News 2008

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3/9/08
 
Another successful championship show at the weekend for our Desi, CHARBONNEL SWEDISH DESIGN, when he won the Puppy Dog class and was awarded Best Puppy Dog at City of Birmingham under Maureen Cunnane.
 
Desi is now unbeaten in Minor Puppy/Puppy Dog since Border Union in June !!! Are we proud ??
 
The winner of the well-filled Puppy Bitch class was Tina Beswicks blue youngster CHARBONNEL HIDE'N'CHIC - well done Tina !! Lacey has had a really challenging puppy coat, but Tina has taken her time with it and it is now looking good....
 
Congrats to Chelsea and her puppy bitch Quintavia Lacey for BP !
 

 
Sarah Amatt has just sent me the following photo of Darcy, who she continues to steadily strip with the help of Kim Gain.(Thanks Kim !!!) Darcy has a coat and a half, but Sarah is having lots of fun with her in the ring, so she's very pleased.....
 

 
Good news from Sweden too - Monica took Joyce, CHARBONNEL ALL'S FAIR, to her first shows where she won a 2nd with HP (honorary prize) and a really good critique ,and at the international show the next day she won the junior class with HP again. Monica said that she enjoyed herself and really moved beautifully, and that's all we need to know !.
 

28/8/08

 
Better late than never !!! A few snippets of news ........
Sarah Amatt and Darcy (CHARBONNEL VANITY FAIR) had a good day last weekend at Suffolk & District Canine Society show. She took Best Puppy in Breed under Peter Upton (Tragus) and was Puppy Group 2 under Gary Upton. Now she is out of puppy and in with the 'big girls' so fingers crossed for you both....
 
Over in Switzerland Elisabeth and Christophe were showing CHARBONNEL FAIR TRADE ,and he won his third CAC and has now earned the title of Swiss Youth Champion. He isn't yet 12 months old and already a Champion. We are all very thrilled about this young dogs success, especially as he still has a lot of developing to do....
 
The breed judge was M. Kardos and this is his critique :

He is a very attractive 11 month old dog, beautiful head, closed bite, beautiful eyes, good ears, very good neck, compact body, good angulations, very good feet, good tail, good coat, very good grooming, Ex.1 Youth CAC .
 

 
Congrats also to Monica ,kennel Manacas,who travelled to Estonia and won yet another Champion title with 3 of her cockers, including Desi and 'Little Sonja's' mother Manacas Undesingned Dream ....Well done !!!!
 
I thought I'd also feature this latest photo of Maggie (CHARBONNEL SWEDISH MODEL), who is now into Junior class in Denmark.....we are very proud of how she has come on, and hope she continues her winning ways ....Good luck with her Pia ....
 

 

18/8/08

 
We're proud to report that CHARBONNEL SWEDISH DESIGN won his final points for his Junior Warrant yesterday at the Welsh Kennel Club show, when he won Best Puppy Dog and Best Puppy in Breed under breed specialist Jinty Gill-Davies (Rosecourt).
 
It wasn't an easy win, especially as he had to beat his litter sister CHARBONNEL DREAM DESIGN, who had been declared Best Puppy Bitch !!! Thanks to everyone for their kind comments on our 2 youngsters, and a BIG thank you to Lesley Spencer for taking Sonja in for the BP challenge. Hannah is on her hols with her Gran, Auntie and 2 cousins, but was thrilled to bits to hear of her pup's win.
 
Photo shows her a couple of weeks ago giving Sonja one of many well-deserved kisses .......

 
17/08/08

Many thanks to Tina Beswick for sending me these photos of her Lacey, CHARBONNEL HIDE'N'CHIC, who is now 10 months old. She is maturing well, and has an abundance of quality coat...hopefully she will keep it ....and she is doing well in the ring too.

 
Always pleased to receive photos of my pups, no matter how old they are, so thanks Tina  !!!

11/8/08

 
Desi had another good weekend ,winning BOB and Best Puppy on Saturday at Vale of Clwyd Open show under Vicky Luckman and then winning his class and Best Puppy dog at Bournemouth Championship show under Joan Glennerster. After a while out of the ring after his kennel mate had given him a short back and sides (!!) Desi's sire CHARBONNEL WAR HERO returned to the ring on Monday and won Post Graduate Dog in good company. I had forgotten what a wonderful dog he is to show and how much he loves to cuddle with complete strangers !!
 

CHARBONNEL WAR HERO

 

2/8/08

 
Our dogs did well again at National Gundog.....Desi won the Puppy dog class and was declared Best Puppy Dog. I had entered him in the Puppy Stakes and he was a creditable 2nd in a large class of promising gundog puppies, so we were very pleased. Tony was 3rd in Novice, handled mainly by Hannah....
 
Well done to Mike and Tracey for their wins.

28/7/08

 
DESI continues his winning ways by topping the Puppy Dog class at Leeds and winning BEST PUPPY in very good company, under breed specialist Bev Webb. He is now well on his way to getting his 25 points for his Junior Warrant, and he will also hopefully become a 'Dad' very soon ,as his first mate, CHARBONNEL GOES DUTCH is due this week.
 

