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NIGHTHAWK'S LIBERTY BRANN BENEVOLENCE
JULY 17, 2004 - APRIL 16, 2009
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THE MEMORIES YOU LEAVE BEHIND WILL FOREVER BE IN MY HEART, DEAR SWEET
BONNIE.
WE WERE ALL BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN OUR LIVES...IN EVERY GESTURE, THERE WAS DIGNITY AND LOVE.
I WILL ALWAYS SEE YOUR FACE, NO MATTER HOW MANY YEARS PASS. I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR THE JOY THAT YOU BROUGHT INTO OUR LIVES.
BEAUTY, GRACE AND BENEVOLENCE WILL LIVE ON IN YOUR OFFSPRING, BUT NONE WILL EVER BE SO DEAR.
IF ONLY YOU COULD HAVE STAYED A LITTLE LONGER....
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| 'O6 WORLD WINNER CH. MOONDUST MASTERPIECE DAUGHTER HAS ARRIVED! MEET DAISY! |
"DAISEY" IS OUR NEWEST ADDITION. SHE WAS BORN IN EARLY MAY AND JOINED OUR FAMILY IN JULY. THIS IS ONE BEAUTIFUL PUPPY THAT ALREADY EXHIBITS A MELLOW TEMPERAMENT AND HIGH INTELLIGENCE.
SHE IS OUT OF MULTI-CHAMPION AND '06 WORLD WINNER MOONDUST MASTERPIECE AND CHAMPION COLLECTION BUTTERFLY z KOSTROWEGO GRODU. YOU CAN VISIT "PETE" ON HIS WEBSITE AT www.moondust.info. VISIT THE WORLD SHOW PHOTOS AND ALSO VISIT THE "PHOTO REPORTAGES" PAGE...THESE PICTURES WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY!
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| DAISEY AT 7 WEEKS |
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| COLLECTION BUTTERFLY BOB AT FCI GROUP SHOW |
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THE BIRTH PLACE OF THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER
(sadly now just a ruin)
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GUISACHAN HOUSE
It was once a magnificent house set in its own grounds just on the outskirts of the village of Tornich, about 12 miles from Drumnadrochit, which is almost at the top end of Loch Ness in Scotland.
The origin of the Golden Retriever has been well documented and the breed was started by Lord Tweedmouth during the last century at Guisachan.
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In 1868, Lord Tweedmouth mated a yellow Wavy-Coated Retriever (Nous) to a Tweed Water Spaniel (Belle). He continued to line-breed down from this mating between 1868 and 1890, using other Tweed Water Spaniels, and outcrosses to two black Retrievers, an Irish Setter and a sandy colored Bloodhound. It is now known that one of the most influential kennels in the first part of the century is what lies behind all present day Golden Retrievers and was founded on stock bred by Lord Tweedmouth.
Lord Tweedmouth was a keen shooting man and used these breeds to produce a keen working dog to retrieve game that was shot or wounded. Sadly, the breed today has become split into two distinct types..The Show type and the Working type. The Golden Retriever that we know today is equally well adapted to being a gun dog, service dog or companion as well as excelling in obedience, working trials or fly ball. Some even like being the resident couch potato!
Thank you, Lord Tweedmouth for producing the foundation of this wonderful breed!
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