TEALLILLY

Neil and I have both been brought up in the countryside and have spent our lives with dogs, horses and other domestic and farm animals.

I owned my first pure bred labradors around 20 years ago, Ben & Holly (brother & sister), yellow labradors; although house pets they came from a working background. I have always been interested in gundogs and enjoyed watching them work.

Sadly Ben developed a very aggresive cancer in his lung and died very shortly after it was diagnosed, so I was left with Holly who became withdrawn and lost without her life long mate. A few months later around March 2004 I acquired a black labrador puppy from Ridgeway Labradors. Snipe gave Holly a second lease of life, she sadly died at the age of 14 years. Snipe was trained as a gundog, competed in a couple of novice working tests and picked-up, but we have now retired Snipe and he's gone to live as a family pet with some friends of ours, where he is absolutely spoilt rotten.

When I first met my husband Neil, he had a little Boxer called Roxie, but since being together he has also become very interested in the working gundogs and enjoys shooting. In 2005 we acquired Tudorcourt Mark from Ridgeway Labradors, they were winding down their breeding programme due to family and work commitments. Teal is a trained gundog, and experienced proven stud dog, he's also very much a man's dog and totally loves Neil to death, hence the only time he'll work for me is if Neil's not around. Sire F.T.Ch. Baildonian Baron of Craighorn, dam F.T.W. Calfountain Gypsy Rose.

Teal is a handsome, strong, sturdy type dog who stills very much enjoys his days out picking-up in the season. He's also Snipe's sire and he's also a stunning strong dog.

Lady Bower Lilly (Ellie) we acquired back in May 2007. Ellie was quite a timid dog, we spent a great deal of time giving her lots of TLC and gaining her trust. She's has come on leaps and bounds; a fast, quick learner and showing great potential. I do a fair amount of competing in Working Tests with her & use her during the shoot season picking-up. Sire F.T.Ch. Millcottage Pathfinder, 2005 IGL Champion, winner of Retriever Championship 2005, IFT Champion and 2007 Irish KC Champion Winner, dam Lochmuir Ally.

Out of Ellie's litter in August 2010, we kept a bitch puppy. Bonnie I am going to train on to do working tests and picking-up.

So we have three lovely labradors and I must not forget Jacko Neil's young Springer Spaniel, acquired August 2009 and our two Cairns Sunnyglen Rambling Rose known as Rosie (she's boss) and Sunnyglen Hattie known as Nellie, all our dogs very much live as part of the family. As we are only small we will only have the occasional litter.

We fully support all health screening and our dogs are hip and eye scored. They have excellent temperaments and very good pedigrees.

Our Dogs

• Lady Bower Lilly - Labrador Retriever (Health Tested)
• Tudorcourt Mark - Labrador Retriever (Health Tested)

Previous Litters

• 29th August 2010 - Labrador Retriever (Parents Health Tested)
• 23rd May 2008 - Labrador Retriever (Parents Health Tested)