 
Dora was 2nd in Post Grad behind the bitch RCC winner and Tony was 4th in Novice, so a good day all in all.
We hope to have some new photos of the show team soon, weather permitting !! For now, here is Tony enjoying himself in he garden ............
 

 
and Hannah and Sonja sharing cuddles, a daily occurrence during the school holidays!
 

 

13/7/08

 
Always a special event, the Cocker Spaniel Club Championship show was blessed with lovely summer weather and an entry of 373 dogs this year. We had the honour, and pleasure, of winning BEST PUPPY IN SHOW with our 9 month old black puppy CHARBONNEL SWEDISH DESIGN,under dog judge Mrs.Anne Webster and bitch judge Mrs.Marjorie Coar.
 
Desi is by our own CHARBONNEL WAR HERO,out of SwShCh NUCH NORDW-06 SVCH Manaca's Undesingned Dream,'Sonja' ,who Monica Forsander bred and allowed to come here for a litter. That litter has proved to be very successful already, and we are very proud to have played our part in its creation.
 
Desi's sister,Hannah's 'Little Sonja' ,CHARBONNEL DREAM DESIGN, won 2nd in a class of 10 quality black bitches, and CHARBONNEL CASTANETTE was 2nd in a class of 28 junior bitches.Tony,MANACA'S LEARN LIFES ROPES AT CHARBONNEL was 2nd in A/C Tyro Dog,and Tina Beswicks young blue bitch CHARBONNEL HIDE'N'CHIC WITH CACHEL was 5th in a class of 19 Puppy bitches.
 
The highlight of the day for me though was handling Frankie,SH.CH.CHARBONNEL WARLORD,in the Veteran Dog class. He is my once-in-a-lifetime dog, and still gives me a tingle when I stand him on the table....he did not let me down and showed his heart out, but we had to be content with 2nd this year, behind Penny's Sh.Ch.Quettadene Copper Glow. These 2 males have won 60 C.C.'s between them, no mean feat, and I hope we can continue to show them for many years to come.
 
We have the privilege to be able to boast that Frankie is the grand-sire to both our BPIS winner AND the Dog C.C. winner Glenntree Zanette, and we are justly proud that Frankies legacy can live on, despite having been VERY sparingly used in his lifetime.....
 

 
Our news snippet wouldn't be complete without a special mention for Barbara and Graham Turner,whose CHARBONNEL DOUBLE DUTCH daughter JALANKIU DUTCH GOLD won a class of 24 yearling bitches,to tumultuous applause and cheers !! Well done Barbara,she moved extremely well for you !
 
Please click HERE  to view the full results of the show and see more photos .......
 

6/7/08

 
Our 2 youngsters Desi and Sonja (C.SWEDISH DESIGN AND C.DREAM DESIGN) had a good day today, winning both Minor puppy classes and with Desi declared Best Puppy dog under Frances Jackson (Mompesson) at South Wales Kennel Assoc. Dora was a creditable 2nd in Post Grad bitch and Tony was VHC in a well-filled Junior dog class.  It was also gratifying to see Trudi and Barbara placed with their 2 young bitches, both Double Dutch daughters...well done !
 
30/6/08
 
Thanks to Pia for updating me on Maggie's progress in Denmark. This time she took BOB Puppy at the Int. DKK show in Brøndby under judge Hassi Assenmacher-Feyl. We are really proud of her achievements, and pleased to see how she is maturing.....


 

16/6/08

Our latest pups (from last October !) are doing extremely well and again this weekend was no exception.

 
Firstly, our CHARBONNEL SWEDISH DESIGN won his Minor Puppy dog class and was awarded Best Puppy Dog, AND his sister DREAM DESIGN was Reserve in a strong MP Bitch class ably handled by Hannah, at Border Union Championship show under breed specialist Elaine Thomas.
 
Also, in Sweden, their litter brother CHARBONNEL MANACAS DESIGN won Best Puppy in Breed at the Cocker Club show in Granna under Frances Jackson ,and best puppy dog the next day under Jane Janekova, and in Denmark CHARBONNEL SWEDISH MODEL won Best Puppy in breed at a big all breeds Open show in Denmark and later took BIS 2 Puppy under judge Agnete Staunsholt Nilsson (DK). Pleased to say that the pups dam, the multi-titled MANACAS UNDESINGNED DREAM, was also best bitch on both days at the Swedish shows.
 
CONGRATULATIONS to Val and Colin Flowers and their black dog KELBONNY GO DUTCH, who won a strong Post Graduate dog class and the res C.C.at Border Union. Our 16 month old black bitch C.CASTANETTE also won a super Post Grad class of 21 bitches, her first move up with the older bitches. Both these 2 outgoing blacks are sired by our CHARBONNEL DOUBLE DUTCH.........
 
Photos below show Johnny and Maggie after their wins......

