2nd July
Hip Scores back for Rico 5:7 total 12; Digger 4:5 total 9 and Wren 3:7 total 10. All very nice scores so pleased with those :))
29th June
Another win for Manda and the lovely Twix in Grade 5 jumping at St Edwards and an Olympia Semi qualifier for Nancy and Niamh too. Well done girls :)
23rd June
News from the weekend...
Showing...
Blackpool was a bit of a disaster all round, see my blog entry for more details!
Agility...
Manda and the lovely Twix (B Rise n Shine) won Grade 5 jumping at Bretons...well done girls!!
Becca and Teal had a lovely run in G6/7 agility at Watford which put Teal into the lead and on course for her 4th win needed to go Grade 7, where she stayed until Becca then ran Wiz and knocked her off first place! lol...quite an achievement for Becca to come 1st and 2nd in a large quality class with two very different dogs. Both girls are now on 3 wins each so fingers crossed they'll both get that 4th win soon!
Sally and Digger entered their first ever show (unaffiliated as he's only 16 months old) and got a clear round and rosette in Nursery Jumping, a lovely result for two newcomers to the sport.
Dock Diving...
A sport I'm not really familiar with as it seems to be concentrated in the south at the moment, but would love to have a go at!
Here's working cocker spaniel pup Magic (Bryning Makin Magic) at 7 months old having his first go...
and here's Kerena's report...
'We entered him in the speed retrieval. He did very well completing his retrieve in 11 seconds to come 17th. He is definitely going to give big brother (who was second with 8 seconds - 1st was 7.58) some serious competition in the years to come. He did beat big brother and came 6th in the multi retrieve with 6 retrieves in 1 minute. He also came 10th in the multi retrieve the previous day. Not bad at all.'
(thanks Kerena and Jordan for the update and pics!)
22nd June
New pic added of Eabha (the naughty little minx!)
13th June
New pics of Drake and Fern's puppies, aren't they just gorgeous!!
27th May
Another good weekend away flyballing with another Division One win! :)
Becca and Teal had a brilliant start to Supadogs (before it got rained off!) with a win in Grade 6 jumping and Grade 6/7 agility! Only one more agility win to go to make Advanced (grade 7)...way to go Becca and Doodle!
Drake and Fern's puppies have arrived, liver/tan and black/tan girls and boys available, see the Available Puppies page for more details.
We had a great flyballing weekend at Sutton Fields with 4 first places and the Rebels winning Division One with a fastest time of 17.71secs making them the 3rd fastest team in the country at the moment; this team included Mac, Oz and Dylan.
Dylan also gained his flyball dog award and Aztec got her Intermediate.(very proud!!) :))
13th May
New pics of Jude added to his page and 3 new pages added for Eabha, Viggo and Orlaith
Also...new pics of Quinn's pups now 7 weeks old. There are a couple of pups available from this litter.
11th May
Well done to Becca and Teal on her second Grade 6 win at Tunbridge Wells show just one week after her first; only two more wins to Grade 7!
8th May
The Border Collie Health Page has been updated with an article on Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD)
6th May
A busy weekend...flyballing Saturday and Sunday in Cheshire...all dogs running well with Faith making her debut with a paw perfect performance and winning straight out of starters.
Then on to East Anglia Border Collie Club Championship show on Monday...
Faith - 3rd in Yearling bitch (Crufts qualified for 2009)
Dazzle - 3rd in AOC Bitch
Spark - 2nd in Puppy Dog (Crufts qualifed for 2009) and 3rd in AOC Dog
Ethan - 5th in Post Graduate Dog
3rd May
Teal (Bryning Time to Shine) has her first win in G6 Jumping with Becca Costello. This win, plus a 2nd in G6 Agility that she won the same day, gives her enough points for her Gold Agility Warrant.
29th April
News from Sweden...
At his first unofficial show on Saturday (aged nearly 5 months), Snö was awarded Prize of Honour, BOB-pup and BIG-pup
...a good start for this young boy who is destined for a career in agility :)
Lots of fun snow pics from the weekend added to the Photo Album
7th April
Drake gained his BFA Intermediate award over Easter and Teal gained her flyball dog award on her open debut. Clever cockers!! :)
Kite also gained his Graduate award. Well done Sue!
