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Nardi Rowe

Female

Sydney, NSW

Australia

Profile Information:

How many Irish Setters do you have?: 1
How long have you owned Irish Setters?: 1975
About Me:: I have imported two Irish Setters dogs being Ginger Meggs (Imp UK) in 1977 and Ciaran Dariabar (Imp UK) in 1988 from the late Marjorie Jarosz (Joanma's).

Over the years, I have bred only two litters of Irish and hope to bred another next year.

In 1995 I bred my current bitch, Irishfield Riona Ciara using Myra Thomas-Rhodes (Amhurst) Swedish imported dog Copper's Prins Trollmane (Imp Sweden) over a bitch I bred by my last UK import out of a Amhurst bitch, Amhurst Ragsdale Regae.

My young daughter and I have 2 rescue dogs (a desexed orange belton English Setter bitch, Cleo and a desexed Maltese dog, Charlie; 5 rescue cats; 5 pure bred dwarf lop and mini lop rabbits, silkie bantams, Pekin duck, birds and an old Jersey cow named Annabelle who is a pet and very tame and friendly.

My other passion is pure bred Arabian horses who I have owned since 1985. I have bred 6 pure breds since 1988. I used to show them very successfully at major shows in the mid 1980's to late 1980's both in hand and under saddle. I have 4 stallions and 2 mares plus a 30 yr old pure bred Welsh mare my daughter still rides but is about to retire and an 21 yr old Arabian pony mare we recently acquired who my daughter is having riding lessons on.

We live on acreage on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia.

Comment Wall:

Chantal McIlveen-Wright

Welcome to ES Nardi!!!
16 years you said????? please tell me the line.....

Mar 31, 2011
Carmel Stringfellow

Hi Nardi,

welcome to the site! It is great? Are you a friend of Myra's?

Mar 31, 2011
Myra Thomas-Rhodes

YooHoo Nardi - good to have you on board!

M XXX

Mar 31, 2011
Cheryl Gorey

Welcome Nardi to this great site.

I would love to see pics of your girl and her pedigree too of course!!

cheers from (no so sunny Queensland), Cheryl

Apr 1, 2011
Cheryl Gorey

Hi Nardi

Thanks for the info on your girl's pedigree. My boy, Clancy is a grandson of Nome, so we have relatives!!

I like your girl's pedigree. I haven't heard of her Grandfather (Ciaran Dariabar Imp UK). Do you have any pics of him and does he still live in Australia? Would love to see pics of her Mum Rachel too!

It is hard to get good photos so I look forward to seeing some of your girl.

chat soon

Cheryl

Apr 1, 2011
Myra Thomas-Rhodes

Hey Nardi.....if you look at the Irish at the top of my page, you will see it is darling Reggae!

XXXX

Apr 1, 2011
Chantal McIlveen-Wright

So very sorry for your lovely Rachel and so envious you can keep them alive so long!!! Was the "end" of Rachel progressive or sudden? Was she active until the end? I lost my boy 3 weeks short of his 14th birthday but his mother died age 17!!!! I was hoping the same, but wasn't so lucky.

Wish you the best of luck with Ciara, hoping to see plenty of pictures of her and her beautiful puppies soon.

Apr 1, 2011
Cheryl Gorey

Hi Nardi, no, but thanks for your message now.

I hope you are feeling better now. Life seems to be very busy for everyone. I hope your daughter enjoys her birthday. My older son turned 20 on 5th and my younger son turns 16 on 4 August.

Ciaran sounds like he was very special.

How exciting that your Ciara is over at Myra's. I wish you all the best with the mating, etc. I would love to know what male Myra is putting over your girl I have a friend of mine who is looking for a new puppy, so would be very interested. If you want, you can e-mail me direct at goreymky@bigpond.com

Look forward to hearing from you and would love to see some pics!

cheers

Cheryl

Jul 8, 2011
Cheryl Gorey

Hi Nardi

They are a very special breed and such special personalities. So sorry to hear that you lost Rachel. What a lovely lifetime you have had with both of Ciara's parents!

I look forward to seeing pics and hearing the selected sire when you can.

Hope you are having a nice relaxing weekend.

cheers

Cheryl

Jul 9, 2011
Chantal McIlveen-Wright

Hi Nardi, exciting news indeed, so who did you choose as Ciara partner? Wish you all, and especially you and Ciara the best of luck !!! waiting to see puppies pictures now :-)

Aug 20, 2011
Chantal McIlveen-Wright

Many thanks for the invite Nardi, and very happy to become your ES friend :-) a super big cuddle to Ciara

Aug 21, 2011
Carmel Murphy

Hi Nardi and thanks for the friend request;o)) Happy to have another friend from down under;o)

Sep 16, 2011
graham edwards

Hello Nardi,

Hope your trip to the west was a good time and both you and your girl arrived back home with out any problems.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Graham.

Sep 25, 2011
Di Andrews

Hi Nardi,

Thanks for the friend request. How many setters do you have and how old are they?

