Posts tagged ‘Puppies’
Belatarr annual awards wins.
The Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla Association and the HWV Club of Great Britain both distributed their Annual Awards this month, with points awarded for show wins gained throughout the course of 2014.
The HWVA awards, given specifically for Championship Show successes, saw Belatarr Hercules as runner up Top Show Puppy Dog of 2014 whilst his older sister, Belatarr Mahalia Jackson ShCM won the Arany Bowl for Top Bitch of 2014 and was also named the overall 2nd highest scoring show dog of the year.
The HWVCGB awards include points gained from at shows and here Belatarr Mahalia Jackson ShCM took the The Wearvale Trophy, for Top Adult Show Bitch, along with The Lanspar Trophy for overall Top Show Adult of the year, whilst her beautiful brother Gryphon, Belatarr Dizzy Gillespie posthumously retained the very fine Haunsberg Bronze that he was also awarded last year and was, once again, named Top Adult Show Dog.
The Arany Bowl & Haunsberg Bronze.
Needless to say we are, as ever, immensely proud of the Belatarr babies and all that they have achieved in the showring thanks to the hard work and dedication of their adoring owners. 🙂
Puppy Portraits – The Final Week!
A very big, exciting and emotional time this week as the pups leave us to begin their new lives in their new homes. All ten have already grown into very confident and outgoing youngsters – definitely no shrinking violets amongst them! – and we cannot wait to watch them grow and develop into beautiful adult dogs and bring much pleasure and delight to their new families. So, without further ado, and in alphabetical order…
THE BOYS
Belatarr North by Northwest – ‘North’ (Mr Red)
Belatarr Notorious – ‘Harvey’ (Mr Blue)
Belatarr Secret Agent – ‘Nevis’ (Mr Black)
Belatarr Vertigo – ‘Sabi‘ (Mr Bronze)
THE GIRLS
Belatarr Jamaica Inn – ‘Alba’ (Miss Yellow)
Belatarr Marnie – ‘Mouse’ (Miss Purple)
Belatarr Rebecca – ‘Luna’ (Miss Pink)
Belatarr Thirtynine Steps – ‘Matilda’ (Miss Mint)
Belatarr To Catch a Thief – ‘Ethel’ (Miss Green)
Belatarr Topaz – ‘Amber’ (Miss Orange)
Puppy Portraits: Week 6.
Last week’s drab and damp weather has given way to a wonderful week of Spring sunshine and the pups have been enjoying being outside every single day this week, where they have experienced tractors and low-flying aircraft and watched pigeons and numerous other birds (and cats) come and go about their Springtime routines.
The gang sunbathing in their outdoor run.
Monday saw their first attempt at tackling raw chicken wings – an essential step towards the chewing and chomping or raw bones that will mark their adult lives.
Mr Bronze gets stuck into some serious chicken-wing chomping.
The pups (and their now needle-sharp teeth) took to them with huge enthusiasm and quite a bit of curiosity, excited at the prospect, yet unskilled at how to tackle such a large prey item. Approx. 60 mins later they had figured out what to do and all meat had been stripped and consumed and all bones had been cracked and (mostly) swallowed. Time, then, for a long and satisfied snooze for all of the babies. By the end of the week, though, they had all grown considerably more savvy at tackling their new foodstuff, and today’s wings were dispatched within about 15 mins or so.
After many, many hours of watching, stacking and photographing these babies we can also now reveal their new, Kennel Club identities and formally introduce the Belatarr Hitchcock litter:
THE BOYS
Mr Black – Belatarr Secret Agent.
Mr Blue – Belatarr Notorious.
Mr Bronze – Belatarr Vertigo.
Mr Red – Belatarr North By Northwest.
THE GIRLS
Miss Green – Belatarr To Catch a Thief.
Miss Mint – Belatarr Thirtynine Steps.
Miss Orange – Belatarr Topaz
Miss Pink – Belatarr Rebecca.
Miss Purple – Belatarr Marnie.
Miss Yellow – Belatarr Jamaica Inn.
It’s tiring work being 6 weeks old.
Brother and sister – Belatarr Notorious & Belatarr Thirtynine Steps
Puppy Portraits – week 5.
After being spoiled by last weekend’s Spring sunshine and unseasonal warmth we’ve been plunged back into the more typical near-freezing wet and overcast English weather this week. We still wanted to take the pup portraits outdoors, but the poor mites were pretty chilly and less than impressed, and the resulting images certainly don’t have the sunny glow or depth/accuracy of colour that we captured last week. Still, the boys are girls are all coming on very nicely and have enjoyed a lovely week indoors near the fire whilst a succession of daily visitors arrive for those all important cuddles and snuggles socialization exercises. 🙂
THE BOYS
Mr Black – looking cold 😦
Mr Black – much happier!
Mr Blue
Mr Blue snuggles (more colour accurate too)
Mr Bronze.
Mr Red.
THE GIRLS
Miss Green
Miss Mint.
Miss Orange.
Miss Pink.
Miss Purple.
Miss Yellow.
Pupalanche!
Puppy Portraits – week 4.
