—Ð See also the album with slideshow of 20 enlarged photos of the puppies

Pour plus d'informations, visitez le site web de Connemara's Highlands - cliquez ici! For more information about the puppies, click here!

 

On 5 September 2010 our village, St-Quentin-la-Poterie, was the setting for a Collie Club regional show, with nearly 50 collies participating, including 11 smooths, of which 7 were puppies sired by our Blacky (Cierán du Clos des Castagniers).

In the photo, from left to right: Catherine Brisedou of Finfond, the judge Didier Dupont, Dianne Taimsalu - delegate of the Club des Amis du Colley for Languedoc Roussillon, and Mme Mervant of Clos du Seawind.
Please visit the links below for photo albums of the expo:
— Album/slideshow with 92 photos of the show
— Smooth collies only - album/slideshow with 62 photos

 

  4 July 2010 — Rauli and Blackie's puppies at 6-7 weeks

+Click to enlarge photo. Blackie with one of the puppies - Fred Astaire

+Click to enlarge photo. Fred Astaire of Connemara's Highlands

 

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Pour plus d'informations, visitez le site web de Connemara's Highlands - cliquez ici!
For more information about the puppies, their parents and pedigrees, please click here!

 

  13 June 2010 — Ventabren — Luke gets 1-Exc and is confirmed

+Click to enlarge photo. Luke avec le juge
Mme Jeanette Larive.

 
 At the Ventabren CACS show on June 13th, judged by Mme Jeanette Larive, our Luke Krásná Louka got 1st-Excellent and best young male, and was "confirmed" by the judge (this means he qualifies for registration in the LOF - the French stud book).

Luke celebrated his 1st birthday on the 6th of June.

Notre Luke Krásná Louka a obtenu 1-Exc et Meilleur Jeune lors de l'Expo CACS de Ventabren le 13 Juin 2010 jugé par Mme Jeanette Larive. En même temps, il était confirmé et va donc entrer dans le LOF.

Il venait de célébrer son premier anniversaire le 6 Juin.

  Rauli and Blackie's puppies arrived on 15 May 2010!

Multi Championne Jack Mack's Cù-Sona "Rauli" et Multi Champion Cierán du Clos des Castagniers sont heureux de vous annoncer la naissance le 15 Mai 2010 d'une portée de Smooth Collies sables charbonnés et tricolores: - 3 splendides mâles tricolores, 2 superbes femelles tricolores, 2 splendides mâles charbonnés et 1 splendide femelle charbonnée.
Pour plus d'informations, visitez le site web de Connemara's Highlands - cliquez ici! For more information and photo gallery, click here!

 

Great news for us and our dogs - in the French Collie Club's annual competition, Le Colley D'or trophy, Black, (Cieran du Clos des Castagniers) won gold for best male, Miss (Artemis Aurora du Clos des Castagniers) won gold for best bitch, and Sadie, their mother, won gold for best brood bitch. Our kennels won silver.

— Trophée Colley d'Or 2010 - mâle CH Cierán du Clos des Castagniers (Blackie): Blackie is a son of Sadie.

— Trophée Colley d'Or 2010 - femelle CH Artemis Aurora du Clos des Castagniers (Miss): Miss is a daughter of Sadie.

— Trophée Colley d'Or 2010 - brood bitch/reproductrice CH Astrellita Gold Dust (Sadie): mother and grandmother of 6 champions in France, Germany, Austria and Belgium.

— Trophée Colley d'Argent 2010 - affixe(kennel) du Clos des Castagniers won the Silver Trophy.

    www.colleyclub.com/classementPC2009.htm     www.colleyclub.com/classementreproductrices2009.htm     www.colleyclub.com/classementaffixes2009.htm

 La Nationale d'Elevage á Roiffé, Vienne, 24-25 Avril 2010

— CH Astrellita Gold Dust (Sadie): 1er-Exc, Classe Veteran. Juge: Michel Mocqué (F). Sadie is our foundation bitch and currently mother and grandmother of 6 champions in France, Germany, Austria and Belgium.

— Luke Krásná Louka. Luke passed his TAN with 96/100 and was 5th in the young males class (Classe jeune). Judges J. Ortega and M. Mocqué (F). Luke is a great-grandson of Sadie.

— CH Artemis Aurora du Clos des Castagniers (Miss): 2-Exc, Classe Ouverte, RCAC. Juge: Ruud Santen (NL). Miss is a daughter of Sadie.

— CH Cierán du Clos des Castagniers (Blackie): 2-Exc, Classe Champion. Juge Michel Mocqué (F). Blackie is a son of Sadie.

Three of Blackie's puppies (CH Cierán du Clos des Castagniers X Vive le Vent du Clos des Duchesses) were also shown by their owners, and all did very well:

— Excalibur of Blue Angel Dreams (owned by Caroline & Pauline Pflieger): 1er-TP, Classe Puppy mâle. Judge: Michel Mocqué (F). Eclipse is a grand-son of Sadie and son of Blackie.