 

  

 
 
Good news and photos from Kelly Simmonds too, whose young bitch Keladity Treasure (Tinka- by CHARBONNEL INTERLORD X CHARBONNEL TRINKETTE AT KELADITY) attended an Open show and won the puppy bitch class, Best Puppy, Best Bitch, Best of Breed & PG4!!  The breed class judge was Eleanor Bothwell ( Norcis).
 

 

 

8/6/08

 
We are thrilled that Theres and Borge had a wonderful day at Vanersborg International show when their blue puppy dog CHARBONNEL BLUE 'N' YELLOW -Billy - won Best Puppy in Breed and BEST PUPPY ALL BREEDS !!! He has only been lightly shown so far, but has done extremely well, and we are proud that the Johansson family are so pleased with him.....they say he is a joy to own and show, and that he loves everybody and wants to play with all the other dogs !! It's far too soon for him to realise what a 'serious' job this showing is !!
 

2/6/08

We received this lovely photo of Pia and Maggie accompanied by the following note....We are VERY pleased with Maggie's progress, and proud that she is already making her presence felt in Denmark!

 
" Yesterday Maggie (Charbonnel Swedish Model) went to her first real show - the Kennel Klub show i Varde. And what a beginning....... she did really, really well winning BOB Puppy ! We are so proud."
 
Thanks for keeping in touch Pia .x

1/6/08

 
DESI had a good day today at Crewe and District C.S., winning BPIB and 1st in the Gundog Puppy Group. Many thanks to judges Ruth Jardine (Glebegate) and Graham Tain (Tainmere ).It was a relaxed happy atmosphere, and Hannah came home with a big smile on her face, having been 'given' our little Sonja, CHARBONNEL DREAM DESIGN, as she makes such a good job of handling her. She was reserve in the puppy class of 8 and moved really well for her.........GOOD LUCK Han !
 
 
31/5/08
 
Another trip to Morfa beach, this time with Lulu, Cilla and Dash...they were impeccably behaved, saying hello to everyone they met, I was SO proud of them, and Cilla and Dash had a great time chasing the birds and swimming ...........Lulu wasn't so keen to get her belly wet !
 
Please see our new "Time Out" page for photos!
 
And while our dogs were enjoying themselves on the beach, CHARBONNEL MANACAS DESIGN, Johnny, was flying the flag for us in Sweden by winning Best Puppy in Breed at Norrköping International show under judge Mr Dan Ericson for Monica. Well done on your super win with Vanja Monica ....xx
 
30/5/08
 
A very pleasing day for our kennel today, when we had 4 dogs entered under breed specialist Ann Moore (Sprogmore) at Southern Counties Championship show.

CHARBONNEL SWEDISH DESIGN won Minor Puppy Dog and was declared Best Puppy Dog

CHARBONNEL DREAM DESIGN won Minor Puppy Bitch.
CHARBONNEL CASTANETTE JW won Graduate and
MANACAS LEARN LIFES ROPES AT CHARBONNEL won 2nd in Puppy Dog.
 
I have to say that it was VERY refreshing to be judged by Ann Moore. Not only was she thorough, courteous and clear about her decisions, she was also very kind with the dogs, and she was clearly very happy with the quality of the pups because she complimented us on them, as a class, after she had gone over all of them. I felt as though my dogs HAD been judged, and that the judge elect had passion and enthusiasm for the job in hand. It was apparent that the decisions made were truly her own opinion, and not what she felt she HAD to do, or had been told to do. Thank goodness there are SOME judges of this ilk left !
 
29/5/08
 
Congratulations to Irina and Shon - CHARBONNEL SWEDISH HERO - in Russia. At his first show under UK breed specialist Pamela Halkett (Wiljana) he won a second placing in puppy, with a very good critique, so Irina was very happy.
 

 
Shon is from the very successful mating of CHARBONNEL WAR HERO and SwShCh NUCH NORDW-06 SVCH Manaca's Undesingned Dream, and so of course is litter brother to Monica's Johnny and our Desi and Sonja, and also Pia's Maggie in Denmark. A wonderful quality litter and one of which we are duly proud.
 

25/5/08

Our 2 young cocker boys went 'head-to-head' today at Chester City Open Show under judge Alan Grindley, when both SWEDISH DESIGN (Desi) and MANACAS LEARN LIFES ROPES AT CHARBONNEL -YES, HE NOW OFFICIALLY CARRIES OUR KENNEL NAME !!- (Tony) won their classes, as there wasn't a puppy class. Tony came out on top and then went on to win 3rd in the Gundog Puppy group under judge Mr. Brian Townsend.

 
Meanwhile, Johnny, Desi's brother, did really well for Monica in Sweden by winning Best Puppy in Breed under Christian Vantu....thanks for the pic Mon !!
 

 

16/5/08

 
Our condolences go out to Cheryl, Alice and John on the loss of Tinker, their 17 year old golden girl. She was born in 1991,by Sonic Sailor x Charbonnel Short Story (Fair Cher's litter sister) and for the whole of her life she has been treasured and lovingly cared for. Thank you for your devotion.