18th March
Have added some new pics of Oz and Lily's pups taken around 4 weeks old (Thanks Rach!).
17th March
Ethan became a daddy for the 3rd time over the weekend. Indi (Bryning Little Red Indian at Trevellis) whelped 6 pups - 1 blue merle girl, 2 black tri girls, 1 black/white girl and 2 black/white boys. See pedigree and pics HERE
9th March
The 'Brynings' were fairly well represented at Crufts this year...
Big 'well done' to Margaret and Macey (Bryning True Romance) for their 3rd place in the huge Junior bitch class.
Also 'Congratulations!' to Nancy Hudson and the lovely 'naughty Niamh' (Bryning Red Rascal) on their 2nd in the Large Novice Agility :-)
And also a big 'well done' to Marina Casilli with Zephyr (Bryning Bounce Right Back) on their 5th in the KC Good Citizen Pre-beginner Obedience stakes final.
Niamh and Zephyr are littermates (Mac X Molly)
We're very proud of you all!
4th March
Ethan gained his BFA Intermediate award over the weekend.
Hazell Brown's Jack (Bryning Bold Jack Donohoe - Sunny X Mercy) has received the hip score 0:0 ...perfect!! He is now the 3rd 'Bryning' pup to receive this score. :-))
29th February
New pics of Scot; now 11 months old and maturing into a very handsome young man!
16th February
New stacked pic of Squirrel now 9 weeks old
14th February
Valentines babies!!
Lily whelped her litter by Oz this morning...4 boys and 5 girls, all black and white.
E-mail Rach if you want to know more about these pups.
12th February
Have added LOADS of new piccies to the Offspring Gallery, thanks everyone for all your lovely pics...keep them coming!
9th February
Selby College, N Yorkshire; our first flyball tournament back after a break of 3 months while we've had puppies. The Rascals were running in Division One, we were seeded 5th and that's where we came! lol Drake has just turned 18 months old so was making his open competition debut in that team running with Lexie, Frost and Mist; he ran like a little superstar and easily gained the points for his 'Flyball Dog' award and won straight out of starters. Clever Cocker! :-))
The Ravers ran in Div 2 - Storm, Dottie, Pip and Ethan; this team was seeded 4th but...we won!!
29th January
We have a new baby...and she's not a collie OR a cocker!! Squirrel
4th Nov
An exhausting but enjoyable weekend up in Scotland!
Saturday - W&PBS Champ Show
Judge - Mrs Jean Entwistle (Beesting)
Heathers' Spud, Bryning Golden Wonder at Locheil came 1st in Minor Puppy Dog (Crufts Qualified)
Ethan 4th (reserve) in Yearling Dog
Dottie 5th (VHC) in Post Graduate Bitch
Mercy 2nd in Limit Bitch
This was Mercy's first time in Limit and despite having no coat she gained her stud book number (and lifetime crufts qualification)
Sunday - Scottish Border Collie Club Champ Show
Dog Judge - Mrs Helen Broadhurst (Thistlemist)
Heathers' Spud, Bryning Golden Wonder at Locheil came 1st in Minor Puppy Dog (again!)
Scot 3rd in Minor Puppy Dog (Crufts Qualified)
Ethan 5th (VHC) in Graduate Dog
Bitch Judge - Miss Jo Ratcliffe (Grandver)
Faith 5th (VHC) in Junior Bitch
Dottie 5th (VHC) in Post Graduate Bitch
Mercy 4th (Reserve) in Mid Limit Bitch
But best of all....Mercy's mum Shirli (Rosara Va Va Voom at Locheil) won Open Bitch and the Bitch CC and best of breed!!
This is her 3rd ticket and now makes Shirli a Show Champion!
29th Oct
Here's Flynn (B. Bright Future at Trevellis) and Spark (Bryning Bright Spark) at 4 months old, taken over the weekend.
The boys are by Ethan out of Dazzle.
29th Oct
Faith and her litter brother Dylan made their flyball debuts in the starters event at Markfield this weekend; they were both total stars and ran brilliantly! In a 4 dog team that also included Drake they ran the fastest time of the day with 21.21secs...not bad for babies!!