Kind Regards

Di

Oct 24, 2011
Nardi Rowe

Hi Di,

I have only one 6 year old bitch now who I bred. I lost her mother (who I bred from a dog I imported from the UK out of an Amhurst bred bitch) St Patricks Day this year (very fitting I suppose for an Irish) at 16 years of age - the same age her father and his father lived to. My bitch is by Myra Thomas-Rhodes Swedish import "Nome" and we have just missed on a mating with one of her Swedish A.I. boys "Gillou" but plan to try again next season (around Easter next year). I have friends who live in High Range and I was looking to purchase property around Colo Vale but think I will stay in Sydney. I purchased my first Irish Setter whilst going to school in England on transfer with my late stepfather's job in 1975 and brought him and a Labrador we bought over there back to Australia. Kind regards, Nardi

Oct 24, 2011
Peter Hennig

Hi Nardi nice to meet you where abouts in Sydney are you ? I lived in Manly many years ago.My wife Susan and I now live in the south west of Vic with just one Irish two afghans and a little havanese I want another Irish to help balance the numbers

Oct 31, 2011
Nardi Rowe

Hi Peter, I am living with my young daughter in the Hawkesbury area at the moment (as I have 6 pure bred Arabian horses 4 of whom are stallions that I bred, 1, 30 yr old Welsh mare and a 21 yr old Arabian pony mare) but have lived in Mosman, Lane Cove, Wahroonga (plus London, Norfolk UK, & Adelaide). I thought I was about to have a litter of Irish pups (1st-3rd November) but my bitch sadly wasn't in whelp when ultrasounded. She was mated to Myra Thomas-Rhodes, Gillou and she is by Nome out of a bitch I bred from a dog I imported back in 1988 from the UK out of a Amhurst bitch (Amhurst Ragsdale Regae). Myra and I are going to try again next season (around Easter next year) as Myra would like a dog puppy from my bitch, Irishfield Riona Ciara being 3/4 her breeding; the other 1/4 being my import from the UK. I would like another bitch as Ciara will be 7 at the end of April and I have never bred from her. I bought my first Irish back in 1975 when my late stepfather was transferred to England on business. It will be nice to continue on my connection to my first Irish (Ginger Meggs (Imp UK) so please keep your fingers crossed we are successful next time round. I have just sent off this past week blood and mouth swobs for CLAD and late onset PRA-4. I am hoping we get CLEARS for both. Best wishes, Nardi

Oct 31, 2011
Lois McCullough

Thank you Nardi I watched your video taken at Equitana absolutely amazing. We will be in Aus in December for 6 weeks not sure where you are but we will be with family in Turramurra.

Nov 21, 2011
Nardi Rowe

My mother lives in Wahroonga which is next door suburb to Turramurra. I visit the area regularly so if you can give me contact details, I will contact you so we can meet up.

Nov 21, 2011
Lois McCullough

Hi Nardi we know Wahroonga very well especially the deli and coffee shops. We also do quite a bit of travelling locally and love to visit Galston, Berowra, Pittwater, Kurungai, Brooklyn, Avoca, Terrigal, We have friends in canberra who emigrated 4 years ago with their 3 IS and Helen was still showing in Aus last year when we visited them. She has a lovely needless to say British born boy who sired a litter in Brisbane last year. I will let you have contact details just before we leave the UK.

Nov 21, 2011
Kerstin Thaens

Thank you for inviting me as your friend! I see that you are not only a passionate dog owner but also a horse owner and breeder - something that we have in common! We have Fjord ponies and a young crossbred horse.

Best wishes for a nice Christmas season, Kerstin

Dec 3, 2011
Lois McCullough

Hi Nardi will be in turramurra as of 11 dec pls email me on loismccullough@homecall.co.uk hope to see you Lois

Dec 6, 2011
Cheryl Gorey

Hi Nardi, hope you have had a great start to the new year!! I look forward to meeting you at Easter too!! It's only 3 months away now!!!! cheers, Cheryl

Dec 31, 2011
Peter Hennig

thanks for your comment Nardi, little Joey mum and dad live on our property it's been very exciting watching him grow , I just read your profile , Coppers Prins Trollmane was my boy Morgan's father and my current boy, Elton's grandfather

Feb 14, 2012
Nardi Rowe

How lovely. I wish we had wildlife on our property but it is rabbit wired fenced and unless they jumped over, they couldn't get in. We are related then sharing Coppers Prins Trollmane. I hope to breed my Nome daughter to Gillou this year.

Feb 14, 2012
Patricia Rutherford

I certainly remember, it is a long time ago, I so enjoyed that visit to Australia

Mar 19, 2012
Patricia Rutherford

That was a great time in Australia and I rmember that evening well. It seems a liftime away

Mar 19, 2012
Chantal McIlveen-Wright

Happy Birthday Nardi!!! have a fun day with all your 4 legs friends

Mar 24, 2012