, but Molly will be much more affectionate to her mother from now, and she can teach her what she can and cant do, well that's the theory, good luck at the puppy classes.. Dee and the girls

the first session is always the funniest can only get better. I had 2 go yesterday and doogal goes today bailey tomorrow and finally holly monday. A rest no chance a couple of weeks maybe then she comes for the weekend and after that a week over my sisters to and fro to look after the dog and cat she has. ibe got to go to and fro as i cant have them here else it would be easier.

hi Deborah, thanks for your comment on the great dane party. i have some more photos of them in my album, in case you'd like to see them. not sure which type is popular in the UK, here on the continent it is the stronger, more "mastiff"-like version. i know that scandinavia has the elegant version. no idea about the UK :-)
all the best, laura

Hi. Sorry to say that we lost Flambouyant on 9 May this year. He was nearly 13. A wonderful gentleman, my heart broke.

Live with setters, greyhounds and Irish Wolfhounds now so life is full of surprises.

Regards
Rachel

hi ive been to see katie this morning she has been ill since having her first jab and i took keely and willow over to see her. she is now picking up but she had been on a drip and having special food to get her eating. She is back to normal now thank goodness.

hi back from leek show. it was so hot i didnt stay till the end. i did a.v. gdog but missed out on the av classes at the end. we had 2nd +3rd in breed class.no our best day. but it was just to hot to run about. the sun and me dont mix i affraid.ill be at bakewell in couple of weeks.thats our next agric show.

hi ive been busy for a few days andim now looking forward to seeing holly next weekend when she comes to visit and stop a couple of days.hope your little ones and big ones ok

oh that will be nice, she should enjoy that.I like the pics of the the little ones.I love seeing them play and get into mischief.They soon grow and you forget what they did so the photos help to bring those memories come flooding back

Hi Deborah,
That beach was near Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands where we went for a camping weekend. We actually live in Edinburgh but I love the remoteness out there and the beach and water were incredibly clean. I've never been to Hornsea but I hope you'll enjoy it too with your puppy and hopefully it'll be nice and warm. Will you be taking photographs?

Oh great - I'm already looking foward to seeing your photographs :-) Your children must be really excited about having a puppy at home. How does your Great Dane like being around wild setters? We've got two great Danes in our obedience classes and they seem very slow and I often wonder what they think of those crazy Gordons in the classes :))
Yes, I don't think people buy many Gordons these days. There are still quite a few breeders but it might be a case of people who already own a Gordon that get the puppies. We got our boy in Switzerland when we lived there a couple of years ago and they seem to have become more popular there again. They're definitely nice to look at just very difficult to train!!! ;-)

hi hope all is well with the puppy and family. My son got a new comp and its so diff from the old one very high tec.
got a puppy back for a couple of days little holly.Also ive got to look after my sisters dog andcat so ive to drive over a couple of times a day to see to them.They wont mix with mine plus i cant have them here.so ive to drive over 4miles twice a day.for a week.just hope they will be fine. My sister has a friend who will also pop in as i cant do it all alone.

I can imagine that it's now less interesting for the kids. But probably more interesting for you since you can begin with more serious training :-) Are you still thinking about doing field training with your puppy? Your English setter looks lovely too.
I hope you'll have a great time by the seaside and lots of nice weather! Looking forward to the photographs :-)

hi there i was at ashbourne on sat i got a 2nd with cory and 1st with willow so i was dead chuffed.It tuned into a nice day weather wise but i left a t 2.oopm.~I finished my week of house and animal sitting my sister is back home the dog and cat are pleased.

were the dogs upset you leaving them and taking just the puppy for a little holiday.my sisters havent left her alone since returning the follow her every move.Have you had you pics developed or do you have a printer to get them.I usd to spend a fortune having pics developed but now ive a printer i do them myself.Infact we have had one most of the time but i didnt know how to use it or put them on the comp its all changed for me in the last 18mths im having to learn fast with the comp.

You might have some fluff behind the ears at that stage which will need trimming off and if you cut the edge of the ears so allfur is level with the edge of the ear that will do for that. the tail will need to have it cut to end of tail each time it grows past the end of the tail shank.the feet will prob have a few strands that need to be trimmed out but it wont be much but you have to start doing these while they can be done a bit at a time so they dont get shy over the grooming or paranoid which can happen

Sorry I took so long to answer you and more over to thank you. I had not idea about grapes. Good thing we have this information tool. I love the pictures on your site especially a those puppies. Your floor must seem like it is moving at feeding time.

Hi there Deborah.
Sorry I wasn't able to help with the entry, my computer had crashed. I hope that you did enter her in Minor Puppy, it is best not to enter in more than one class at that tender age. Yes you do need to trim but just a little on the neck (from the jaw bone to the chest) and up under the ears and (it is up to you how you do this) around the ears, if you have entered (and as I say I hope you have) come and find me and we can give her a bit of a 'brush up' before the show, only if you want, and then there is the feet, if you have entered just get her claws short and I will if you want, show you how to do the feet, (it is an art form)
The day before she should be bathed, I always use Pan-ten Ice shampoo and conditioner, I also add oil to the coat a few days before, you can use Almond oil or I now use Avon Skin So Soft. Wash out well condition and if she has a curly coat I would recommend a DryCoat on to dry it flat, she will get used to it
In the 'old' days I just used to brush them before a show, now it is a lot about presentation, if you have two dogs, more or less the same, the one with the better presentation has a better chance.
Do come and speak though if you don't want me to show you how to trim I won't mind, I have always offered help. I will give it to anyone who wants it, some say let the new ones find out for themselves, but hey if you know that 'your' dog is good it only makes the competition better and so the winning much better!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope to see you there. Dee and the girls

Hi Deborah,
Sorry for being so late!!! but your holiday photographs are great :-) Hope you and your kids enjoyed it. The weather looks good too. We had such an awful August with rain every day and hardly any sunshine... But today is beautiful and already a bit autumnal.

Thanks Deborah. Your own pictures of dogs and family are beautiful! Not to be outdone, since I posted about Maeve's smile, the younger one Bridget, who's now eighteen months has perfected a song and dance act! I am now greeted by one smiling setter, and another little whirling dervish howling and bouncing. Don't our dogs make coming home a treat?

Hi there.
I wish it only took me that time to get to a show. I tend to get there about an hour before the show opens but you just need to get there about half an hour before judging starts. I think if you could take the most of the 'fluff' of it shouldn't take a long time to 'finish her off' so to speak.
See you there, we can speak then, Dee and the girls