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6th September - we travelled to Coventry for the City of Birmingham Championship Show. Another great day!
Meeting up with everyone is always lovely and today we also had some great results.
Caldecacre Couronne under Charmindals (Charm) looked amazing in her class, and not content with winning countless Post Graduate classes this year, she pulled out all the stops winning Best Limit Bitch!! Well Done Charm and Matthew!
Blinken also had a great day winning VHC Junior Dog, but also showing what a good boy he is by helping Callum win VHC in his Junior Handling Class (age 6 - 11yrs - 16 entries)!! Well Done Callum ad Blinken!  :)

2nd September - Today we were up before the Sun! :)
We took Elvis (Caldecacre's Carpe Somnium) to Manchester Airport so that he could travel to Sweden to be with his new family there.
Sandra has been waiting for over a year for her special puppy from us! Elvis is a very special puppy, who has won many hearts here and abroad, and was destined to be Sandra's from the start! At 12 weeks he was all prepared and ready to fly to Sweden,. Many thanks must go out to all the staff at Menzies who looked after Elvis on his journey, he arrived in Sweden his typical happy self, well looked after and eager to meet Sandra :)
Sandra will love Elvis, primarily as a family member, and he will also be her newest Show Team member and hopefully produce puppies for her in the future!  :)
 

Yet another fantastic weekend!! We travelled to Edinburgh and stayed the weekend, meeting up with the other Caldecacres who were entered into the Scottish Kennel Club Championship Show.
The weather was lovely, and we all had a great time.
Callum and my nephew Joshua had a great time too, which is brilliant, as sadly Callum will not be able to come away with us or show again if it incorporates a Saturday (on his father's instructions), something that has upset him deeply, but cannot be avoided until he is older. :(
Anyway, we did have a lovely time, and we also attended the Scottish Kennel Club Championship Show with some lovely results again;
Perdita's Right As Rain at Caldecacre (Blinken) was 3rd Junior Dog - Qualifying him for CRUFTS 2010!! YIPPPEE!!!
Caldecacre Celsie von Schunikka (Celsie) was VHC Post Graduate Bitch
Caldecacre Couronne under Charmindals (Charm) was VHC Limit Bitch
Takesti Moondancer (Charlie) was 3rd Limit Dog.
Great fun and great results too :)
 
Pics to follow soon  ....
 
 
 
 

20th - 23rd August.
What an awesome few days away we have had!!
A HUGE get together of lots of Caldecacres camping in Wales!
Wonderful friends and 20 Dalmatians (well 19 and Hixie - who thinks she is a Dalmatian) made for a fantastic time and lots of fun had by all, with dogs and owners on top form !!  :)
The campsite was beautiful, in glorious Countryside.
Pics here;
 

We all went to the Welsh Kennel Club Championship Show too with some lovely placings;
Blinken  (Perditas Right as Rain at Caldecacre) was Reserve Junior Dog,
Dexter (Caldecacre Catch a Kracker) was VHC Limit Dog,
Celsie (Caldecacre Celsie) was 2nd Post Graduate Bitch,
Ivory (Caldecacre Cerisierre) was VHC Post Graduate,
Charm (Caldecacre Couronne) was VHC Limit Bitch,
Daisy (Caldecacre Cwite Contrary) was VHC Open Bitch and her son Rolex (Pjasdals Cwite Starstruck) was VHC Junior Dog,
all in strong classes :)
Well Done all!!
....and also well done to Sandy on his 2nd  in Puppy Dog too :)
 

11th & 12th July  - Another great day - Callum handled Blinken very, very well and was 2nd Junior Handler at Longridge Open Show (9 entries)!!
Caldecacre Couronne was shown at East of England and was Reserve in her breed class then an absolutely fabulous Reserve in the Stakes Class out of 96 entries!!! FANTASTIC results well done Callum and Matthew :)
 
Charm was on top form once again and showed her socks off to win a very strong Post Graduate Bitch class AGAIN this time at the NOEDC Championship Show on 13th July, she was also Best Special Beginners Bitch too!
 
