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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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ursula wilby

Yes, we need to see the full team...Marge and you, will you bring her along to Sweden? And ever thought of trying to see what the south looks like?
Guestroom available...with seaview...

Great to see your Dame Edna...just loved it!
And yes Ines is doing well, but feels that she has almost done her bit when it comes to her brood. Laying on a silk-pillow and charging through the garden is more her style than feeding her offspring...but they are huge and fat, so she is doing her bit...but not quite the dedicated setter-style! :-)

Jun 16, 2010
Peter Hennig

I'll give you $20

Jun 16, 2010
sammi pease

Hi Myra...thanks for the nice comment!!! I don't usually manage to get a good action photo of Lola...she usually has her nose to the ground...but the buttercups are so tall now ...she has to jump...Abbi, on the other hand runs about leaping like a deer...hence most of the action shots are of her...!!! Hope you have a wonderful trip to UK...I would wear the outfit if I were you...at Crufts it was sooo difficult to recognise people...!!! take care...Sammi

Jun 16, 2010
Dee Rance

No Yabby for the Barby???? Hope to see you there...;o))

Jun 17, 2010
Barbara

Hi Myra! I have seen your amazing book collection on your blog. I'd appreciate it if you maybe can recommend me books above dogs especially Irish Setter.
Please sorry for my bad english. All the best for you and your lovely Setters. Barbara
(Like your new hair style ;-))

Jun 18, 2010
Jackie Willis

Thanks Myra. Take care - Jackie

Jun 18, 2010
Marjolein Bogaard

Thank you Myra, thant's very sweet of you! There will be no great party this year, but I hope the weather will be nice, so we can sit outside and hope to see somegood friends.
Love Marjolein xx

Jun 19, 2010
Lesley Goldsbrough

Hi Myra - we are at Wootton Bridge at the moment but we spend most of our time away from the Isle of Wight!

Jun 19, 2010
Pat Aldridge

Many thanks for the birthday wishes! Graeme is not well - stupid man refuses to go on dialysis. Men!!! I love your 2 Lupin babies - gorgeous!

Jun 19, 2010
ereni

Thank you for your comments and congratulation! Hope you will visit Bratislava(Slovakia) one day and I will shou you the most beautiful places here.
All the best
Reni and Isis

Jun 28, 2010
DUNJA

Thank you Myra. I did have a lovely day, nothing special (I have to stick to the plan that my 7 months old baby girl dictates me) but still nice as all my family was there with me.

Jun 30, 2010
Nadine Bonjean

Thank you for your comment about the puppies

Jul 1, 2010
Suzanne Humphries

Thanks for your birthday wishes on Thursday, I'm so sorry I was not able to reply sooner, as we have been so busy here with puppies going off to their new homes.
Many thanks
Your puppies are super and so well boned.
Suzanne

Jul 3, 2010
Laura Kolbach

soon new pics of the little miss, she is such a joy and such a great personality and so very smart (really!!!) and last but not least beautiful!

Jul 3, 2010
Cheryl Gorey

Hi Myra, thanks for the info on the tree. It is a beautiful tree. We don't get much in the way of autumn coloured foliage up here! cheers

Jul 7, 2010
Lois McCullough

Hi Myra thank you. Family live in Turramurra NSW and we returned at the end of April this year after 6 weeks. We were lucky enough to go to the NSW championship show and met up with Helen who moved to Canberra from the UK with her 3 Irish 2 years ago. Love Aus almost as much as I love the Reds!! Haven't made it over to the West yet but think we may fly into Perth next time and travel across to Sydney by whatever means we come across.

Jul 8, 2010
rosie beere

Hi Myra,
just finding my way around this site. smashing one isn't it.
i am a goverment approved instructer now and have been training two lovely irish a lady has that has just moved into our area. he blood lines are yours and swedish. and my heart is pining for one.
i have a shepherd very frail and the best girl i have had she has taught me so much is so loyal and it is breaking my heart that her weeks are numbered.
how are you have thought of you so many times over the years. you are married i see. still at home? how are your family.
this is so cool to find you again.
will be in contact again soon.
love Rosie

Jul 11, 2010
Kristina

Dear Myra. Thank you so much for birthday wishes.

All the best, Kristina

Jul 12, 2010
Carmel Stringfellow

Hello Sis,
A very Happy Birthday.
Love from Carmel and the gang in Queensland
xxx

Jul 13, 2010
Sharyn Latchford

Happy, Happy Birthday

love

Sharyn, Henna and Finnegan

Jul 13, 2010
Cheryl Gorey

Hi Myra

I see it's your birthday, so.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you are having a great day. cheers, Cheryl

Jul 14, 2010
Cheryl Gorey

Hi Myra, yes, Bridget is doing well. We are still working with her car sickness. The ginger tabs don't seem to work all the time, so going to the chemist to see what else I can get. Otherwise, she is enjoying her outings and we are doing a little tracking training too!. cheers

Jul 14, 2010
Kristina

Hi Myra.
Is your birthday also in July? When was it? I am so sorry I missed it..... Happy birthday, I hope you had a great day!! Now I know why you said July is great month ;))
All the best, Kristina

Jul 14, 2010
Corinne Wakefield

Thank you Myra - lots of chat and information to catch up on this site. Hope all is well Down Under.... bfn Corinne

Jul 16, 2010
Kerstin Thaens

Hi Myra, today I saw your blog and was fascinated by your amazing photos. Thanks! Right now I am reading a book by Bill Bryson "Down under" - a very entertaining masterpiece in travel literature! But that is not the reason why I am writing that message. While driving home from work I was thinking of your blog and the curious Australian signposts. One of my hobbies - beside setters and horses - is photography and I am working on a poster (no commercial use, just private) of German signs. I wanted to ask you if you could send me some photos of Australian signposts (in full size) so that I can use them as part of my poster. I am sending you a sample of the poster if you want. My e-mail is: summer@fidom.de
Best wishes, Kerstin

Jul 16, 2010
Dee Rance

We are booked in at Birmingham, so will see you at Birmingham, but you will probably have a lot of other more inportant people to meet first. see you then though

Jul 17, 2010
Dee Rance

Well as I am still in puppy/junior I will be finished early....one way or another...;o)) See you there...

