These are our present Forgevalley girls, as at August 6th 2011, and we love them all to bits!
Pru at 3 months
Pru and Foo dog (4months)
We kept one of Maddie's last litter Picture on the right.
Grady (Forgevalley Forever) is a lovely young bitch - absolutely full of life.
We hope to be showing her in the near future, other things permitting.
Grady's head at 9 months
Maddie age 5
Maddie and Dorothy win Puppy Stakes
Dinah
Dinah and Puppy
We kept two of Maddie's pups from her last but one litter, bitches.
One was Zippy, one was Cody. They were lovely affectionate girls.
We lost Zippy at only two years old in an accident, but still have Cody, FV Colour Code. She is the mother of FV Rize'n Shine, Smartie, and Sunny (Forgevalley Shine On) who has now become Champion of Finland and Norway..
Cody, 3 Years old
Amour
Amour again
Amy, our latest addition.
We kept one of Amour's litter, by Mandarin, a lovely black bitch we call Pru. Her full name is Forgevalley Black Russian. She is absolutely full of life and keeps us all on our toes, especially when she is having a mad half hour with Grady!
Pru at 6 weeks
Pru at 6 months
Grady at 6 months
Maddie, Bellicose Crackpot by Forgevalley ,is Redford's daughter,and daughter of Poppy, Forgevalley Red Ensign who is the daughter of Gracie, Kyushu Puttin on the Style at Forgevalley, the foundation bitch of almost all we have now.
She is half sister to Casey who was the top CC winner of all time.
She won Best Puppy at Border Union Champ Show under judge Wesley McCrum, breed specialist, and a large stakes class.
She also won best Puppy at Blackpool Champ Show under all round judge and breed specialist Liz Dunhill. Not a bad start for her first two shows. She then went on to take Best Puppy at Durham.
Maddie is the mother of FV Colour Code, and grandma to FV Rize n shine, and FV Shine On to Bellicose, (the latter is now with Jussi Vilpunnen in Finland, having started her show career there).
Maddie is also the dam of FV The Shining , Raffy, now owned by Gareth in Ireland and showing well.( See him on "Other dogs we bred" page).
Maddie has gone to live in Northumberland.
Dinah,Forgevalley Black Pearl, is the daughter of Phoebe, Bellicose Head over Heels to Forgevalley, Poppy's daughter. Dinah's sire is South African Champion Cathay Hotshot who is a chocolate dog. So Dinah carries dilute. We mated her to Mandarin, Chernyi Cheezh Mandarin for ChinaSkys who is a dilute, and we had a lovely litter including dilutes of different colours.
Below is a picture of Forgevalley Zip Code, Zippy, one of the most beautiful dogs we ever bred
Zippy
Below is Forgevalley Rize'n Shine, Smartie, Cody's daughter, litter sister of Sunny.
Smartie at 4 months
Amour, (Cherniy Chiz Mon Amour for China Skys), is a russian import. She came from Russia's top breeding record holding kennel. Thanks to Rebecca Cassidy for letting us have her.
Amour is a joy to own, a happy, loving and outgoing girl with many breed qualities.
At Driffield Champ Show Judge Paul Harding made this comment:
"..strong head, broad muzzle and typical frowning expression, small ears, correct clear almond eyes, correct scissor bite and dentition, well pigmented,strong neck, muscular shoulders, correct front, well off for bone and rib, pleasing topline with moderate angulation, pleasing harsh coat, moved and handled well."
