Myra Thomas-Rhodes

Female

Perth

Australia

Profile Information:

How many Irish Setters do you have?
22
How long have you owned Irish Setters?
40 years
About Me:
Absolutely dedicated to the breed, along with English Setters.
Born in England, I moved to Australia as a child, and in my teens started importing Irish Setters from Wendover Kennels, and English Setters from Suntop Kennels. My latest Irish imports in 2004, 2009 and another in 2013 are all from the beautiful Copper's Kennel in Sweden.
I am a qualified Championship Judge for All Gundogs and the Non Sporting Group, and an Open Show Judge for all Toys, Terriers and Hounds.
My judging takes me all over the world, something I enjoy immensely.

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  • Benny and Pia Hansen

    Hello Myra!
    Thank you for your nice comment of our "Balthazar" Coppers Art of Bubbles, we are very proud of him and he was placed in the Best of Top 20 lists of setters in Sweden. We only attended 6 shows last year because we were building the house. We will have lots of job with the garden this year, but hopefully there will be time for Dog shows too.

    Best regards Pia and Benny
  • Peter Hennig

    hi Myra
    Morgan had a good easter he got 2 b.o.b at mount gambier also there is a show coming up with a WA judge Mrs J Soltoglio do you know anything about her
    cheers Peter
  • Joan Macleod

    Thanks - good job I'm retired so have plenty of time to browse. Will find some photos to paste up soon Joan
  • Peter Hennig

    Hi Myra
    must be the daughter she didn't look too wrinkled.
    thanks for your nice comment Morgan has really stepped up he's running head up striding
    out and pulling me around he looks stunning I've had a friend handle him a few times and he's a new dog cheers Peter
  • Kikki Dyrendahl

    Hi Myra, Thank You for congrats :-))
    Good Luck with your pups ! I also have pups but they are only 1 week today but really bodybuilders, already 1kg..gosh
    Cheers / Kikki
  • june walsh

    Many thanks Myra. todays been great tomorrow will be better. june
  • Charlotte Godart - Riverwood

    Hi Myra,
    Thank you for your comment on Girly B-day and on her picture !
    Hace a nice week-end, Charlotte
  • Rebecca Goutorbe

    Yes i am Married to an" Upperwood English Setters" Goutorbe.
  • Lise-Lotte Persson

    Hi
    Thanks for the comments on my wet muddy stinking dogs;)
  • Sofie

    THX! for the big Welcome
    Nice pics of your dogs, will try to add more of mine (I only have two though...)
  • Barbara

    Thank you Myra :-) Best wishes Barbara
  • Rieky van Hal

    thank for the comment on my foto from schotland
  • Willy en Vera de Wilde

    Hello Myra,

    Thanks for your comment about the yearbook. We don't have seen the yearbook till now because somebody collected all yearbooks for members in Holland and Belgium. End of next week we will have it. We are always very close to be a winner but not till now, perhaps this time !

    Greetings,

    The Queenstone's
  • Rieky van Hal

    thank you for the congrats
    yes i had a verry nice time in schotland. its so a beautiful country.
    rieky
  • Henry's Mom

    Thank you for your comment on Henry. Love your sense of humour.
    Pamela.
  • Benny and Pia Hansen

    Congratulations Myra to the baby girls !
  • ursula wilby

    Welcome to the most southern part of Sweden, Myra! Quite different from Camillas area...:-) and yes, guestroom awailable. :-)
  • ursula wilby

    Welcome antytime Myra!
  • Anna Kazimierowicz

    Thank you Myra for commenting, that was fine time with Kruszyna, spring, water and new camera;)
  • Norma Pape

    Babies looking great Myra Congratulations to all.
  • Joan Bamborough

    Hello Myra,

    Many thanks for your kind wishes on my birthday, I am 21 again haha.... We have alittle girl she is almost 8 months old and we call her Sally, she is gorgeous. She is out of the Reddins Magiconkers. We have had red setters in the past and one of them if I remember right was from a person called Rhodes and it was from a Wendover lines . Once again many thanks for the kind wishes . many thanks and kindest regards

    Joan and the fluffies.
  • Thomas Amport

    That's very nice of you Myra, thanks a lot
    Thomas
  • ereni

    Thank you for your nice comments!
    Great weekend from Reni adn Isis
  • Marjolein Bogaard

    Thank you Myra! I am very proud of them! How are the puppies doing? The other good news today is, that I habe passed the first exam to be a future judge with very good results! I had 4 times 9 and 2 times 10!
    Best regards from Holland, Marjolein
  • Marjolein Bogaard

    Thank you Myra, I am also very happy on this results and will go further with my studies in September. Hope you are well and also the puppies! Will keep in touch.
    xx Marjolein
  • Pam Byrne

    Hi Myra Thank you for your contact.I have been showing and breeding Irish sine 1989 Lots of photo's and of my own crew,will get some phot's on as soon as possible. a bit busy at present as my gandaughter has a litter of Irish Pups they will be 7 weeks old on Monday,so I have been giving her a hand with her 2 yougsters and the Pups,does your cousin still live in Waterllooville? as you sias what a small world. talk to you soon Pam.
  • Esther Siegrist

