Welcome Aboard, Cheryl - I know you will enjoy it!
Will be in touch during the week.
Cheers,
Myra.

Hi Cheryl

Great to see you here :) I sent a few replies to your email ages ago, but was never sure if you got them.

Such a terrible shame about poor Spencer. I'd love to see some photos of him, if you have any. Who's the young pup in your pics? Quite a little cutie!

Thanks for the comments about Fionn. He's just starting to come into his full maturity now, and we started 2009 in style with a class in group win at his first show :)

Anyway, good to see you here!

Regards,
Melinda

Hi Cheryl,
this is a great site. Things are going great with the girl. Will keep you informed. Give a hug to Clancy.
Cheers,
Carmel

I thought I recognised that handsome head! My girl, Maia, is from Brodie too - who of course has Nome's gorgeous head :)

Hi Cheryl,
well my formally shy scared girl was throwing herself at everyone last night at the show, Wagging her tail and really happy. I would say the AI will happen on Wednesday.....that would make her due April Fool's Day...a good luck omen I think.
Cheers,
Carmel

Hi Cheryl,
Truly had her final AI this afternoon. The long weekend put us off and we were running against time...but thanks to the almighty dollar the semen was here. And very good and lots of it my vet says. Truly relaxed and happy and sleeping on the couch. Fingers and Toes crossed but her mother is a fertile girl so I am not worried.
Looking forward to babies.
Carmel

Thankyou for your comments, Cheryl.
All is well, and Lupin is bouncing and very well indeed.
I am soooo sorry, I still have not been in touch! Just don't know where the time goes either.
Keep up the good work in the showring. Sounds like you are having fun.
M XX

Hi Cheryl,
Your messages seem to be coming through alright, so don't worry.
M XX

Hi Cheryl

Good to hear from you :) Fionn is going well, thanks - he turned four on Saturday! Can't believe he's 4 already. We took him to a show at Kalamunda, but he was the only Irish entered. When the judge mouthed him, she paused and said, uncertainly, "Err...what's that?" Turned out he had a huge wad of bright green cotton (from a rope chew toy) wedged between his top teeth! Not a good look! I think we got some photos (of the show, not the cotton) so I'll post them up tonight when I get home.

Congrats on your results :) That's great! It's always lovely to win under someone "in the breed."

Regards,
Melinda

hi Cheryl, just took a look at your homepage and pedigrees and had to realize again, how small the world is. my oldie Odin is a granddaughter of caspians intrepid, while Danka is a halvsister to both Nome and Lupin at Myra's place. so you see, we are relatives :-)

Hi there Cheryl
Thank you for the kind thoughts, I am so sorry that you were so upset about my girl, strange thing to say, but I thank you for that, it just brings me to tears when I see her, straining to see something, she kind of sees things with her ears, it difficult to explain, I just wish that I could get people to understand how difficult it is to notice that a dog is loosing his/her sight. I have heard of people that have owned dogs that were completely blind and they didn't know that the dog couldn't see at all. Just thought that it was a bit stupid and took it too long to find its ball when they threw it for the dog. I have been told that in the scheme of thing this isn't bad and there are only 3 dogs that have been diagnosed with it. I just feel that I'm banging my head against a brick wall...I can't give up on her, but as people say, its not life threatening, so it doesn't really matter too much, and there are a lot of other things out there that are far worse...I know that she has also had bloat, so its not as though I am just trying to get this alone looked at, I want them all looked at...........got any suggestions???
And thank you so much for your kind thoughts.
It does get me down every now and then...I think that the third pedigree and dog will be publicised soon, I think that this may help
All the best
Dee and the girls Do keep in tough.

Hi Cheryl

Seems like the US-type dogs took out the Sydney royal for Irish. Glad to see Terry entered, though :) I will have to send him some pics of 4-year old Fionni! I wish he would send pics back of Fionni's littermates. I've never seen how any of them turned out.

Still planning to breed, yes. Just waiting, waiting, waiting... I was hoping for a bitch from Yoda. Did you hear about what happened? :( So awful. I cried along with Wende when she told me on the phone. I hope they are doing okay. Do you ever hear from them?

Melinda
xx

Hi Cheryl

I would love to see pics! Feel free to pass on pics of Fionn to any of them who would like to see him, too :)

Thanks,
Melinda

Hello. Hero will be 6 in August, but he really looks max.4;-))
Thank you for a lovely comment.
Patrycja

Hi there Cheryl
Thank you for the kind words on Saffy and Mr Jingles, we are hoping for a nice litter.
All the best Dee and the girls

Hi there Cheryl thaks for the comment on the ''competition'' you are quite welcome to a girl, I am keeping a boy this time...
Hope to speak soon dee and the girls
ps I wouldn't mind 10 but no more, I put in an order for 8, she never takes any notice of what I want!!!;o))

He is growing up fast and does not look naughty atall
Keep on with the showing and no more withdrawal symptons

june

Done well with Ballad of the Moon 3 Ch Shows 3 1sts 1 open show best puppy in breed she is in season now so have to wait a while. Chance J,Moon Magician of M is back with me now all the time and will be back in the ring soon,
Up with the spirits j

She is getting really uncomfortable now..she struggles to get to her feet and waddles everywhere. All the best Dee and the girls

Hi there Cheryl.
Oh I am with you there. I just want it over with now....ASAP. I have stopped holding my breath, will let you know as soon as it happens.
Dee and the girls

Hi Cheryl, I'm so sorry to hear about your beautiful Spencer. It is so hard to lose such a wonderful friend. We lost our first Irish Skye, to gastic torsion over 8 years ago now, & I still feel very emotional & teary when I talk about her. She was only 5 and we will never forget her. Not only because she was our first Irish Setter, but because of her wonderful personality, her love of live, her crazy antics, her ability to always make us smile. We loved her to bits, as we do our two Setter girls we have now. These two are very quiet and calm girls & they are the world to us. We move on, but never forget.
Take care,
Lynn & girls in Oz.

