Fauve pages revised Feb 2010

 

Our first Basset Fauves Hibeck Clementine and her close relative Hibeck Cream Cracker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our first BFdB litter, Hibeck Clementine by Venquest Popcorn of Hibeck, was born in October 2008. We kept Marmalade and Milo.

 

 

  Milo pictured January 2009. I never did get to grips with handling his mother at shows, so we took Milo to Ireland for a week in August 2009 by way of a crash course on how not to trip over a small breed when i have been used to handling wolfhounds for the best part of 40 years. He won a green star and five reserves to his sire, all with top grading of " very promising" and my handling ability must have come on slightly as I was allowed to pilot his father the day Oliver won G1 at Tralee show on the last day of the circuit. Since then Milo has qualified for Crufts 10  and had best puppy at Richmond championship show.

 

 

This was Marmalade aged 9 weeks

 

   

 

 

 

Above : Marmalade again at a year old. She has come on tremendously and we will see if she likes the idea of going to shows.

 

We did try for a picture of  all six helping mother to the toy mountain - four out of six was the result.

 

 

fatboy - the tangle toy contest winner on three falls and a knock out.

 

 

 And this was how "Mandarin" looked aged 12 mths - jumping up.

 

 

 

 

Two boys - we thought Milo and Monty were the puppies who might have show careers, Milo on the left stayed home and goes to shows, Monty went to a family home and won "most handsome dog " at their village fete.

 

 

Below - Monty when he visited us Xmas 2009 aged 16 mths

 

 

 

 

15th November 2008 - 6 weeks old - outside for the first time this weekend. No fears at all, even when the puppy run was visited by Star and Ottaline.

 

 

 

 

 

  pink pig a great sucess in every way ....

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday Nov 8th 2008 - see if you can make the flickr link work from here by cutting and pasting it into the search bar, worked for me... we took puppy pictures in great numbers. this is one of the boys as he was moved out of his ( carpeted) nursery and into the new puppy room ( newspapers !).Next, the ourside world......

 

 

 

 

 

  below - the two girls.

 

   The four boys - harder to keep still !

 

 

 One of the boys killing his toy - did wonder if 4 weeks was on the young side to expect them to play with stuffed toys, but no ...... they have already taken one ear off larry the lamb and this stuffie now has no nose.

 

 

 

 smallest bitch cuddled up to her mummy. This little one grew into "Missy" ( Mistletoe) who comes back to visit regularly and puts herself into top dog spot within 24 hrs every time.

 

 

 humans yawn with their eyes closed too.....

 

 

 

  not much room at the milk bar ...

 

 

 Sunday 19th - eyes opened this weekend! Biggest dog and smallest bitch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 one day old

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you dont really need the dishwasher .....   

 

 

 

 

when you have help in the kitchen like this .... its always a boil wash......