Happy
2nd Birthday, Freda, Bea and
their siblings Bisto, Muk,
Lui and Badger.
Tried and failed to get a
pretty photo of the Birthday
sisters!
Far too much excitement!
30th
August
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Montecani
You're My Only Hope
1st
Yearling Dog
Driffield |
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27th
August 2021
Judge: Max Munday |
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Beau
(Imp Ita)
1st
Yearling Dog
Bournemouth CA |
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Co-owned
with Lynne Luff
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14th
August 2021
Judge: Pam Blay |
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Happy
10th Birthday Cuda and siblings.
Cuda is my little travelling
companion who loves to share
a box of KFC popcorn chicken
on long trips and would happily
live in the car if she could.
She also does the best morning
lie ins of any dog I know!
Guess she is just a bit lazy!??
18th
August
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Montecani
Just Freddo
1st
Puppy Dog & Best
Puppy In Breed
Paignton
Championship Show |
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Beau
(Imp Ita)
Co-owned
with Lynne Luff
1st
Junior Dog
Paignton
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Montecani
Hell You Doin
1st
Yearling Bitch
Paignton |
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7th
August 2021
Judge: Jan Neil (Kevardhu)
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Montecani
Hell You Doin Fred
1st
Novice Bitch & RCC
National Gundog
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Montecani
Just Freddo
1st
Puppy Dog & Best
Puppy Dog
National Gundog |
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Montecani
Last Chance with Kubear
1st
Graduate Dog
National
Gundog |
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Owned
by Max Munday &
Mark Spalding
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1st
August 2021
Judge: Carolyn Fry (Bedeslea)
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Montecani
Just Freddo
1st
Puppy Dog
ISCGB Championship Show |
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Montecani
True Colours
1st
Graduate Dog & RCC
ISCGB Championship Show |
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by Jane Cayford
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Montecani
Hell You Doin Fred
1st
Yearling Bitch
ISCGB Championship Show |
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Montecani
My Precious
1st
Graduate Bitch
ISCGB Championship Show |
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25th July 2021
Judge: Val Woodward
(Connomar)
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Emanuela
Asca Del Montecani. 2011-2021
A
very sad day at Montecani
HQ yesterday. We said goodbye
to Asca after a progressive
degenerative disease of which
we never found the cause,
despite various tests. We
noticed a stiffness in her
rear legs a few months ago
and occasional left rear leg
drag. Otherwise perfectly
normal in herself and I put
it down to age.
The last week was the downturn
and it was clear that Asca
was starting to struggle,
losing sight in her left eye
and her balance.She stayed
very close to me and I made
sure she always knew where
I was.
Her appetite remained and
that was the hardest part
of letting her go. She was
all there, still stalking
chickens abeit wobbly and
barking at a dog that came
in for grooming, tail lashing
like a wild animal! The old
Asca I knew so well! It was
our bone of contention. Asca
was a noisy sod and would
also answer me back if I told
her off! I will miss that
feisty character.
The last morning I fed her
breakfast, then we sat quietly
in the living room, she knew
I was there and with me by
her side she went peacefully
to sleep. Its a memory I treasure
as for a moment, I could imagine
she was still well. She looked
so perfect and I snapped a
last photo which I will treasure
forever.
We then made that journey
to the vets and she slipped
peacefully away, in the back
of the car with me by her
side.
The end of an era, another
connection to my Mum. Asca
loved Mum. The other person
she always loved and remembered
was Helen Thomas.
Asca was my stud puppy from
my Italian import Siro out
of a bitch I had bred (Siena's
sister)
I travelled to Shropshire
those 10 years ago to pick
my puppy and when I arrived,
I was drawn to this beautiful
pretty face, the first born
pup. That was Asca. She slept
all the way home to Hertfordshire
in the front well.
She was a successful show
dog. Perhaps if I hadnt been
winding down my showing career
at the time, I may have made
her up to a Champion. She
was a beautiful Spinone with
one of the best heads, from
her Mucrone ancestry.
She loved to chase and fetch
a ball.
Asca had two beautiful litters
and lives on through her beautiful
sons and daughters and also
through their progeny.
We will so miss Asca, she
was truly a beautiful Spinone....except
perhaps for the barking!
I hope Mum was there waiting
on Asca's last journey
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12th
April
Wishing
Twista a very Happy 12th Birthday
today.
As always she wasnt keen on
keeping still for a moment!
She is still my puppy who
never grew up!
9th
April
Happy
13th Birthday Rivana
You have gone from heart in
the mouth hunter to mellow
old lady with a bit of spirit!!
We love you
8th
Feb
HAPPY 4th
Birthday to Wess today
23rd
January
Not a great
fan of the camera...can you
tell?
Happy 12th Birthday Kallie
and brother Ernie.
Remembering their siblings,
Rubra, Brando, Louis, Gertie,
Daisy and Mathilda
20th
January
