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December 2018
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December 2018
I went to visit Emma in the USA for 10 days and we went to the Orlando circuit of shows which is one of the most prestigious shows in America. Emma was handling a variety of dogs but the highlight for me was to see her take out Best of Breed with Player from an entry of over 60 ridgebacks.
Player is a puppy we bought from Barbara Sawyer Brown whose kennel, Kwetu, was established in the 1960s. Barbara or BSB as she is known, bred some of the most successful RRs in the US and Player's sire, PB (Multi BIS/BISS Am Ch Kwetu's Pocket Full Of Promise) is one of the top producing RR sires and a gorgeous dog. We are so lucky to have a son of his.
Our boy Herc, who is the sire of our current litter to Holly, was a PB grandson. Because the shows were just before Christmas the kennelling area was decorated and looked really good.
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11 December
The handsome Harry in Sydney with his family. Harry is from our Tikki-Chukkie litter born November 2015.
Stephen in Perth sent me this photo of Ranger (Solar-Image) who has taken to standing in a container of water and seems to then just contemplate the world and his life! Funny boy!
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10 December
Takes no time at all for the 'booniks' to settle in to their new homes! Khata is in Adelaide and Ruby is in Elliot Heads.
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10 December
So the final 'Boonik' left for his new home today. Dexter will be living in Brisbane with Joanne & Rob and their family. The only two who are not in Brisbane are Ruby who is in Elliot Heads with Shane and Heather and their family and Khata who has gone all the way to Adelaide to live with Jess and her lovely family. So blessed to find such wonderful homes for these babies.
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7 December
NIKKI WINS BEST IN SHOW!! Tonight at Durack interstate judge Mr Graham Cruse awarded our gorgeous Nikki Best In Hound Group and then Best In Show!! Not only does he have the best temperament ever, which he is passing on to his progeny, but he has done so well in the show ring. I am so proud of this dog!
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2 December
The 'booniks' are now 8 weeks old and are starting to leave with their new families. Chris and Breanna have Summer and Grant and Cheryl are taking Gunnar and Scout. We wish them all the best and know they will have years of pleasure from these babies.
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2 December
The 'booniks' are now 8 weeks old and ready to go to their new families. It is a bit sad to see them leave as they have been such an easy litter to raise. They are happy, healthy and so obedient. I am sure their new owners will be very happy with them but Taboo will miss them!
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November 2018
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30 November
In Brisbane tonight Joey won another Best In Group under well respected judge, Mr Kerry Lee from Victoria. The following evening, Joey took a 10 point Best of Breed and Samara with Julie in her 1970's outfit was Reserve Challenge Bitch. Very happy with the way these 2 youngsters are developing.
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27 Nov
A man and his dog!! Lovely photo of Heini and Ben having a snooze! Heini is from our Enya/Kimba litter and he is now 6 years old.
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On 3 November at Maryborough Kennel Club Joey takes out Best in Hound Group and Samara, his sister, is Challenge Bitch and 3rd place in Puppy Sweepstakes.
On 17th Joey is awarded Runner Up In Hound Group and Best Junior In Show and gained the final points he needed for his Australian Champion title. Just as the judge was examining him, a small whirly wind started at the ring entrance behind him and all the papers from the ringside table went flying all over the place. One challenge certificate was blown about 20 metres into the sky before it landed on a gazebo roof on the other side of the ring! I am lucky Joey has such a good temperament as he was not bothered at all! Joey is Chilolo Champion Number 80!
Also on 3 November, Stephen and Ranger were awarded Best In Group in Perth and went on to Best Intermediate In Show!! Ranger gained his Australian Champion title not long ago and is now on a roll taking out another Runner Up In Group on 17th as well as 2 x Best of Breed awards.
Jennie sent me a photo of Holly on the bike with Don. Holly has always loved riding on the bike with Don ever since she was a little puppy.
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The "booniks" continue to thrive and are looking lovely. They are now 6.5 weeks of age and have been vaccinated and microchipped and passed their vet check with flying colours. Taboo is still happy to feed them a couple of times a day but I am trying to convince her she needs to stop completely!