I hope in the future to be able to feature some photos of Tinker, once Cheryl and her Mum and Dad are ready.

She was one of 2 initial pets that the family had from me, and now they have a 3rd,Holly.The dogs forged a unique friendship between me and Cheryl, I'm sure she would agree, and we have the dogs to thank for that. xx
 

11/5/08

 
Trudy Anslow had a pleasing day at North Western Counties Spaniel with her 2 Charbonnel's winning 2 1sts under breed specialist judges Ken Holmes (Kenan) and John Gillespie (Lochranza) with young Darcy, CHARBONNEL CHICKADEE. At just 7 months she is enjoying life to the full, with her ever-wagging tail, and she needs some belly feathering to complete the picture, but her angles and shape are evident for all to see, and we hope she has a rosy future.
 

 
Over in Sweden CHARBONNEL BLUE 'N' YELLOW had an excellent day winning BEST PUPPY IN BREED at the SKK  dog show for owners Theres and Borge under judge Lavinia Steer of Romania. He had a glowing critique and many admirers apparently, so we are very pleased with this young chaps development ....
 

10/5/08

CONGRATS to Tony's sister Liliann, MANACAS LAID OUT IN LAVENDER, for winning Best Puppy in Show for Sandy Williams at Coventry Cocker Spaniel Association today under judge David Bowers !!

 
8/5/08
 
Gundog day at Birmingham National and we have a few placings to report :
 
Firstly our own dogs :
 
CHARBONNEL SWEDISH DESIGN and MANACAS LEARN LIFES ROPES were both 2nd in their classes, DREAM DESIGN was VHC AND CASTANETTE was reserve.
 
I was thrilled for Trudy Anslow who was placed VHC in a well-filled class of quality puppy bitches with her oldest black youngster CHARBONNEL RINGLETTE (Debs). (CHARBONNEL DOUBLE DUTCH x SH.CH.CHARBONNEL LYNETTE)
 

 
Another pleasing win was for Neil and Eileen Hume who won 3rd in Limit and 2nd in Open with their blue bitch CHARBONNEL SAPPHIRE 'N' LACE, so she now has her Stud Book Number .....
 
Tony's sister Liliann, MANACAS LAID OUT IN LAVENDER, who now belongs to Sandy Williams (Wilmerella), was 3rd in her Puppy Bitch class and also won the Puppy bitch stakes!
 

5/5/08

 
A few successes over the weekend for CHARBONNEL'S with other proud owners :
 
CHARBONNEL FAIR FLAIR AVEC AMARANTH was BoB and Group 4 under Barbara Stamp at Anglesey and DCS for Lindsey Norris.
CHARBONNEL FAIR ENOUGH was 3rd in a strong class of 9 puppies judged by Mrs A Quartermain at Banbury and District Open Show for Sally Durham.
CHARBONNEL CHICKADEE was 3rd in Minor Puppy, first time out, at Gundog Club of North Wales under Ann-Marie Brooks, and CHARBONNEL RINGLETTE was 2nd, for Trudi Anslow.
 
Congratulations to Graham and Barbara too, for their super litter of 7 blacks born at the weekend, sired by our CHARBONNEL WAR HERO.
 
Hannah took some time out with the pups today, after their successes at Cheshire cocker..........it's important that they 'chill-out' between shows !(see photo) Little Sonja just loves a cuddle......

 

3/5/08

 
Well, Hannah was in the driving seat today, and how pleased we were with the results ! Under breed specialist Carol Welch (Carhowel) at Cheshire Cocker Open Show ,Hannah won both Minor Puppy classes with our litter brother and sister Desi and Sonja, and was also luckily enough to win Best Puppy in Show with Desi !! 

I would like to thank all those who congratulated her for her win, as she was so thrilled, especially Jackie who she has so much regard for, and a big thank you to Linda Jones (Pipliz) who was the chauffeuse for the day, and who also handled Sonja so well in the line-up.

I am really pleased that at last I have a puppy who behaves himself enough to give Hannah a fair chance in the ring against the more 'senior' exhibitors (both in experience and age !) as so often in the past she has had the unenviable task of handling naughty pups who sometimes aren't the easiest to get the best out of. Desi already shows like a veteran and I do believe they are well suited.

Photo below shows the 'winning couple' with Desi in his favourite reclining position, which he gets from Mum Sonja who is now back in Sweden...... 

 

2/5/08

 
Just wanted to share this photo with you---- here's Hannah with old Ashley (SONIC SAILOR OF CHARBONNEL) when she wasn't more than 9 months old. To think that tomorrow she is taking charge of our 2 latest puppies at Cheshire Cocker Open Show, in my absence, and that she has just accepted her first judging appointment ,5 classes of cockers  !! Who could ask for a better second-in-command !!
 

28/4/08

 
Apologies to Pia ,Kennel Elmelund, Denmark, for forgetting to mention 'Maggie's' debut in puppy classes. Otherwise known as CHARBONNEL SWEDISH MODEL, she was placed 2nd out of 5 at her first Open show, in the 6-9 months class, so she would have been one of the youngest. Thanks for keeping me updated Pia !! Apparently she received many compliments.......

