27-12-2020 Christmas is over
and the New Year is upon us. Let's look back at the year 2020.
Actually we had nothing to complain about, two puppies from
Duffy's litter stayed at our home. Edda was mated and in February
there was a trip to Italy with our Bes, Duffy and Brogio,
actually to run the first official competitions with the young
dogs there. But Italy became completely under the spell of
corona, the matches were canceled one by one. Fortunately,
we could still use the beautiful fields and so we mainly hunted
and trained with our friends and dogs. In April Edda's litter
arrived, a whole soccer team was born, for us a big present.
The corona shit passed by without harming us, because we were
busy at home with the naughty team but also with Duffy's children
Vivi and Joep. We enjoyed the warm summer in June, July and
August . September, October flew by too. November was especially
exciting and ultimately sad because of Bes's failed pregnancy.
Fortunately we can let you know at the end of the year that
Besje has now fully recovered. We look forward to the new
year, hopefully there will be a solution for the corona and
the annoying corona measures. In any case, we will try to
make the best of it again. Are
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09-11-2020Dear people, we have
some sad news about the puppies from our Bes and Amore. Bes
unexpectedly contracted prematurely. Spontaneously and by
natural birth only dead puppies were born. At the moment Bes
is doing well, we are going to work to get her back in good
working condition. Besides being sad, we are of course very
disappointed. Everything was ready to give the puppies a loving
welcome. Unfortunately, we know from experience that breeding
dogs has beautiful but also less beautiful moments. This is
a less beautiful moment, but it also makes us grateful too.
Because we have had a lot of sweet reactions from friends
and acquaintances in recent days, thank you for that. What
now. As soon as our Bess is in shape and we can travel again,
we hope to be able to go on a competition tour with her. We
wanted that last spring, but then the corona put a stop to
that. Now unexpectedly we have the the time to work Bes and
hope we will be ready for some fieldwork fun with her for
the coming spring. In any case, we have no plans for another
litter with Bes at the moment. When we do have a litter in
our kennel again depends on Edda, although not before summer
2021, we have an exciting appointment with Edda with an Italian
male. We will inform everyone about this when the time comes..
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3-11-2020 We hope to welcome
the puppies of our Bess soon. We've been waiting for 51 days,
so we will have to be patient for at least another 12 days.
Bess is growing steadily, her belly is already quite round.
She finally seems to resign herself to the fact that a game
of running and playing with a belly (and big tits) is not
that convenient. This week we are going to work to prepare
the room for this litter. Dog couch out, outside hatch closed,
litter box in. It will be a bit difficult for the teenagers
Vivi an Joop (Joop previously called Bice) when they are no
longer welcome in this sunny room. In the meantime in our
other dogs hormones are also rushing through theire body's.
Because of this we cannot really speak of a harmonious pack
at the moment. With Bess pregnant and Bastiana, Edda and now
also Duffy in heat, our teenagers Vivi and Joop really don't
have it easy. The ladies are not really happy with this hormone
boost of their beloved Mom and aunties. By default, the teenagers
receive a grunt and / or snarl when they behave too enthusiastically.
No, at the moment the family members are far from nice. And
that certainly applies if you have not previously cared about
"angry voices" of your family members, it is now a loud laughter
because the "angry voices"now regularly walk their talks.
Anyone who does not want to listen must feel ... fortunately
it has not yet caused any physical damage. These weeks we
received a lot of photos, thank you very much for that, which
are of course posted on the update photos page. The beautiful
photo on the right shows Rosalina da Edda di Ala D'Oro, pet
name Poosje.The photo on the front page is from Lina da Edda
di Ala D'Oro, pet name Lola
08-10-2020Yes! We can look forward
to puppies from Bess and Amore. The mating took place a while
ago and today the pregnancy was confirmed by an ultrasound
at the vet. Bes is pregnant!! We are looking forward to meeting
the puppies, the due date of Bes is in mid-November. So exciting
again! But also so relaxed because this time planning days
off is easy as I don't have to worry about a "boss". Jaap
can plan some extra days off for the boss here and there if
he feels like it. Feels like super luxury to be at home this
entire period. And fortunately we do not have to make any
other difficult choices, after all we put the plans to travel
to Italy on hold last week due to the horrible corona. Soon
we will restart the PUPPY NEWS PAGE. I want also announce
that there will soon be a page on our webpage where I will
show the bronze statues that I make.
01-09-2020 It has been a while
since we had something to report. It is the corona that makes
we have "outside door" little to do. Travelling
is not an option so we decided to consider this year as lost
in terms of matches. Boring, but fortunately we never get
bored, because our ladies don't care about corona. Our preschoolers
Bice and Vivi have now become teenagers and demand their attention.