25th Oct
Have added a new link to Trevellis Border Collies, home of Indi (B. Little Red Indian), Jace (B. Ray of Sunshine) and Flynn (B. Bright Future).
24th Oct
Have added a new link to Joy and Beccas website, the home of Teal (B. Time to Shine) and Wren (B. Goldfinch); check out the slideshow on Wren's page showing her seal and white colour developing as she's grown.
22nd Oct
After 6 weeks wait we finally have hip scores back from the BVA...
Quillan is 3:4 total 7
Drake is 3:5 total 8
Teal is 4:5 total 9
21st Oct
NWBCC Championship show
Ethan was 2nd in Yearling Dog and Mercy was 2nd in Graduate Bitch
20th Oct
Lexie is 4 today! She spent her birthday doing her favourite thing...flyball!! The Rebels came 4th in Div 1 and the Ravers with Pip and Dottie won Division 3!
12th Oct
Lots of new changes on the site, The page About Border Collies has been changed quite a lot, it now includes a copy of the breed standard and the previous section on health screening has now been included as part of a new Border Collie Health page.
7th Oct
Congratulations to Heather with Spud (Bryning Golden Wonder at Locheil) on gaining Best Minor Puppy in Breed and Best Pastoral Minor Puppy at Lochaber and District Open Show today :-)
5th Oct
a couple of new pics added to the Offspring Gallery, thanks to Hazell, Heidi and Debbie for those!
25th Sept
A new video of Mercy added to her page (thanks Julia and Heather!) ...on her way to a place in the Post Grad class at Driffield last week.
18th Sept
New pics added of the very handsome Rico
17th Sept
Dazzle and her littermates were 2 on Friday (doesn't time fly!!) have added a couple of new pics to her webpage. Sister Teal (B. Time to Shine) celebrated in style by coming 3rd in grade 1-7 combined agility over the weekend...she really is a big girl now!
Dottie obtained the last points towards her flyball ADVANCED award over the weekend too while her team (Red Rose Rascals) won division 4 at Sutton Fields with a superb time of 18.98.
Ethan; Drake and Aztec also won the starters division as the Red Rose Buds....lots of nice CSJ goodies for prizes!!
The rest of the gang all came home with rosettes with Pip and the 'Ravers' finishing 3rd in div 4; Mac and the 'Rockets' finishing 4th in div 2 and Lexie and Oz coming 3rd in div 1 with the 'Rebels'...currently standing as the 6th fastest team in the UK!
Congratulations also to Marina Casilli and Zephyr (Bryning Bounce Right Back - Mac X Molly) on receiving his BFA SILVER award this weekend!!
Congratulations to Margaret and Macey (Bryning True Romance) on their 2nd in Puppy Bitch at Darlington Champ Show. Margaret and Macey's first Champ show and they got their Crufts qualifier....well done girls! (Macey is litter sister to Faith )
13th Sept
Confirmation from the BFA that Oz has obtained his Advanced Award!
12th Sept
Confirmation from the BFA that Kite (Bryning Pearl Kite) has received his Intermediate Award at 21 months of age...not bad going! Daddy Mac also obtained the last few points he needed for his Gold this weekend!!
11th Sept
Congratulations to Nancy and (not so) Naughty Niamh (Bryning Red Rascal) on winning their last grade 5 Agility over the weekend...onwards and upwards in grade 6!!
Also congratualtions to Roger Brown and Josie (Bryning Bolt from the Blue) on their 2nd in Grade 4 jumping at the same show!
Lots of new pics added to the Agility Dogs page this week...
3rd September
Thanks to Laura for the video of my dogs running at Dundee last month :-))
Start dog Mac , 2nd dog Lexie , 3rd dog Dottie and last dog Pipit! (the dog on it's own at the end of the video is a daughter of Laura's Ghost)
Congratulations to Joy and Teal (Bryning Time to Shine) on winning grade 5 agility and coming 3rd in grade 5/6 agility combined on Saturday and winning Grade 4/5 agility combined on Sunday!! Not a bad weekend!
Mac achieved his Gold award (15,000 points) this weekend at Shackerstone.
26th August
Bryning Red Rascal (Niamh) won both the grade 5 jumping and grade 5 agility today with her handler Nancy Hudson at Bridge House Agility show. Visit the HudsonDoglets Blog to see the vids of Niamh 'doing the double'.