 

27/4/08

Congratulations to Kelly and Adam Simmonds who won BEST PUPPY IN SHOW at the Solid Colours CS Associations Open show today under Caroline Muirhead with Keladity Treasure, their black puppy bitch by CHARBONNEL INTERLORD X CHARBONNEL TRINKETTE AT KELADITY. She has most of my champions behind her, and is the result of a Warlord son mated to a Warlord granddaughter, and she is FN clear. That is the beauty of DNA testing....and that is how to use it, without losing quality.......
 

27/4/08

Championship Show debut day for 2 of our boys today at West of England Ladies Kennel Society and we were very pleased with the results .....Young Desi, CHARBONNEL SWEDISH DESIGN, won a good Minor Puppy Dog class of 7and seemed to enjoy every minute of it. He is such an easy puppy to show- when stacking him his legs and feet are already where they should be,no re-arranging required !! 

Tony, MANACAS LEARN LIFES ROPES, followed Desi into the ring and won 2nd in Puppy Dog out of 11,so qualifying for Crufts too, and he did all that was asked of him. Considering he hasn't been here 2 weeks yet he is settling in very well, and we look forward to bringing him out again soon.

 
Our young bitches also did extremely well, with Sonja, CHARBONNEL DREAM DESIGN ,winning 4th out of 16 youngsters in Minor Puppy Bitch, and Dora, CHARBONNEL CASTANETTE, won Junior Bitch out of 12, so we had an enjoyable tiring day....!!
 
Congrats to Lindsey and Lottie, CHARBONNEL FAIR FLAIR AVEC AMARANTH, who was 2nd in Open bitch, thus gaining her STUD BOOK number and qualifying for CRUFTS for life !! Well done girls....!!!
 

22/4/08

Well, is Spring here? Must be.....when we took Lulu on the lawn to take photos she was panting and almost too hot to be bothered with such boring activities !

Anyhow, we managed to get a couple of snaps, just to illustrate the type of cocker we strive to produce, whatever the colour. This is CHARBONNEL PINNY 'N' PEARLS, 6 months after her first litter. She is only 7 direct generations on from my first parti-colour purchased from Jackie at Helenwood in 1987.This will give you an indication of how we breed carefully and with thought. 7 generations in 21 years. I'm sure there are some who would be 7 generations on in half that time !!

 

 

21/4/08

 
We had a very local show yesterday, only a mile and a half down the road....we entered 3 of our breeds to support the Society, and came home with 11 rosettes and nearly 20kg of dog food, !!

Many thanks to the cocker breed judge Miss Paula Whitham for awarding CHARBONNEL CASTANETTE JW the Best of Breed, as she then went on to win the Gundog Group under Elaine Thomas and Reserve Best in Show under Robin Searle.

Our Jack /Sonja pups were out for the first time, and the star of the show was our dog pup Desi, CHARBONNEL SWEDISH DESIGN, who was 2nd in Cocker Junior (no puppy class today) and then won Best Puppy in Breed and 2nd in the Gundog Puppy Group. Tony was 3rd behind Desi and Desi's litter sister, also called Sonja, was 4th.They all behaved really well. Hannah was Desi's handler throughout the show, and it looks like she will now be taking over his showing as they seemed to get on REALLY well !

(For news of our hound wins please see the Hound News page)

 
Photos below show DESI 3 days BEFORE he was prepared for the show, and half an hour AFTER the show...YES, it IS the same dog !!!
 

 
Good news from Sally Durham who took CHARBONNEL FAIR ENOUGH to the United Spaniel Association Open Show . Diva won Best Minor Puppy under judge Des Hodgkinson.
 
Sarah Amatt had Divas litter sister CHARBONNEL VANITY FAIR at East Anglian Cocker Spaniel Open show where she won VHC out of 9 in minor puppy bitch, so well done all of you !!!
 

16/04/08

In the 2007, the 'artist' Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, took a dog from the street, he tied him to a rope in an art gallery, starving him to death.

For several days, the 'artist' and the visitors of the exhibition have watched emotionless the shameful 'masterpiece' based on the dog's agony, until eventually he died.
 

PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE TO VIEW THESE AWFUL IMAGES AND SIGN THE PETITION- UNFORTUNATELY THE PEOPLE OF THE 'OUTSIDE WORLD' WERE TOO LATE FOR THE POOR DEFENCELESS CREATURE WHO WAS ALLOWED TO DIE IN FULL VIEW OF THESE BARBARIC ART-LOVERS, BUT MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO STOP IT HAPPENING TO ANOTHER DOG. IT WILL TAKE 2 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE ????????

http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition-sign.html 

13/4/08

CONGRATULATIONS to Sally Durham for her wonderful win today with her black bitch puppy CHARBONNEL FAIR ENOUGH at The Birmingham Gundog and Terrier Open Show, where she won Best Puppy in Breed, Best Puppy in Group and Best Puppy in Show at the tender age of 7 months !! We are SO pleased for Sally and Diva,and extend our thanks to the judges Caroline Smith, Lynda Adams and Andrew Westwood.

