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Previous Years Happenings News & Happenings of 2010 ~ 9th Dec 2010 ~ Puppy piccies have been updated in the Baby Puppy Nursery Pg. They are so cute and full of cheek!!
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Aren't we just as cute as little shinny buttons??? ~ 2nd Dec 2010~ Today we received our Certificate Of Accreditation into the Breeders Accreditation Scheme! We are thrilled :o)
Thanks to all those who have given us guidance and advice along the way allowing us to learn and flourish. In turn teaching us to set high standards in our practices, always keeping the health and well being of our dogs first in mind. We are so proud to be ambassadores and protectors of this most wonderful breed and we want to thank ALL our wonderful extended Ourknights family member's for supporting us and mostly for choosing us when looking for your new furry family members!! We are looking forward to the future and continuing our fight to protect this breed. ~ 1st Dec 2010 ~ Please visit our Baby Puppy Nursery pg to see the latest pic's of the Tigger's and how they are growing up :o)
They are just adorable and I know there new families are going to be so happy with there new additions....with little faces like that how couldn't you be!! ~ 20th Nov 2010 ~ Here is a collection of piccies and updates we have received over the last month or so of some of our puppies growing up or all grown up!!
Above are some lovely shots of Deakin & Levi beloved fur babies of Sheree and Brad. These pic's are taken of the boys participating in the Wedding of there parents, Just stunning!!! Deakin & Levi are half brothers, sharing the same father in Jake and born approx 6mths apart.
Breezy Bear enjoying her new life.......Spoilt rotten by her new parents and loving it. Breeze is mum to our very own Ebonee & Checkers
This is Chief, living the good life in sunny Port Headland. He is Checkers brother and a much loved member of the family over in WA :o)
Above is a very cheeky Mr Wilson, he has the most wonderful home and is a touch spoilt! His very very cheeky but when he is the son of Scarlett and Checkers you can't expect much else really!!!
Above is Thor, son of our Princess Storm and the much loved baby of Lara & Aaron. Thor shares his home with his best mate Zuess and together they are alway up to something! Thankyou to all the lovely owner's of our furbabies for keeping us updated on there progress and adventures, we love hearing about them and seeing how they are turning out :o) ~ 9th Nov 2010 ~ Ebby welcomed 4 beautiful little tigger's into the world late last night....with the help of course from Scooby!! We have been blessed with 3 little girls and one very cute little lad. These little strippies are so cute and we can't wait to see how they grow up.
All babies are spoken for and they are also the last babies we are expecting till mid next year (2012) ~ 30th Oct 2010 ~ It is with great excitment that we welcomed a very special baby into our home today and a first for us........ Please keep posted for more information about this special little addition!! ~ 20th Oct 2010 ~ Today I received this lovely email from a great family who adopted one of my rehome females when she was 2yrs old. "Chill" (Pictured) is the daughter of Storm & Billie and the mother to our own girl Crumbbs. Chill is now 4.5yrs old! She lives in sunny Yepoon and enjoys alot of time on the beach with her family :o)
Chill is now almost 5yrs old and looking as healthy and happy as ever!! "Hi Jana, it has been a while since we talked, Chilli is going great guns, she is such a wonderful dog, everybody loves her, she is as fit as a fiddle and she just loves the beach, anyway I have attached a quick picture. She has such a wonderful temperment it is a credit to your breeding.
Actually she is still called Chilli, but she does have a nickname, her nickname is "stinky" not because she stinks or anything but just because she has an amazing sense of smell so she gets stinky every now and then.
Keep well the weirs"
Thanks guy's for giving her such a wonderful home :o) ~ 18th Oct 2010 ~ Just thought I'd share this little pic I received today of our little pocket rocket "RB" Owned and loved by Scott & Natalie.