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October 2018
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21 October
The 'Booniks' are 2 weeks old today and thriving. Taboo has loads of milk for the 7 of them and they are all as fat as mud. She is a fabulous mother and although she is spending time away from them, she cleans them and feeds them whenever she feels the need to.
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20 October
Today Julie with Samara and me with Joey went to the North Coast National Show at Lismore and I was thrilled when Joey was awarded Best Exhibit in Hound Group and then Best Junior in Show! Samara was Challenge Bitch and Runner Up Best of Breed. It was a very hot humid day so not very nice weather to show in but the dogs really behaved well. Joey and Samara are from the 'Chatternik' litter born in January this year from Chatter and Nikki and they are both developing so nicely.
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7 October
Our gorgeous girl from Solar and Tikki now living in Japan: "Summer is doing great, still growing slowly and now weighing 36kg. Hanging out in our garden. Daniela"
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7 October
All the TikNiks have gone to their new homes now and all have settled in very well. It is lovely when we get updated pics from time to time.
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September 2018
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29/30 September 1st October
Julie and I drove for 12 hours to Sydney for the annual Rhodesian Ridgeback Specialty show conducted by the RR Club Inc. This year the Club held 2 shows over the Saturday and Sunday instead of the usual 1 show and these were followed by the Hound Club of NSW show. There were over 100 Ridgebacks entered at the specialty shows and about 50 at the Hound Club which had a total entry of almost 300.
Our dogs behaved so well as usual and Chilolo Ridgebacks achieved the following amazingly consistent results:
Saturday under judge Ms Starr White from Canada:
Holly - Challenge Bitch and BEST IN SHOW
Joey - Reserve Challenge Dog and Best Puppy In Show
Ranger with Stephen Gleeson from Western Australia - 3rd place Intermediate Dog
Tao with Karen Spark - Best Gaited Dog
Nikki - 2nd Open Dog
Cooper with Andrew Ferguson - 2nd Veteran Dog and 3rd Open Dog
Samara - 2nd Minor Puppy Bitch
Kali - 2nd Bred By Exhibitor Class
Ditto - 2nd Open Bitch
Sunday under judge Mr Henk Salm from the Netherlands
Cooper - Challenge Dog and RUNNER UP BEST IN SHOW and Best Gaited Dog
Joey - 3rd Puppy Dog
Ranger - 2nd place Intermediate Dog
Tao w\- 3rd Australian Bred Dog
Nikki - 3rd Open Dog
Holly - 3rd Australian Bitch
Kali - 2nd Bred By Exhibitor Class
Nikki was awarded the prestigious Sire's Progeny Class which I was thrilled with!
Chilolo - 2nd Most Successful Breeder
Monday under judge Mr Russell McFaddern from USA
Tao - Challenge Dog & BEST OF BREED and selected to the final 8 for Best In show
Joey - 1st Puppy Dog
Ranger - 1st Intermediate Dog
Cooper - 1st Open Dog
Nikki - 2nd Open Dog
Samara - 2nd Minor Bitch
Ditto - 3rd Intermediate Bitch
Holly - 1st Australian Bred Bitch and Reserve Challenge Bitch
Kali - 3rd Open Bitch
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23 September
While I was away judging at Coffs Harbour, Julie took Solar and Samara to the Advance International shows in Brisbane where Solar was Best of Breed and Samara was Best Minor Puppy (6-9 months) in Hound Group under a panel of international judges.
14/15/16 September
Julie took Solar and Samara to Beenleigh and had a very successful day on 15th with Solar taking out Best In Hound Group and Samara was awarded Challenge Bitch. Julie followed up the next day at Allora taking out Best of Breed and Runner Up In Hound Group with Solar. Way to go Julie and Solar.
Nikki, Joey and I went to Allora KC on 14th and 15th with Nikki taking Best of Breed both days and Joey taking Reserve Challenge and Best Puppy In Show on 15th. Very happy with those results.
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12 September
Sometimes people ask if ridgebacks are good family dogs and good with children.
They are a triple purpose dog - developed originally for guarding, hunting and as a family companion. Over the years, and with them being bred now in a very different environment to their original home area of Rhodesia and South Africa, the temperaments have softened.
