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Welcome to my online Newspaper
2008
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press !! Bulldog
Breeding For Beginners , a very informative guide
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Puppies around
from our dogs or our friends
Dianne Wragby Lincs Preston
Puppies
2 puppies left email me
for her number
Puppies from
Biddle Bulldogs or phone 01507 441859
4 boy puppies and 1 girl in Lincoln from my Preston 01522
697451
This is Harry [from Preston]
A boy from a previous litter suddenly available due to illness in the
family of the owner breeder

Contact lyndsay.83@hotmail.co.uk
or
wjhaddock@hotmail.com
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New stock
of Tubes!!! have arrived and the kits are in stock ,if you are expecting
puppies be prepared as this could be a life saver ,don't wait till its
desperate !
tubes in Two sizes very small 5Fr or standard 8Fr |
Special Books For Sale
Edgar Farman's Historic account
of the bulldog is now reprinted and available from the following web address
Robert Fulton's book reprinted The Ideal Bulldog
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Vicky's Blog ...............News as it
happens from the Kezia Bonifacio Kennel
The
latest news will be underneath and scroll down to read history in
reverse
Vicky Highly recommends her vets Vicarage
Vets Saxilby Lincolnshire and her old vets Willow Veterinary at Endon
Staffordshire both of whom go the extra mile for Bulldogs
| June 4th
Well !!!!!Bulldog Day UK was a stomping
success again and already we are being asked about next year , we have had a
suggestion we take it up north next year and then do Nottingham again the
year afterwards , no decisions have been made , but the preparation and
planning is a huge task I started in February and the actual programme
took 2 weeks to print as I was just using an Epson Inkjet .and of course I
have puppies to see to so I need to think about the time
it takes .......I know that the people learnt alot .we raised over £1,000
final figure not yet in |
| May 28th
I am rubbish at daily or even weekly blogs.......
just far too busy , I am in the throes of doing the Bulldog Day
preparations ,so have been printing day and night 100 programmes for
sale on the day at £1 each , they will be available from the website if you
send a stamped addressed envelope if you can't make it and want to see what
happened and see the adverts from our supporters watch afterwards on
the photos page .
Carl and I have a litter of puppies
between us they are doing fine there is going to be a boy who is looking
like Artemus for sale hes only young yet but if anyone is looking for
a strikingly marked dark brindle and white dog this may be your lucky day !
a white girl and and a brindle girl will also be available but we are not
counting our chickens until hatched !contact me privately 07752912122 |
| April 26th Those puppies are racing away now growing
fast 01522 697451 this is the phone number there are 4 boys to sell
and these puppies are so socialised they are great , they are being reared
with such care and love I have to tell you they are for sale as I know Gail
will keep them all if she could but they are really well worth a look
at , they can be seen on the special puppies link from my home page . I
have had a very busy week Tess has now gone to live with Jackie [and
Lizzie the harelip puppy who is now huge !]Tess did not turn out a good
breeding prospect so has gone for free with no papers to a friend who has
now had 3 bulldogs from me !She will never be bred as we thought she had no
neck and didn't breath as quietly as we like our dogs to do.
As you probably realise breeding for healthy puppies is not without its
heartbreak I hate parting with any of my keepers but if the correct home
comes along I feel Tess will have a great home with lots more individual
attention than she will get here as one of the 'pack' so my feelings aside
she is now settling in in Huddersfield .Funny thats where Disney lives too !
We have bought back Winnie from the litter Tess was from so we can
continue with Johns unbroken bitch line which now is in its 9th generation ,
not many breeders have got a line like that !
We have mated several dogs this last few weeks so there should be puppies
from our dogs around soon again.
We had a great week looking at the offspring from our dogs,a boy from
Manchester , a boy and girl in Wragby and last night we had a great
visit from Vicky Cole and her partner Phil and Maddi her bitch puppy from
Preston whom she is starting to show, we were very pleased with her as she
is from a bitch out of our Bonifacio Genie and mated to Preston so it was
nice to see she has inherited some very good breed points, she has an
excellent topline and super tail , Preston seems to throw quite good tails
even on tight tailed bitches ,she has his topline too which is correct
.. good luck Vicky we think you could have some fun with her ! |
| Well April 20th .............the puppies went home on
Thursday and are doing well they are now weaned onto a plate and the owner
can cope ok ..and at last I can sleep . Plans for Bulldog Day are Now
occupying my time and thoughts and ofcourse my parents are still requiring
much help ...............June 1st Tollerton Nr Nottingham sees every one who
loves bulldogs getting together and a learning fun day will be had by all
!mated 2 bitches but don't know if they are in whelp yet.