A real action shot!! RB is having a great time with his Frisbee! His growing up to be a real corker (Pic @ 9.5mths old) and look at that brilliant red coat!!!! Thanks for giving him such a great home guy's and all the best with your new little addition "Cruz" I'm sure she will keep you both on your toes AGAIN!! LOL :o) ~ 12th Oct 2010 ~ Latest up date has just come in about our GLOBE trotting Stafford "Ourknights Ice Demon" In August Darwin arrived safely to his new home in Spain. Travelling from China, where he had lived since Oct 2006 with his wonderful family the Lovell's. The Lovell's where relocating from China to Spain due to work reposting and Darwin was going with them (or they weren't going!!) Darwin is a diplomatic dog who will probably see more of this world then I ever will. He was born and raised in the NT Australia till he was 4mths old. Then off to China to spend almost 4yrs and now a stint in Spain, with trips in the car to England where he'll spend time with the extended Lovell family. Darwin has a fabulous temperament and is a brilliant embassador for the Ourknights Prefix but most importantly for the breed as a whole. Here are some pic's of him settling into his new surrounding in Spain.
Darwin playing dead dog on the patio!! Only a day or so after arriving into Spain.
Darwin and his Stafford ball, a game to help him get accustom to his new surroundings!
Darwin wishing he could play in the pool too!! Locked out :o(
Posing for the Camera (Oct 2010)
Lastly Darwin doing his usual thing....forriging!!!! ~ 11 Oct 2010 ~ LAKE TANZER
This is what our back paddock looked like when we woke up on Monday morning!!! That is a 1.5a paddock and bar the top 5meter's in one corner and 25mter's in the other is was completely submerged........normally the water is right down the back in a small lagoon!! ~ 10th Oct 2010~ The beautiful Flame has now gone to live with her new family in there lovely home at Cashmere (Nice and Close). She has a new best mate in 10yr old Atticus who I'm sure she will be inseperable with in no time. Flame is sure to live the good life with the Stones family, she now has 3 young guy's to get kisses from and play games with.
We look forward to getting updates on how she is going and all her little adventures.
Awww what a lovely family shot :o) ~ 8th Oct 2010 ~ We have decided to open our own doggie business :o) "Pavement Paws Domestic Animal Services" & "Easy On Easy Off Double Polar Fleece Dog Jumper's" Our business will be mainly an online adventure at first with our Doggie Jumper's and accessories. The jumper's section is already up and going preparing for next winter. Our "Easy On Easy Off" design is one of a kind and was designed by us. We decided to invent a jumper style jacket for our own dogs that had NO VELCRO, ZIPS OR BUTTONS making them less fidly especially for cold morning hands or people who just simply struggle to get velcro, buttons or zips undone! Especially when there is an excited wiggly dog inside the jacket that wont stay still for even a moment!!!! It was enitially my mother's idea because she has a sore back and was finding it hard going trying to get jacket's off the kids during the colder months. So she 1. came up with a better method of removing them without bending over, but was still finding it difficult to undo the velcro or zips. So 2. She decided to try her hand at designing a jacket/jumper with out the velcro, zips or buttons. Together we incorporated a number of things into our final design. Our Jumper's are made from warm double fleece, they have a chest section in them that cover's the vital organs to keep your dog warmer, they have small sections of ribbing around the neck and legs to reduce drafts from entering the chest area. The jumper's are a snug fit but have enough room and stretch in them to be EASYLY pulled on over the head and pulled off the same way. HOWEVER they are almost impossible for the dog to remove themselves (this is common with most other jackets) I'm sure many of you have experienced this with your own dogs, buying a nice warm jacket for them just to find they have pulled it off and ripped it up!!!!!!!!! We can say confidently we have trialled and tested our design on our own dogs (especially the youngster's) with great success!! Not one removal and trust me they tried, we even had the two young sister's trying to pull them off each other without success!! That's saying something!
Of course our original designs where based on our own breed the Stafford but we have branched out and can design one for any breed!! So if you don't have a Stafford don't worry we can custom make one to your specific measurements.
