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Margaret on December 21st, 2009

In keeping with the season, Best Wishes for Xmas 2009 and here is hoping for a Good, Healthy, Safe and Happy 2010 to my visitors from all  over the world. The flowers in the background of the Bouviers are red heliconias and they are seasonal flowers which will remain colorful for several months if left […]

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Margaret on December 15th, 2009

Barbados has a variety of birds as bird lovers can testify. In our gardens, the most common are sparrows, humming birds, yellow breasted birds and black birds (Quiscalus lugubris). These black birds with their intelligent looking golden eyes are bold enough to enter open style restaurants for bread crumbs and scraps of food left on […]

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Margaret on December 7th, 2009

B’dos. Kennel Club’s final All Breeds Championship Show for the year, 2009, gave Jeff Luscott only 54 dogs to go over. This is the poorest entry I have ever seen in Barbados and it has nothing to do with Jeff Luscott, the judge. I don’t have pix. of all the group and reserve group winners. […]

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Margaret on December 4th, 2009

Barbados celebrates Independence every year on November 30th. We have always had close ties to the UK and sometimes over here, Barbados is referred to as “Little England”. We received our full independence from being a British colony in 1966 and we were first inhabited by the British in 1627. Now the Independence flags are […]

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Margaret on November 26th, 2009

Artificial insemination, both chilled and frozen, is very successfully done with canines all over the world. However, the litter of Rhodesian Ridgebacks born about 11 weeks ago and owned by Sarah Hamilton of Crownridge Kennels made history here in Barbados as it was the first Barbados Kennel Club registered litter of puppies born through the […]

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Margaret on November 22nd, 2009

I believe the number of dogs Jeff Luscott will have to judge in Barbados at the next Barbados Kennel Club’s All Breeds Championship Dog Show will be in the fifties. And in the UK where he resides, that could just be one breed on his judging schedule. Some years ago, an All Breed Championship Dog […]

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Margaret on November 19th, 2009

Last possible trial for making up CDX or CD dogs for the year took place last night at Waterford grounds. People got various legs but no dog got “made up”. Anyone wanting a good laugh should visit these trials. Watching the off leash section was entertaining to say the least. (I nearly typed leash) 🙂 […]

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Margaret on November 16th, 2009

Final agility session for Rita for the year. Only 2 Golden Retrievers and 1 German Shepherd turned up for tonight’s class and although we did a course, there were no squatter toys as prizes. I don’t think Rita minded that as she prefers other rewards and it is more my other Bouviers who like squatter […]

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Margaret on November 11th, 2009

I took some photos from the Obedience trials held this evening. The trials were for CDX and CD. I believe one person passed the last leg of the CD and one person passed leg A of the CD. The results were not good and I promised that I would not post any scores and individual […]

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Margaret on November 11th, 2009

The above was reported in today’s issue of “The Nation” newspaper. The newspaper reported that police at the scene said the elderly woman 83 years old, was attacked by a family dog, a pit bull, and she was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where she died. The police are said to be investigating the […]

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