— Eclipse-Brune of Blue Angel Dreams (owned by Michael Gomboc): 1er-TP, Classe Puppy femelle. Judge: Michel Mocqué (F). Eclipse is a grand-daughter of Sadie and daughter of Blackie.

— Ella of Blue Angel Dreams (owned by Caroline Pflieger): 2ème-TP, Classe Puppy femelle. Judge: Michel Mocqué (F). Ella is a grand-daughter of Sadie and daughter of Blackie.

 

 
Blacky - Cierán du Clos des Castagniers (CH Whashishi's Gideon x CH Astrellita Gold Dust) becomes Champion of Monaco. He is already Champion of France and International Champion, and will celebrate his 3rd birthday on May 25th.

Blacky - Cierán du Clos des Castagniers (CH Whashishi's Gideon x CH Astrellita Gold Dust) devient Champion de Monaco. Il est déjà CH de France et CH International. Il célébréra son troisième anniversaire le 25 Mai.

 
 We are very pleased with the genetic test results for our Luke Krásná Louka (CH Beauty Krásná Louka X CH Amos von Sconau). Luke tested +/+ for MDR1 (i.e. n/n, or not affected and non-carrier).

At the same time he also tested n/n (unaffected and non-carrier) for CEA. Both tests were carried out by Genomia, and the results can be viewed here as PDF files, which also include brief explanations of the conditions.

Nous sommes ravi avec les resultats des tests genétiques de Luke. Il est indemne et non-porteur de la mutation MDR1 (c.a.d. ile est MDR1 +/+). Il est également indemne et non-porteur de la mutation qui donne lieu à la AOC.

 
 We are happy to announce that sable puppies are expected mid-May from Blackie's mating with Multi-Champion Jack Mack's Cù-Sona "Rauli" (CH Escape Krásná Louka X CH Jack Mack's Ethne Effyd)

Multi Championne Jack Mack's Cù-Sona "Rauli" (CH Escape Krásná Louka X CH Jack Mack's Ethne Effyd) et Multi Champion Cierán du Clos des Castagniers (CH Whashishi's Gideon x CH Astrellita Gold Dust) sont heureux de vous annoncer la naissance prochaine mi-mai 2010 d'une portée de Smooth Collies zibelines.
Contact: Serge Armelin, Connemara's Highlands - Cliquez ici! ... et revenez sur cette page pour plus d'informations à venir bientôt.

Please visit this page again ìn the next few days for more information!

 

Blackie wins the CACM and BOB at the Monaco International Expo on 9 April 2010, judged by M. Jean-Paul Kerihuel (F). As a result, he becomes Champion of Monaco. Blackie became Champion of France in 2009 and International Champion in 2010.

Blackie gagne le CACM et BOB à Monaco, et devient ainsi Champion Monégasque. Il est déjà champion Internationale et de France.

 

On the way back from Montluçon Expo, Sadie disappeared ...

Click here to read the story and see the photos!

The Montluçon Expo was a Spéciale Colley, judged by M. Jean-Claude LARIVE (F).

—Artemis Aurora du Clos des Castagniers (Miss): 1-Exc, CAC, CACIB in Open class.
—Cieran du Clos des Castagniers (Blackie): 1-Exc, CACIB, BOB in Champion class.
—Luke Krásná Louka 1-Exc in Classe Jeune and Best Young dog

Blackie's daughter, Eclipse-Brune of Blue Angel Dreams, was also at the show, and won Best Puppy.

 

 

Ces deux chiots sont issus des amours de notre Blackie (CH Cierán du Clos des Castagniers) et de Bilba dite BiBi (Vive le Vent du Clos des Duchesses) à Blue Angel Dreams, le 8-08-2010. Voir: Blue Angel Dreams.

 

 

Blackie wins the CACIB with an excellent appreciation from the judge, M. Michel Mocqué, who concluded with the comment "he does his title of champion proud".

Click here to see the judge's appreciation of Blackie.

 

Blackie gagne le CACIB avec une excellent note du juge Michel Mocqué: "Fait honneur à son titre de champion". Clicuez ici pour voir la note complet du juge..

 

For more photos of Zeph please visit his page on our site - click here!.

 

Sunny is Artemis Apollo du Clos des Castagniers. For more photos of him please visit his page on our site - click here!.

 

Our new channel on YouTube - www.youtube.com/Castagniers - features many recent videos of our smooths, including Luke's arrival and playing with our dogs in the white-sand quarry at Les Castagniers.

 

Blackie (CH Cierán du Clos des Castagniers) won CACIB and BOB, and reached the top 8 in the pastoral group final at the Perpignan International Expo on 31 October 2009. The judges were Dr Schaffner and M. Lory. Blackie also won the last CACIB he needed for the title of International champion.

Blackie a gagné le CACIB et BOB, et il terminait dans les dernières 8 du Groupe 1 dans le Ring d'Honneur. De plus, il se qualifiait pour Champion International.

 

Luke (born 6 June 2009) is the grandson of Velvet Vyvianne du Clos des Castagniers, and the great-grandson of our Sadie (CH Astrellita Gold Dust). We think of him as Krásná Luke — in Czech, krásná means sublime, gorgeous, beautiful.