Please veiw our dedicated page (Our Doggie Jumper's 4 Sale) here on this site for our "Easy On Easy Off Jumper" range. Sortly we will have a website up and running dedicated just to our business. The Second and most involved part of our business will be the "Domestic Animal Services" which will offer things like a mobile hydrobathing service, dog walking (individual and group sessions), home care which includes things like; checking on your animals while your away, feeding them, playtime sessions and eventually we hope to be able to provide a doggy day care facility!! This section of the business is taking longer to get set up and it will be a little while before we can offer our services but we are very excited and hope to have everything sorted and going in the very near future. ~ 1st Oct 2010 ~ Today we visited Wilson in his new home, we where so happy to see him and he was excited to see us!!! Wilson has settled right in with Nicole, Dan & the kitties. It was lovely to watch him cruising around the place completely comfortable in his surroundings. It's quiet easy to see he is really happy and we are so very pleased he has found his special place.
~ 18th Sept 2010 ~ Our precious little man "Mr Wilson" has finally found his very own special home!! We are so pleased to know he is going to such a loving home where he will be a very much loved member of the family. We would like to thank Daniel & Nicole so much for giving him a wonderful home and loving the little fella just the way he is :o) I'm sure he will return the love to you guy's 10 fold.
We look forward to watching him grow & wish you both all the very best with him. ~ 14th Sept 2010 ~
We are seeking a new home for our young lady "Flame". She is 8mths old, we ran her on along with her sister as we couldn't choose between them at 8wks. We have now made our choice and our little "Flame" needs a home to call her own.
~ 11th & 12th Sept 2010 ~ We travelled to Newcastle to compete in the Specialty show held by The Northern NSW SBT Club Inc. Two Championship show's where held over the weekend each judged by a judge who specializes in our breed the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Saturday show was judged by Mrs Karon Jackson "Jackabyte" Staffordshire Bull Terriers (UK) 251 Staffords where exhibited under Mrs Jackson and we where lucky enough to receive a 4th place with our "Delta" in the Minor Puppy Bitch class from 11 exibits. Sunday show was juged by Mr John Farley "Homafar" Staffordshire Bull Terriers (UK) 245 Staffords were exibited under Mr Farley and we were again lucky enough to score some placings with our kids. "Delilah" took 3rd in her Minor Puppy Bitch class from 12 exibits. "Scarlett" also placed 5th in the Intermediate Bitch Class from 21 exibits and the biggest class of the day!! We are very proud of her as she only had a litter 9wks before this show. We had a great weekend catching up with people we hadn't seen in a long time, socializing and catching up. Looking at all the lovely dogs on display :o) I will post Delilah's criteque when it is available. ~ 7th Sept 2010 ~ We have ONE stunning male pup available to a forever PET ONLY home, please find further details about "Mr Wilson" on our Baby Puppy Nursery Pg.
~ 21st August 2010 ~ Just some fun shots of the kids enjoying a game with the flirt pole!!
Delta our youngest giving it a crack!! The dogs love it and it's a great way to exercise them especially the younger ones who can't do too much exercise.
GOT IT!!!!!!!!
My young red bitch's having some flirt pole fun too!!
Go girls!!!!!!!!!
I got it, No I got it!!!
Leap :o)
Darn I missed it......
Is it a plane? Is it a bird? NO!!! It's Super Crumbbs.......lol
Crumbbs my 2.5yr old bitch showing how agile she is, flying and leaping through the air like it's nothing!
Score!!!!!!!!!
Storm is my almost 6yr old bitch taking a crack at the flirt pole too!! She can still leap around with the best of them.