The majority of our puppies are sold as family pet/companions so temperament to us has always been of paramount importance. This photo was sent to me by Victoria and Gregg from the Gold Coast whose daughter, Imogen, who is about 2.5 years old with Zara who is from our Nala - Makani litter born in June 2014. Best of friends!
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11 September
A friend posted this photo on facebook yesterday and was happy for me to share it on my web site. It shows her daughter, Imogen, taking Zara for a walk. Zara is from our Nala - Makani litter born in June 2014
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10 September
Here are a couple of funny pics.
Ditto has mashed potato on her nose and is not sure what to do about it. Saxa, who lives in Sydney, obviously raided the rubbish bin during the night and the lid has got stuck on her neck. Our Ridgebacks have such fabulous personalities!
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8/9 September
What a great weekend in the showring!!
In Perth, Stephen and Ranger were awarded Best of Breed which gave Ranger his Australian Champion title. Ranger is Stephen's first male RR and his first confirmation champion so congratulations Stephen! Great work!
In Canberra Helen with Gaia (sired by our Nikki) gained an 8 point Challenge and Runner Up Best of Breed so she is about half way to her title and only such a baby at about 7.5 months of age.
In Brisbane the 'Chatterniks' made their presence felt with Julie and Samara taking a 12 point Best of Breed on Saturdan and Samara's litter brother, Joe Cool, taking 3 x Reserve Challenges to his dad, Nikki. Nikki was Best of Breed at 2 shows and R/U Best of Breed at the third one. He now has over 700 points so is well on his way to his Supreme/Grand champion title.
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7 September
The 'Tikniks' continue to thrive and develop and are now 7 weeks of age. A friend, Shelley, came to visit a few days ago and the puppies loved her visit. So funny! They were vet checked, vaccinated and microchipped at 6 weeks and all passed with flying colors. They are such a sweet litter - full of personality but very responsive and very cuddly! I will miss them when they start going to their new homes this coming weekend at 8 weeks.
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6 September
Some photos from Japan where Summer is living very happily Daniela and her family. Summer is from our Tikki - Solar litter born November 2017 and is really enjoying her life there.
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August 2018
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August
We ventured down to south west New South Wales for a couple of weeks this month. I was judging for 3 days so I drove down with Joey and Nik and we did some shows. There is a 2 week show circuit every year and I have been trying to get there for years and this year we made it. So glad we did as we had some super results.
On 10th Nikki was awarded Best In Group, on 15th he was awarded Best Open In Show and then Joey beat him at the next two shows!! On 18th Joey was awarded 1st in Puppy Sweepstakes, Best In Group and Puppy In Show and the following day he was Runner Up In Group and Puppy in Show again. Amazing results for such a young puppy. It was lovely to meet Helen with Gaia (Joey's half sister sired by Nikki) and to see Gaia take out several Minor Puppy In Group awards. She is so pretty. We had Joey and Gaia in a pen together and they got bored so had some some tearing up the bedding but they both look so innocent!
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26 August
At the "All Dogs Spectacular" Show in Brisbane today, our dogs continue to do us proud. Because Julie had stitches in her leg, I got to handle Samara and she was awarded Reserve Challenge Bitch and Best Minor Puppy In Group. Joey was Reserve Challenge Dog and Nikki was Challenge Dog.
25 August
On 20 July Tikki produced her final litter of 12 healthy puppies today. All with ridges and all very fat! The sire is Nikki so we have called this litter the "Tikniks". The Tikniks re now 5 weeks old and growing rapidly. They are on solid food and all doing well although their tables manners leave a bit to be desired!
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July 2018
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This is an advertisement from the official Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of US. Barbara Sawyer-Brown breeds under the prefix of "Kwetu" and is one of the most successful breeder/exhibitor/judges in the USA. "Kwetu" RRs have won an amazing number of Best In Show awards at All Breeds and Ridgeback Specialty shows over the past 50+ years that Barbara has been involved. We were so lucky to have been able to purchase Herc (Am/Aust Ch Hercules of Parnassus) a few years ago. Herc was sired by BIS/BISS Kwetu Mahubah's Fair Play and is strongly bred to Kwetu lines and produced some lovely dogs for us here in Australia. Congratulations Barbara!
