Birthday greetings to the litter born 15.5.2011, to Glen and Hanner (B.Breezanna) - and many thanks to their owners for these lovely pictures.........

 Above : The Hassell family's Finn (B.Bill Brown) sitting pretty and (below) returning triumphantly to Vicky, having been sent back to find her dropped glove.

 Below: Carole and Chris Gledhill's Brodie (B.Ben Brown) enjoys a game....

 .......and (below) waits for his people to catch up.....

 Below: Eileen and Malcolm Coupe's girls, Honey (B.Brown Honey) and Nell (B.Black Belle) explore the Scottish countryside......

 Above: Honey and (below) Nell.

And (below)the girls curl up together for a rest after a busy day...  

 Below: Trish Parsons' Mivvy (B.Bizzie Lizzie).

and greetings too to the sixth and seventh members of the family, Barbara Hall's Bertie (B.Black Tom) and the Canter family's Dilly (B.Belle Brown), whose pictures will be posted as soon as they arrive.

So much of our recent news has been about the youngsters that I am delighted to share these lovely new pictures of some of our Golden Oldies. The splendid old gentleman below is B.Brigand, who will be celebrating his sixteenth birthday shortly. Brig belongs to the Hassell family, who have had Brambledales since the 1970s and currently have three. Picture two is of their B.Barley (Griff), who was fourteen on May 1st.....and these lads are kept young by their G-G-G-nephew, Finn (B.Bill Brown), who will be a year old next week.

 From fourteen year old Griff (above), to his equally spritely litter sister - Elisbabeth Heron-Watson's Bluebell (B.Brimstone, below), who, like Griff, puts up with a lively young relative .... her great-niece B.Brora, who was a year old in February. Elisabeth and Charles have also had Brambledales for many years, together with a succession of delightful wire haired dachsunds.

It is interesting to compare these veterans with the younger Brambledales. Brigand is a son of my B.Banner (see her on our 'nineties' page) and was sired by Ch Brenrigas Double Take, while Griff and Bluebell  were in my very last show-bred litter, which was sired by Moonhill Knight of the Stars and out of B.Brighde ( who then went on to produce my first working-sired litter) . 

B.Blodyn's litter of seven by Glen celebrate their second birthday this week......... 

 Above: B. Bessie Brown, owned by Lorraine Storer and Keith Wingett, who also have Bessie's Great Aunt Talley (B.Black Talley). Many thanks to Keith for this lovely picture of Bessie at full stretch.

Below: Lyn Armour's Robbie (B.Brown Bear)

 Above : My B.Brown Mouse ...and below, my B.Blossom.

......and our greetings also go to their siblings - Barry Bray's B.Balmy Breeze and  Pat and Douglas Neil's two boys, Finlay (B.Brown Boots) and Smudge (B.Black Boots).

 I love having puppies but hate parting with them and always feel sad when they leave home. But the sadness turns to delight when I hear how well they have settled in and what joy they are bringing to their new owners . Here are Mottie's February puppies by Glen, all enjoying their new lives. My thanks and best wishes go to all their lovely new owners for their news and pictures.

Above : The Phillips family's B.Black Briar, with her year-old full sister, B.Blue Belle.  Below: The Jolliffe's B.Black Duffy, who has also joined a big sister, B.Blue Kit.

 Above: Vicki Cuerden's B.Blue Sapphire, who joins her cousin Dan (B.Breedan).                                              Below: Debbie Herron's B.Blue Kat, destined for a career in agility.

 Above: Lesley Neville's B.Blue Dewy, hoping to make a name for himself in 'DogDancing'.                              Below: The Cosans family's B.Blue Shiloh.

 Above: Jean Stothard's B.Blue Bryn.                            Below: The girl who stayed at home.......my B.Beatrice.

April 14th was the second birthday of Breeze's litter of four by Glen, pictured below. From the top they are: Pictures 1+2) Stephanie Favre's Spot (B.Bright Spot) who is shown assisting Stephanie in her work as a psychiatric nurse. 

Picture 3 (above) is my Rab (B.Brab)

 Pictures 4+5 are (above) Hugh and Jaqui Emerson's Bess (B. Bessie Black) and (below) my B.Biddy.

So many of our faithful followers have asked why there have been no new puppy pictures for a couple of weeks that I am posting these little video clips of them, taken just before they were seven weeks old. .....

http://vimeo.com/39252397 

 Fine weather at last and Mottie's babies - four weeks old today - enjoy the sunshine. 

 Mottie's babies are three weeks old today.