Cassatess Just Heaven Sent to Kidston JW.
Cassie winning her class at Southern Counties Championship show under Mrs Sue Barnes.
Her critique reads:- Certainly a 'heavenly girl, just six months old but showing so well, a very happy confident girl.
Cassie winning her class at Southern Counties Championship show under Mrs Sue Barnes.
Her critique reads:- Certainly a 'heavenly girl, just six months old but showing so well, a very happy confident girl.
My handsome boy Jack (left) and his son Weaver.
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Kidston Serendipity.
Brie is Cassie's great grandmother with similar characteristics but a major dislike of the showring. Her excellent conformation shows in the generations that are now being born here at Kidston
We lost her at twelve years old.
Brie is Cassie's great grandmother with similar characteristics but a major dislike of the showring. Her excellent conformation shows in the generations that are now being born here at Kidston
We lost her at twelve years old.
Kidston Nell Gwyn.
Darcey is a daughter of Brie, she is a delight to live with and earns her keep as number one baby sitter for puppies.
Darcey is a daughter of Brie, she is a delight to live with and earns her keep as number one baby sitter for puppies.
Kidston Aquarius.
Connor was our senior member of staff. Always good natured and a pleasure to be with .
Connor was given sleep at fourteen years and one week old.
Connor was our senior member of staff. Always good natured and a pleasure to be with .
Connor was given sleep at fourteen years and one week old.
Kidston Cottage.
Home to The Kidston Goldens and Moet our twelve year old cat.
Home to The Kidston Goldens and Moet our twelve year old cat.
The perfect way to spend a morning.
Gibbs at eight weeks.
Dora at ten weeks. Fully vaccinated, microchipped and ready to face the outside world. The two pups are going out separately to gain confidence on their own. Time consuming but worth it. At three months both pups are gaining in confidence. Loved their puppy parties. Next stage is ringcraft.
Gibbs now ready for puppy parties to socialise him. Growing just right for ten weeks.Both pups are being taken out and about to learn about the world. Gibbs is very laid back with everything and Dora who is the boss of the two pups is finding it all a bit worrying. Gibbs is being the easiest to housetrain. Dora often pleases herself where she will go. She will get it in the end.
Dora looking appealing at fifteen weeks.
First ringcraft with Gibbs was a success. He was extremely well behaved and made a lot of new doggy friends. Here he is at eighteen weeks.
Dora at eighteen weeks.Her ringcraft a day later went well. She stood still for a second or two with an ever wagging tail.
Gibbs at twentyone weeks. Getting more adorable everyday.
.Dora at twentyone weeks. She really is a glamorous blonde.
Gibbs at six months. At his first show Gibbs won Best Puppy in Breed, Best Opposite sex and Gundog puppy group 1. A week later he went Best Puppy in Breed and Gundog Puppy Group 2. Well done baby boy.Gibbs and his sister Dora seem to be following their mother with her winning ways during her puppy career.
Dora at her first show went Best Puppy in Breed.Here she is at six months.At her second show Dora took Best Puppy in Breed and Gundog Puppy Group 2.Keeping up with her brother.
Gibbs at Windsor Gundog winning Minor Puppy Dog or Bitch and Puppy Dog.
At The South Western Gundog Club Gibbs took a 2nd. in Puppy Dog.
At The South Western Gundog Club Gibbs took a 2nd. in Puppy Dog.
Our beautiful Cassie won Post Graduate Bitch at WELKS. Ch Show. She was first out of nineteen lovely bitches. Photo taken in the garden the next day. At The National Dog Show Cassie took a third in a lovely class of bitches. At Windsor Ch. Show Cassie had a third in Limit.
At Dora's first Ch Show at just seven months, she took 3rd. in a large class and so qualified for Crufts 2014.She is a very happy show girl and doing her mother Cassie proud. *** First at The National Dog Show***
Dora won Minor Puppy Bitch.
At nine months Dora is having an unbalanced growth spurt so she will be kept away from the ring until she balances out and changes her coat.
