21st October 2009 Fantastic News – Cheri was scanned tonight and is having babies – Check out our Puppy Diary Page for more information………….             9th      Up in plenty of time for our drive to USK……… now those of you in the know will know that is a mistake…..the show was not at Usk it was a Builith Wells….so after realising our mistake and getting the correct post code off of a friend (who again thought we were mad) we headed in the right direction for the South Wales Champ Show………by this time my grey hair was getting greyer by the minute….it’s a good job Jill and I have a good sense of humour……the good thing about it is we saw some beautiful parts of Wales………..    Today’s judge was Mrs Anne MacDonald……..Dee was awarded VHC in limit, but Little Fudge won Graduate and gained her JUNIOR WARRANT…………….Excellent News….Well done to all at Dapperdawg….     8th ARE YOU MAD??????  Was the question on all my colleagues lips when I asked for today and tomorrow of work when I explained that yet again I was driving back down to South Wales for yet another dog show……..  I know they think I am barking mad anyway but this just seems to clarify it to them……..  Driving to South Wales twice within 5 days…………. After getting lost….(the Sat Nav just doesn’t like to post code for the Travel Lodge at Monmouth), we arrived, paid the £40 (shocking) to get Fudge & Dee in the room along with us and settled down for the night.     4th After a day of driving yesterday and a night in the Days Inn Jill and I arrived at the Welsh Beagle Club Champ Show in Cardiff…….today’s judge was Liz Calikes (Newlin)……….this was a very nice show, with lots of nice special prizes as it was their 40th anniversary Champ Show. Jill had a fabulous day with little “Fudge” Dapperdawg Heart Of Kaos winning Graduate & Special Beginners and Dee got a nice 2nd in Mid-Limit behind the breeds new Championn Honey……  Thanks to Liz for a good day………..Jill actually stayed awake on the way home!!     3rd At a very windy Wetherby Racecourse today for the Driffield Champ Show.  Dee wasn’t placed today but it was nice to see Hermione Peach winning the DCC with Zulu and Jim and I are delighted that Brian Foster & Kristen Theobald’s Honey “Emzibobs Honeybun at Stormpasture” gained her 3rd CC and her title……Congratulations to the owners…….

 

