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baby puppies born 16th Dec 2011
Basset Fauves:Like all the scent hounds and a big handful of other breeds they cant always be trusted off the lead. There is nothing more frustrating than a Fauve taking itself off for a two hour trail when you only have an hour. They seem to disappear so quickly - a scent is always given first attention and a hot scent is followed relentlessly. I thought I'd best mention this before you ( like us) fall in love with their whiskery faces, sociability and highly amusing ways.
Our first Basset Fauves Hibeck Clementine ( now Irish Ch) and her close relative Hibeck Cream Cracker
Our first BFdB litter, Hibeck Clementine by Irish Ch 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.
Milo is now Irish Champion Mochras Milo, our nicest win with him was probably BOB at the Basset Club of Ireland show under Paulo Dondino in 2011.
This was Marmalade aged 9 weeks. She grew into a wonderfully shaped and very sound fauve and is the dam of Mahogany.
Above : Marmalade again at a year old. She never did take to the idea of dog shows.
Clementine's first litter ( 4 of her 6 puppies)
Dylan ( Mochras Mandarin) as a baby
Dylan aged 12 months
Monty and Milo aged 6 weeks
6 week old puppies meeting the wolfhounds
The four boys....
humans yawn with their eyes closed too.....
not much room at the milk bar ...
3 weeks old - smallest bitch and biggest dog. Mistletoe grew into a larger fauve than her sister.
one day old