Diva is by our young Warlord son, War Hero, who is really proving his worth with his progeny already notching up some notable wins here and overseas....

6/4/08

 
Great news from Monica in Sweden.....at the 2 back-to-back shows in Uddevalla CHARBONNEL MANACAS DESIGN was unbeaten in his puppy age group of 4-6 months and on the first day was declared BIS-3 under John Thirlwell and on the second day was declared BIS-4 under Peter Swigiski.What a wonderful start to this young mans career.Thank you Monica for presenting him so well....one of the judges remarked on his super driving movement,which is so apparent in the photo below of him moving....and his tail which swathes from side to side.....
 

 
5/4/08
 
Dora continued her winning ways today by winning Solid Graduate at Midland Cocker Spaniel Club championship show under Mrs.June Hill (Judena), and then being short-listed for the C.C. At 14 months she was the youngest of the 5 bitches short-listed, so I was very proud of her. There was a super entry of 270 + dogs and bitches for the 2 judges to evaluate.
I think the fact that Dora is a Noodle grand-daughter made it a bitter-sweet experience, but I know she is every bit as good as Noodle, and with that bustling movement and busy temperament she keeps the memory of her dear 'granny' alive and kicking !! 
 
1/4/08
 
CONGRATULATIONS to Sonja ,and Monica in Sweden, as she was proclaimed Cocker of Cockers 2008 at a special event yesterday....we are SO proud, and of course happy that she obviously left us as she arrived last year,in tip-top condition, and ready to face the rigours of the ring again in her home country !!

Monica had an excellent day as Sonjas sire Arnie was also awarded Best Veteran and Folke was only beaten by his mother ! Also Colin, Tony's sire, was best runner up, only beaten by Sonja,so was Best Male. What you might call a clean sweep........Thanks to judge Sandra Fleming,Palacecraig.

Our youngsters out of Sonja, Desi and (our little) Sonja are pleased as punch and hope to continue in their mothers winning ways....though digging holes and finding dead birds is much more fun at the moment...!!!

 

 
 
29/3/08
 
Today we lost our beautiful little Noodle. Until her last minutes that little tail continued to wag but her zest for life eluded her. Having survived a serious operation following pyometra she unfortunately developed an allergic reaction to her internal sutures, a granuloma formed and she haemorrhaged. Anaemia resulted and she suffered a stroke, and she was just too debilitated to recover, and had to be given sleep.
 
When she is ready Hannah will write her own tribute to Noodle, with photos (Sh.Ch.Charbonnel Amorette JW), as they spent the whole of Noodles life together....
 
Hannah and I are only just coping with our loss, following on from the death of my dear father, and I have to say the many cards, emails and messages I have received have helped greatly in the coping process. Thank you to all those friends who have been there for us, and especially to Mike, Trudi and Barbara for their unstinting 'devotion to duty' in helping me with the dogs.
 
Special thanks of course to Hannah, who has really NOT had an Easter holiday as she has helped me every day, without complaint, since my knee op on the 10th March. It has not been an easy month I can tell you, and it certainly puts dog showing into perspective !!
 

25/3/08

 
Thanks to Theres and Borge for this photo of CHARBONNEL BLUE'N'YELLOW at his debut 9 days ago at SSRK Högbo,where he was declared Best 4-6 month puppy under judge Liz-Beth Liljeqvist.......
 

17/3/08
 
Well I have to say that the Charbonnel flag was flying this weekend, and all I had to do was sit and wait for the results to flow in....what a wonderful feeling !! 
 
Where to start ? Well, Sweden is as good a place as any...Monica had an excellent day at the Swedish Spaniel and Retriever Club show at Högbo under the judge Liz-Beth Liljeqvist. We're proud to say that MANACAS LEARN LIFES ROPES won his first junior class (9-15 months in Sweden) and her new black puppy dog, Johnny, CHARBONNEL MANACAS DESIGN was 3rd in his class, first time out. He was only beaten by another Charbonnel and a Manacas - Manacas Mark MY WORDS, little Bjorn, so Monica and I are keeping it in the family. !! Both pups really behaved themselves and enjoyed their day out....
 
Dear Sonja was 2nd in the Champion bitch class, having fitted back in at home like a hand in glove !
 
The puppy dog who won first in the 4-6 months puppy dog class and best of his age was CHARBONNEL BLUE'N'YELLOW, who now belongs to Theres and Borge Johansson. Billy then went on to win BIS-R .WELL DONE !
 
Over in France there were 2 shows this weekend.............
 