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10 July
I think Tikki is pregnant!! She is due at the end of this month and her babies are sired by Nikki so they should be lovely happy babies. This will be her last litter.
6/7/8 July
Had a lovely weekend showing and judging. Holly, Nikki and Joey showed under a panel of international judges in Brisbane on each day and I judged at Dayboro on Saturday morning. Joey took out a Best Baby Puppy in the Hound Group, Holly was Runner Up In Hound Group handled by Julie on Saturday and Best Intermediate in Hound Group on Sunday as well as Runner Up Best in Group at the Open Show on Sunday and Nikki took Challenge every day.
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3 July
Lovely photo of one of our 'Chatternik' babies having a cuddle with Jodi.
Summer Rose is 5 months old and nearly too big for this sort of cuddle!!
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June 2018
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28 June
I received this sad email today
" Hi Rosemary, It was about 9 years ago an 18-month-old Rusty came to live with us on our property at Camp Mountain. Although I never sent any updates or photos of how Rusty was going I feel it is appropriate to send one now.
Rusty passed away on Friday the 22nd of June, almost 5 weeks prior to this he had a mass removed from his abdomen and was castrated as he also had a tumour in a testicle. He never recovered, and it was time to say good bye after what seemed like a long battle to keep him.
In the preceding 9 years Rusty visited Melbourne several times, got dumped by a wave in Port Maquarie, visited many beaches between Byron Bay and Noosa. For a dog that did not like swimming we went to a lot of beaches, mainly due to our other ridgeback Shumba who you couldn't keep out of the water. At one stage we were taking the dogs to Sandgate beach every weekend, after a run around together Shumba would go for a swim and chase kite surfers and Rusty would socialise.
He would bounce up to people and their dogs with a big smile, have a sniff get a pat and move on to the next. All though you may not believe it he turned into an indoor dog, as I work away a lot he would take my place in bed and sleep with his head on one pillow and his backside on the other with the doona over him, he also shared the lounge with Shumba in the evening.
Rusty was the most gentle and lovable dog I have ever known and was my two-year-old daughters best friend. I hope that one day we may have another ridgeback that comes close to Rusty.
Regards, Daniel"
Rusty was from a litter of 14 puppies born on 11 February 2008 from Whisper and Cracker. He was a lovely dog with a super personality. Rusty was a natural born showman and one of the youngest RRs in Australia to win a Best In Specialty Show which he did in Adelaide in November 2008 at the age of 9 months under an American judge. Thank you Daniel for giving him such a lovely home.
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20 June
Last weekend we had a very successful weekend of shows in Brisbane. The Chatterniks - Joey and Samara - did us very proud. Samara was awarded Best Baby Puppy In Group on Sunday and Joey was awarded Best Baby Puppy In Show on Saturday. They are both sired by Nikki who was Best of Breed at 2 of the 3 shows and Chatter is their mum. Both these babies have wonderful temperaments and are so much fun to show.
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9 June
Today was the Queensland Rhodesian Ridgeback Specialty show in Brisbane with a breeder/judge from Ireland, Mr Eddie Patterson. We had a super day with the following results:
Reserve Challenge Dog and Best Head Dog: Nikki
Reserve Challenge Bitch and Runner Up Best In Show: Holly
Best Baby Puppy In Show: Joey
Best Opposite Baby Puppy In Show: Samara owned and handled by Julie
3rd Open Bitch Class: Kali
Most Successful Breeder: Chilolo
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1st / 2nd June
Great weekend of showing in Queensland and Western Australia. In Perth Stephen and Ranger were awarded Best of Breed and Best Junior In Hound Group on Saturday. Well done Steve and Ranger!! Nik and I were awarded Best In Hound Group on Friday 1st and again on Saturday so we are very pleased with those results. This Best in Group win is number 10 for Nikki which is an amazing result given he has only been shown a few times.
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May 2018
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20 May
Sad news from Donna Cooper today that her girl, Jessica, has passed away at the age of 11 ½ years of age. It is always so sad to say that final goodbye but thank Donna and family for giving Jessica such a lovely home.
RIP my beautiful girl, Jessica (7/01/07 - 20/5/18). Daughter of Hercules & Beansie. My best friend & special girl. Such a beautiful soul. Thank you Rosemary Green for entrusting her to us.
