Melinda Auld's Blog (25)

Today we said good bye to our Labrador, Zep.

Run free, boof.  We will miss you.

xx

The Perth Royal Show is over for another year, and I am happy to report that my boy, Aust Ch Linleymvorne Huntsman (Fionni) was Best of Breed for the 5th straight year - a super achievement for any dog in any breed.  He was then short-listed to the final 6 gundogs for Best in Group, for the second year in a row.

Only six Irish were entered this year, and only two of those - my two - showed up (lucky for everyone else, since mine have since come down with kennel…

Happy birthday to my lovely Aneira, and to Garden Star's "R" litter - two years old today!

Still as naughty as the day she arrived ;-)

Here is my new Irish!  What do you all think?  Okay, a bit of a mismark...and the feathering is a little lighter than the body coat.

(I don't remember the last time I spent 3 hours playing with play dough.  It's way more fun than real life!  Toddlers get all the…

Thought I'd share this little video - taken on my friend's i-phone (thanks Andrea!) - of my daughter, Niamh, in her first ever junior handler's class.  Not even 2 years old!

The bitch she is showing is of course my lovely Aneira (Jingles x Molly), and judge is Michelle Briggs.

I was so proud of her, and we had such great fun!  Thank you, too, to Michelle for being so patient with my little one.  She is normally extremely shy around anyone new, so I was half…

Meet Vera and Mabel, our week-old Australorp X chicks :)

Just a quick blog (well, a brag, really!) from me to say that last night, my lovely Aneira won her first points towards her Australian Champion title.

She showed very well, considering it was her first show in Australia - and her first night show ever - and moved beautifully.  We were so proud of her.

No photos of the show, unfortunately, but I think there will be a video soon :)

Thank you again to Judit and Laszlo Toth, and to Aleks and Willem…

The Perth Royal Show is one of the largest shows on the Western Australian calendar, and is the only benched show held here each year.

For the fourth year in a row, Fionni has taken out Best of Breed against some very fine competition indeed. He then went on to be short-listed to the final 5 for Best in Group.

We are very proud of our boy, who showed his heart out yesterday (for once!).

Here are some photos from the day.

Official…

1 year old yesterday (we were out visiting family all day, so I couldn't put up a post on her actual birthday).

Thanks again to Laszlo and Judit Toth for sending me this very special (and very naughty!) girl. She has added so much spice to our lives!

Happy birthday, princess.

Love,

Mummy

Well! After a VERY long wait, and many years of dreaming, wishing, hoping and planning...she is finally here! Garden Star's Ramblin Rose (Aneira) touched down in cold, wintery Perth today after a long flight from sunny, warm Hungary. Unfortunately, due to Quarantine's strict rules, I haven't been able to see her yet, so I don't have any photos to share.

I am absolutely thrilled by her exciting arrival, and I would like to extend my deepest thanks to Judit and Laszlo Toth,…