Dora is back in the ring She had a commended at The Centenary Show in a large class.
***** At Paignton Ch Show Dora had 2nd Puppy Bitch in a lovely class*****
Dora is now out of the ring while she has her first season and a heavy moult.
Dora won Minor Puppy Bitch.
At nine months Dora is having an unbalanced growth spurt so she will be kept away from the ring until she balances out and changes her coat.
Dora is back in the ring She had a commended at The Centenary Show in a large class.
***** At Paignton Ch Show Dora had 2nd Puppy Bitch in a lovely class*****
Dora is now out of the ring while she has her first season and a heavy moult.
Gibbs at seven months. 1st Puppy Dog at Devon County Show.
BATH CH. SHOW.
***** Gibbs 1st. Minor Puppy Dog *****
Gibbs took 2nd. Minor Puppy Dog at The Midland GRC. Open Show. in a lovely class. ***** At Windsor CH. Show Gibbs won Puppy Dog , Novice Dog and took Best Dog Puppy*****
Gibbs had a Commended at The Centenary show which we were very pleased with . So many lovely dogs. At Berkshire Downs & Chiltern GRC. Gibbs took Best Dog Puppy.
***** At Paignton Ch Show Gibbs went Best Dog Puppy*****
Gibbs has a clear eye certificate dated August 2014 and has had his hips and elbows x-rayed. They all look excellent. Scores will be back in a few weeks. He has several generations of very low hip scores behind him, his dam being the best with a 0:0
Gibbs has 0 0 elbows and 9/4 hips. He is also clear for GR PRA 1&2.
BATH CH. SHOW.
***** Gibbs 1st. Minor Puppy Dog *****
Gibbs took 2nd. Minor Puppy Dog at The Midland GRC. Open Show. in a lovely class. ***** At Windsor CH. Show Gibbs won Puppy Dog , Novice Dog and took Best Dog Puppy*****
Gibbs had a Commended at The Centenary show which we were very pleased with . So many lovely dogs. At Berkshire Downs & Chiltern GRC. Gibbs took Best Dog Puppy.
***** At Paignton Ch Show Gibbs went Best Dog Puppy*****
Gibbs has a clear eye certificate dated August 2014 and has had his hips and elbows x-rayed. They all look excellent. Scores will be back in a few weeks. He has several generations of very low hip scores behind him, his dam being the best with a 0:0
Gibbs has 0 0 elbows and 9/4 hips. He is also clear for GR PRA 1&2.
Cassie at The Golden Retriever Club Centenary Show age two and half. Cassie has a new clear eye cert dated 2016.
Not shown much now that she is six years old, Cassie managed to take Best of Breed at Camberly and District Open Show to prove she still has what it takes.
Not shown much now that she is six years old, Cassie managed to take Best of Breed at Camberly and District Open Show to prove she still has what it takes.
Gibbs at WKC. age eleven months showing his super conformation just like his dam.
Gibbs is now out of the ring while he is having a massive moult.
Back in the ring at fourteen months but looking very much a baby against some of the more mature dogs.
Gibbs is now out of the ring while he is having a massive moult.
Back in the ring at fourteen months but looking very much a baby against some of the more mature dogs.
Dora at thirteen months won Junior and Novice at Windsor Gundog at their October Show. Very much a teenager but maturing correctly. She is being given free running now and is loving every minute. Dora has an elbow score of 0 0 and a hip score of 6/3 .She has a clear eye certificate. She is also clear for GR PRA 1&2. A third puppy from this successful mating also has a 0 0 elbow and a hip score of 3/2.
In July 2015 Dora won Open Bitch at Hampshire Gundog and Minehead & District.
A couple of months later she won Post Graduate Bitch at The United Retriever Open Show.
In July 2015 Dora won Open Bitch at Hampshire Gundog and Minehead & District.
A couple of months later she won Post Graduate Bitch at The United Retriever Open Show.