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Easter Weekend
We had the most amazing Easter weekend of shows in Bundaberg under a panel of international judges. Nik was awarded Runner Up Best in Group on Friday and Saturday morning then Best In Group on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning and Reserve Best in Show on Sunday. Ditto was Challenge Bitch on Sunday just to top it off! Some lovely comments from the judges and other exhibitors on Nikki. We just love him!
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26/27 May
At Esk Show and Maryborough KC shows over the weekend, Nik and his son Joey, had a great weekend with Nik taking out 3 x Best of Breed, 2 x Runner Up In Group awards and 1 x Best Open in Group. Joey made his debut into the showring and was awarded 1st Place in the All Breeds Baby Puppy Sweepstakes class and 2 x Best Baby Puppy In Show!! What an amazing debut and he was so well behaved.
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Sunday 27 May
Today in Perth Steve and Ranger (Chilolo IS White Lion Ranger) was awarded Best Junior In Group so well done Steve and Ranger.
8 May
Lovely pic received from Rene in Sydney of Harry with Rene's son helping out on the farm. Harry is from our Tikki - Chukkie litter.
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April 2018
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2 April
Gorgeous pic of Julie's father, who has been blind for many many years, with Samara (Chatter/Nikki) who visited a few days ago. Julie's dad has not been well and Samara seemed to sense his condition and was happy to sleep in his arms.
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March 2018
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8 March
Last month we sent one of the Tikki/Solar puppies to a lovely European family in Japan. We received this lovely email today:
"Dear Rosemary, Just wanted to send you a little update on 'Summer' who's doing very well and growing beautifully, now at 17kg. She had her rabies vaccination last Friday and a little check up and all was good. She has been the most amazing addition to our family and it is true that we choose a Rhodesian because of the great characteristics but she is even better than I could have ever imagined.
She's got the sweetest nature you could imagine. Loving every person, especially children and dogs that she meets, may it be on the street or at home. Luckily winter didn't last that long and warm, sunny spring days seem to have come to stay.
'Summer' is happy as she never cared much for the cold and has found her favourite spot on the deck of our garden where she can spend hours chilling in the sun when she's not busy running around chasing a ball.
She immensely enjoys her walks in the park which has great forest trails where she chases birds and picks sticks and on the weekends it gets filled up with people and excitement. She wants to greet every dog she meets but to her disappointment, not every dog is likeminded. Please see attached photos of this gorgeous young lady!
Warm regards, Daniela"
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6 March
The 'chatterniks' (Chatter/Nikki puppies) turned 7 weeks old today. They are all thriving and developing very quickly.
5 March
Over the weekend at Casino KC shows held at Kyogle, Nikki was awarded Best of Breed and Best Exhibit in Hound Group on Saturday and BOB & Runner Up In Hound Group on Sunday. Not to be forgotten, Ditto was Challenge Bitch both days and RUBOB to Nikki on Sunday. Both of them went so well despite the oppressive heat and humidity.
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3 March
Another lovely email from a Sophie in Brisbane who has Scout. Scout is from our Tikki/Solar litter born 2 November last year:
"Dear Rosemary - Scout has won the hearts of everyone and graduated her Puppy Preschool. we are going to take her to the next round of lessons in a few weeks.
She is soft and loving but also cheeky and playful! And very beautiful!
Would you mind letting us know where in Brisbane her other siblings are?
Thanks Sophie"
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February 2018
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3 February
Chatter's puppies by Nik - the 'Chatterniks' - continue to grow and develop. They are 2.5 weeks of age now and had their first solid food today. More pics on our 'Current Litter' page.
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January 2018
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Tuesday 30 January
In 2013 we sent Trapper to Jo and her family in the UK. Trapper is from our Sorrento - Chukkie litter and Jo bred Chukkie's father so she wanted his bloodlines again. Trapper has been diagnosed with tetanus which is very unusual for a dog as they are relatively resistant to tetanus toxins. Fingers crossed that Trapper pulls through this awful infection.
