Friday, May 17, 2013

Hawksmoor Bounty CD RN

Hawksmoor Bounty CD RN 
October 26, 1998-May 16, 2013




Today, we said goodbye to our sweet Bounty. Such a beautiful, special girl who continued the Hawksmoor line and began the Pondview legacy. It is never easy to make this decision. I have never had a dog with dementia before but I have also never had a 14 1/2 yr old Lab. I have watched as a little piece of who she was disappeared each day over this past year. It is more than just not being able to see. It is more than being deaf. It is not the same as just moving slowly or sometimes peeing in your crate. That happens with old age. But it was the piece that made her who she was. The part that makes a dog a dog and want to do the things a dog does. She loved being petted. She loved sitting next to me. She loved to beg up and do tricks for food. She enjoyed being with her doggie family. But as the days went by I could see that she withdrew more and more. She cringed at my touch. She only wanted the safety of her crate. She lived for her food. She would wander in circles in the yard or in the house. She would stand at the waterbowl just staring, as if forgetting why she was there. How I wished for a wag of her tail. Something that would tell me that there as some small piece of who she once was. She has been ready for a long time. I was not.

This past weekend it became so clear to me. There was a 15 yr old veteran at the Pioneer Valley Specialty. She wagged her tail. She sniffed the grass. She wanted to be with her owner. She walked proudly around the ring and was happy to be doing what she wanted to do. It was then I knew I was ready to let her go.

She is flying free now with my Hawksmoor Lisle and Hawksmoor Vixen. I know that there will be lots of tennis balls waiting for her.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Int Ch Carpenny Scenario x Hawksmoor Pondview Caroline Pups at 14 weeks

Scenario's first US litter.
What a lovely pedigree these pups have. This is a  line breeding back to the special Hawksmoor dogs from the past. I am excited to see how these pups mature.


 

Pondview Best Case Scenario 
Pondview Penny Lane
(residing at Pondview)
Rockit and Titan in their new homes. Libby, leaving in June.

















Scenario x Caroline Puppy Pedigree
labrador retriever
Sire
Int Ch Carpenny Scenario
Sire
Rockledge Wordsmith of Carpenny
Sire
CH. Carpenny Walpole
Sire
Hawksmoors Webster
Dam
Sh. CH. Covetwood Elouise of Carpenny
Dam
Rockledge Bramble
Sire
CH. Trendmaker's Mugwump
Dam
Rockledge Mint Julep
Dam
Sh. CH. Carpenny Whist
Sire
Hawksmoors Webster
Sire
Dickendall Arnold
Dam
Hawksmoors Ravens Flight
Dam
Sh. CH.Carpenny Rustina
Sire
Kamrats Rustibus
Dam
Sh. CH.Covetwood Elouise of Carpenny
Dam
Hawksmoor Pondview Caroline
Sire
Ch Sureshot Hyspire Impressive
Sire
Ch Windfalls Pipe Major
Sire
Ch Hyspire Darktown Srutter
Dam
Ch Windfall's Black Piper
Dam
Ch Janrod's Tammy Whynot
Sire
Ch Raintree Slippery When Wet
Dam
Ch Janneka Way's Sunny Side Up
Dam
Hawksmoor Pondview Meadowlark
Sire
Ch Saltmeadow Knight School
Sire
Ch Blackdux Knight Moves
Dam
Saltmeadow Sister Sledge
Dam
Hawksmoor Bounty CD RN
Sire
Ch Tababatha's Drifter at Dickendall JH (B/Y)
Dam
Hawksmoor Willow Warbler WC