Snow Dogs

Here are a few photos of various Lelaurier Dalmatians enjoying the snow!!

Left to right; Ice (disappearing), Spring, Wave (behind), Storm (in front), Sam (Jack Russell), Summer and finally Breeze.

Wave in front, Storm alongside and Breeze behind

Lelaurier Winterstorm born October 07

Lelaurier Springbreeze - Spring is the last puppy we have available from our March 2008 litter.

Now some pictures of pups we have bred, now enjoying the snow in their new homes!

Lelaurier Snowdrop 'Lottie' owned by my parents born April 2002

Lelaurier Crownofthorns 'Thor' owned by the Clarks born March 2008. Pictured here with his slave Nathan

Lelaurier Newbeginnings 'Benny' owned by the Pococks born March 2008. Pictured here with his slave Nathan (another one)

Enjoy the piccies and any other owners feel free to email some over to me!

TTFN
Claire

Yippee!

Well we had a great show, Ollie's first daughter made Champion on Saturday and gained 4 of the 6 Best of Breeds, although she has great curl she also has great type, with a lovely open expression and brilliant substance, especially for an 18 month old female who still hasn't had kittens yet!

Pole dancing Eddie (Lelaurier Limited Edition) also had a great show with 7 finals overall, a couple of judges had seen him in December and couldn't believe how much he had grown, it was only his pole dancing antics that gave him away as the same cat! Another judge said he was a future star and if his half siblings are anything to go by he most certainly will be.


Clair and Chris brought Sunny (Lelaurier Burntorange - Cinnamon SR) out on the Sunday, it is fantastic to see how well this girl has matured and she now has cheeks! For such a dainty girl she managed 2 Best of Breeds based on her type, she didn't final but that will come.
The best bit though is Clair and Chris' alter boy Bud (Lelaurier Cowboy Boots) after getting a 2nd Best on Saturday afternoon we did all wonder whether he was cursed to always be the bridesmaid, he has had Bests before but they were before he had enough points for Quad, well Sunday morning changed all that, with a lot of teasing and winding up Bud was finally awarded Best shorthair alter by Jean Marc Lagarde making this gorgeous lump of a boy a Supreme Grand Champion Alter!!!!!!! Bud is the first UK bred SH alter to do this for the Selkirk breed and my second Supreme Selkirk. I really couldn't be more pleased with the way our breeding programme is going, onwards and upwards!

TTFN
Claire

New Year

Well, it's January and no the floor wasn't finished for Christmas but it's very nearly there!!
Cali's Selkirk kittens had a great time trying to remove everything off the tree, whilst Lucky tried to kill it. Harmony's boys were a bit more laid back about it all and satisfied themselves with chewing the lower branches.
Cali's boys are just sooooo lovely, great big hunks of purr and her little lady is such a sweetheart too. We are delighted to hear that Edie has settled herself right in with Pam and given her the full Lelaurier experience!!
We have a lovely new home for Thor and he will be leaving us in a week, it may have taken some time but the right homes always do turn up and I know he will be very happy there. So we just have to find that perfect home for Spring now.
We have never been ones to just sell our babies to whoever wants them, the homes have to be right and we are quite happy to keep them until that is found, even if they do eat us out of house and home in the process!
Just before Christmas our gorgeous new addition joined us, Sassy or Catbalu Delicious is a Chocolate Tortie British carrying the Cinnamon gene. Her dad is our own bred Simba that Dee owns and her mum is Dee's wonderful Champion girl Emma, who also happens to be Joshy's mum so Sassy is a very special girl to us.



Sully and Gracie have now been neutered, Sully is staying here with us and Gracie has a wonderful quiet home that she is leaving for tomorrow, it will suit her perfectly and I am sure she is going to enjoy the one to one fuss she will be getting, thanks to her new mum Kate for giving her the home she needs.
We are showing in a couple of weeks time and will also have the American Curl kittens out on exhibiton, so here we go again!

TTFN
Claire

Party Time!

Well, after a stressful few weeks we escaped this weekend for Spoticat's two day show and awards banquet. We only took two of the kittens, Eddie who was the youngest there and Brave who was the third youngest and youngest Selkirk. Eddie will be staying with us but Brave will be available.
Eddie managed two Shorthair finals on Sunday a 3rd and a 5th and had a great time playing in Jean Marc Lagarde's ring, a big thanks to him for letting this little lad have some playtime and learn that shows are fun, he certainly enjoyed it all.
We had the chance to dress up for the banquet, so in honour of Lexi I had a black and white dress but then to be a little bit different my outfit was finished off with bright pink shoes :-) It was great to collect her award and I am so proud of my darling girl.
We arrived back shattered last night. Thanks to my parents for looking after the brood and allowing us to have a couple of nights away.
This week should (I hope) see the start of the new floor going down, will we be ready for Christmas? Who knows!

TTFN
Claire

Drip drip!

Well it's been an interesting week, our washing machine decided to fill the utility, kitchen, hall, bathroom and part of the cat room with water instead of washing the clothes! The dogs and cats were not impressed but the kittens thought the mopping up was great fun!!
The babies are getting big now and I'm growing more and more attached to them but as much as I would like I simply cannot keep them all, I know the right homes will turn up so it's just a matter of sitting and waiting.
We have no other litters due now, which considering half the house is going to be ripped up in the next couple of weeks, is no bad thing. I dread to think what Christmas is going to be like.
Spring and Thor are still growing like weeds and are both lovely dogs, if only we could get some sensible enquiries for them and the kittens, instead of the constant stream of 'how much'?
TTFN
Claire

Happy Halloween

Well, off we went to Newbury on Sunday with Berry in tow. A huge thanks to Clair and Chris who took Kai with them on Saturday morning and handled him all day, he managed a 6th Best kitten in the Shorthair ring. It was fancy dress on Sunday and even the cats joined in!

Clair's boy Bud (Lelaurier Cowboy Boots) had a great weekend with 7 finals in total.

Well done Blossom

More good news from our puppy owners, Blossom has just passed her Puppy Foundation Assessment which is part of the Kennel Club's Good Citizen Dog Scheme. It certainly looks like this litter have picked up their mum's intelligence!