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admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:53:59 +0000

Don’t forget to check out our sales blog!

Puppy Progress Report.

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:12:48 +0000

Remember to keep updated on the chocolate labrador retriever progress!

Thank you the boys are doing great.

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:37:09 +0000

We thought this would be a nice email to share with you all.

Good afternoon Philip

I thought I would leave it a few weeks before I gave you an update on Ross so that I would have lots to tell you.

You’ll be pleased to know that he settled in quickly and Basil and he get on very well – lots of play fighting followed by them snuggling up together in their outside area.Basil has only had to really assert himself once and that was when Ross decided to try and take Basil’s chew bone away from him and boy did Basil tear into him – Ross has not tried since !!

The boys sleep together downstairs (Ross in a large Lintran crate which I open when I come downstairs in the morning) and neither moves until I’m all kitted out for our 6.30 am walk – I then call them each by name with a good gap between names (Basil first) – Ross understands this and is very steady – at all our garden gates, field gates,the car crate and at feeding time I continue this practice and again Ross is very steady. He was a little sick when we left you but he’s been in the car every day since and is now fine.

During the first week I did very little retrieving work with Ross concerntrating more on sit / stay / heel / come. Sit, stay and heel were as expected good and have got even better (as Ross has bonded with me) – coming to name was a problem at first again because Ross did not know me, HOWEVER, I have spent alot of time on this and he now comes to me both by name and on the whistle even if he appears interested in something else !!

This week I started on hand signals and he is getting the hang of this – yesterday I buried a couple of tennis balls in long grass and with hand movements near the tennis balls and verbal commands “THERE” and “FIND IT” in an excited voice he watched Basil find the balls – so I tried it with him and he soon started to pick it up.

Today (with Basil) he achieved his first “BACK” commands having watched Basil – this was very rewarding and he really cottoned on quickly. I am currently doing all retrieving training with the dogs side by side and Ross is very steady – I’m mixing it up so that neither knows whos retrieve it will be. As a final retrieve today I launched two large dummies a long way into some really rough grass – Ross did a great job of finding his dummy as I thought he hadn’t marked it

I can also report that having delivered a retrieve back to me Ross now walks (with some encouragement) behind me and sits on my left hand side AND when walking both dogs on the lead Basil knows his place and that’s on the outside of Ross !!!

Ross and I have also been out on two occasions with other dogs – once with my friend Mark and his 1 year old Black lab dog where we used starting pistols with retrieves well away from our dogs and Ross did very well ; and secondly we attended a puppy training class with my trainer Dave Probert – this was all about steadiness and Dave actually used Ross for part of the demo on lead work and how a dog reacts to lead tension.Ross also came back to the recall whistle along a line of 8 other dogs without taking his eyes off me !!

Believe it or not, Basil has sharpened up his retrieving because there’s another dog in close proximity – result !!

All in all we are delighted with him ( puppy wappiness and all !!) – he comes into my TV room every night with Basil and usually falls asleep at or on my feet – Mandy just can’t believe how we have bonded.

Much of what I have written here is down to you and the time you spent with Ross and for this I am very grateful – be assured he is already much loved and will have a full and happy life with us here in Leicestershire – I have taken some photographs and will send them to you shortly.

I hope that you and your family are all well and that you continue to be busy. Keep in touch.

Best regards

Simon

A long awaited update!

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:08:51 +0000

At last after a busy shooting season, and hectic 2010, we have at last had chance to sit down and update you on the events to the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010. We have now set aside some time to try and keep you updated weekly on the events at Fallowfen Training Kennels.

We hope everyone had a fantastic end to 2009 and a great start to 2010, and hope you are all enjoying your 4 legged companions.

We are going to start by posting some photos of the offspring which have kindly been sent to us by the new owners from Flint our Golden Retriever stud dog.

Toller Puppies… Who are we?

admin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:05:21 +0000

Sorry for the delay in the next toller puppy fix! Unfortunately one of the male Toller puppies died on the first night so we now have 2 girls and 5 boys. We thought it would be nice to list each puppy so you can see their individual markings. There are 2 pictures of each puppy. Enjoy!

Two Young Labrador Bitches for sale.

admin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:07:42 +0000

Young Labradors ready for training, 2 black bitch’s available. Bold and intelligent. Keen retrievers and lead trained. They are kc reg and fully vaccinated. These will be fantastic workers or loyal companions. Can be trained on to your desired standard. Will make fantastic workers or family companions. Both parents hip and eye tested. Excellent working pedigree both grandfathers are I.G.L Championship winners. £450.00, please contact us direct if you require any further information.

Bear – New Toller Litter!

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:43:14 +0000

On Saturday the 26th July at 19.15 Bear went into labour, by 19.26 we had out first puppy. The next 3 were closely followed all easy births and healthy. After nearly an hours wait she produced her 5th and final puppy. Both bear and puppies are doing extremely well. Some puppies have white markings and a good deep colour.

The puppies were then weighed and sexed, they were a nice even weight throughout the litter and the final count were 4 bitches and 1 dog.

You can view the High Res photo’s at our FlickR Photostream here.

What a picture.

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:11:06 +0000

Bizley went for his portrait last week and just look at the out come. What a picture!

The artist has really captured Bizley’s fantastic looks and colouring. If you would like any information on the portrait or a portrait done please contact Helen Critchell on 07748 984536 or email helen on helen@eesox.com

Say hello to Kiara.

admin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:46:54 +0000

Welcome to Sophie and Kiara’s diary.

Hello my name is Sophie and I’m 14 years old and have recently acquired my first gun dog which is a yellow labrador retriever named Kiara. She is a dark yellow bitch which is why i called her Kiara as this means dark and is also a very pretty name.

I got Kiara from Gill Bell in Lincolnshire, Gill had given Kiara the best start in life as she’s fazed by nothing, very loving and socialable. Kiara’s kennel name is Toprosell Chestnut, her father is Field Trial Champion Boltonabbey Remus and her mother is Brunbois Alice Go Lightly owned by Gill and is better known as Kelly.

Here are some photos taking in our first few days.

Hip scoring.

admin — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:55:18 +0000

Hip scoring is a procedure used to determine the degree of hip dyplasia in dogs.The hip score is the sum of the points awarded for each of nine radiographic tures of both hip joints.The British Veterinary Association uses the following criteria to determine hip score:

Norberg Angle
Subluxation
Cranial Acetabular Edge
Dorsal Acetabular Edge
Cranial Effective Acetabular Rim
Acetabular Fossa
Caudal Acetabular Edge
Femoral Head \ Neck Exostosis
Femoral Head Recontouring

The lower the score, the less the degree of dysplasia present. The minimum (best) score for each hip is zero and the maximum (worst) is 53, giving a range for the total of 0 to 106.

To find out the average score of your breed click here.