Anam Chara Barbet welcomes their first litter

Congratulations to Lynn Vogt-Kinsey and Leslie Woodward on the the safe arrival of 8 beautiful Barbets (5 boys, 3 girls) born on December 7th. Dam, CH Hickory Tavern Secret Garden is doing a great job mothering her puppies.  The sire of this litter is CH Northrock's Athos Pascal.

It will be a joyful kind of busy at Anam Chara Barbet for the next several weeks and we will all enjoy watching these precious babies grow up!

Puppies Expected at Anam Chara Barbet

Anam Chara is expecting their first litter of Barbets out of the lovely Ch Hickory Tavern Secret Garden "Meg" by our homebred Ch Northrock's Athos Pascal.  We are all looking forward to meeting the puppies out of these two beautiful Barbets who both have such wonderful temperaments.  Puppies are expected December 10th.
  

For information about this expected litter please contact the breeders Leslie Woodward and Lynn Vogt-Kinsey at Anam Chara.

New Titles Earned at Northrock

It has been a successful month at Northrock Barbets as a few of the Barbet girls brought home some new titles in Rally Obedience*.

UCH Nuphar's Soak Up The Sun RN CGN "Summer" with her rosettes from her first two CKC RN legs

Summer now has her CKC Rally Novice title earning the title in three straight trials with a 93, 98 and 96.

URO1 CH Northrock's Eau De Joy CGN "Ellie" and
URO1 UCD CH Neigenuveaux Fleur D'Northrock WC CGN "Sophie"

photo by A. Smith

In UKC Rally, Summer, Sophie and Ellie each earned the title of URO1.  We are really enjoying the sport of rally-obedience.  

A big thank you to Ellie's co-owner, Lise Pomeroy for putting the first two legs of Ellie's title on her.  All of the dogs worked well and earned some really nice scores.

Also many thanks to my friend and coach Alison Smith at Personal Paws Inc. for all of her training help and encouragement.  

*pending CKC and UKC Confirmation

Camping in Algonquin Provincial Park

I've just returned from a wonderful trip to Algonquin Provincial Park.  What a beautiful park!  Our family had a great time with friends, sharing lots of laughs and delicious food.   Summer came with us this year as she had never gone camping before and was a joy to have along.

Our campsite was on the water and a peaceful retreat from city life.

As part of the trip we enjoyed a day out on the lake swimming and canoeing in the sunshine.   

There were several campers who wanted to stop and meet Summer.  None of them had previously heard of the breed.  She was a super ambassador for the Barbet and enjoyed the attention.

Introducing Rex: HickoryTavern Epic D'Northrock

HickoryTavern Epic D'Northrock

CH Northrock's Athos Pascal x CH Neigenuveaux's Ermagarde

Born April 6, 2016

We are happy to welcome the latest addition to our Northrock family of Barbets.  HickoryTavern Epic D'Northrock has come to us from breeder Judy Descutner at Hickory Tavern Farm.

Rex is a special puppy for us as he is by our homebred male CH Northrock's Athos Pascal and out of Judy's CKC/UKC CH Neigenuveux's Ermagarde.  The litter that these two Barbets have produced is lovely and I'm very pleased with the consistency and quality that we are seeing in the puppies thus far.  

We are grateful to Judy for the wonderful start Rex received. He is a happy and friendly pup who travelled really well on his journey from the States to Canada. Rex is co-owned with John Bonin and Cherise Berman and together we are going to have a lot of fun with this puppy.

UKC Premier 2016

I have just returned from a trip to Kalamazoo, Michigan to participate in events at the UKC Premier dog show.  Lise Pomeroy and her Barbet Ellie (CH Northrock's Eau De Joy CGN) joined Summer (Nuphar's Soak Up The Sun) and I for a fun filled few days enjoying dog sports.  

We participated in conformation, lure coursing and rally-obedience events and Ellie tried dog diving.  In performance events both Ellie and Summer each came away with two legs towards a lure coursing title and one leg towards a rally title, qualifying in each new event they entered.

 Here is a video of Ellie lure coursing!

It was a joy to spend time with other Barbets and their wonderful owners and to finally meet some of the dogs and people in person.  

The Pascal and Claire Puppies - Update

Earlier this month I travelled to Hickory, PA to visit with Judy Descutner at Hickory Tavern Farm and see the Pascal x Claire puppies before they began to leave for their new homes.  It was a delightful trip and we are both pleased with the promise this litter shows.  

Joshua Bandoch and Maria Rogacheva are Pascal's wonderful co-owners.  The passion they have for their dog and the breed is evident in all that they have done and continue to do for Pascal.  They were very excited for the opportunity to meet these special puppies today.  

Josh, Claire, Judy, Maria, Pascal and the pups 

It was truly a team effort to produce this litter.  My sincere thanks to all involved.  I am very glad that a Northrock dog has been able to contribute to the careful growth of the Barbet in the US.