Tattersett English Setters

Tattersett News 2011

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Our final piece of news for 2011! We went to the Northern English Setter Breed show last weekend where Frankie was 2nd in Minor Puppy and Tory 3rd in Post Graduate under Joanne Howarth. Frankie's brother Raffles owned by Ann Hepburn was 2nd in the Minor Puppy dog class under Carol Guy. Yesterday the 10th December Hazel and I went to the LKA. Ortley came 3rd in Graduate dog, Woody was 2nd in Open and Tory won the Post Graduate class. Raffles was 2nd in the Minor puppy class and Flutter 2nd in the Graduate bitch class. The judge was Chris Atkinson.

Now we are preparing for Christmas and Shelley, Mark and Emelie are coming to stay on Boxing Day for about a week which will be lovely as they could have been enjoying the sun of Australia!!

We showed our new puppy last weekend at Mid Herts Gundog Show and again at Midland Counties on Friday. At both shows she got 2nd and loved every moment. At Mid Herts Ortley won the Graduate class and also RBOB. At Mid.Cos Tory won the Post Graduate class with Flutter 3rd in the same class.

September was another busy month. I went down to stay with Shelley, Mark and Emelie for a week, just a few days before Emelie started walking!! We caught up with many of our friends in Sussex and also took Emelie swimming and other activities. I had about 6 days at home and then Tony and I went to Driffield Championship Show with Woody and Tory. Woody was 2nd in Open and Tory 3rd in Post Graduate. It was lovely for Tony to see our friends in the dog world as he rarely gets to a Championship Show. We then took of to the East coast of Yorkshire for a long weekend away. The weather was brilliant, so we all walked miles and enjoyed the sun and sea!!

An update on my news, August was very busy with Shelley and Emelie coming to stay which was lovely. Then Alfie Florin's son left us on the 17th August to join his owners in the Cayman Islands. He arrived in full spirits and sounds as though he is enjoying life in spite of the hurricanes. The next day Caroline and I set of to Austria where I was judging on the Sunday and Caroline wrote for me. We had a fabulous time and the hospitality was terrific. The weather was very hot but it didn't stop us going to the Spanish Riding School and Piber where the Lippizaner's are bred. We also went to the Schonbron Palace, a river trip and then our last 2 days we were in Hungary. The show was lovely with a great atmosphere. Thank you for giving us both such a great time.

Yesterday the 4th September was City of Birmingham Show with Linda Taylor judging. Woody got 4th in Open, Flutter won the Graduate class and Tory was 5th in Post Graduate.

We have had a very busy time preparing for Alfie (W. Royal Flush ex Double
Florin) to leave us for the Cayman Islands. There are so many tests and paperwork to do and my vets have been terrific. He leaves us on Tuesday 16th August and he will fly to the Caymans on the 17th. We will miss him and so will Frankie his sister.

Hazel and I had a day of and went to the National Gundog on August 6th.
Judge was Mrs. Ruth Martin. It was good to get to a show again but with mixed results. Ortley got 3rd in Graduate, Woody 5th in Open, Tory was 2nd in Post Graduate and Jan's Jazzy (T. Dreaming Away of K) went Best Veteren in Breed.

On the Monday after the show our lovely daughter and grand-daughter came to stay for the week which was very special. Emelie is now 9.5 months and she has grown so much since May. She is a very happy easy going child at the moment!

On the 17th August I too fly of to Austria to judge on the following Sunday and have a few days break which I'm looking forward to.

On the 8th July Hazel and I went to the East of England show. Ortley (Future Gamble) was 3rd in Yearling and 2nd in Graduate Dog, Woody was 3rd in Open dog and Tory (Doctor in Love) won the post graduate bitch class. No more shows now for a few weeks!!

We have had a very busy 10 days!. On saturday June 25th was Blackpool Champ show with Sarah Sevastopulo judging. Woody came 3rd in Open and Tory, his sister won Post Graduate, Debbie's Flutter was 2nd in Yearling. Then the following Thursday we took Hebe and Tory to the Norfolk and Nowich Premier Open show held at the Royal Norfolk Show, the judge was Richard Morris. Hebe won the Post Graduate with Hazel's Ortley 2nd and Debbie's Wellington 3rd.
Tory won the Open class and then Hebe went BOB. Saturday July 2nd saw Hazel and I heading to Windsor Champ show in the heat and Ortley came 4th in Yearling, Woody 3rd in Open and Tory came 2nd in Post Graduate.Stella Oliver was the judge. Finally the next day we set of to the ESA open show with 4 dogs. Hazel took Lucky (Live the Dream) who won the Veteran dog class and Ortley won the Graduate dog class. Hebe was 3rd in Graduate and Tory got 2nd in Open with Fiona Tompsett judging the main show. The Stakes classes were judged by Margaret Attwood and Tory was 2nd in the Open stakes.

15th May I took Tory (~Doctor In Love) and Hebe to Mid Herts Gundog where Ray Strudwick was judging our breed. Hebe won Graduate and Tory won Open and B.O.B with Hebe going Res. B.O.B. No they weren't the only 2 there!! In fact he had an entry of 22! Tory then went on to B.I.S.3 under Patsy Hollins.

We went to Newmarket on Thursday with all the puppies for their BAER test and all passed. We also have had our lovely little granddaughter staying who loves both the adult dogs and puppies.

And on the puppy page you will find some new pictures from the puppies

On the 9th April Hazel, Ortley, Woody and I set of for Welshpool while Tony
very kindly babysat. It was such a lovely day and the country looked
superb, and our day continued so well.

Ortley was 2nd in Yearling and 2nd in Graduate under judge Sue Bryant and
then Woody won the Limit class, his 3rd CC and Res. BIS again under Sue.
What a thrill to have bred our 27th UK Show Champion !

Crufts: We only entered Woody this year and to our joy he won the Limit class !

Florin and Ellie are both definately in whelp and are due on April 4th and 5th.

We hopefully will have a busy time at the beginning of April as we mated Florin on January 31st to Sh. Wansleydale Royal Flush and the next day we mated Ellie to Woody!!

On the 6th Feb. we went to MESS Champ show. Ortley was 3rd in Yearling Dog and won the Novice and Tyro classes. Woody was 2nd in Limit. Flutter won Yearling Bitch and Undergraduate and Hebe was 2nd in Tyro and Undergraduate.

23rd Jan saw Hazel and I setting of for Manchester Champ show held at Stafford. Ortley (Future Gamble) got a 3rd in Junior Dog.
Woody (Doctor Woody) was 2nd in Limit dog and his sister Tory (Doctor in Love) was 3rd in Post Graduate bitch.
Florin and Ellie are both in season and we intend to mate them both when they are ready. More details to follow.

7/1/2011: Boston Championship Show (no tickets) It was lovely to be back after our break. Hazel was 2nd with Ortley in Junior dog.
Woody won Open dog and went Best dog and Tory his sister, after a break of over a year
because of her litter, was 3rd in Post Graduate.