Congratulations :)

Hey thank you, im like a grandma now lol

you have been good to me as well thank you for that too.

Best wishes

Mandy :)

If your serious about research once you have joined the breed club try to buy at least 10 years Worth of back breed annuals/yearbooks (thats about 3 canine generations), and after you have researched all the dogs behind the pedigrees your working with that far go back further buy buying even more, at least the last 20 years to give you five or 6 generations..

This will allow you to see how individual lines/kennels have developed and how particular dogs have bred on, and what influence they have had for good or otherwise.

It doesn't beat hands on or personal experience of the dogs but it gives you a snapshot of the breeding over time, and a foundation for more research.

I now have yearbooks going back to the 1930's with almost complete set back to the 70's.

thats great news :) xx

The thing is where do i find a good club for my girl?

I have tryed a few but they are not the real clubs.

Wow do you know how much all these annuals cost?

It would be nice to see how it all got started and see which breeders are still going.

Thanks for that

Mandy x

I don't know your breed,but there should be a breed club affiliated to the Kennel Club.You could search their web site or just ask.It is extremely interesting and rewarding to research your breed.With my breed they were relatively unknown until the mid 60's so it has been easy to follow the lines in both the U.K and the USA - in the USA there has been notably one mainstart in the breed(with some controversy)It has only been since the late 90's onwards that the population has increased and the BRS makes some worrying reading of late.In my breed there have been a couple of great books,one written by one of the earlier breeders that have great pictures, 5 gen pedigrees and a write up on some off the earlier dogs.It even describes her experiences of whelping.Theremay be something similar in your breed.
Jude

Congrats on the confirmed pups, not long to wait now.

I have borrowed those annuals going back to the 60s after staying with someone who left them for my bed time reading, addictive once you get started.

Hi Rhodach,

Aww bless you, thats kind of you to say.

Oh right i see, I bet you have enjoyed reading all the information,  if your in to some thing i think you never give up looking for things that you are in to.

I wonder if amazon would have any thing like that on there? Might give it a try!

Thanks again

Mandy x

Every breed has a breed club, just Google or search eh Kennel Club website in the breed info area.

Breed clubs produce annual publications and usually print more than they need.  also when people die or go out of a breed they will often donate the old yearbooks that are a history of the breed to the club for selling for club funds.

When you join the breed club you usually get the current years annual with your membership plus newsletters etc.

You will be told when there are breed events going on such as seminars as well as the shows/Trials.

Anyone breeding really should belong to a breed club, but the majority of breed club members are simply owners.

THATS BRILLIANT NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!

been up and down all day as our internet went down LOL LOL bloody BT Broadband :-(

so very pleased for you...

I bought the book of the bitch too, it makes great reading and you can keep reading the same thing over and over lol think i have read it at least 4 times in the last 2 months lol...

tonight i will have a little tipple in celebration for you :-)

take care , will PM you my email as i'l love to see the pups when born and how they progress..

Hey there you are, wondered what had happened to you, i thought well you said you would be on here from about 11ish onwards lol then when you never came back, well i did not know what to say as i could not contact you any where else.

Thank you so much, it must be hard for you to know im having pups and yours did not happen this time. As i said i did not want to rub it in.

The book of the bitch is a book i would recommend to any one, its a great book and like you i never tire of reading it.

Awwww bless you i think you deserve a little tipple lol i dont drink much but do like to have a drink now and then.

Yes if you PM me i can show you the scan of the pups. Alice only seen 3 but dont know if there is any more there, but the bottom one of the scan you can see a definate puppy in its sack, so will send you that asap.

Glad your back here lol

Mandy x