More Bitches mated to our dogs watch for details as they are born added
to my website............... |
| Well its now March 29th and I am puppy
watching 2 prem puppies who are out of Preston,we got back from a week
in Tenerife to find that all 6 were being kept alive by Tracy and Kim who
were tubing them and the bitch had no milk coming through , thats sorted now
and 4 are back on mum but i still have these two here . My news is I
bought Madonbulls Jack Flash avec Kezia , so we have a new white bulldog
male to add to our stud team, he has a great pedigree too so watch the
stud space as he will be added when he is older ..I am training him and co
own him with my parents who are looking forward to his progress and he
accompanies me to their house every visit which they are looking
forward to very much .Photos will follow soon for now hes a cute puppy
13 weeks old and a bundle of fun !
More bitches are mated to our dogs watch the website for any available
puppies as they are born and reared |
| February 23rd 2008
Things are very hectic here ,we expect Crufts visitors Jay Serion and his
wife , we are visiting several kennels and there are the two
shows in that week our dog sitter will be moving in !
Personally things look black my parents are still in a bad state
and the new caring agency although stated well have deteriorated
rapidly the latest carer trained in Cell Block H and nearly came to
blows with my sister yesterday ,this means more trips to them and less time
for the dogs ......i don't know if I can breed at present as if I do, if
anything goes wrong like last time [Effy died leaving 6 puppies ] this would
mean I couldn't leave them to go to mum and dads .grrrrrrrrrrrrrr difficult
decision .
I have some good news soon but am keeping it under wraps at present watch
this space .................
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| February 16th 2008 We
judged last weekend at the Leigh Canine Society in Lancashire ,we
had some lovely dogs and John did Bulldogs this time,we were lucky we had no
absentees in Bulldogs and a good quality of entries.I did French
Bulldogs Lhasa's and Akita's most of our winners got group placing so
we were pleased the BIS judge liked the dogs we sent through to the group.
I have been visiting the white puppies and am'hanging my nose over
one' which my gran would have said :-))I had a photo session with Artemus
and Preston in the garden on a lovely sunny day see the photos on the Stud
website Genie
in Box Productions,parents still very ill so life is hectic ,we are
planning a trip for an American visitor, and I booked my bargain [£53
return] air ticket to the Danish shows in May .........
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| February2nd Saturday 2008 Visited Paddy and his brothers
,they are really stunning puppies....
Judged at Rugby Canine and District Open Show , had a great day and I
already put up photos and critique while it was fresh in my mind, very
nice people chatted lots afterwards, and really good surprise was the
puppies from last years Orphan litter owners came to see me he's so thrilled
with his two pups he's going to show them at the East Midlands Bulldog
Club in March which will be very nice for us to get to see them .
Artemus mated Tina on Thursday and will be doing so again tomorrow
, that was an excellent first time mating he is a good boy!
Puppies due from Preston about now....... waiting to hear |
| January 26th Saturday 2008 Lots happening still I have
been to see Paddy the little one I had as a lodger and hes doing fine,I am
so fond of this puppy I hope he turns out the best for showing as I will be
happy to watch his progress!if he stays with Andrea who is besotted with all
three ! they are having the very best of rearing.
Preston's litter of 11 are super we went to look at them last week, the
one Karen is keeping is looking very promising ,amazingly she has only 3
dogs left to sell I was worried she would have a hard time selling 11 but
everyone who has seen them wanted one !
Tracey from Spalfords bulldogs has kept a very nice bitch from Preston
called Spalford's Baileys over Ice she has attitude and Tracy is
looking forward to showing her if all goes well ,Kimberley's bitch
Tina is in season and so they are going to use Artemus as his proving
litter,I have checked he's firing on all cylinders and a very impressive
high density and fully mobile sample has been collected so its all go next
week for Arty
Artemus pedigree is the most interesting one I have here as hes got some
super dogs on it , see the link from the index page ,he will match many
lines as hes got several line breedings in his back pedigree, but ofcourse
he may throw brindle as well as the other colours,I used not to like Brindle
but I am very very thrilled with the depth of colour my brindle bitch
Reverie and Artemus have..its so rich and dark.
All of my males have the most superb temperaments so laid back and
real gentlemen at mating time,in fact I think i find my boys are so very
affectionate I would highly reccomend males as pets , as mine are so
faithful .
Seminar is being worked on to rear and save problem Bulldog puppies
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| January 11th 2008 Hectic again !!
Litter of 11 born from Preston all surviving aged 5 weeks now
contact details on the homepage ...............4 more litters maybe around
if the bitches take
Happy New Year everyone, I had a bad Christmas as I got the dreaded
flu bug and spent most of it being ill !
