| 1981 |
Gemma was in fact our second Golden. She
was bred by Peggy Robertson from Sh Ch Stolford Likely Lad and Anstrome Aurora of Stolford.
Our first Golden was Gemma's half sister 'Sheena', (Mortlach Golden Joy) who we
had to re-home when she was 18 months old. |
'Gemma'
Stolford Kalico (1981 - 1993) |
| 1994 |
We moved home from Cambridgeshire to Hampshire enjoying the walks and fun that a pet
Golden gives. After Gemma died we
were without Goldens for almost six months - but we missed having a Golden
Retriever around -
a visit to Crufts in '94 gave us the impetus to start again. We had spent
hours with the catalogue scrutinising every exhibit and making copious notes,
after further research we knew the type and lines we wanted and we ended up with
our two Shinehill boys. |
Harry and Quillan being 'collected' in 1994 |
| 1995 |
We had promised Liz Keene that we would give showing 'a go',
which we did and soon were hooked, our two lovely boys gave us uncountable
pleasure, in and out of the ring. |
Quillan
steadily made his way in the show ring - winning BPIS at Southampton
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| 1996 |
Moving to the Somerset Levels and wanting to breed from Quillan meant we began
looking for a bitch. We quickly followed up the lead
given by Jenny Frankland- Burton when she told us that Margaret Chapman's bitch,
a Cloud daughter, had just been mated to 'Storm' (now Ch Purbarn Xtra
Thunderstorm). We quickly placed our order and were thrilled to get
'Sassie' who was to become our foundation bitch. |
'Sassie' at 8 weeks
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| 1999 |
In 1999 we mated Quillan and Sassie and produced 7 beautiful
puppies, two bitches and five dogs. We kept Sofie and Wink and, at the age
of 10 weeks, they moved with us to Ireland where we are fortunate to have
been able to retire. |
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| 2002 |
Early in 2002 we decided to mate Sofie we knew what we
wanted from a stud dog and having decided on Amberland Ajax we travelled to
England and successfully mated Sofie. In April of that year Sofie
whelped seven lovely puppies three dogs and four bitches. Two of the
bitches went to show homes and we are thrilled to see them regularly with
one (Riverdance Spring Azalea) having already won a Reserve Green
Star. We kept Jim and Lulu and added Jack who we took back after 6
months - this brought our kennel to its current level of eight!
Ajax was bred and is owned by Pat Arnold, his temperament and
character, much of it inherited from Muskan Most Likely (Cloud), is
testimony to the Amberland kennel.
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GB Sh Ch Amberland Ajax
(Muskan Most Likely x Amberland Amaneta) |
| 2003 |
During the 2003 Munster Circuit we were thrilled when 'Jim' Riverdance
Saxon Archer won the Junior Dog
class at the Limerick Championship Show,
the photo above shows him in the dog challenge where
Sh Ch Gunhills Blue
River won the Green Star and acquired his Irish title. |
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| 2007 |
Caroline Brouder who has the Oburde kennel and
had one of Sofie's puppies - Ellie bred from her and kept a bitch Donna who
in turn was mated to Ronjalee Ragamuffin at Motlaisa JW`the photo below
shows five generations brought together for the photo call. |
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In early
November after a sudden and very short illness we had to say good-bye to our
darling Sassie - she was not only a great character but was the most
affectionate and loyal girl - the void left by her in the kennel will
never be filled - God Bless our Giant Princess! |
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| 2008 |
The year didn't start too well for our kennel, we lost
poor old Harry almost at his fourteenth birthday on 28th January.
He had had his life and lived it to the full, from his early days in
Hampshire and then in Somerset he now rests alongside his pal Sassie
under the apple tree in Glenbeigh County Kerry. Run free Harry -
'run Harry run'! |
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The winter of 2007-2008 was a sad
time losing Sassie in November, Harry
in late January and then the day after Quillan's fourteenth birthday which
he had celebrated by going to his favourite walk with his two daughters
he suffered a series of heart attacks finally dying six days later. He
now
rests alongside his brother Harry and his wife Sassie. Sweet dreams
our
beautiful boy.
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On a much
brighter note we decided to mate our Amberland Aden daughter to GB Sh Ch
Shardanell All That Jazz and in November Delia gave us a lovely litter of
six puppies. We were always going to keep a boy but we were unable to
decide which one to keep so we kept two Kirk and Max |
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| 2009 |
All of the puppies were found wonderful homes
and the New Year saw
the Riverdance kennel at eight strong! Here are three
boys going mad in the garden - Max, Kirk and Neb who belongs to Pat's
brother. |
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