The story behind our dogs... |
Dogs
mainly from Show bred lines
Are all descended from our foundation bitch born in April
1968
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Champion Royal Pal of Catcombe (Honey)
11 Challenge Certificates, 3 Reserve C.C.’s,
8 Best Of Breed
and a Gundog Group
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4 generations down the line |
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Honey |
Honey’s daughter Amber Charm of Catcombe
and her grand daughter Catcombe Cherish
and her great grand daughter Catcombe Choice
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Honey had two litters the first to Pennard Golden Brumas (we kept Amber Charm of C. who in turn produced C. Cherish and Champion C. Charm)
Honey’s second litter was to Rainsgold Rainaway . We kept Crystal, Ceraphin and Cherubin (Dam of C. Cupid)
Sitting from left
Cupid, Cherish and Charm
Lying down from left
Honey, Amber, Cherubin and Ceraphin (Sigh) |
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Amber Charm of C. mated to Sh.Ch. Brackengold
Max produced Cherish and her sister Charm. Charm won her
title and later went Best of Breed at Crufts under the late
Jimmy Iles in 1982
Cherish
(sitting) and Charm |
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Champion Catcombe
Charm she won... 8 C.C’s and 4 Reserve C.C’s |
Catcombe Crystal 1CC
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Catcombe Cordoroy JW Res CC
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The photograph below shows
our dogs in 1982. From Honey’s two daughters Amber and Cherubin
we established two lines of descent. All our show-bred dogs today
are descended from them.
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Photo taken on Christmas morning 1982.
The back row shows Amber on the left with her three children Classic,
Charm and Cherish.
Middle row shows Cherubin on the left with her kids Chamois, Cupid
and Ceres.
Front row from left – Ceraphin (Sigh), Crystal, Silk lying
down (first of our Field Trial bred line.)
Czar (Son of Choice) and Choice (daughter of Cherish) |
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