The most exciting bit of the weekend by far was when Michelle (Shulune) and Rahn won their 3rd all important CC making Rahn;
 CHAMPION Lady of Light from Shulune!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!
 

Michelle with CHAMPION Lady of Light from Shulune :)

Fantastic news - Caldecacre Cwite Contrary's (Daisy's) Pups (sired by Takesti Moondancer (a Beema baby) competed at the Carriage Dog Nationals and finished 1st and 2nd Bronze Road Dog!!! Well Done the Pjasdal's team! And with such young pups too!! Wonderful, we are very proud of you all :)
Pics to follow - brains aswell as beauty - just what we strive for!! Congratulations :)
 

A beautiful , sunny day at Blackpool Championship Show. Another lovely get together, and fantastic results too as Charm was, once again on top form and showed her socks off to win a very strong Post Graduate class again!!
Charm is now overqualified for Post Graduate and will be entered in Limit from now on :)

Another fantastic day!! Border Union Championship Show and Charm (Caldecacre Couronne) was Best Post Graduate Bitch again!! And Elwood (Natomols Ursa Major - who is Beema x Caldecacre Snow Flake) was 3rd Puppy Dog at his and his owners' very first Championship Show!, Qualifying him for Crufts 2010!! Well Done to Matt and Julie (Charm), and Paul and Nicky (Elwood) and a huge Congrats to Paul Hughes (Natomols Dalmatians) as Elwood is from his very first litter! :)
 

Caldecacre Couronne under Charmindals was on top form again at Three Counties Championship Show. She won her class making her Best Post Graduate Bitch once again, then went on to win the Stakes Class (32 entries)!. Congratulations to Matthew and Julie and of course Charm !!
 

After many years of waiting!! We now have our van!! YIPPEEE!! This van means fab weeks away/holidays etc. Fully converted and insulated and even has a pull out bed! We can now take ALL the Caldecacres with us to shows and on holiday, looking forward to big parties and get togethers :)
Plus all the Caldecacres are Pet Passported - Europe/Scandinavia - here we come!!
 

Caldecacre Catch a Kracker x Caldecacre Chyna Doll
Puppies born 10th June, all doing well :)
All puppies reserved.
Please see our Puppy Page for available puppies from our lines :)
 

WELKS Championship Show saw Caldecacre Couronne (Charm), show her socks off and impress our Judge,  Ernie Paterson enough to win her Post Graduate Class and then go on to gain the Reserve CC!! We were all over the moon!! Charm is owned by Matthew and Julie Cooper, who have since had their new affix approved by the KC and Charm will now be known as Caldecacre Couronne under Charmindals, their foundation bitch.
 
'"Very smart Black, lovely head and eye, excellent front assembly, good body properties in well marked shape, firm topline and strong quarters. She needs to shed a few pounds and a little firmer handling on the move and she will trouble the best. RCC in strong company" - Mr E Paterson (Judge)
 
 

Perditas Right as Rain at Caldecacre
 
Blinken finally arrived in the UK in March, after what seemed like such a long but so worthwhile wait. He has his own page here. He is fantastic and has settled in very well, we love him to bits :)
 

We had a fab couple of days at Crufts!
On Hound day Callum showed Miss Hixie and they had a great time. It was nice to catch up with friends. Hixie and Callum looked amazing in the ring.
On Utility day we went along to watch, we didnt show our own dogs this year, even though they were Qualified, but it was lovely to watch the Dalmatians from ringside. We met up with so many people and had a good day catching up on things.
It was lovely to see the other Caldecacres being shown, and they all had a great time. This year was rather special for two other Caldecacres too - Celsie and Ella. Josie and John have trained the girls very hard for the CaniX event, and it was wonderful to see the team enjoying themselves so much.
There were over 80 runners, and John, Celsie & Ella finished a fabtastic 4th in their class, just missing out on the medals as Celsie needed to do her 'business' en route!! When a girls gotta go a girls gotta go!!
 

Above - Just before the race, John, Celsie & Ella
Below - After the race and still looking fantastic, Caldecacre Celsie von Schunikka (Celsie), Caldecacre Chanterelle avec Schunikka (Ella) - and of course John!