WOW - WHAT AN AMAZING AND MEMORABLE DAY AT CRUFTS

Foster - Sh Ch Oakberrow WotzinanameThis year we only entered the Hungarian Wirehaired Vizslas at Crufts and they did really well under breed specialist judge Chris Guest.  Our new girl on the block - Sloane - Oakberrow Let the Fun be Gin was placed 2nd in puppy bitch class and her Grannie Breeze - Oakberrow Gintastic - won the open bitch class.  However Tilly - Ginger Lillie Around Oakberrow - who is owned by Yvonne Aldridge won Best Veteran in Breed and also the Reserve Champion Bitch.  So our lovely girl Gin - Mum to Tilly and Breeze was very proud of her girls.

Photo of Gin with Breeze as a wee puppy.

EVEN BETTER - the Best of Breed German Shorthaired Pointer Navigaremor Hard to Port - HP to his friends - is a son of my handsome boy Foster - Sh Ch Oakberrow Wotzinaname.

So TEAM OAKBERROW had a brilliant Crufts.  In 2020 I am judge at Crufts so looking forward to this with great excitement.

Gin and Breeze

Wot a day on Sunday with Sh Ch Oakberrow Wotzinaname - Foster

Foster posing - the starMy handsome Foster competed at Welsh Kennel Club Championship Show which was held at Builth Wells on Sunday.  The breed judge on the day was Carole Coode and she awarded Foster Best Veteran in Breed.  His little girl Moray was 3rd in her classes which qualified her for Crufts.

Foster then competed for Champion Veteran Gundog and he was awarded 4th in group by Jeff Luscott who said he was a stunning dog, great muscle and moves really well.

Also Foster has been a busy boy just recently siring a litter of FOURTEEN!!! and another litter due early September.  If you are interested in owning a Foster puppy, get in touch and I will forward your details, or you may wish to use him at stud, in which case contact me.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Oakberrow

Sunnyside our new Greyfaced Dartmoor RamAll of us at Oakberrow would like to send our best wishes to all.  2013 has been a fantastic year with our lovely sheep and dogs achieving more than we had ever hoped for.  The handsome Foster becoming a Show Champion, the equally handsome Noble winning the Interbreed Championship at Moreton in Marsh Show and the baby, pretty Breeze, having such a great start to her showing career. 

We are having a little break from the dog shows December/January as the dogs are all busy out doing what they enjoy picking-up and beating on the local shoots.  The older ones not too happy that they cannot be included but I can assure them that OB, Foster, Remy and Beeze as well as Beamish are representing Oakberrow well.

What has 2014 got in store - anyones' guess, but Steve and I have some really good judging appointments already.  Steve is judging Shropshire Sheep and AO Native breed sheep at Stafford Show and I am judging the Coloured Ryelands, Steve is also judging Longhorns at Gillingham and Shaftesbury then then onto Pembroke where he is judging Ryelands.  Steve is also judging the Coloured Ryelands at the Royal Norfolk Show.  Me, I am judging Ryelands at Anglesey Show and also judging GSPs a WELKS in April and then Pointers at Midland Counties next October.  Oh forgot I am also judging tradestands at Surrey County Show in May.  So as you can see a very busy year for us.

Cannot wait to get out showing the Greyface Dartmoors and hope to have them at the Royal Welsh Smallholders Show this year.

The ewes have been scanned and the lambing courses commence early in March 2014, so if interested do get in touch. 

Foster did it!!! Show Champion Oakberrow Wotzinaname Sh.CM

Foster retrieving a duckMy boy has been and gone and done it.  At the German Shorthaired Pointer Club Championship Show in July he won 1st in Open Dog and then the Challenge Certificate giving him that sought after 3rd so he can become a Show Champion. 

I must record my grateful thanks to the judge on the day Martin Harris (Barleyarch GSPs) and also my runners - Des and Heather who did a brilliant job and also to all my friends who were there to cheer me on when I became an emotional wreck.

Foster is out doing what he loves best - that is working on the local shoots either beating or picking up, dependent on which shoot he is on.

Foster is available at stud to approved bitches only.

Foster wins his second challenge certificate at Windsor

We had a great day at Windsor Championship Dog Show. 

Oakberrow Wotzinaname Sh.CM (Foster)

Foster - or his posh name Oakberrow Wotzinaname Sh.CM - won his second Challenge Certificate and also Best of Breed.  To top all of that he was also shortlisted in the Gundog Group by Carole Coode one of the leading gundog judges in the country.

Val Grant of Stairfoot GSPs was the breed judge and this was the first time that Foster had been shown under Val.  If my memory serves me correctly quite a few years ago Val awarded Guinness - Jennaline Seamour Butts at Oakberrow JW - a first in his class.

So roll on the rest of 2013 and see if Foster can win his all important third Challenge Certificate after which he will be a Show Champion!!!