Highs and Lows
15/12/09 21:03 Filed in: Kennel News
I have had an emotional roller coaster of a week, firstly I took two old dears to the vets, they were both the same age (10 1/2) and have had some of their pups born, bred and raced here with us. Weirdly they both had the same thing wrong with them, cancer.
Fancy (Kilcannon Fancy) has it visible under her tummy while Ka (Coomlagane Ka) had it higher up inside her groin. Ka had began loosing weight but was still eating well and appeared to be herself, we did the usual things like worming checked her motions and temprature but all seemed ok yet still her weight was dropping off.
On the Sunday her owners came over from Huddersfield to see her and I raised my concerns with them and decided to see the vet. The next day Fancy was laying on her bed legs in the air when we saw her cluster of lumps. The appointment was made and the diagnosis was cancer.
I brought them both home to make them comforable and keep a close eye on them but unfortunately it was to be only a couple of days before Ka deteriorated badly and I took her back to the vets to end any suffering.
I can not explain how much it upset me to do this and then to ring her owners up (Trevor & Maurren Kaye) and tell them and it still does she was an absolute darling in all the time we had her not once did she ever bark or fall out with her mate or neighbour.
Fancy is still with us she is eating well and happy enjoying all the extra treats, bless her.
Tipi (Footfield Stocks who belongs to Dave & I together with Fuz & Val Farrow) had her pups she started very early in the morning and had three, two females one male It is her first litter and she seemed to be coping really well and the pups all seemed fine, however Tippi was not producing milk properly .
We had another visit to the vets & thankfully after an injection all is now ok and the pups are thriving.
Due to a contact of David & Pam Allmarks we were very pleased and excited to welcome a new arrival last Thursday, an August 09 bitch pup out of Farloe Oyster x Droopys Scolari Royalty no less. We are calling her Dunham Queen (Queenie) we might race her but her future is to be having plenty of pups, fingers crossed she throws some offspring like her mother has, time will tell.
We are very grateful not only to get this opportunity to acquire such outstanding breeding but also to David & Pam who have purchased a half share together with myself and Dave.
Fancy (Kilcannon Fancy) has it visible under her tummy while Ka (Coomlagane Ka) had it higher up inside her groin. Ka had began loosing weight but was still eating well and appeared to be herself, we did the usual things like worming checked her motions and temprature but all seemed ok yet still her weight was dropping off.
On the Sunday her owners came over from Huddersfield to see her and I raised my concerns with them and decided to see the vet. The next day Fancy was laying on her bed legs in the air when we saw her cluster of lumps. The appointment was made and the diagnosis was cancer.
I brought them both home to make them comforable and keep a close eye on them but unfortunately it was to be only a couple of days before Ka deteriorated badly and I took her back to the vets to end any suffering.
I can not explain how much it upset me to do this and then to ring her owners up (Trevor & Maurren Kaye) and tell them and it still does she was an absolute darling in all the time we had her not once did she ever bark or fall out with her mate or neighbour.
Fancy is still with us she is eating well and happy enjoying all the extra treats, bless her.
Tipi (Footfield Stocks who belongs to Dave & I together with Fuz & Val Farrow) had her pups she started very early in the morning and had three, two females one male It is her first litter and she seemed to be coping really well and the pups all seemed fine, however Tippi was not producing milk properly .
We had another visit to the vets & thankfully after an injection all is now ok and the pups are thriving.
Due to a contact of David & Pam Allmarks we were very pleased and excited to welcome a new arrival last Thursday, an August 09 bitch pup out of Farloe Oyster x Droopys Scolari Royalty no less. We are calling her Dunham Queen (Queenie) we might race her but her future is to be having plenty of pups, fingers crossed she throws some offspring like her mother has, time will tell.
We are very grateful not only to get this opportunity to acquire such outstanding breeding but also to David & Pam who have purchased a half share together with myself and Dave.
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