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SNOODS, GLORIOUS SNOODS

 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/daydogdesigns/search?search_query=snood&order=date_desc&view_type=gallery&ref=shop_search

these adorable snoods are by Terri Watters...

 

 

BEACH BABES

Janet Patrick tells us of a group set up in Northern Ireland to focus on cavalier rescue, fostering and rehoming. Sadly many of the fur babies are ex breeding bitches from puppy farms who have been living in horrendous conditions. Here is a picture of some of them enjoying themselves at the beach at Magilligan. The Magilligan peninsula lies in the northwest of County Londonderry, at the entrance to Lough Foyle.

CAVALIERS FOR LIFE

 

.....an update from Arnold Jacques in Belgium

 http://www.cavalierpopulation.com/

 

QUEENSLAND WINNERS

Anne Eckersley (CHADWICK) travelled from Connecticut, USA to judge at the Cavalier Specialty in Queensland, Australia on 14th July. She had an entry of 93.


Melloway Magnifique - Best Bitch and Best in Show.

Matmor Secret Society - Reserve Bitch/Reserve Best in Show and Best Puppy in Show.

Best Dog - Ch Cobbets Cockney Rebel (Imp UK).

Reserve Best Dog/Best Minor Puppy - Kahleyvale Morse Code

Interestingly, 'Cockney Rebel' was the sire of all these main winners.

 

EXQUISITE 

19th Century Bronze Box with Cavalier and Pups by French sculptor Jules Moigniez ca 1870

 

STEADY EDDIE

 

Eddie Bishop (Zahrenca) from Canvey Island in Essex has had a health issue lately and we wish him all the best in his treatment back to full health. It was so nice to see him at the Humberside Cavalier show in June where he was on good form. Cheers, Eddie, from the Cavalier world

 

TEA PARTY

Whilst on a trip to Germany, spent a delightful afternoon, with tea and cake, at the charming home of Ferdi Dickmann and Joachim Velten who live in Weyerbusch in Germany. They are both well known judges with vast experience in all breeds but they breed and own Pugs and French Bulldogs. It was like an Aladin's cave to see all the beautiful paintings, objets d'art and books.

Ferdi and Gertie..

Klaus, Ferdi and Achim

Thrilled to see and handle this edition of The Works of Landseer who painted the well known "The Cavalier's Pets"
 

 

 

 

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA (7 March 1802 - 1 October 1873) was an English painter, well known for his paintings of animals-particularly horses, dogs and stags. The best known of Landseer's works, however, are sculptures: the lions in Trafalgar Square, London.

Landseer was something of a prodigy whose artistic talents were recognised early on; he studied under several artists, including his father John Landseer, an engraver, and Benjamin Robert Haydon, the well-known and controversial history painter who encouraged the young Landseer to perform dissections in order to fully understand animal musculature and skeletal structure.
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Landseer's life was entwined with the Royal Academy. At the age of just 13, in 1815, he exhibited works there. He was elected an Associate at the age of 24, and an Academician five years later in 1831. He was knighted in 1850, and although elected President in 1866 he declined the invitation.
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Landseer was a notable figure in 19th century British art, and his works can be found in Tate Britain, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Kenwood House and the Wallace Collection in London.
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Landseer's popularity in Victorian Britain was considerable. He was widely regarded as one of the foremost animal painters of his time, and reproductions of his works were commonly found in middle-class homes. Yet his appeal crossed class boundaries, for Landseer was quite popular with the British aristocracy as well, including Queen Victoria, who commissioned numerous portraits of her family (and pets) from the artist. Landseer was particularly associated with Scotland and the Scottish Highlands, which provided the subjects (both human and animal) for many of his important paintings.
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So popular and influential were Landseer's paintings of dogs in the service of humanity that the name Landseer came to be the official name for the variety of Newfoundland dog that, rather than being black or mostly black, features a mix of both black and white.
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In his late 30s Landseer suffered what is now believed to be a substantial nervous breakdown, and for the rest of his life was troubled by recurring bouts of melancholy, hypochondria, and depression, often aggravated by alcohol and drug use. In the last few years of his life Landseer's mental stability was problematic, and at the request of his family he was declared insane in July 1872.
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Landseer's death on 1 October 1873 was widely marked in England: shops and houses lowered their blinds, flags flew at half-staff, his bronze lions at the base of Nelson's column were hung with wreaths, and large crowds lined the streets to watch his funeral cortege pass. Landseer was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, London.

 

 

 these books also contained some fascinating photos of Toy Spaniels.

BILLY BAGS BEST PUPPY