I made friends with a young couple who live near the Humber bridge, they
have had their first litter of 3 puppies from Inger from Sweden's male
Arthur ,I have had one of these puppies to stay for 48 hours whilst I tubed
him to save his life as he had a throat infection which had stopped him
feeding. I really put intensive nursing on him and in 48 hours he was well
enough to return to his mum and litter mates, this was so great as the vet
of the owners had told them to give up on him !my own vet bless her[Annick
Sackx] was willing to give me a hand to turn him around. Its great when you
have a vet who will help and listen to you this is definitely the secret of
successful breeding............so make sure your vets working with you if
anyone else tells me about young females fresh out of vets school saying
bulldogs shouldn't be bred I shall scream !
We have Preston and Artemus entered for Crufts but Reverie may be bred by
then so we aren't taking her .
My friend Sissy from Greece will be judging the Blackpool and Fylde Show
in April 6th come along , enter your dog and meet her !or just come and
watch details from
www.blackpoolandfyldebulldogclub.co.uk
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| December 1st 2007
another big gap sorry life is hectic !
Well lot's happening as usual, Puppies from
our dogs, looking super , several really promising ones ,Spalfords and
Whitecole are both keeping bitches to show .
Took Artemus to The British Bulldog
Championship show where he came 3rd in Minor Puppy Dog and qualified
for Crufts at his first show,there are two more litters coming from
Preston,1 has 2 dogs the other has yet to be born but scanned for a large
litter so fingers crossed for that bitch .
Family problems my parents have
health issues so I am not able to spend as much time writing at the
moment .Sam[our rescue ] had a type of stroke Vestibular disease and
is making a slow recovery ,we are treasuring everyday with him .The proofs
have come for the next book but it needs several adjustments .
See my photos from my USA trip online
link from main page ......Bulldog Club of Americas Nationals and judging in
Illiana Bulldog Club |
| September 23rd , I am not
very good at daily Blogs am I?
Such a lot has happened in the last few
weeks and I am still to busy to record it all .We took Artemus to the
Yorkshire where he performed like a pro he was too young to compete but he
got his puppy walk Rosette.we met up with several puppies out of Preston and
Genie which was lovely , I met with several people who had asked for breed
advice and it was a very enjoyable day out .oh not forgetting meeting Disney
who was a very good boy and i enjoyed spending time with Nichole , James,
Jasmin and James Junior .
The Next day we flew to Athens as guests of
Sissy Adramitli our dear friend who has stayed with us very often in the Uk
, we had a lovely four days holiday and then the problems kicked in Sissy
had 14 puppies in two litters 9/16 weeks old all got a very bad strain of
kenned cough.by Sunday she got ill herself and was rushed into Athens
hospital with suspected Apendicitus......ekkkkkkkk that left John and I dog
sitting with Jarek her partner, 3 puppies came into my intensive care area
on the veranda because they developed pneumonia ....aggressive antibiotic
treatment and steaming saved 2 but after a fight lost 1, John came home
alone as I couldn't leave with Sissy in Hospital, and I stayed until
Saturday , Sissy was home and they were gradually improving..I would have
stayed longer but I am due to go to the Usa for the Nationals on the 29th
September till October 16th so I had to come home .
My parents are so ill at the moment that my
head is not clear to do much else than worry about them.I have attended some
more seminars for college lecturers in readiness for my workshop on November
10th , Puppy Rearing [anyone can enrol via Lincolnshire Lifelong learning
Programme ]
I may not post again until after my USA
trip but if you need a word you can e mail me and I shall look
out for the emails on my laptop... |
| August 19th I
judged at Bolton Town yesterday , nice show not many dogs but all were
quality , I was very sorry to hear someone got caught up in traffic and
missed the class after a 3 hour journey ,I hope you know that it
wasn't possible to move you into another class and that was Kennel Club
rules .So thank you for making an effort to come to be judged by me I
take it as a compliment . I
should have taken Preston to Wales today under Chris Thomas , I just could
not make the journey, i have severe neck and leg pain the damp weather
really does play havoc with it .
I had a very busy week too as I am
teaching in Adult Further Education in the Autumn , the first one is on
November 10th there is a workshop on Puppy Rearing in Lincoln , I had
to attend an induction course at Spalding , I also went to London last
Wednesday .
Artemus went to our local Pets at Home
and outside Morrisions where he was much admired by many passers by
,he needs socialising , and I discovered he is crazy about people of all
ages and sizes but hates the noises of trolleys, cars and motor bikes .he is
going to the Yorkshire Puppy walk next Monday
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| August 14th
Some swine has broken into our garage
and stolen tins of dog food about £50 worth of Pedigree chum in Jelly if you
get offered that cheap let me know!
they also stole £150 worth of electrical
garden tools and even emptied my freezer .I hope some of it poisons them as
some had been in a long time !
I am seriously thinking of getting a very big dog to have outside.........Dourge
de Bordoux or some such.........whose job will be to guard
us.............. |
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| August 6th
2007 Disney has gone back to
his new home with James and Nichole,he seemed to enjoy his stay
here whilst they went away but has settled back onto his sofa like hes never
been anywhere else.
