My bitch Holly had been mated to a U.S. import and there were only 3 pups this time all reds 2 dogs and a tiny bitch looked like 2 rats and a mouse but with a lot of help she made it. One of the boys was the best. My husband fell for him, so Crosby stayed. He was the first to carry my Diceulon affix ( named after a mark on Holly's neck-a white square with a big red spot in the centre-Number one dice). He was called Diceulon High Society, but at 18 months he started to have convulsions. We had to say our goodbyes at 2 1/2 years. It broke my heart! Thankfully, he was never bred from. I would not risk mating Holly again , So after a full vets check up we mated Pippa one more time to Alisa Argosy of Rahdervons (son of Gremlin Summer Storm). With a selected C section she had 8 pups but a flashy red boy went into shock after having his tail and dew claw off ( this was the last time I had them cut off-banded tails after this time). Well we kept 2 bitches this time , Tiffany and Carla. Tiffany was mated to Tyegarth Famous Grouse but at 7 weeks she aborted she was so ill I nearly lost her. We went back with her sister to use Grouse again but by this time he was very ill so we used Tyegarth Boski we had 8 pups , and we ran on Leah, Diceulon Migh Jon and Laura, Diceulon Go For Broke who was the foundation bitch for the Mulbrae kennels.
Going back to losing Crosby just before Christmas in 1987. A few weeks later my friend when reading Dog World saw an advertisement for a top winning young dog. I was the first to ring up and the 4 legged love of my life came home he was Feardorn Front page Story just under 2 years old- my Biggles. In his first litter he sired here with me I kept The Gossip Column of Diceulon (Amy), and the next year, Welitz A Bed Time Story for Diceulon (Thomas). Both of them did a lot of winning for me at the breed level. These dogsare all behind my boxers of today |