Cassie, great granny Brie and aunt Darcey enjoying a long walk on the Imber Way at Westbury White Horse. November 2013.
Brie, Darcey and Dora enjoying playing in a flooded field in the new year of 2014.
Gibbs at sixteen months. He won Junior Dog at Taunton open Show.
Gibbs went Best of Breed at Nuneaton Open Show 2014 and Group 2.
Gibbs 1st Junior at Maidstone. Feb 2014.
Gibbs qualified for Crufts 2015 at The Southern GRC Ch. Show and Southern Counties.
Gibbs sadly died at just over 11 years with cancer.
Gibbs went Best of Breed at Nuneaton Open Show 2014 and Group 2.
Gibbs 1st Junior at Maidstone. Feb 2014.
Gibbs qualified for Crufts 2015 at The Southern GRC Ch. Show and Southern Counties.
Gibbs sadly died at just over 11 years with cancer.
Spoilt dogs, having a gazebo put up for them to give them some shade.
Latest Kidston puppy. Kidston Whirlwind ( Jack )
Newly decorated study, ready for our next litter.
Jack at sixteen weeks looking promising. He is out and about being socialised and nothing seems to bother him. At nineteen weeks he has started ringcraft classes and has had an outing to the city of Bath. He is very popular with all the foreign tourists.
At Jack's first Championship show at six months on the day he took 2nd in Minor Puppy and 3rd in Puppy ,so qualifying for Crufts 2016.The following weekend he won a VHC in a class of twelve minor puppies. He behaved superbly.
At Windsor Ch Show Jack was placed 4th.
At Hampshire Gundog Society Open Show, Jack won three classes and Best Puppy at only eight months old, and his mother Dora won Open Bitch.
**** At Paignton Ch Show Jack won Minor Puppy Dog and took second in Puppy Dog ****
**** At The United Retriever Club Ch Show Jack won Minor Puppy Dog, Puppy Dog and then took Best Puppy in Breed ****
**** At Bournmouth Ch Show Jack won a 2nd, 3rd and 4th placing ****
**** Jack does it again winning five classes and Best Puppy in Breed at The Welsh Kennel Club Ch Show ****
**** Jack gains his Junior Warrant at under ten months of age****
Jack took 1st Junior Dog at Windsor Gundog at ten months.
**** Jack continues his winning ways by going Best Puppy in Breed again at SWKA. Ch Show****
At The United Retriever Open Show, Jack won Junior Dog whilst only eleven months old.
Jack won Best Puppy in Breed at Torquay and District.
*** Jack won Best of Breed again at fourteen months at Maidenhead and District***
He is a joy to show with the gentlest of temperaments .
Jack age six months and nine months.
Below. Cassatess Pure Passion for Kidston.( Tess )
We have been fortunate in having another Cassatess puppy ( Tess ) come to live with us, at Kidston. She joins her auntie Cassie and cousins Dora, Gibbs and Jack. She is dark gold in colour and a real poppet. Thank you Angela for the picture of a young Tess standing.
Tess at fourteen weeks below learning how to be a show girl.
Dora and Gibbs swimming at Charmouth Sept 2015 above and below, Tess at seventeen weeks.
At five months Tess had a visit to the city of Bath and met lots of tourists, plenty of other dogs and watched the Bristol- Bath Marathon go passed.
At five months Tess had a visit to the city of Bath and met lots of tourists, plenty of other dogs and watched the Bristol- Bath Marathon go passed.
Jack in the group at SWKA Ch Show after winning Best Puppy in Breed for the third time, at this level.
He is now, at eleven months having a moult, although not too major at the moment so he is still winning first prizes.
*** Jack took a 2nd at his last Ch Show ( Berkshire Downs) whilst still a puppy in a lovely class of nine***
*** At his last open show, Jack took Best Puppy in Breed, Best of Breed and Gundog Group 4***
*** Jack was well placed at Bath Ch Show and Three Counties Ch Show***
He is now, at eleven months having a moult, although not too major at the moment so he is still winning first prizes.