Having two teenagers in the house is driving you crazy, you
can't turn around for a moment or they've gotten into mischief
again. You can remind us of this if we ever decide to keep
two puppies from a litter the next time. Our Sebastiana is
now really becoming a grand old lady, the gray is now also
on her face. We have decided that she will retire. Her fieldwork
& amp; show diplomas have been sent to the ENCI, she is now
waiting for her official title & quot; Campione Italiano di
Lavoro & quot; which means Italian Working Champion. Fortunately,
we still have Duffy, Edda and Bess for the field trails. Although
... our & quot; Bess & quot; Raffaele da Fendi di Ala D'Oro
will be mated very soon by & quot; Morrie & quot; Mio Amore
di Ala D'Oro. If she turns out to be pregnant after this,
she is out of the running for a while. Are
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13-06-2020 The puppies of Edda
have almost all found their way to their new owners. It was
a super fun time where Edda showed what a sweet, patient mother
she is. An extremely carefree litter of 11 puppies. Last weekend,
Edda happily parted with her children. We are confident that
they will be in the right places, so we also said goodbye
with a good feeling. Sunday, July 12, we already have the
first day of return, the owners of Edda's babies will receive
some more information about this by email. Now it's time to
get started with Viviana "Vivi" Beatrice "Bice" who just turned
6 months old. They dry up nicely, too bad we can't show that
to judges at the dog show. The toddlers Vivi and Bice will
soon start their obedience course at the canine association.
The hunting training will also be taken seriously again from
27 June. We are still looking when we can best organize the
"da Calabrone" day. More on this later. Our two-year-old Raffaele
"Bess" also has to work again. In Italy she surprised us with
beautiful mature field work, a super nose and she is very
steady. Duffy will help us with Bess' follow up fieldwork
training, hopefully she will have a similar career as her
mother. But now ... first recover from a busy period!
24-04-2020 A lot to tell this
time. We start with the wonderful news that Edda gave birth
to eleven puppies. The puppy news page has been online for
a while now. The puppies are two weeks old next Monday, they
are doing very well. Edda is a sweet caring mother. Last time
we wrote here that Beatrice da Calabrone di Ala D'Oro would
leave for Denmark, but traveling to Denmark through covid-19
was impossible. We have now decided that Beatrice will continue
to live with us. We call her Bice. Vivi and Bice are good
friends, which is sometimes a bit difficult, but we are of
course already busy educating both ladies. We have also decided
that we will have our Raffaele da Fendi di Ala D'Oro "Bes"
covered as soon as she is in heat. We (hope) expect her to
be in season in August or September. If she has a successful
mating we can assume that her puppies will be born in November
or December. As soon as we have news, we will mention it here.Are
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14-03-2020 Yesterday we went
to the vet for an ultra sound on Edda, we have great news,
she's pregnant. Edda da Dama di Ala D'Oro is covered by "Oren"
Calabrone Aladoro. Around April 5 we expect their puppies
and they are all so welcome. If you are interested in having
a puppy from this litter, please send us an email. At the
planned combination page you can read more about the upcoming
litter. Furthermore, we have had a nice holiday in Italy,
despite spoilsport COVID-19. Although the trip was shorter
than planned, we nevertheless immensely enjoyed socializing
with our friends and had fun days together train the dogs.
Now we have returned to the Netherlands, we had to made a
final choice that Beatrice da Calabrone di Ala D'Oro will
move to Denmark, at least once the borders are open again.
Viviana stays with us in Zuidermeer. The page NEW PUPPY is
now prepared for the upcoming litter of Edda. The 2019 babies
each have their own page at our webpage.
19-02-2020 We have exciting news!
Our Edda da Dama di Ala D'Oro is covered by Oren Calabrone
Aladoro. In three weeks we will make an ultrasound to determine
if Champion Edda is actually pregnant. If this is the case,
we can welcome her puppies mid-April 2020. This combination
meets up the regulation and rules by both Dutch breed clubs.
If you are interested in a puppy from this litter, please
send an email. On the following page you can read more about
this planned combination. Mean while waiting, we are just
still busy with the puppies of Duffy. They are now 10 weeks
old. Four of the six puppies have left for their new homes.
We hope that they will meet a sporty and happy life. So now
there are two puppies left in Zuidermeer, Beatrice and Viviana.
In week fifteen one of these puppies will move to friends
Denmark. We have still a few weeks to decide which of these
two lovely girls we keep to ourselves. It's will not be an
easy choice, they are both so cute. On photo you see Duffy
with her baby Viviana da Calabrone di Ala D'Oro. The PUPPY
NEWS page about their litter can still be visited.
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25-01-2020 A new year has begun.
"Bas" Sebastiana da Bruna di Ala D'Oro and "Duffy" Dama Bianca
di Ala D'Oro were invited to participate at the Top Dog of
the Year Show. On January 12 this prestigious show was held
in the Flint in Amersfoort. Duffy had to decline the invitation
in connection with the birth of her six puppies on 11 December
2019. Bas of course excepted it, again! Merel Kamphuijs was
so sweet to bring Bas onto the catwalk for us and she did
more than excellent. Thanks a lot dear Merel. Bas was on this
catwalk for the sixth year. That alone should have brought
profits. Six years at the top with this dog, it says enough.
We are very proud of our Sebastiana. Puppies from Duffy grow
steadily in the meantime they are already six weeks old and
weigh more than 5 kilograms. separates time is already in
sight. Fortunately we will keep a puppy ourselves so we do
not see an empty nest. 2020, we will this year focus our attention
on our benjamin "Bess" Raffaele da Fendi di Ala D'Oro. Her
field work qualities must be redeemed this year. We look forward
we can mention her first qualifying field trail here at our
webpage. 2020 is also the year for Edda, we hope to finaly
welcome Edda's puppies this year. Once there is news about
that, we will mention it here. We have PUPPY NEWS.
01-01-2020 We wish you
a happy and healthy New Year!