Another Grade 5 agility win for Becca and Teal (B. Time to Shine) at the Summer agility show too to go with the 2nd in Grade 5 jumping Joy and Teal had on Friday. :-)
Ethan, Drake and Aztec were in the winning starters team at Mottram today, they also won the Northern Bytes 'Future Stars' trophy for running the fastest and most consistent times of the day!
Scottish Kennel Club Champ Show 25th August 2007
Judge - Mr C Reed
Ethan 2nd in Yearling Dog
Faith 5th (VHC) in Junior Bitch
21st August
Bryning Ray of Sunshine (Jace) has received a hip score of 0:0, this is the second of Julie's Bryning girls to have been given this score!
18th August
Welsh Kennel Club Championship Show
Judge - Mr R Searle
Ethan - 3rd in Yearling Dog (10 entered/1 abs)
CRUFTS QUALIFIED for 2008
Faith - 5th VHC in Puppy Bitch (15 entered/3 abs)
Mercy - 3rd in Post Graduate Bitch (10 entered/0 abs)
CRUFTS QUALIFIED for 2008
A nice day out and all 3 doggies behaved themselves :-)
Dogs In Need
Manda and Twix (B. Rise n Shine) won Grade 3/4/5 Agility winning into Grade 5...
Nancy and Niamh (B. Red Rascal) qualified for the DINAS (Genesis) Novice Final and came 3rd!
...well done again girls!!
13th August
The hounds and I went up to Dundee for a weekend of flyball where we stayed with Laura (Corrie Dhu Sheepdogs)...thanks Laura! Since we went on our own, all 4 of my current open dogs (Mac, Lexie, Dottie & Pip) ran in the same team (they are normally in 4 different teams) and were handled by borrowed handlers from other teams, they were all little stars coming 3rd and 4th in Div 2 over the weekend. Pip also gained the last points she needed for her Advanced award (5,000 points) and Lexie her Silver (10,000 points)
KC International Agility Festival
The girls were on top form again!
Teal (Bryning Time to Shine) got 3 2nds, 2 3rds and a 4th and qualified for the International young handlers final with Becca.
Twix (Bryning Rise n Shine) had 8 clears out of 9 runs with Mand and was placed in every one, she also qualified for the KC Novice Cup Final.
Niamh (Bryning Red Rascal) came 2nd in the Grade 5 Agility and also qualified for the KC Novice Cup Final in which she came 2nd!! Congratulations Nancy and Niamh...off to Crufts 2008!
8th August
Well, where to begin!!
Back from our hols on Anglesey, weather was perfect, dogs impeccably behaved and we had just the best time ever!
There were 12 'Brynings' competing over the week (besides mine) plus a number of youngsters there too which was lovely for me, everywhere I turned another Bryning babe!! :-)
Over the 10 days we had lots of wins and places with all the teams...
The Rebels won div 2 at both tournaments over on Anglesey
Highlights at Eastham 4th/5th August...
Ethan and his starters team-mates won the starters divsion on Sunday
Drake, Aztec (Bryning Aztec) and Dylan (Bryning Truly Magic) all ran the same time in starters singles of 4.50, not bad for babies!
Dottie gained her flyball graduate award
Lexie came second in the pairs with her Rebels team-mate Mist with a time of 8.98
Oz won the pairs with his Rebels team-mate Bailey with a time of 8.60
The Rebels team together ran the fastest time of the day and their fastest ever time with a 17.88...finally breaking that 18.00sec barrier!!
(the very astute amongst you will have noticed that their combined pairs time is 17.58 so I know we can still do better!!)
A fumbled ball from Lex and a dropped ball from Mist in the last race proved costly mistakes and cost the team 1st place in div 1...maybe next time!!
More agility news also while we were away....
30th July
Joy Costello and Teal (B. Time to Shine) won their first grade 5 agility class to win straight into grade 6!
4th August
Nancy Hudson and 'Naughty' Niamh (B. Red Rascal)won another grade 5 jumping :-))
At Aylesbury show, Becca Costello and Teal (B. Time to Shine) won grade 3-5 jumping and grade 3-5 agility, came 4th in NBC grade 1-7 Agility and also came 2nd in Grade 1-7 power and speed, only 0.2secs behind Toni Dawkins and Kite...way to go Becca and Doodle!
