Grand Reunion

Seven IWS get together. Left to right upper, Ranger, Emma, Kayla, Rosa. Lower are Topper, Ava and Harley. Oh yes, and Emily.




Harley sporting a pink collar, plays with Ava (on the bottom) and Topper.






Florence, Greg, Alice and Kathleen.






Marion (in red coat) watches from the chair.





Yesterday, November 7Th, was a bright sunny cold day up here in NH. Florence Blecher, an Irish Water Spaniel women from California, had come to the east coast for a conference, so it was the perfect excuse for Marion to have a get-together and invite some of the recent Kayla/Seamus pups to come and play. Greg Siner, from NJ was happy to bring Florence up to NH (as he was returning my big male, Ranger, who was bred to Greg's beautiful lady, Maude). Greg brought Maude with him along with his 10 month old pup Eta, she is lovely! Marion has been feeling better recently, so we invited Emily with Ava, Emily's mom Kathleen, Alice with Harley and the pups' mom, Kayla, and of course Topper was there with his "aunt" Rosa. We ended up with 9 Irish Water Spaniels. Some of the dogs elected to stay in their cars, but all were played with and enjoyed. Everyone got to Bradford around 1pm and we spent about an hour playing with the pups in the backyard, evaluating their movement, temperaments and coats. Then it was inside for soup, salad, great bread called "The Healthiest Bread in the World" brought by Alice, and a wonderful cranberry pie baked by Kathleen. Apple cider and lots of talk ate up the rest of the afternoon...but as IWS folks will do, we put the pups up on the grooming table and Emily and Greg trimmed them up. Sporting new looks all pups went home happy and tired! It was a great day! I have posted some of the pictures I took, but there are a lot more, as everyone had a camera. If I get any, I'll post them.
Talk to you soon.
Pam