2009 - June to Apr. 2009

June 20, 2009

Finally Mum found time to add some photos of Ula's daughter LaToya Liberty from May and June to the photo gallery. Thanks to Alexandra that she sent these pictures, and thanks for her patience. These photos can now be found in the Photo Gallery Puppies (since April 2009).

June 14, 2009

Today we have enjoyed a nice summer day in the garden. Mum took pictures and from some of us the photos have turned out well. These pictures are now in the corresponding Photo Galleries: Voodoo is grown-up, Jaris is grown-up, Gucci's Youth, Zoey's Youth and Slideshow The whole team.

June 8, 2009

Last Friday Mom left with Ula (Champ. Family Song's ULA), Zoey (Daretobebares FLY ME TO THE MOON) and Gucci (Daretobebare's GUCCI, TAKE MY BREATH AWAY) for the show weekend in Portoroz/Slovenia. Ula and Zoey were shown, Gucci joined just for company. The weather was not really as it should have been, but they met friends and could get to know some new people. Unfortunately for Ula things were absolutely not as we had thought: on both days she got Exc. 3. For Zoey it was much better: Saturday Exc. 2 and Sunday Exc. 1 Best Junior.

For the moment until end of July there is an end of shows, and we all look forward to great tolling and playing in the garden.

May 27, 2009

At the show last weekend in Varazdin our friend Tana took photos of our three girls. These nice pictures can now be seen in the Photo Galleries of Jaris, Gucci and Zoey: Jaris' Shows, Gucci's Shows and Zoey's Youth.

Thanks so much to Tana that she took the time to take these photos and that she sent them to us today. We really appreciate this very much!!!

May 25, 2009

Last weekend was again Show Weekend. Mum drove on Friday before noon with Jaris, Gucci and Zoey to Croatia, and Gucci and Jaris have then attended two CACIB Shows in Varazdin. Both our girls came back home with nice success: Gucci got on both days Exc. 1 and was also Best Junior on Saturday (this time she was already in Junior Class), Jaris did not have a real good day on Saturday, but on Sunday got Exc. 2, Res. CAC. Of course all the details about the shows are in the sites Gucci's Show results and Jaris' Show results. As the other ones of us have heard, this shall have been again a nice weekend and our travelers have met again lots of friends and had fun.

In two weeks there is a trip again and shows. Latest by then there will for sure be news from here.

May 21, 2009

One among us has Birthday today: Voodoo is 4 years old. We all here, the two and four legged family members wish our tiny man all the very best. All together we enjoy the sunny day in the garden and have lots of fun.

May 19, 2009

From all of us DNA tests concerning various diseases have been made in April. Now the results are available: we all are healthy. The DNA profiles can be seen in our site Breeding and at the introduction of each one of us.

May 16, 2009

Today is a sad day for Mum and Dad: they had to let go our Briard friend Whoopy over the Rainbow Bridge. In spite of her will to live and her strong fighting spirit, in spite of the temporary recovery of her condition, the girl did not make it nearly three weeks after her surgery - the efforts of our vets and the blood transfusions of Courage and Frizzy helped only for short.

We all try hard that our humans will fairly get over the pain about the loss of Whoopy and that the memories of beautiful years with her will predominate.

Our Whoopy will be cremated next week and then she will be on her favorite place forever with us.

May 11, 2009

The past weeks have been hectic and partly very nerve-racking for Mum: our Briard family member Whoopy had an emergency surgery in the night of April 27, and only survived because of the great commitment of our vets Jana and Palo and because of the blood transfusions of our other Briard family members Courage and Frizzy.

Therefore, everything that happened during the past weeks comes only today - beginning with the most actual news:

Yesterday evening Mum came back home with Jaris and Gucci from the double CACIB show in Umag/Croatia, where she had left to on Friday. They say it was a nice weekend and our two girls were also successful: Gucci got on both days the result very promising 1 - Best Puppy of Breed, Jaris got very good 1 on Saturday and excellent 1 - Best Junior on Sunday. Of course we all congratulate the two sincerely.

On May 3, Ula's daughter Liza Minnelli was here for visiting us. Unfortunately the little mouse tolled so very fast through the garden with us, that most of the pictures did not turn out well.

On May 2 we received photos of Ula's son LeeRoy Loomes from Slovenia (thanks to Gaja for having sent them). So there are some new pictures in the Slide Show of Ula's children.

For Zoey the new slide show Zoey's Youth has been set up with two actual photos.

So far latest news from here. Whoopy has recovered fine and we hope that her next check is so good, that she can go off the pills which she still has to take.

April 26, 2009

On April 23, 2009, a new family member moved here: Zoey, the half-sibling of our Gucci. Now her sites in our homepage are finished and you can admire the beautiful girl. There are already three photo galleries of her (Baby Zoey, Zoey's Childhood and Zoey's Shows), a Photo album of her family and a Photo album of the Ancestors. Her Pedigree is also online, the text about her introduction is still under construction by Mum. Zoey feels already rather comfortable here and we all toll around in the garden with great weather since two days. For Mum Zoey is another very promising enrichment of our kennel Caipirinha's.

Thanks a lot to Gabi, that this girl now is part of our family.

April 19, 2009

Yesterday and today pictures have been taken again and nur there are actual photos of Lee Marvin and Lorenzo Lamas, the children of Ula. These pictures can be found in the Photo Gallery Puppies (Lee Marvin & Lorenzo Lamas). A new picture of Gucci is also available - after bathing and grooming - in her photo album Gucci's Childhood.

April 12, 2009

Mum has taken some photos. Unfortunately the two dwarfs of Ula are constantly on tour in the garden, so there are no pictures of these two. But new photos of Naomi (Naomi is grown up), Jaris (Jaris' Youth) and Gucci (Gucci's Childhood) have been placed into the Photo Gallery. Have fun when looking at them.

April 10, 2009

We have our first International Champion among us: On April 1, 2009 FCI has awarded Ula (Champ. Family Song's ULA) with this title, today we have received the diploma. A heartfelt congratulation, dear  Ula, you have done a tremendous job!!!

April 9, 2009

We all wish our families, friends and the visitors of this page a very Happy Easter.

April 9, 2009

Several things happened last weekend:

Ula's son LeeRoy Loomes, the last hairless boy of her litter, has left his birthplace on Saturday April 4, and moved to Gaja, her family and two Samoyeds to Slovenia. We wish the little boy all the very best and his family lots of luck and joy with him. Now there are only the two powderpuff boys Lee Marvin and Lorenzo Lamas with us.

One day before LeeRoy left us, Mum has taken some photos of him. They can now be found in the Puppies' Photo Gallery. Of all the others of us maybe pictures are taken during the coming weekend when we will again spend many hours in the garden, as since one week the weather is summerly.

On Sunday April 5, Ula had her first appearance of this year in the show ring, not to be shown, but she attended the special selection of the Austrian Toy Breed Club at the occasion of the international show in Wieselburg and passed with excellent result. She is now selected in Austria. We all are mighty proud of our girl. In the next days she will receive her diploma which of course will be published at her show results.

More news maybe after the coming weekend. You will get to know it.