September

26th A Special day today as it was the SBC Open show and also the wedding of Gary (our treasurer) to his partner Janis.  This is a new venue for our open show and on a beautiful day the surrounding Ochil Hills looked a picture……… The wedding took place at 12:30 and the show began at 1pm. The judge today was Mr Alf Wood (Marada) and we had a good day.  I handled Liz Calikes’s Newlin Bailiff (Bailey) who won Junior Dog, Limit Dog, Best Dog and finally Best in Show (handled in BIS by Sam Goldberg), Bru got Res in Open Dog…….Cheri got Res in Post Grad Bitch, Dee won Open Bitch, Best Bitch and finished off with Reserve Best in Show and Best Opposite Sex……  Many thanks to our judge for a special day!!!!                  20th      We headed home today as the forecast for tomorrow wasn’t very good and we would much rather get the awning down and packed away when it is dry…………… As usual this weekend was very enjoyable and hopeful we will have some excited news about Cheri and her “new boyfriend….Seamus” to tell you about in 4 weeks time…………     19th Four Counties Open Show today, Bru got Res in Open Dog and Dee 3rd in Open bitch………………… We had a good night with our good friends Iain and Jill and also a surprise visit from Lynn, Dee & Paul………….good company, good fun and lots of laughs……………we really should do this more often… Pictured below is Aerryn with Dee and Paul's Maddie (Newlin Vanilla at Koorbrats)     18th Today was Darlington Champ Show and what a difference from last year, the weather was dry and bright and we didn’t need wellies……… Jill had Fudge entered and I had Dee.     I handled Dawn Coate’s minor puppy bitch in her class and got a nice 2nd, Dee got a VHC and Fudge was shortlisted in both of her classes……..The judge today was Mrs Jen Davies (Seevad).  Tonight we had a lovely BBQ thanks to Iain Hill…………………..     17th Iain, Jill, Riis & Sean Hill arrived at the site today along with Fudge & Darci, it’s nice to have company on holiday especially for Aerryn ………     16th We all arrived at the Caravan Site in Stockton-On Tees today, Myself, Jim, Aerryn, Jess, Bru, Dee & Cheri, this is our 1st time on this site and it is very nice, really handy for the Darlington Champ Show and Four Counties Open Show. The dogs have settled well and really enjoy their long walks………….it’s a little tricky as Cheri is in season and Bru just doesn’t understand he can’t get to her (he is her father after all)……………     10th - Jim visits Ivy in Prague Jim visited Prague to visit Zuzana and her family and of course to spend some time with Ivy………and he writes. What an impressively sculpted city Prague is…..and if you want to see architecture at its finest, then I would definitely recommend a visit to the capital of the Czech Republic.    My visit was made the more memorable by the kindness and hospitality of Zuzana, Richard (god or bad policeman) and their children Barbara and Monica not forgetting the dogs……It was great to see Ivy again. On arrival I was met at the airport by Zuzana and whisked via an extremely efficient public transport system to their home on the outskirts of the city, where lunch was awaiting my arrival.   After a traditional Czech lunch it was off with Zuzana for some sight seeing of the city…..I must have looked under pressure at some points as Zuzana asked a few times if I was OK to continue, and after a few hours of walking and jumping on and off the metro it was home to walk the dogs…….. Friday 11th. Up early and out with Zuzana and dogs, then in for breakfast and met Richard then it was practicing with Ivy for the show next day, and she was everything I was expecting……Late morning it was off for lunch and some more sight seeing and later back home and out for a couple of beers with Richard before returning home for dinner and a few drinks. Saturday 12th. I’m full of excitement as we’re of to the show which as it happens is being judged by  Brian Foster (bitches) and Jen Davies (dogs) and I’m looking forward to hear Brian’s thoughts on Ivy……Unfortunately Ivy took ill (possibly something she had eaten) and was therefore unable to show. After a visit to the vet it was lunch in a nice local restaurant, then a visit to Zuzana’s parents…..what lovely people they are and I had to try some Czech speciality home baking and plum distil (wow!!)…..and would you believe it….Ivy is running round the garden as if she hadn’t a care in the world.    After a bit it was  a drive back to Prague…...walk the dogs, have a rest and then dinner with the family. Sunday 13th No sign of anything ever being wrong with Ivy so we’re off for a visit to the country home in Zelisy where after a coffee, Zuzana and I went for a walk in the forest with the dogs…..we walked for miles and was shown some sandstone rock sculptures that were done by a young lad in his spare time from his duties as kitchen servant……….we had both lunch and dinner out, and some sight seeing enroute back to Prague.   Monday 14th Breakfast with the family before being taken to the airport by Richard and Zuzana for my flight home. I had a fantastic time in this really beautiful city, which was made even better by the way I was looked after by Zuzana and Richard, and I am a richer man having met them and sincerely thank them for their hospitality, which I truly hope some day I am able to repay if they visit Scotland.

 

 

 