At the French Spaniel Club Championship show ,CH CHARBONNEL DESERT GOLDS progeny excelled themselves under the judges - Dogs:Mr. P.Jentgen (Luxembourg) Bitches : Leslie Spencer. (UK-Terriles kennel):

 

Best Bitch and Best of Breed and 3rd Best in Show : Weeping Willow's Vamourette

Best Dog : Voyou du Clos des Flamboyants 

 

CAC : Aidi de la Terre d'Opale

R.CAC : Baika de la Terre d'Opale

2° Exc. Open Class for Volcane du Clos des Flamboyants

Open Class for Weeping Willow's Vumour

Open Class 2° Exc. for Veronne du Clos des Flamboyants

 

At the international show the next day under the dog judge : Leslie Spencer and bitch judge Mr. Adinolfi , Italy,the following Danny progeny won as follows :

 

CACIB & B.O.B. : W.W. V'Amourette 

Dogs Black:

CAC : Voyou du Clos des Flamboyants

Bitches Black:

CAC : Baika de la Terre d'Opale

R.CAC : Aidi de la Terre d'Opale

 

Dogs Red:

R.CAC : Weeping Willow's V'Amour

 

Champion Class

1° W.W. V'Amourette

2° W.W. Vanille

 

Also the R.CAC in black dogs was  : Bodeley de l'Horme ā Lieu by CHARBONNEL DUTCH TOUCH ,our Johnny,who lives in Belgium with the Hanson family .

 

Big thanks to Danielle for the above results.!!!

 

Then back to the UK where Sarah Amatt made her debut with her new puppy CHARBONNEL VANITY FAIR

at Woolwich, Bexley & District C.A show on the 16th March. We were SO thrilled to hear that Darcy won

1st in the Puppy class & BPIB  under Adam Simmonds, Keladity. I think Sarah is glad she waited 4 years for a pup from me, although she has a mass of puppy coat to 'play' with. Welcome to the Charbonnel 'club' Sarah !!!!
 
A special mention must be reserved for Trudi Anslow and CHARBONNEL RINGLETTE.....Trudi has helped me immensely in the last few days while I have been laid up after an operation and due to family commitments I have struggled to have enough time for my dogs. Trudi has given up her own time to care for the dogs and groom them, and even gave up a day at North of England Cocker championship show to help me. Luckily Mike was on hand to handle Debbie at the show for her, and he won a VHC in Puppy bitch with her, which Trudi was very pleased with. If there were rosettes for kindness though, you would have a red one Trudi !! I hope that you have as much fun with your newest puppy CHARBONNEL CHICKADEE, a beautiful WARLORD baby.
 
I'm waiting for photos from this last weekend....hint, hint.......!!!!
 

14/3/08

Better late than never...!!

Due to personal commitments this news is a little late, and not news really, but we couldn't let this years Crufts go unmentioned.

There were ups AND downs to gundog day - it was great to see many old and trusted friends again, but it was also the time to say goodbye to darling Sonja - Manacas Undesingned Dream - the ultimate sweetie of the Swedish cocker world....I really hope that our two Sonja children continue to progress and develop with their delightful temperaments and demeanour which makes them such easy pups to care for.......

 
Dora, C.Castanette, was 2nd in a large puppy bitch class, and Sonja won VHC in Open bitch. Congrats to Monica for all her placings, and to our friends Mike and Tracey for their placings too...

Here are a few pics from the day..............

The Crufts Gang Finishing Touches
Sonja (photo P.Studenic) Dora (photo P.Studenic)
Hannah With Sonja
 
On Sunday our PBGV bitch CHARBONNEL COCO was 1st in Junior (contrary to the printed results,which listed an absent bitch as the winner !)and was considered for the RCC by judge Pam Aldous,which pleased us.
Our Champion PBGV dog CHARBONNEL TOM CRUISE crossed the water to Northern Ireland on Saturday to start 12 months stay with Roy and Lesley Blevins,so as to attend some shows over there and have some fun.Thanks to you both for undertaking to keep Tommy in the way he has become accustomed !
 
Ann Zoutsos has now completed her painting of Tommy's head ...thanks Ann for painting a beautiful image of another Charbonnel Champion.
 

 

4/3/08

Thanks to Theres and Borge for this photo of CHARBONNEL BLUE 'N' YELLOW, their new acquisition from me and a welcome addition to their Allerts kennel in Sweden......they LOVE HIM !!!!

20/2/08

VERY sad news from Sweden, poor Camilla has met with a fatal accident. My thoughts are with Monica ,I know how much she loves her dogs, and contrary to how many people think of top breeders with a number of dogs, every one is loved and cherished unreservedly. I cannot put the words together better than Monica does....  www.manacas.se

 
God bless little one..... 
 

18/2/08

A week ago one of Monica Forsanders blue roan bitches, Camilla, ran off to play with her golden friend Folke in the woods near Monicas home. Unfortunately, although Folke returned, Camilla did not. There are details on Monicas site www.manacas.se, along with photos of Camilla. The one featured here shows her at 10 months. Camilla IS microchipped, and as such is traceable to Monica of course.