7th August
Joy and Teal won grade 5 jumping at Dashing Dogs.
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22nd July
Although we were left home with no flyball today due to the rain :-(( the 'Brynings and friends' had a rather super day at Newlands agility show!
Teal (Bryning Time to Shine) won her last Grade 4 agility class before moving onto Grade 5; she also won the Grade 4 Helter Skelter in which sister Twix (Bryning Rise N Shine) came 3rd. Twix also came 2nd in the Grade 4 jumping...well done Joy and Manda...keep up the good work!! :-))
A fab result also for Becca Costello and the 'one eyed Wiz' on a fantastic win in grade 6 agility!! What a partnership!
Lorna Goodban and Fleet (Flynntastic Fleet Dreams, litter brother to the lovely Jaff) won the grade 5 helter skelter in which Caroline King came 5th with a gorgeous Spangle son, 'Shadow' (Canen Trick) and Nancy Hudson with the (not so) 'Naughty Niamh' (Bryning Red Rascal) got a 3rd to go with their fantastic 2nd in Grade 5 jumping and 1st in Grade 5 agility...winning them into Grade 6, a very well earned win :-))
Here's a little piccie of Niamh with her rosettes and trophies from the day...
20th July
Confirmation from the BFA that Oz now has his GRADUATE award.
New pics of Faith's sister, Kimi (B. True Finnish) added to the Other Brynings page (Thanks Jill!)
18th July
Laura Cunningham's Spark, aka Bryning Marble (Jaff X Spangle) has received a hip score of 2:2 :-))
17th July
A couple of short videos added of Scot, now 15 weeks old.
15th July
A few new pics added of Tic, now 18 weeks old, taken yesterday at Wirral agility show where we saw Joy and Teal (B. Time to Shine) win the grade 4/5 Agility - Adams Derby qualifier with a superb flowing run, lovely to watch :-))
9th July
Another busy weekend...Ethan, Teal and Drake running in starters at flyball on Saturday and they came first :-)) Also well done to Sue Telfer with Kite (B. Pearl Kite) on coming out into open and gaining his flyball dog award at just 18 months old.
South Wales Kennel Association Champ Show, judge - Sue Large (Wizaland)
Dylan (B. Truly Magic) - Minor Puppy Dog - 4th (Reserve)
Faith - Minor Puppy Bitch - 2nd (Crufts Qualified for 2008)
Dottie - Post Graduate Bitch - 4th (Reserve)
1st July
Have added a couple of new pics of Freddie to his page...he is now 10 months old. Also a couple of new pics of his dad, Oz
18th June
Big Congratulations to Nancy and 'Naughty Niamh' (B. Red Rascal) on their first place in grade 5 jumping at Axstane; also to Mand and Twix (B. Rise N Shine) on their firsts in Grade 1-3 agility combined and Grade 3/4 agility combined!! Keep up the good work girls!!
17th June
Have added some pics of Veronica Wilsons' Ice (B. Osprey) to the Agility Dogs page, thanks to Dave Bryant for the photos taken today in Grade 3 jumping on her debut at Newton Heath Agility Show, Tatton Park.
15th June
Have added a couple of new pics of Rico to his page...thanks Joy!!
12th June
Had to add this pic of Twix (B. Rise n Shine) with her rosettes and crystal after winning Grade 3 jumping at Thames over the weekend and her haul of seconds from Supadogs the previous week! Doesn't she look pleased with herself!
12th June
Sunny will be back in the Uk soon; a new page has been added with details of the litters Sunny has sired elsewhere...his latest litter will be due in Holland in mid August, check the page for more details.
8th June
Little Indy (B. Indian Lark) is settling into her new home with Hazel & Letty and the other dogs beautifully...here she is showing off her new moves (Scot...we have a lot of work to do son!!)
3rd June
Congratulations to Joy Costello and Teal (B. Time to Shine) on their agility wins over the weekend...winning into grade 5 and qualifying for the Olympia Novice Semi-Finals!
