Welcome to the Abbyford Clumber
Spaniels !
I
am a member of the Kennel Club Accredited Breeder Scheme
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Abbyford Clumbers -
at work.
Janner at the WCSS Mock Field Trial
October 2008.
Photo Steve Loveridge
Abbyford Clumbers -
at rest.
Mika - Photo Kieran
Johnson
Abbyford Clumbers -
as Mothers.
Inga December 2009 |
I hope you enjoy this site, where you can meet
the dogs.
We bought our first Clumber in 1984,
Abby was a pet first and foremost as are all the dogs today. She taught us
though that Clumbers love to work and that health issues are of major
importance within the breed. She died suddenly from heart failure at the age
of 7 1/2. She was never bred from but her successor - Scherzando Ripple of
Abbyford was the start of my line which carries the name of our first much
loved Abby.
I only use stud dogs that have been
hip scored and have been fortunate in having recently bred some low scoring
Clumbers. I aspire to breed healthy, happy Clumbers that are capable of
working in the field for the day.
All my dogs and puppies are fed on BARF
(Bones and Raw Food) and have been 1999. I feel that in
doing so I have managed to let the puppies grow slowly and steadily and I
think this probably contributes to the success in breeding lower hip scores.
I only breed occasional litters -
primarily when I want something for myself. All my puppies have started
their vaccinations, are microchipped and KC registered before leaving home. .
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Latest News |
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Find out what we have been doing recently
- 3 7 10 - Delighted to introduce Rut in co
ownership with Kristina Andersson .
- 9 5 10 - Today Patch in Sweden got her
2nd CC - well done Kristina!!
- 11 4 10 - The latest puppies all have their own pages - links
from the puppy page.
- 4 3 10 - Torkel's page updated with a
video, Kara's puppy page updated
with photos
- 19 2 10 - Kara's puppies arrived
yesterday.
- 17 1 10 - Puppies given their
own pages.
- 14 1 10 - Puppies due 18th Feb - please see
Puppy page for details. Puppy page
updated with photos and video.
- 29 11 09 - Puppies are born today. 4 dogs and 4 bitches -
see Puppy page for more details
- 12 11 09 - Just heard that X-ray results are in -
Storm - Hips 4 : 4 = 8 Elbows 0.
Ice - Hips 7 : 10 = 17 Elbows 0.
- 11 11 09 - Truffles' page updated
- 28 9 09 - Puppies are due the last week of November - more
details on the Puppy page.
- 13 8 09 -Today I have added the in breeding COI for each
litter I have bred. This represents how
closely related the parents are - the lower the percentage shows
that they are much less in bred and thus have a wider genetic base
to keep the breed healthy. The Swedish Clumber Club breed to a guide
of no more than 6% over 5 generations to keep a rich diversity of
breeding stock ie hopefully a healthier breed in the long term.
- 21 5 09 - Storm at his first show
was placed Puppy Group 4 at the Devon County Show.
- 7 5 09 - Some beautiful photos of Mika
added to her page .
- 18 4 09 - Some wonderful photos of Boris
taken over Easter added to his page.
- 11 3 09 - For personal reasons Inga has
returned home to us - she is an absolute dear..
- 5 2 09 Everybody having fun in the snow
photos and video!
Previous updates to be found on the
news page.
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Page updated
with Hip and PDP1 results - 19 5
10 Latest Hip Scores marked in
grey cells. Communities & Forums
- Clumbers Naturally- now a relatively quiet
list where the issues of barf feeding and natural remedies for
Clumbers are discussed. Plenty in the archives to read.
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