August

30th Jim’s birthday today and what a lovely present from Iain & Jill…..their Darci “BRUADAIR CNO-CHALTAINN von DAPPERDAWG” won Open bitch, Best Bitch and finally BOB at the Scottish Kennel Club…….and to top it all off was shortlisted to the final 7 in the big ring for the Hound Group………..  BRU was awarded Reserve Best Dog and Dee got 2nd in Open bitch……so a good day all round for BRUADAIR…………….VERY WELL DONE IAIN and JILL but especially Darci who looked a picture stacked in the big ring!!!!!   29th             Northern and Midland Champ Show today ……..Jill and I travelled down the day before, it was a nightmare journey due to bank holiday traffic but once at the travel lodge we relaxed and met up with Liz & Fiona for dinner…….we found a great dog walk for the dogs…………..so we were all happy!!!  Dee didn’t do anything today but Fudge “Dapperdawg Heart of Kaos” won Graduate………   22nd      A very local show today only about 3 mile away………..Dee only today and she wins Open, BOB & Group 4 under Miss L McNaughton   15th            Upperward of Lanarkshire today…..  Dee wins the Open class under Mrs B Henry (Jolinger)   7th        Tayside & Lochee today at the beautiful town of Carnoustie (if you have never been then you should pay a visit to the beautiful beach) Polly was awarded a 3rd and Dee 2nd………….   2nd      Today was Kirkcaldy Open show under judge Mrs Diane Reid (Maudaxi)  Dee was awarded a good 2nd……..

July

18th Dee still in season……. Cheri won graduate with Polly 2nd (she was handled very well by Aerryn)   12th      With Dee in season we have missed a few shows at the beginning of the month but today we were at Alva for the HAS limit show with 1st time judge Craig Paton.  Polly got a 3rd and Cheri 2nd.

 

 

 

June

 

Oh Little Man 

Oh little man, Oh little man.
In me you are and what I am
Now where you are, there will I be
When come the time is right for me

A Flower of Scotland son you came
Born into life from Betty Graham
But now returned to whence you came
Dubharoch more than just a name

But were you in another guise
To open wide, unfocused eyes
To pave a way for me to be
With those I loved and yearn to see.

You came to me and left your mark
A paw print on a broken heart
Now ,slowly slowly do I wane
Until we are as one again

Oh little man, Oh little man.
In me you are and will remain
Now where you are, there will I be
Where you and I can be as we
Together one together free

 

Bruadair Dubharoch
2nd April – 27th May 2009

Until we meet again… Dad xxx

 

 

28th -

We have a new arrival at Bruadair……………

 

27th -

Another trip down south - Blackpool this time under Herr Siegfried Peter……the Scottish dogs did very well………..  Bru got a VHC, Cheri a 2nd and 3rd & Dee a Res…………….Liz Calikes won her class with Bailey, Fiona MacDonald won with Dillon and Jill Hill won Graduate with Fudge……….

 

21st -

Today was the SBC Champ show at the lovely venue in Lanark, this is a terrific place for a show, plenty of room and very relaxing.  Today’s judge was Mrs Marion Hunt and she awarded Bru a 1st in Post Grad, the girls got nothing today………….

 

20th -

Border Union today under judge Mr D Player, Bru did well getting a 3rd in Limit.

 

14th -

No dog show today but Jill Hill, Aerryn and I did our part for raising money for charity today by entering “RACE FOR LIFE” in Stirling, it was a beautiful warm morning and we had a lovely “walk” round the course, knowing we were raising lots of money for a wonderful cause………..It also gave us a chance to discuss stud dogs……..  How sad are we !!

 

10th -

Tonight we visited Lynne & Lennard Zabeck who own Ruby……..used to be known as Holly……….  Ruby is coming up for 6 months old a what a little sweetie she is……………SHE IS GORGEOUS…….just our type of beagle…. She lives with Newlin Orly and they have lots of fun chasing each other round the pond…………We know she is going to have a wonderful future at Kelty Bridge……..Thanks Lynne & Lennard  (and of course Orly) for looking after our little girl……

 

 

7th -

Jim and I paid a visit to Peebles today to meet up with Fiona, Arthur & Scott Crittell who are the proud owners of Brady & Meg (Bru’s brother & sister)..  It was lovely to see them all so happy….what a wonderful home they have!!