*** Jack took a 2nd at his last Ch Show ( Berkshire Downs) whilst still a puppy in a lovely class of nine***
*** At his last open show, Jack took Best Puppy in Breed, Best of Breed and Gundog Group 4***
*** Jack was well placed at Bath Ch Show and Three Counties Ch Show***
At her first two shows Tess ,below, had a 4th at The Golden Retriever Club Open Show and a 2nd the following week at Stroud.
**** At Exeter Open Show, at just six and a half months, Tess won Best Puppy in Breed, Reserve Best of Breed, Gundog Puppy Group 1 and Reserve Best Puppy in Show ****
**** At eight months old, Tess took Best Puppy in Breed at Newton Abbot and South Devon Open Show ****
***** At eight months, Tess achieved a second in a class of seventeen Minor Puppy bitches and a second in Puppy bitch, at her first Championship Show, so qualifying her for Crufts 2017 *****
Back in the ring after a break for her first season, Tess won puppy at Bristol & District.
*** Tess, at just over a year, won a 2nd in Junior Bitch, in a large class, at Southern Counties Ch Show ***
At thirteen months Tess took a 1st and 3rd at Yeovil & District Open Show.
**** Tess has a hip score of 5/7 = 12 , well below the breed average of 18, and a perfect elbow score of 0. She also has a clear current eye certificate ****
*** Tess has a clear result for GR PRA 1/2 ***
At the GRC Ch Show at fourteen months, Tess took a 5th and 6th in huge classes.
At Bournemouth Ch Show Tess had a 3rd in Junior Bitch.
**** At fifteen months, Tess won Best of Breed and Gundog Group 3 at The Mid Somerset Open Show ****
Tess won Junior Bitch and Graduate Bitch at Windsor Gundog Open Show.
At The United Retriever Club Open Show Tess won three classes and took Best of Breed at seventeen months.
Kidston Star Gazey ( Harry ) from a repeat mating of Kidston Whirlwind.
Jack taking a third at East of England Championship Show 2016.
He took a 2nd in Graduate Dog at Birmingham Championship Show.
Dora, below, out for the count. What a life!
He took a 2nd in Graduate Dog at Birmingham Championship Show.
Dora, below, out for the count. What a life!
Kidston Rose Quartz ( Rosie ) at twelve weeks learning the ropes to be a show dog.She is a daughter of Dora and a full sister to Jack. Below, sixteen weeks.
By six months she had decided she didn't like the show ring but will hopefully continue with the Kidston line of excellent , sound in mind and body, mothers when the time is right.
****** Another excellent health score at Kidston. Hips 4-4 Elbows 0 . GR PRA 1/2 clear ******
Rosie ( above ) on her third birthday, ten weeks after giving birth to a litter of ten.
Her older brother , Jack, below.
Her older brother , Jack, below.
Jack at three.
The three boys. Gibbs, Jack and Weaver.
Our young hopeful, Weaver at eight weeks.
After a very sociable puppyhood, Weaver started his show career in style. He has been to six shows and has achieved six firsts. He qualified for Crufts 2019 by getting firsts at Paignton , National Gundog and Bournemouth Ch. Shows.
His sire Kidston Whirlwind JW ex his dam Cassatess Pure Passion for Kidston congratulate him for continuing the Kidston line of winners.
Thanks to Carol Gilbert for allowing us to use her lovely pictures.
After a very sociable puppyhood, Weaver started his show career in style. He has been to six shows and has achieved six firsts. He qualified for Crufts 2019 by getting firsts at Paignton , National Gundog and Bournemouth Ch. Shows.
His sire Kidston Whirlwind JW ex his dam Cassatess Pure Passion for Kidston congratulate him for continuing the Kidston line of winners.
Thanks to Carol Gilbert for allowing us to use her lovely pictures.
Below, Jack babies born in Nottingham.
Two of my grandchildren doing the thing they like best, cuddling Jack and Tess and getting covered in hair before they go home.
Wildflower bed 2022.