 
Wherever you are you may be able to do a small thing to help Monica in her search for her, and to make people aware of her disappearance. PLEASE do anything you can to help - maybe you go into chat rooms where other cocker breeders from around the world go, ANYTHING is better than nothing. Monica has many people checking papers for adverts of dogs for sale etc. Until you have experienced something like a dog going missing, no-one can tell you how hard it is to cope with. It is now nearly 5 years since my Cilla and Ozzie were stolen, and the memories of the fear and the not-knowing still give me a cold feeling in the
pit of my stomach. I was lucky, we got them back safe and sound, and I want Monica to feel the relief I did when I had them back in my arms, so PLEASE, PLEASE help in any way possible. Because, one day, it could be you in the same boat.............
 

9/2/08

Congratulations to Monica and the pups today at the Gundog show in Mjölby. Judge: Mrs Kari Granaas Hansen
Our Tony - Manaca's Learn Life's Ropes and Sandy Williams' Liliann - Manaca's Laid Out in Lavender were BOB and BOS puppies respectively. Tony was also awarded 4th in the BIS Puppy final.Thank you Monica for showing them both in such beautiful condition for us.......

3/2/08

I am very proud to say that on the last 2 occasions that I have officiated at Open shows I have sent through the eventual Best in Show winner. Last week at Newton Abbot and South Devon Canine Society it was the fabulous whippet bitch, Mrs.A.Prowse's FREEHAMLET STAR KWALITI who was awarded the ' Top Spot' by the BIS judge Marion Hodgson (Ddalrus) .Her Dam Fullerton Grace of Freehamlet was my Best Veteran in Group winner and she was also Best Veteran in Show !! Both my veteran winner and 3 of my 5 whippet class winners were by the late Ch.Fullerton Dream Mover. I guess that's what you call judging to type.....

 
Today, my ESS BOB at Merseyside Gundog Club was Ray Smiths MELVERLY SUBLIMITY. A cracking youngster, whose sire Sh. Ch. Mistilys Magic Merlin at Shipden was bred by my good friend Christina Daniels in Sweden. It was interesting to be told this after I had judged her, also to hear that she had won her first C.C. at Manchester Championship show last month at only 12 months of age !! I'm very pleased to say that she went on to win BIS under Mr. David Bell (Balintyne). I think she has a rosy future.....
 

27/1/08

Thanks to Monica for the latest news of Tony's success in Sweden....at the SSRK Stomsholm under Petra Junehall Tony won Best Puppy Dog. The photo was taken afterwards out side...I am really pleased with his progress and development so far, and can't wait until he is here with us. More news on our plans for him as and when we know. His passport allows him travel after the 10th of April, so we will hopefully get him to shows at the end of April/beginning of May, once he has had time to get to know us and settle in.

 

 
Monica also sent us this enchanting photo of Johnny and Bjorn, the new 'partners in crime' at Manacas !!!!
 

25/1/08

Well, it's not really news now, but I have to mention that Trudy Anslow and CHARBONNEL RINGLETTE had a wonderful day at Manchester Championship show (no C.C.'s), winning Best Puppy in Breed at only 7 and a half months under Eleanor Bothwell (Norcis).. I'm hoping that I'll soon have a photo of Debbie for this page...

 
Monica now has her long-awaited black boy from Sonja,,, she calls him Johnny, and he has now settled in well at Manacas and has had his first 'Swedish' trim...............Please meet CHARBONNEL MANACAS DESIGN...... 
 

 

13/1/08

Congratulations to Trudi and Charbonnel Ringlette (Crumpettes sister) who were competing at Stoke on Trent Gundog today. Although there was not much competition in the breed, she was declared Best Puppy by breed specialist Carol Share-Jones and then shortlisted into the final 7 in the Puppy Group by Mike Gadsby.

This follows her Best Puppy in Breed at Whitchurch CS under Kirsty Miller and Best of Breed and 2nd in the Gundog Puppy group at Oakengates. Well done both of you.

Not to be outdone, Claire White and Charbonnel Ripplette, the 3rd of these 3 Lynette daughters, was 2nd in a large breed puppy class first time out. Really proud of these girls (human and canine !!)

 
12/1/08
 
Well Dora -CHARBONNEL CASTANETTE- started 2008 with a bang at Rotherham & District Cocker Spaniel Club, just as we like it !!!
Under breed specialist Peter Pavey (Manchela) she won Reserve BIS and Best Puppy, so thank you for a lovely day !

 
Little Sally, CHARBONNEL CRUMPETTE,(!!) now the 'baby' of the team, was attending her first show after only one visit to ringcraft. Pleased to say she was 2nd in Minor Puppy Bitch, and that she behaved impeccably for such a youngster.
 

  

 

3/1/08

Brilliant news from Sweden.....Monica and Tony won BoB Puppy (Best Puppy in Breed) at Gothenburg National today. We are SO proud. His sister Liliann won her Puppy class too, and Dad Colin was declared BoB and won 2nd in the group. A wonderful day for the Manacas kennel, and for us too...!!

 
On Sunday I wil have the privilege and pleasure of seeing them all in the flesh at the Gothenburg International show...fingers crossed for an equally good outcome...... 

1/1/08

Interestingly, 24% of my hits today have been from Sweden,34% from Scandinavia generally !!! Thank you for your interest and your emails !

 

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