 

6th -

A local open show today and the breed judge was Ms S P Feetham, Cheri got 2nd in Post Graduate and Dee won Open, BOB and then was awarded Group 2 under Mrs Kathleen Cooper “Caurniehill” – Thanks to both judges……

 

27th May DUSK (8 weeks) 8 weeks to get to know you, 8 weeks to love and care, 8 weeks of joy and happiness, That ended in despair….. For 8 weeks you hid a secret, That no one was to know Would limit the time to make your mark And which would all but break my heart….. You were a brave little soldier, who battled hard against the odds  in a fight without an enemy, you fought so hard  and lost. If there is a doggy heaven Then it’s there I’m sure you’ll be And with those who’ve gone before you …………Please wait there for me. You are the end to every day, Last light before dark fall. To me, young lad, you’ll always be The brightest “Dusk” of all…. Until we meet again… Dad xxx Bruadair Dubharoch 2nd April – 27th May 2009     Our beautiful Dusk (Bruadair Dubharach)   lost his brave fight for life just before midnight.  Dusk was only with us for 8 weeks but what an impact he made………..he was everything we were looking for and more!!!! Rest in Peace our beautiful “Little Man” – Run free at Rainbow Bridge!!! Tara will look after you………

 

23rd -

 

 

 

23rd -

Tyne Wear & Tees Hound today…the judge was Kevin Hurst, both Dee and Cheri were awarded 2nd in their respective classes…..  Congratulations to Lynn Bailey & Shay who finished up BOB & BIS 4  and Jill & Iain’s “Fudge” who was awarded RBPIS…..

 

10th -

Border Counties Hound – Judge Mrs Jean Blandford….. It wasn’t the biggest of beagle entries at today’s show but still some tough competition….. Cheri was very naughty and got 3rd out of 3 in her class    Bru won his Open Dog Class and Dee won her Open Bitch Class and BOB, she was later shortlisted to the final 6 in BIS……

 

 7th -    

Birmingham National today under Dr Paolo Dondina and we all had a good day, I showed Newlin Bailiff for Liz Calikes as she was on puppy watch at home and he was awarded a lovely 2nd  in puppy, next in the ring was Bru who got a really nice 3rd out of a large limit class and Dee got a 4th out of an even bigger limit bitch class…………  Congratulations to Iain & Jill Hill’s “Fudge” who won a huge Puppy class and got 3rd in Junior………..

 

3rd -

This weekend we had a very long drive to Bridgewater in Somerset for the Devon & Cornwall Champ Show…….although Jill (Dapperdawg) and I never got placed with any of our dogs……we had a fun time…..Aerryn also tagged along………..  Well done to the gorgeous Newlin Breeze who won 3 classes and gained her JW……..and finished BPIS

 

 

April

       

26th -

Selkirk Open Show today, judge Mrs Sarah Hattrell (Khinjan), Dee won Open and BOB and then in a huge stakes class (over 50 dogs) judged by Mrs Anne Hutchison (Dalrannoch)  Dee was placed 1st and won £25.00
Many thanks to both judges……………

 

25th -          

Clackmannan Open Show today, Beagle judge Ms Gail Hunter, Newlin Breeze won Junior, Post Graduate & BOB, Dee got a 2nd in Open and Jill Hill won the open class with the lovely Darci.

 

 

19th -

Today Jim judged at Sunderland & District Canine Society and had a lovely entry of beagles to go over, his class winners were as follows:

                        Jnr – Foster & Theobold’s  Emzibobs Honeybun At Stormpasture -
BOB, GP1 & BIS
                        Post Graduate – Davies’s Seevad High Lite
                        Open – Bailey’s Newlin Victor Of Salenko

      BPIB went to Foster & Jones’s Stormpasture Full Circle

BOB		BPIB

           

 

 

15th -

FOS went to his new home today with the Robertson family in Slammannan.  He joins Jess the beagle as a family pet and we know he will have a long and happy life with this lovely family……..  FOS will be missed at Bruadair but hopefully his offspring,  Ivy in Prague and either Dusk or Shade will do well in the show ring……

 

12th -

 

11th -

 

10th -

BOB - Newlin Victor of Salenko JW ShCM & right Dapperdawg Heart of Kaos BP

 

 

8th -

Staying loyal to our Gaelic theme gave us a bit of a dilemma with our 'H' litter as the Gaelic alphabet doesn't have an H in it so after giving serious consideration on whether to jump to I names or repeat G's it was decided it would be a free pick.