Monday
Royal Vet College phoned last night to say there has been no change - no better, no worse. They decided not to administer the anti-toxin as it would likely make him MUCH worse (and can also have side effects) so at the moment he is still under observations. It is unusual for dogs to contract tetanus.
The vet has only seen 3 cases in 36 years, the Royal Vet College has had 53 cases in 12 years. Trapper has been tested for strychnine poisoning which causes similar symptoms, but he is clear. They cannot do blood tests for tetanus to formally diagnose it and can only observe the symptoms. He is on metronidazole and now it is a matter of waiting. If he remains the same, he will be released in 2-3 days and then has to be kept in a quiet and stress free environment.
Saturday
Trapper has got tetanus. He cut his paw badly just before Christmas and had to have stitches but it all healed up fine. He's been out of sorts for about ten days - a bit fidgety, couldn't settle anywhere, seemed uncomfortable. Seemed to have conjunctivitis last weekend. He had sore eyes, his third eyelid was very obvious. We noticed on Tuesday that he wasn't able to catch treats, didn't seem to be seeing properly. He started to whine for no apparent reason most of the time. His tail set changed. Then his walk changed. We thought he'd had a stroke, as did the vet.
I then noticed that he wasn't breathing properly and his tongue was protruding and slightly blue. They admitted him Wednesday evening and administered antibiotics, but not the anti-toxin as it can cause other problems. He's not out of the woods by a long shot but his facial expression has relaxed quite a bit and the tail is in a better place. It's all been very scary.
Trapper came home Saturday morning, but had two seizures in the afternoon, so was admitted to intensive care at the Royal Vet College. He is stable and under observation. They decided not to administer anti-toxin as it would likely make him worse and can have unpleasant side effects. So now we watch and wait
29 January
Thankfully 'Summer' continues to settle in well in Tokyo. It is always a worry sending a puppy overseas. I received this email from Daniela today
"Hello Rosemary, Sorry, I received your mail today and this has been in my draft for the last couple of days as I never seemed to get the time to finish it up! It's a busy house hold these days but things are going really well. We ended up sticking with "Summer", it really suits her and we finally all agreed.
First night went pretty smoothly. She happily went into her crate and fell asleep without any fuss (we got a nice big wood crate for her) She typically wakes up once a night to go for a wee and then sleeps until 6.30-7. I'm surprised how well she's adapting.
House training is also on track with very rare accidents inside. Initially she wasn't so keen on stepping out in the garden because of the cold but she seem to have gotten used to it now and when we go out for a walk I always put her sweater on. They say it hasn't been this cold in Japan for the last 40 years so go figure! She's been exploring in the park, making lots of new friends and she walks incredibly well on a leash.
She learns so quickly and is not afraid of anything. My friend came to see us with her golden retriever, Daisy yesterday and they had their first play date. What a success, they both loved each other! We had our first session with a dog trainer on Sunday with great success. He was surprised with how clever she is and she really enjoyed the session. We all took part end learned lots.
Thank you for telling me about the pork, we ate it ourselves! She's not a fussy eater at all and seem to be happy with anything I put in front of her. She even eats whole little fish, great for omega 3 and loves the roo. Sometimes I even add some wild blueberries. I keep giving her chicken wings as she was already used to getting those.
She seem to be chewing them quite well now as supposed to when she was so hungry after the long journey. The BARF diet definitely makes a lot of sense so will stick with it. She'll have her second vaccination on Wednesday and rabies shot in March to follow the Japanese calendar. Summer is an absolutely amazing dog and we are all completely in love with her!! My husband had a very hard time leaving on his business trip this morning as he didn't want to be away from her.
Warmest regards, Daniela and family"
26 January
An Australia Day swim for Heini! Heini lives with Ben and Lesley in Brisbane and he is from our Kimba - Enya litter born January 2011.
24 January
The end of a very long journey for our little orange ribbon puppy from Tikki and Solar. She arrived in Japan today to live with Daniela and Heinrik and their family and we have all been anxious that she made the long journey with no problems.
Thankfully I received this message from Daniela " Hello Rosemary, We got home around midday and everything went smoothly. She was lying in my lap on the way home and hasn't stopped playing and kissing us since we got back. She's extremely affectionate. We took her to the garden and she absolutely loved the snow! She made her business outside and has already learned the command sit! Our daughter Bianca is home sick today so they've already had their cuddles. ;)
She seems to have already forgotten the ordeal of her long travel and exploring her new home. Is it ok to give her a big raw bone (has been previously frozen) to pass time with?