I just hope that she doesn't do what I did, when I was pregnant, I was 3 weeks late, so I think the Gin and a hot bath may be used....;o)) Ha ha...

Rest what is Rest, I think that the next 8 weeks will be the most hectic I have ever had, or it will feel that way 15 puppies 2 adults 1 granddaughter under 2 and another under 4 they will be coming in their white coats soon to take me away, can't go have a lot to do.....All the best and I am sorry...

Thank you for that...She is coping really well, although there are a couple of small ones in there.
Dee and the gang

What a gorgeous dog he is! Wishing you many,many happy years with him.

Hehe I'm about ready to trade in my little "princess" after a very crotchety weekend! I don't get how come she's the one crying when I'm the one who hasn't slept in a month... Ah well.

xx

Hi Cheryl
Abbi was about 7 months taken at same time as show win. her sister was best pup last sunday at The Scottish Ch Sh so am more than pleased with the both of them. Keep up the good wins with your boy.
j

Hello Cheryl,
Thank you for your comment on my pups:)
Maggie gave birth to 3 girls and 2 boys.
Greetings,
Marta

Hi Cheryl,
Many thanks for your comments on my photos! I am lucky like you to live in the countryside and my dogs have daily access to paddocks and fields and they make the best use of them! Greetings from the South of England!

Hi cheryl, this is a great site. Where have i been???!!
Thanks for your welcoming words.
m

Liked the music on your site! I saw that your young dog, all down in Australia, are a relative to mine. Fun! Wish you all the best! Greetings from Sweden

Thank you for congratulation :-))

hi Cheryl, happy that you liked my new pics. luckily the field is just 5 minutes by car from my place, so the girls can enjoy it every day. this is something really great as i live in a city with 2 millions of people :-)
take care
laura

Thankyou Cheryl - that show was in 2005 though, when Nome was just under two years of age. Just going through photos to scan and put on view. Nice to have them out and about, rather than in the drawer!!
Jo has just been over here, and we both went to the Melbourne Royal. None of the English stock won, although Nome's son won a fourth for Marie. Interesting judging, because when Texiera judged here 16 years ago at our Royal, Fagan won Dog CC BOB and Best Exhibit in the Gundog Group (he loved him) and Thenjwe was Bitch CC - in the days when there were much bigger entries. However, last week, maybe a case of "When in Rome," because all of the American lines went up!

Hi Cheryl, it must run in the family....Finnegan is also cheeky and will answer back, also a great talker, and if you have been gone for more then ten minutes, he will tell you his whole life history on your return...LOL

Will try but camera not really good enough for fast moving babies. Dee and the gang

Hi Cheryl, thanks for your sympathies. I sensed that there are more setter owners who have experienced similiar situations. Thankfully we were lucky. I am so sorry for your boy I know what it means losing a loyal companion. My old lady went over the rainbow bridge in May after 13,5 happy and joyful years. So I could not stand another tragic death this year. Greetings from Germany to Australia! Kerstin

Good evening Cheryl, thanks for your answer. I always thought that 'those things' do not happen to us because we have protected and trained our dogs for about 16 years as much as we could. But now we have a new generation of setter girls (1,5 years and 10 months) and everything has changed. So we have to cope with that new situation:-)
Are Irish Setters in Australia a rare breeding? Are Australians animal/dog-loving people? How could anyone run a dog over in your vast area? Love to talk to you in future:-)) Kerstin

Hello Cheryl,

Nice to hear your comments from Australia:)))
Thank you for your kind interest.
And yes, this photo "Maya is working" is one of my favorites...
With love from Istanbul/Turkey
Ilkay

hi Cheryl, thanks for your comment on Danka's face :-) yes, she has a lovely head and expression - though sometimes quite mad ;-)

Hi Cheryl,

Good to meet you! I just tried to add you as a friend. Maybe it works this way? How did you hear about Brazenwinds?

A warm hello from WA

Hi Cheryl,

Guess to find YOUR breeder is a word of mouth thing. We found out when we met people with their Irish setters on the dog beach.

OK, I'll try again to add you as a friend. Wait and see what happens!

thanks Cheryl for all your comments on my b-day girl.
hope you are fine and it is not that warm over there.
have a nice weekend
laura & the girls

11 is a great age, they begin to look like oldies but still have power.
here it is about 5 degrees during the day, nights are colder. snow comes next week i heard, looking forward to it = clean dogs, hehe. summers are really hot here (up to 40 easily) and winters quite cold with snow. not as much as sweden though :)
take care and hugs to you all

Thanks Cheryl, I will write more this week, I am down at a friends right now, but will get back to you when I am home. I am trying to put a new site together and also lin k to my old site so folks can follow the progression...more later,

Susan

Cheryl, Thank you so much for your kind comment about Ivy!
Ivy left a big gap in our lives...a great horse in every way. Seems almost worse loosing a horse, perhaps becourse they seem so strong and powerful...

Hi Cheryl, are your Boers traditional or red? I'm expecting a red Boer baby shortly - when Coco is ready, that is!!

My buck Benson (after the TV show!) is so dark he looks black but he is a maroon colour. My girls range from Marmite colour through to milk chocolate colour. I've just bought 2 red doe kids - they arrive at the end of January once they're weaned. By that time Coco should have kidded (or burst LOL!)