This made matters worse as the whole alphabet was scanned and scanned again and again before making the decision to go with a D which was reached due to acknowledging we mainly produce Black Blankets so thought on names that signified our darker lines Dubh (black or dark) met the criteria.

Having decided on the theme, the next thing on the agenda, was to try to find a Dubh that we could get a decent pet name from and again after scanning books and a website favourite we found a couple of names that were thought suitable, and that we also thought the KC would approve.

Soooooo! .....without further ado we would like to introduce you to.... Bruadair Dubhar...  (Shade)  pronounced ...Doo aar  .....and.... Bruadair Dubharach ...(Dusk)....pronounced Doo aroch.

Obvious to the eye is that one of the pups is a blanket the other open marked, so the names chosen were done so as not to blatantly identify who's... who, but if you happen to see us showing one of them it will be Dusk (that's the name we like best)......but there again ...... it could be Shade.

 

2nd-

Jess had her babies today, 3 boys.... sadly we lost the 1st born, the 2nd (a black blanket tri) was born around 15:40 weighing 12 oz and was fine then things really slowed down and we decided it was time for Jess to see the vet. After a C Section the 3rd pup finally arrived around 20:00 hrs, he weighed in at 11 oz and is a broken tri.

Mum and babies are now settled in at home. We haven't decided on names yet.... yesterday was just too intense, we will give them their names over the weekend....

 

The H boys

These pictures can be viewed larger on our Puppy page.

 

 

 

March

29th -

West Lothian Open Show today, the judge was Mrs Marion Lawson………Cheri won the Post Graduate Class but did not progress any further………..Thanks to Marion for the nice award…

 

14th -

Ivy left us early this morning for her flight to Prague, she is in very safe hand with Zuzana & Barbara they all seemed to hit it off straight away.
As usual it was very sad to see Ivy go, but we are also very excited at the thought of her being in the Show ring in the Czech Republic.  We send them all lots of love and wish the well for the future.

                       

Ivy is pictured with Barbara, Zuzana’s daughter

 

 

Today we had our 1st open show for what seemed like ages……….Cheri got a good 2nd in Limit (photo below) and FOS a 4th in Open…….he was very naughty today.

 

BOB was Iain & Jill Hill’s “Monty” who did very well in receiving a lovely group 2……

           

 

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Although we had four qualified for Crufts this year, we decided to give it a miss and enjoyed watching Crufts live on line, we were impressed with the quality and coverage.

 

Ivy standing at 7 weeks		Ivy from the front

 

It has been confirmed that Jess is having babies, this will be her last litter, she is only 4 and a half but has already had 6 beautiful pups…….so enough is enough….   The Jess x FOS babies are due around the 1st April!!!

 

 

February

No shows in February, it has been a relatively quite month…….

 

 

January

24th - Today we were at a local limit show; Kirkintilloch & Lenzie,  there was a lovely turn out of beagles for Judge, Mrs Rena Lees.  I decided to take FOS out; it was his 1st show in 4 months and it was as if he had never been away, it is hard to believe he has only been to a handful of shows in 6 months………(how time flies)….Anyway FOS won his Graduate class out of 6, Cheri won her Open class and FOS was then awarded BOB and Group 4……..
Bru became a dad again today…..Gladstyle Honey Trap gave birth to 5 beautiful tri girls in the early hours of this morning..       

 

28th - FOS & Jess were mated tonight, come back in a few weeks and we may have news of a new litter appearing before the end of March.