My computer has had to be updated so I didn't have access to my photos hence the delay in updating the blog. Saturday was the BSDA club Open show at Markfield where Cher was Best Veteran in Show--last year Ciel was BVIS so it was nice to win the trophy again. Chamonix was BB and BOB, Cher RBB, Crusoe BD. BP was a Cougar daughter bred by Marianne and John at Goldmali. In Laekenois Bristle(B.Velocity) was BD and Brizo RBB and BVeteran. In Groenendael Scarlett(B.Uniquely Delark), owned by Brittany Winfrow, was RBB and they also won the Junior handling. Lucy with Dana (B.Sorciere) won Pre-Beginners Obedience.

Sunday was an open show, Retford, held at Newark where Cougar was BOB and Crusoe RBOB. Cougar was also Group 4 in the Pastoral group. In Groenendael Brittany was BOB with Scarlett and, in Tervueren, Bazil (Delark Witchcraft) was RBOB.

The puppies got to their destinations in Ireland safely today.

Steve showed us the work he has been doing with Teasel on sendaway, retrieves and heelwork. She is a very stylish worker and very fast!

Cello and I practised our heelwork, recalls and retrieves and then Steve was helping me with Sit and down stays. Cello is really enjoying his training and was very good on Tuesday night.

Speedy is worn out as he has spent most of the day playing with Teasel in the garden.

Sunday was the BCCof GB Ch show with Agility at Newark. Zippy, Eva, Zippo and Speedy met up for a photo shoot, which entailed mad handlers running up and down making strange noises--I don't know what they were doing :)). The pups all enjoyed their day out and, as usual, took it all in their stride. Jo ran Ronnie and Keisha and they worked really well with just a pole down.

Monday Karin came to collect Yukon who is joining Indi and Amy. Hopefully Yukon will go to some shows too---that litter are due out just in time for the Back to Back Champ shows so hopefully there will be a few puppies out this year.

I have a horrible cold so haven't been great company but Gerry and Steve have been cheering me up. They have brought the beautiful Teazel with them and she has been entertaining Speedy as he has lots of energy to use up.

Two Tervueren puppies make the big trip to Ireland tomorrow morning, one to the South to live with Udalls' brother Lincoln, and one to the North to live with Margaret and her family.

The club open show is at the weekend so lots of grooming to do in the next few days.

This is Termite who has come all the way from America to join us here at Bonvivant. She is a sweet natured bitch bred in Belgium at the Schranshoeve kennel and is by Brizos' brother. Termite has spent four years on a Ranch and has never been shown so whether she will take to it we can but see. Hopefully she will be useful in my breeding programme but, due to the paperwork still not arriving and her coming in season straight away, we will have to wait to breed from her on her next season. She seems very happy to be with all the Belgians and Brizo has taken her under her wing. Thankyou Lou Anne for sending her over to me.

A busy day Sunday as I am meeting Jo, Tony, Karen and Richard with Zippy, Eva and Zippo (formerly Hippo) up at Newark and Speedy is coming for the ride. Hopefully I will get some pictures of the four puppies together.

Gerry and Steve are arriving and staying for the week ! Really looking forward to it and hopefully we shall get some training done. I just hope the fine weather continues as it has been yet another glorious day, almost like Spring!

The weather today has been lovely and has meant that I could catch up on some serious grooming. The yard is now fur lined and I think I have more hair on my head than when I started! The puppies have had a busy day with the Tervueren puppies having a day in one of the paddocks. I dread to think how much grass and mud they may have consumed-but that is puppies for you.

This is Max, who went to live with Marie and her husband in Diss today. I hope they have a good nights sleep--although I should think he is very tired after his busy day and adventures.
Marie tells me that he discovered there were other dogs just like him in the mirror and the oven door!
This morning we had a visit from Samantha and her husband with two Hawksflight dogs.The nice thing about dogs is that you meet some really lovely people who love Belgians, and don't care whether they get mugged and covered in dog hair either !!!
The fresh air has got to all the dogs today and they are settled down for the night, Rodes and Speedy are asleep on the settee by the log fire and Brizo, Celine, Psyche and Termite are loyally up this end of the room by me--well they are curled up on the chairs asleep.
I shall update you tomorrow on Termite--when I can get a decent photo of her !!!!!

Here at last are some more puppy photos. I can't believe it has been a week since I last posted on here but it has been more hectic than usual (if that is possible), what with a family funeral and lots of visitors, dogs and people.

Femme unfortunately did not have any puppies this time, which was gutting, as Martin had taken her to Belgium in January. It is always a gamble and, having had quite a few failures in the past with matings abroad, seemed to be just our luck yet again. Saying that I have had some wonderful litters from foreign matings it is just how your luck runs I'm afraid.

Cello has been to his obedience classes and is doing really well, he is such a clever dog handicapped by yours truly, yet he still excels himself. He has been doing more retrieve and scent work with Distance Control thrown in for good measure.His tail never stops wagging the whole 2.5hrs class and he gets really impatient to get his turn at an exercise. It was a bonus last night as one member, David, had come 1st & 2nd in the YKC Advanced at Crufts and had brought chocolate cake. Cellos' eyes lit up as he does love a bit of cake now and again.

The puppies have had a good time out in the sunshine today, the Tervueren are very with you all the time, whereas the Malinois puppies would have been quite happy to have been left to their own devices for the rest of the afternoon, but, as we didn't need the field landscaping, we brought them back down to their kennel.

If there is anything that can take your mind off the down side of life it has to be puppies. At last a dry sunny day when the Tervueren pups could go up the field for the first time. Karin had come to choose her Malinois puppy and so a few of us went out to play. The pups thought it was great and watched as Lisa drove by in her van and an aeroplane zoomed overhead. Then they had a ball on a rope and bounced around having a great time. The Malinois puppies enjoyed mauling the visitors, they are 6weeks now--that has gone quickly, and they were trying to remove my jumper and trouser bottoms--little monsters!