Ellen [Kezias Engaging Elle ] is over 11
and is here while her family go away for 4 weeks + she is very short sighted
and doesn't do much except sleep eat and poop but is content enough , she
has lived with Jackie about 6 years now and has the little hare lip pup
Lizzie from last year as her companion. She was too old for Kennels so she
is back with me her original Mum and we are enjoying getting to know one
another again ,Ellen was the cute puppy on my very first website on my
shoulder ,its strange looking at her now and thinking of how she was as a
baby.I am pleased with the lifespan of that litter ,Joshua Had a
Stroke last year which caused him to have to be put to sleep but he was
quite active until the last,litter brother Issac lived to about the
same time as Josh and here is Ellen going strong.........
Minnies photo got put on the cover of
Camino Books Champion 2007 , she is not a champion but they loved the photo
and as I gathered up a lot of champion photos for them and both John and I
have written articles for it , it was nice to see her on the front !
My book sales are doing well, steady and
I did get spotted at the local market ! fame atlast :-))
I am writing seriously now most days and
I carry a small note book which I scribble frantically when I remember
something I want to put down ,I have had to refresh alot of what I learnt
previously about Genetics and I am finding things out I had not even thought
about before ,looking at breeding from an all breeds perspective .
Not many shows coming up for me as I am
just too busy. |
| August the 1st
Well so much for a daily Blog I ran out
of time !!all five Orphan puppies survived, I kept Tess a little fawn and
white Girl she is now 16 weeks old,I had a singleton brindle and white
boy from my friend Carls bitch Della, he is here and hes 11 weeks old his
name is Artemus and I intend to run him on and will post photos soon
........I have not even had much time to go to the shows I have only
been to two in the last few weeks .Our Bulldog Day UK was a great success
and will be repeated in May next year.
Will try to write a bit more often, but
I am in the middle of doing a new book for all breeds and its taking
every spare minute ..........
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| April 21 Saturday .they are 2
weeks old now, I have lost a girl with a chest infection and now several
have runny noses they are putting weight on fine though ,so I am
hopeful. |
| April
Sunday 15th ...everything going ok I wish the puppies would
put some weight on they look a bit scraggy to me , they already have
blacked out noses and muzzles....but they are pooping normally now and
they are a good healthy pink on their little feet and face and inside
their mouths ..just got to keep them going till i can put some solid
food into them ...they were a bit too hot today so I will have to think
about putting the ice pack in for them to cool themselves down on if the
weather keeps being this warm , Johns house is very well insulated but
is very warm even in winter so it felt tropical today in here ....I got
lots of web work done on here so I guess I am not as tired as I was ...
even surfed e bay ..and made some more plans for the Bulldog Day Uk in
May
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April Friday the 13th ...oh well its actually
going bit better , Beth Handricks[Wimsey] chart of milk in
relation to puppy weight has been sent to me by Cati , and I
definately was over feeding .....so its settling down a bit even
though I am tired we had a very nice evening as Natalie from
Chesterfield came around, and Tracey and KIm too My first
copies of my book had arrived , I taught Natalie how to tube
feed , and we had a drink and a good bulldogging chat !A nice
evening to launch it !! thanks mates ...i slept well inbetween feeds
..with the two rescue dogs on my sofa ...by the pups .. |
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| April 12th
Thursday the feed at 4am lasted all day literally , two are giving me
cause for concern and taking ages to feed at 3pm I had decided i had to tube
those two....the next feed they were visibly improved ..but they are all
pooping too loose ....grrrrrrr. At 11 .45 pm I decided I would tube
them all , reluctantly as I know now no one here can help me feed them , my
father is not well and I was trying to leave my option open to go there if
needed.Tracey Spalford has said she will come if the worst happens ..I have
a few observations , tube feeding fit puppies is a different thing to the
life saving method i have used previously , all videos show still little
pups with the tube being inserted ..ha ....these are like wriggling
eels, they have knocked the milk over before i got it in the tube several
times now however i have gotten wise to this now !!so they do not lie still
unless they are about to peg it ! |
| April 10th
Tuesday....I am very tired but the puppies are still going ok , they take so
long to bottle feed I am getting problems eating , washing and doing
anything but feed...the other dogs are very miserable and depressed i guess
they miss Effy and wonder who will be next.....
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April
8th 2007
Disaster has struck Bonifacio
Effronte died the day after whelping 6 puppies. These are being hand reared
but don't expect the phone answered whilst I am doing this!!!! so e mail me if
you need to get in touch!!!. We are pretty devasted to lose Effy as she was
only 19 months old
RIP my darling Effy
wait at the bridge for us ....
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