The last two days have seen some wonderful Spring sunshine arrive in Devon allowing us to get the pups outside to experience the big wide world for the first time. The thermometer showed 70 degrees F in the sunshine and the pups were able to spend 4 hours in the fresh air on two successive afternoons. Sadly the forthcoming weather forecast suggests that they may not have another opportunity to get outdoors again for the foreseeable future, but we were just delighted to see them frolic in the fresh air and were also able to take this weeks portraits outside too.
THE BOYS
Mr Black.
Mr Blue.
Mr Bronze.
Mr Bronze, again.
Mr Red.
THE GIRLS
Miss Green (sleepy!)
Miss Mint.
Miss Orange.
Miss Pink.
Miss Purple.
Miss Yellow.
The gang get their first taste of the outdoors!
Mr Bronze takes a nap in the sunshine.
…and has a snoozy snuggle.
When indoors and out the pups love nothing more than to pile into one or other of their cat-carrier dens, which have been equally enjoyed by all of their older brothers and sisters before them.
The gang pile into their micro-den (note the chew marks from previous pup inhabitants!)
For the last week we have also been weaning the pups onto their solid food diet. Starting with Royal Canin weaning mousse the kids went absolutely nuts with excitement at their first sniff of the solid stuff and within a few days were lapping very efficiently. From mid-week they were old and tidy enough to be fed from their super-duper Weena-Feeder and by this weekend they have been transferred onto their raw food diet – essentially the same as their mum eats, but put through a food processor to remove all of the chunks and lumps.
Meanwhile teeth are erupting and everyone wants to chew everything, so new rubber chew toys and plastic bottles are going down a treat, when human arms, toes and ears are not available. Their nails are still being filed regularly too, and, when they are sleepy enough, each pup can be gently wiggled upside-down on your lap whilst having their teeny-tiny toes attended to, as beautifully illustrated below by a gently snoozing Mr Blue.
Mr Blue gets his nails filed
Puppy Portraits – week 2.
The pups continue to thrive and gain weight very nicely and evenly. Day 14 saw Miss Green and then Miss Yellow open their eyes, by the following day, which is when these head-shots were taken, all of their other siblings were starting to open their eyes too.
THE BOYS
Mr Black
Mr Blue
Mr Bronze
Mr Red
THE GIRLS
Miss Green
Miss Mint
Miss Orange
Miss Pink
Miss Purple
Miss Yellow.
Group A
Group B
A snoozing Mr Red uses mum as a pillow.
Miss Green as her eyes opened for the first time.
Mr Blue’s bat-ears in cuteness overload.
The Gang’s All Here!
We’re absolutely delighted to announce the safe arrival of Phoenix’ final litter:
Yesterday was a very long and exhausting all-night-and-most-of-the-next-day whelping, but all 10 pups eventually arrived vigorous and squeaking and all suckled strongly immediately, so now, 24hrs later, we are very proud to be able to introduce Belatarr 3.0 to the world: 6 new Belatarr girls – Miss Yellow, Miss Orange, Miss Pink, Miss Green, Miss Purple and Miss Mint, and 4 new Belatarr boys – Mr Red, Mr Black, Mr Blue and Mr. Bronze.
As with Phoenix’ previous litters we have split the puppies into two groups and are hand-attaching them to feed around the clock to ensure that everyone gets their share of milk, so whilst one group feeds the others wait their turn, gently snoozing under the heat lamp. Phoenix is recovering well and sleeping a lot today, but is proving again to be the most wonderful, careful, conscientious and attentive mother. So now the fun begins!
Lyra’s first birthday.
Our little baby, Belatarr Lyra, is 1 year old today!
Lyra in her typical, muddy-nosed pose!
A very rare/brief/fleeting moment of calm.
A very happy birthday to all other 11 of the ‘Constellation Litter’ brothers and sisters too: Ava, Cooroo, Fergus, Gertie, Halle, Hercules, Kaia, Kofi, Percy, Rusty & Twiglet…we can’t wait until the Belatarr reunion in Sept to see you again!
Lyra’s brother, the gorgeous Belatarr Hercules.
Lyra steps out + Django scores historic win!
A really fantastic weekend of shows for us – on Saturday 6 month old Belatarr Lyra got her show career off to a super start at the Plymouth Premier Show where she was placed 2nd in HWV Open, and picked up Best Puppy in Breed & Reserve Best of Breed, beaten only by her big sister Billie (Belatarr Mahalia Jackson) who was BOB.
The following day Lyra scored another Best Puppy in Breed at Central Cornwall, but the big news was made by her big brother, Django, who took Best of Breed and then went on to beat the other 16 Gundog Best of Breed’s to score another superb Gundog Group 1 win, picking up a silver goblet for Best Gundog in Show. The biggest prize of all, though, is that Django has now qualified for his Show Certificate of Merit just like his father, Mingus, and brother, Gryphon (Belatarr Dizzy Gillespie) before him. Django is only the 6th male HWV to win the ShCM and the 2 year old Gryphon & Django become only the second pair of siblings, and the first ever pair of brothers in the breed to have achieved the award!
The weekend wins.
Belatarr Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla. 