Jul 17, 2010
Laura Kolbach

thanks Myra! never understood why people loves so little puppies, but now i definitely understand! love them to bits! thinking of names now, oh so hard! my crazy Danka is such a good mum, mother nature is wonderful.
hugs to you and all your doggies
laura, neita, danka and the fantastic four :)

Jul 31, 2010
Marjolein Bogaard

Hi Myra! Hope you are well! The pictures are just great! Hope to see Australia myself one time! Take care, Marjolein

Aug 10, 2010
margaret benjafield

we are going to see our irish setters who are now nearly five weeks on sunday 15 august 2010 cant wait margaret

Aug 11, 2010
margaret benjafield

we are getting from hazlebeck irish setters she has got a web site so you may be able to see them.It is in Stoke on Trent England

Aug 11, 2010
Svenja Gunther

Hi Myra, thanks for the welcome :-) I am sure I will enjoy it here. Your dogs are gorgeous. Love the photos!
Speak to you soon,
Svenja

Aug 16, 2010
Lise-Lotte Persson

Hi Myra! Thank you for the birthday greeting!!

Aug 17, 2010
Michael Ignatowski

Hi Myra,
I have had setters since 1979 my first dog came from St Andrews by Sire All Square Micky Finn owned by Jimmy Johnstone. I have been hooked ever since. We currently have an English called Lennon age 6 and a young Irish called Duke age 2. Your dogs look great!
Mick

Aug 18, 2010
Marjolein Bogaard

Thjank you very much Myra, very much appreciated. Tessieke was a wonderful dog and even she was not mine but my best friend's, it feels like I have lost my dog, since we walked together every day. It all went so fast and it is very hard to believe that she is not there anymore.... The puppies of Witch were born on 14th of July, same day as you, same day as Tessieke was born...
Best Wishes xxx Marjolein

Aug 21, 2010
Claire Prangle

No I haven't, glad you are home safe and sound

Sep 8, 2010
Dee Rance

Hope that you had a good journey back home, I bet your 'family' were pleased to see you. Nice meeting you, hope you had a good day, despite the cold

Sep 8, 2010
Dee Rance

Ah well they always say that it is always better on the other side of the fence. Glad you had a good time, those sheds are dreadful but if it is raining (as it did) its better under there than out in the open or in tents, don't suppose you have much of that kind of problem ''down under''
all the best Dee and the gang

Sep 9, 2010
Dee Rance

We are let to believe that it is warm all the time, and then it gets warmer. We had extream snow this year, and it killed a lot of the garden plants that obviously need to be fairly hardy here, my Yukka died but is starting to sprout again, I could still do with some warmth.....;o))

Sep 9, 2010
Peter Hennig

Hi Myra
thanks for the birthday wishes I'm quite excited about the royal Elton's movement is sensational I'm hoping the judge sees it and rewards structure and movement not coat and handler
cheers Peter

Sep 20, 2010
Tina Clamp

Hi Myra

lovely photos.

Sep 21, 2010
Jennifer E Bennett

Hi Myra
Many thanks for commenting on our latest arrival "Grace"Heathclare A Kind Of Magic
She is a sweetie pie and also very mischievious at the moment ,but we love her.
Best Wishes Jennifer

Sep 21, 2010
Monika Hoth

Hi Myra,
thank and i nice to see you.
best regards
Monika

Sep 24, 2010
Jennifer Martin

Thank you for the Birthday Wishes very much appreciated, don't think I'll be up for celebrating this year, have been very lax keeping up with people on here as my wonderful husband Roy has been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer possibly asbestos related and is undergoing chemo, it has been a huge shock but a friend grounded me and put me back in the here and now by saying 'non of us know if we have tomorrow' - but I am hoping the chemo will buy us some time - he still has thing's to do!.
Had thought Rio would mark a new beginning of us walking over the hills and far away once again but not to be. Rio keeps us occupied and entertained with his antics, he is feeling ignored so has just run around the dining room table with a duster - funny how I always have to go the long way round in the chase!.
Thank you once again for the Birthday Wishes xxx Jennifer

Sep 24, 2010
Monika Hoth

Hallo Myra,
good luck with your next litter!!!!
best regards Monika

Sep 29, 2010
Phil du Plessis

Thanks Myra!!!!

Sep 30, 2010
Phil du Plessis

Thank you for inviting me as your friend! I truly appreciate that. Phil

Sep 30, 2010
Jennifer E Bennett

Lovely photos of some beautiful dogs chasing butterflies Myra, any chance of a kennel maids job for a few months ? can manage Nov to March
Best wishes Jennifer

Oct 6, 2010
Esther Siegrist

Hi Myra
unfortunately, this small aircraft isn't mine!! :-) But I'm not shure, that Glenn and Jamie will enjoy to fly with me .... ??
take care and a big hug to you all
Esther

Oct 8, 2010
Marjolein Bogaard

Thank you Myra, I am also very happy with this result! Best wishes, Marjolein

Oct 11, 2010

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