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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
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. 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
????????
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..............
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
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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