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Delia |
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This is Delia doing her favourite thing - digging in the dunes at Rossbeigh Strand, County Kerry - Oh and another favourite occupation is chasing the rabbits! |
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Lulu's Snow Roll!! |
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'Riverdance Sugared Almond' enjoying herself in the rare Kerry snow that fell in January 2010 |
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Bree reposing in Kerry |
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This is Riverdance Dolly Mixture who stayed with us whilst her owners went to Portugal, she was sweet and gentle girl who could easily hold her own whilst messing with her two larger brothers. Hope she can come again as we all loved having her. |
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Kirk and Max with Pat |
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Kirk and Max's first shows were on the 2nd and 3rd of May, we stayed in our caravan at Cashel, the castle can be seen in the background. |
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Weisford Time To Deliver |
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This is Reggie now aged 8 weeks, lovely head and great bone - he looks very promising seen here with his mistress Katherina Savage. |
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Kirk and Max - looking for trouble? |
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The two boys at rest for a moment before renewing their madness on the local beach! |
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Kirk Enjoying His Walk |
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Picture shows Kirk aged six months having a silly run on his local beach. |
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Caoimhe with her two new kennel mates |
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A lovely photograph of Caoimhe and her two puppies aged six weeks that will be staying at Weisford. On the right is Reggie (Weisford Time to Deliver) and his sister (Weisford Sugar Plum Fairy).
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Caoimhe's March 09 Litter |
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Caoimhe aka Riverdance Spring Azalea at Weisford owned by Katherina Savage photographed with her seven puppies only days old. Caoimhe was mated to Teddie - GB Ch Trewater Made to Measure JW |
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Florence |
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This is Florence, one of Lulu's puppies owned by Gerard and Charmian Monen |
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Quillan & Sassie's Great Great Grandchildren |
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Photo shows 'Donna' with her six pups born on the 10th August 2007 it is hoped to get a photo of Quillan, Sassie and great grandmother Sofie, grandmother Ellie together with Donna and her pups, five generations of our line. |
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Delia in Woods |
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This is Delia enjoying a change of scene running in woods in County Waterford - May 2007 |
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Luca and Annie |
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Photo taken of Lulu's puppies Luca and Annie in February 2007. Luca and Annie are proudly owned by Mark and Michelle Sheehan and are lucky to live near the beach in County Waterford where they enjoy daily walks. |
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Pat with brother Richard and the Riverdance Nine |
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Photo taken in January 2007 showing the Riverdance gang from left to right - Harry, Sassie, Jack, Jim, Lulu, Delia, Wink with Quillan and Sofie lying. |
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Ollie on Cornish Beach December 06 |
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This is Ollie (Riverdance Star Quality) enjoying what all Riverdance dogs love doing - messing about in the water! |
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Sisters Reunited |
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In September we looked after two of Delia's sisters for a month. Here Florence and Annie are on the left and right of Delia. All three girls thoroughly enjoyed the visit and the constant play they were all exhausted by the end of the day. |
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Holiday Time |
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This is Lulu, Delia, Jack and Jim enjoying Brandon Beach on the Dingle Peninsula in early September 2006 |
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"Charlie" |
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Weisford Charlies Chocolate Factory at six months (Riverdance Spring Azalea at Weisford x Purbarn Gales N Golden Rain) seen winning Puppy Dog Class at Clonmel where he went on to Puppy Group 4. He had a great Circuit winning three classes out of four shows entered. |
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Heather with 'My Little Friend Delia' |
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This is Heather Jinx aged four from Coventry with 'her little friend Delia', they were inseparable during her visit to Kerry in July 2006 |
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GB Sh Ch Amberland Ajax |
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Ajax was chosen to mate with Sofie and that resulted in seven beautiful puppies born in 2002, we kept Jim and Lulu and after 6 months Jack also re-joined the Riverdance pack. |
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Amberland Aden |
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We used Aden to mate with Lulu, this resulted in eight puppies born early in 2006. From this litter we have kept Delia - Riverdance Liquorice Allsort. |
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Riverdance Showery April |
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Ellie is owned and loved by Caroline Brouder and is shown here in Feb 2005 with a lovely litter of nine puppies sired by Ir Sh Ch Jackralee Tweed at Sandwood. |
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Munster Circuit 2004 |
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The dog challenge at the Circuit's Limerick Championship Show where Jim won the Junior Dog Class, seen in the picture is GB Sh Ch Gunhills Blue River winning the Green Star that also gave him is Irish title. |
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Jack 'Riverdance Solar Apollo' |
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Photo shows Jack at 12 weeks just prior to him leaving for his new home - little did we know that he would return to permanently stay with us when he was 6 months of age. |
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'Lulu' the Fisherwoman! |
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Lulu likes nothing better to do than try to catch the fish that are found in our local estuary - there are salmon present - but she hasn't caught one - yet! |
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Ellie |
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A headshot of Ellie showing her beautiful features to full benefit. |
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Kidston Weeping Willow at Riverdance |
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Sassie is our foundation bitch. Here 8 week old Sassie is showing her determined character at an early age. |
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Riverdance Sorcerer's Apprentice |
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Sultan is owned and loved by our friends Gerard and Charmian Monen who live nearby - Sultan was joined in 2006 by Hector (Riverdance Larry Adler) and later in 2006 by Florence (Riverdance Lyrene Allstar) all three already are best of pals. |
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Riverdance Spring Azalea at Weisford |
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'Caomihe' is owned by Katherina Savage and lives near to Dublin, in February 2006 she whelped five puppies sired by Purbarn Gales n'Golden Rain. Katherina has kept a dog and a bitch and we look forward to meeting them in the showring in the future. |
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The Shinehill Boys |
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Harry (Shinehill Press Call at Riverdance) and Quillan (Shinehill Party Politics at Riverdance) joined us in 1994 and changed our lives forever. Here they are on the day we collected them from Liz and John Keene. |
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Quillan, Sassie and Harry |
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Reposing in 1998 in the hills of County Kerry. |
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Jim and Lulu |
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Shown here in 2002 aged 12 weeks. |
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Quillan |
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Photo shows Quillan on holiday on the Dingle Peninsula - three months before we decided to move to Ireland. |
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Best Puppy In Show |
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Aged ten months Quillan went Best Puppy In Show at the Southampton All Breeds Open show. |
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Wink and Sofie |
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Riverdance Semi Quaver and Riverdance String Quintet shown here at 10 weeks old. |
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Wink |
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Photo of Wink taken during our daily walk and swim at our local beach. |
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Happy Twelfth Birthday |
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Quillan and Harry were 12 years old on the 3rd March 2006, here they are seen with Pat and eight week old Delia. |
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Our Daily Walk |
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This is the daily walk for our girls and boys - miles of almost deserted sand along the estuary of the River Caragh, where we meet the occasional salmon fisherman, seals and otters |
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Hector at 14 weeks |
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Riverdance Larry Adler (owned by Gerard and Charmian Monen) showing good bone and outline. |
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Delia is a Water Baby |
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This is Delia at four months - becoming accustomed to the daily swim - or possibly 'paddle'! |
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Ollie Bristol's First Blood Donor |
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This is Ollie (Riverdance Star Quality) proudly owned by Richard and Sara Wood. Ollie's blood was given in a life saving operation in May 2006 to the Cocker Spaniel shown in the picture. A dog to be proud of - Well done Ollie!! |
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Sassie's Dad, Grandmother and Grandfather |
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Photo (courtesy of Brian Booth) shows Ch Purbarn Xtra Thunderstorm as a puppy with his parents. Sassie was in the first litter sired by Storm. |
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