29th May
Had the camera out again...3 new pics of Tic (yes, sorry...MORE pics of him!!) and a couple of new pics added to the Photo Album
25th May
Hurray!! The fields have finally been cut and silaged so the whole gang spent two hours enjoying a romp in the fields at home today...adults and pups alike!
(the reason this video starts a bit 'shakey' is because I was sitting in the grass being eaten by naughty puppies!!)
11th May
Little Wren (B. Goldfinch) is settling into her new home with 'big sis' Teal (B. Time to Shine) very well...
7th May
Well done to Lynn Draper with CoCo (B. Toffee Fudge) on passing her search and rescue dog assessment over the bank holiday weekend...a lot of hard work for both dog and handler.
6th May
Flyball Intermediate Awards for Oz and Dottie and a Graduate for Pipit
Another win for Joy and Teal (B. Time to Shine) at Shrewsbury agility show on Saturday and a win in grade 3 agility for Mand and Twix (B. Rise n Shine) at Vyne today so she'll now be joining her sister in grade 4! Well done girls!
Have also added a link to Hudson Doglets Blog Spot ...the home of 'Naughty Niamh' (Bryning Red Rascal) and her fellow canine companions in the Hudson household.
Oz also became a daddy overnight for the 3rd time, Scott Harrison's lovely blue merle flyball girlie, Breezes Zephyr, whelped 4 boys - 1 blue tri merle, 1 blue merle, 1 black tri, 1 choc/white and 2 girls - 1 choc merle, 1 black/white...mum and babies doing fine :-)
17th April
New video of Twix added to the Agility Dogs page...thanks Mand!!
11th April
Had to add this pic of Teal (Bryning Time to Shine) with her rosette tally after her first two agility shows. Teal won into grade 4 over the Easter weekend with five grade 3 wins in jumping and agility classes (as well as two 2nds and a 3rd)...what a clever doodle!! Sister Twix (Bryning Rise n Shine) also went clear to come 6th in a large grade 3 class and other sister Jace (Bryning Ray of Sunshine) won their division in flyball over the weekend too!!
10th April
Have added a few piccies taken over the weekend to Ethan, Lori, and Faith's, pages...
...and a funny little Ethan 'cartoon' added to the Home Page ...he's such a clown!!
29th March
Oz and Lori are 2 years old today...how time flies!
A new page added for Freddie. Freddie is Oz's son who belongs to my friends Lucy and Jeff, thought I would add some pics of him at 7 months old.
13th March
We have also received back Quinn's CL test result and she is 'CLEAR'...this makes her puppies genetically clear for CEA/TNS/CL.
10th March
More TNS results...Faith is a carrier; Oz, Lori and Quinn are all clear so our puppies are genetically clear.
7th March
Pics added of Oz and Quinn's pups. A bit of a suprise litter...1 black/white bitch, 1 seal/white bitch, 2 golden red boys, 1 black tri boy, 1 sable boy.
5th March
Some good news, Sunny has tested clear for TNS, he will be back in the UK from Friday
4th March
I have updated Drakes' page with some new pics, text and a link to his flyball page.
I have also selected some of my favourite pics of the dogs taken over the past year and created a new Photo Album ...hope you enjoy!
27th February
Mac, Pip, Dottie and Dazzle were all eye tested today and given clear eye test certificates.
26th February
Sunny has become a daddy for the third time. Puppies have been born in Belgium at the kennel Hof Diabolo. 10 black/white puppies, 6 bitches and 4 dogs.
15th February
We received back our first TNS test results...
As we had recently suspected Lloyd is a carrier, he will remain withdrawn from stud.
Mercy has tested clear.
We will be testing more dogs in due course.
Please read our TNS page to find out more about this little documented disease and DNA test.
26th January
Have received back some hip score results…
Dazzle has been scored 2:5 total 7
Ethan has been scored 8:7 total 15
25th January
A very short video of Oz and Dottie at flyball training last night...
14th January
NWBCC Open Show, judge Mrs A Lunt
Ethan won both Junior and Novice Dog; Dottie was second in Novice Bitch and Aztec was 3rd in Puppy bitch.
13th January
Dottie made her sanctioned tournament debut today running in our first team in div 1 at Sheffield, she was paw perfect and has won out of starters at her very first open tournament...no way she was going to be outdone by Oz!