    Thank you so much, Myra!
    we had a lovely time at Salzburg. Also the weather was sunny! always lovely to meet Heike with Glenns father Sam!
    Regards and a big hug to your girls and boys!
  • Mary Walshe

    Wow these are beautiful Red Setters! I love the Swedish invasion, they are gorgeous! All your dogs are Fab!
    All the Best Mary
  • Yvonne Wark

    Thank you for your welcome to the site. My puppy is a Drumwhaur Heart of Gold (Dam) and Thendara Krammer (sire) and her KC name is Drumwhaur Good as Gold, although we willhave to wait and see on that one! The breeder is my friend here in Perthshire Scotland.
    By the way my sister and family live inBrisbane Australia.
  • Carolyn Evans

    Many thanks for the birthday greetings. Just love the photos of your babies!!
  • Andrea Bassil

    Hello Myra, My parents lived in the Blue Mountains for 27 years so Australia is second home to me. I also have an Australian publisher in Sydney, LIttle Hare. I work under a pseudonym Anna Nilsen so you can visit my website. Are Setters not our children?!

    I rescued Kimba a year ago with malnutrition after spending most of her life locked in a garage. She has now put on 10 kilos but has intestinal lesions so will always have health problems but she is a dear and doing well for being neglected and abused. Love yours!
    Thanks for the welome.
    Andrea
  • Andrea Bassil

    Hello Myra,
    Sadly my Dad died well over a decade ago and I had to rescue my Mum from living alone in the bush which when you can't drive anymore is well nigh impossible. She now lives with me in UK. It will be a while before I can get back to Australia but one day I will and travel more than I did when my parents were there.
    The sad thing with Kimba is that these people could and should have returned her to Maddy her very good breeder, a year before they did. She cowered when she first came so she had obviously been beaten and went round and round in manic circles, an indicator of how much she had been confined. They still have a dog! Very worrying. I'm off north for a week.
    Best wishes, Andrea
  • Agnieszka Rola

    Thank you Myra for the wishes :)
  • Laura Kolbach

    thanks Myra for your comment on Danka-girl! (she was said to have a too short muzzle...??? :-))) always thought she had the longest-leanest head in hungary :-)) )
  • ereni

    Thank you Myra!
    Your comment made me laugh:DDD
    Reni
  • Barbara

    Hi Myra! Thank you for your kind comment on my photo. All the best Barbara
  • sammi pease

    Thanks Myra....for your nice comments...hope you are all well down there...I expect you are hunkering down for the winter...does it get very cold..???? Take care...Sammi et al..x
  • Tom Farrell

    Thanks Myra - I appreciate your kind birthday wishes!
  • Anna Kazimierowicz

    Thanks, Myra for your nice comment on my blog.
    I like that place very much, in fact in that place began my love to that village!
  • Kristina Netterwall

    Thanks Myra! I´m so glad that you liked my Malva.
  • Kristina Netterwall

    Lovely photos!
  • Cheryl Gorey

    Thanks Myra, I am having a relaxing day. Just been sitting out watching the dogs run around the yard on this lovely fresh morning. What a way to start the day! cheers
  • Cheryl Gorey

    I see it was pretty cold down south too! We were supposed to drop to 8 overnight, but I don't think it got that cold. Up to 20 today, so just a beautiful day.
  • Inga Gawlowska

    Thank you very much for wishes! It's so nice to get wishes from people you havn't even met! Thanks!
  • Inga Gawlowska

    Myra, babies are doing fine now although we have had problems with one girl, born as the last one. She wasn't almost moving and she did not want to eat. She just didn't have a strenght to find her mother's nippel. We've tried everything to make her feel better but without any results... She couldn't even take the nippel to her mouth, she didn't drink the substitute milk from the small bottle. Just NOTHING...Finally, close to midnight. I have madethe critical decision to take her to vetarinarian and put her to eternal sleep. I just couldn't wait till morning to see her body without the life...
    I was in despair.
    At the veterinarian there was a nice VET doctor who cheered me up and said that we will try to "turn her back to normal life". She gave my little girl a glucose drip, warm glucose to drink and put her on the bottle with hat wather, wrapping up with blanket. She toled me that the puppy is cooled (she was born without an amniotic sac) and as log as she will not be warmed up she will not eat. While I was driving back home I was crying (this time I have a shade of hope) and I toled to my little girl, that if she will survive she will stay with us for ever. AND..

    ...

    ...now she is one of the strongest among the all our puppies. She has been give a bright green ribbon as a symbol of hope (green is the hope colour). Her name is Ginger. There she is:


  • Inga Gawlowska


    And regarding the weather we have the real heat for last few days but now is a bit colder. And what about the weather in Australia?
  • Barbara

    Hi Myra! Thank you for your comment - I am glad you like my photo! All the best Barbara
  • Cecilia GUIOT

    Hi Myra,
    Thanks for your birthday wishes.
  • Anna Kazimierowicz

    Thanks for a hint. Gosh, Edna Everage is a very intriguing person!!! That must have been great party:)))
    I like very much "Adventures of Priscilla; Queen of the Desert" - fine film about drag queens with extraordinary dresses and wigs!!!
  • Jenny Ronnebro

    Hope to see you then, with or without the outfit! Geuss you are looking forward to this trip! Have a wonderful day or maybe it´s night now down there!