Where to see Spicemill hovawarts in 2008?

• Crufts- Birmingham (UK), NEC - 8 March - www.crufts.org.uk
  
• All About Dogs - The Brentwood Center (UK) - 10-11 May - http://www.allaboutdogs.org.uk/

Venka and James will be there with SARDA Cantech
• National Working & Pastoral Breeds Society Championship Show - Malvern (UK), July

News

December 2008: No puppies at Spicemill this year
Bitches have the particularity that they can reabsorb foetus and this is what has happened to our Scamp. We were very sorry to disapoint the families who had expressed an interest in owning a puppy from this planned litter. We hope we will have more luck next time.

October 2008: Scamp is in whelp
An ultrasound scan has today confirmed that our Scamp is in whelp. It looks like it is going to be only a small litter. But it's all right as we breed for quality, not quantity. And with such parents, how could these puppies not be exceptional? They are due in November.

September 2008: Scamp visits Trevor
Our Scamp 'Oxane-Diable Animagus avec Spicemill' came with us all the way to Cannes, in the South of France to meet the handsome black Trevor des Trois Petits Diables. She liked him very much and they will hopefully make us beautiful babies in the not too distant future.

July 2008: Venka joins SARDA Meridian
As they were no search & rescue group in our area, we had had to join a group based in Lincolnshire to help us train Venka and get her qualified. But with the amount of calls out that we get in our area, it was time for a new group to be formed and this is finally going ahead so watch this space for the creation and progress of SARDA Meridian.

July 2008: Hips A for Steamy
The hips scoring system is different on the continent and a letter is given, with A being the best score. And guess what, the first dog born at Spicemill to have his hips scored gets an A. Steamy' hips are A and is elbow are 0/0. You can't do better than that!

June 2008: Litter planned from Scamp and Trevor
We have now received the necessary authorisation for our next litter. Our first choice is French Champion Trevor des Trois Petits Diables and our reserve stud dog is French Champion Amylton du Domaine Jarette. It was very difficult to decide in between these two as they are both dogs of exceptional quality, who are not only successful in the show ring, but who are both working dogs from very reputable lines. But we finally decided to pick the black beauty. We cannot wait to see these puppies as we have high expectations for this litter, which is also the start of a new line as Scamp is an import. So we are eagerly waiting for Scamp's next seasons.

May 2008: Steamy is Spicemill's first champion
Great news from Poland where Anna and Steamy keep making us oh so proud. Spicemill Steamy Wasabi is now Polish Junior Champion. This happens in the same month when he passed his mentality test with the maximum number of points. Not just a pretty face, hey!

Mai 2008 : Gold for the girls
Jo and Poppy got the "Kennel Club Good Citizen Scheme" gold. Congratulations!

March 2008: Venka is now a level-3 NSARDA dog
James and Venka (Pines Piccolo avec Spicemill) have done it again. They took their level 3-area assessment for NSARDA (National Search & Rescue Dog Association) and passed. This qualification is valid for 3 years and means that James and Venka are now operational to search larger area, such as woodlands. We are very proud of Venka, who is still the only hovawart and the only dog in Kent to hold a NSARDA qualification. She absolutely loves it and is a pleasure to watch working. We hope her achievements will motivate more people to join search & rescue teams with their hovawarts, or any other dogs for that matters.
We are very grateful to the local press who covered the news of Venka's qualification, thus helping us promoting the work of all the volunteers who participate in Search & Rescue operations. Venka was in the Westerham Chronicle (20 March - p.3), the Saturday Observer (22 March - p.5), on the front page of the Westerham & county border news (27 March) and on ITV Meridian (25 March - lunch and evening news). Well done Venka!

March 2008: Stig goes to his first Crufts
Spicemill Saffron Stigma 'The Stig' goes to his first Crufts, handled by our friend and Stig's co-owner Flora Brumby. They did extremely well together, finishing 2nd in the junior dog class, which means Stig is qualified for Crufts 2009!

January 2008: Happy birthday Spices puppies!
Venka's 9 puppies are now a year old and keep making us proud.

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