Will send more updates soon. All the best, Daniela "
Many thanks to Michael Davis at Dogtainers, Sydney for once again providing such a reliable service, organising flights and making sure all the export/import paperwork was correct for this puppy.
24 January
Lovely to get updates on puppies we have sold. This is Ember sharing the bed with Josie in Perth. Ember is from our Tikki - Chukkie litter born November 2015. Glad to see she is not being spoilt much!!
21 January
This is Matt and Billi having fun in the sun in Western Australia. Billi is from our Tessa and Solar litter born 14 July 2017.
21 January
A few weeks ago Kirsten sent this pic of Roxy who is from Minty and Cracker litter born June 2014. Love getting messages from people with our puppies!
" Hi Rosemary, Hope you're well. Here's a picture of Roxy. She's a bit spoilt! Kirsten"
20 January
How cute is this little boy, Ares, who lives with Luisa and Ben in Cairns? I think he has just been naughty and chewed something he should not chew but with that look, he will never get into trouble! Ares is from our Tikki and Solar litter.
20 January
Received this email and pics today from another happy puppy buyer. Sophie and her family bought a girl from Solar and Tikki who has 3 crowns on her ridge and this is Sophie's email
" Dear Rosemary, Scout has had a very busy week and has settled perfectly into our family. She's the favourite with all the 2 legged members and starting to make some headway with the 4 legged! Have attached a few photos- her first trip to the beach today was very cute! Thanks again for our lovely girl. Sophie"
16 January
Today Chatter had 11 gorgeous puppies to Nikki. These are the first Nikki puppies in Australia and indeed the first ridgeback litter in Australia to be sired by a Russian imported dog so we are very excited to see how these babies grow and develop.
Chatter had the puppies by herself with no veterinary intervention and the puppies were born strong and fat. She has plenty of milk for them and has settled down very well.
10 January
Nikki's half brother (both sired by Atuin) wins Runner Up Best in Show in Italy at a big International show last weekend. Congratulations to his breeder and handler!
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8 January
Just before Christmas I received this email and pic from Helen in Perth who has one of Trio's litter sisters, Ellie.
Helen says "Hi Rosemary I thought I'd send you some recent pics of Ellie (Trio's littermate). She continues to be a lovely and gentle natured friend. Lately I've noticed she is going grey, but she is still frisky and healthy. I'm considering maybe getting an understudy soon, before she gets too old to put up with a puppy. Do you have any comments to make? Are there any dominance issues or other concerns with having an old dog and a younger female? I would appreciate any advice you may have. Happy Christmas, Helen"
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2 January
Tamara and her family bought Flo from our Solar and Image litter born March 2015. Tamara says " Hi Rosemary I hope you are well! Flo has grown into an absolutely beautiful and loving girl - she turns 3 next year. She stayed at my Mum and Dad's for three months while we were OS earlier this year, and loved the company if their dogs. With that in mind, we are thinking of getting another puppy in 2018. Can you please keep up informed of any litters coming? Best wishes, Tamara"
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7 January
Today 11 years ago another Herc litter was born, this time to Beansy. We kept Martini from this litter and she is still very fit and healthy.
1 January 2018
Today 11 years ago one of our Herc litters was born to Ripple. There were
11 puppies in the litter, we kept Minty who went on to an awesome show career and is still going strong and this email was received from Alexis and Marco and their family who have Minty's sister: " Hi Rosemary, Hope this finds you well! We are heading up to Brisbane today and just thought I would drop you a line! 11 years on and Ziva is still going strong ;) the little runt of the litter w the broken tail - she is one beautiful girl ;) We just came back from a leisurely holiday in Bermagui which she loves as she can sleep in the sun on the grass for hours on end! We don't have grass at home .... Agh She is a little lame in her front leg but looking into it w various Vets but none who can pinpoint what it is ... Hope your all well and thank you for providing us with our first baby - 3 kids after her X Warm Regards Alexis, Marco & the kids X "
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