But if she catch's it good luck trying to get it back!!! It must be destroyed!!! Hope you enjoyed viewing some of our kids having a great time enjoying life to the max, soon to come some shots of the boy's playing with the spring pole. Also another very useful item to give your dogs a good work out while also being a very fun thing for them to do. ~ 12th August 2010 ~ Some updated pic's of our precious little Mr Wilson now 5wks old and as handsome as ever :o)
~ 29th July 2010 ~ Our little Mr Wilson is coming along well his little eye's opened when he was 15-16days old and here are some snaps of him at 19days.
And a very sleepy young man :o)
~ 24th & 25th July 2010 ~ On saturday evening we attended a show at Durack and went under Judge Miss Nikki Lane of NSW and owner of the Lanvilla Prefix, a Stafford specialist. We are very happy with our results as it was a large stafford entry on the night and we where lucky enough to place in all the classes we entered. The baby of the group was placed 2nd of 3 in her Baby Puppy class, Flame managed a very pleasing 2nd in the Minor Puppy Class from a whopping 9 entries (largest class of the night) & Checker's was 3rd of 4 entered in his Junior Dog class. We backed this up on the Sunday morning with again some very pleasing results under Judge Mr M Curk also of NSW. We are very pleased to say ALL the dogs we had entered placed in there respective classes, so we are happy little vegimites :o) Checker's moved up a placing from the night before and took 2nd in the Junior Dog class from 4 entries, Delta was 2nd again in her Baby Puppy class again from 3 entries. In the Minor Puppy class with again a reasonable entry of 7 we where really pleased with our two entries Flame and Delilah taking 2nd & 3rd placings :o) Also Please go to there respective profiles to view there new pictures taken on the day. Thanks must go to Daneillia from DKD photography for taking such lovely shots of the kids!! ~ 10th July 2010 ~ Today at Dayboro AH & I Assoc Inc Champ show under Judge Mrs U Greenwood our little Delta took Baby Puppy In Group!!! We are very proud of this little lady. She is taking to the ring really well and enjoy's her time out there. Flame was awarded Minor of breed also. ~ 8th July 2010 ~ At 5:55pm Scarlett whelped a wee little lad into the world with very minimal fuss and in record time........only 40mins after scoffing down her normal dinner!! We have affectionately named him WILSON as he is a survivor through all else he ensured he arrived. Wilson is Black with a white strip on his face a big white chest and front white sock. He is the son of our very own Checker's and we look forward to seeing how he grows up. ~ 3rd June 2010 ~ Today was the youngster's big day out to the beach. Delta our youngest was finally able to experience the joy's of running in the sand and surf. We took all the young ones only. Checker's being the big brother at just shy of 12mths, the Golden girls Delilah & Flame 5mths and little miss Delta just over 4mths old. Here are some piccies so you can see how much fun there where having.
Checker's full flight across the beach
All running up the beach after Nana Leslie
Doing some swimming!!
Running running running!!!!!
Posing and looking very cute........
Building sand castles and then getting covered in sand!!!!!! So much fun was had they all slept for the whole afternoon, not one peep from them till dinner time :o) ~ 15th May 2010 ~ Today we went to the Gold coast for the double header and received some great results with the youngster's. These being Delta's first shows we where extremely please with her results.
Show one under Judge ~ the babies where the stars with a hat trick straight up!!! Flame 1st baby bitch, Delilah 2nd baby bitch and Delta bringing up the rear with 3rd baby bitch from a class of 7 babies........Go girls!!! Flame continued on to take best baby of breed (Thanks to the handy work of her skilled handler Emma Chivers) and was in the group line up for Baby In Group but no luck there! Checky was Junior dog, Bristol lucked out as did the two older girls.
Show two under Judge ~ Delta was the star here the youngest and smallest in the line up and taking 1st baby bitch, Delilah 2nd baby bitch and Flame managing a 4th baby bitch from 7 exibits. Checker's took Junior of breed and Scarlett was 3rd in her class. I'd like to say thanks to my trusty handlers who help out when ever they can with the girls, Vicki Dart, Jacki & Emma Chivers. Thanks so much ladies I really appreciate your help :o)
Delta and her Ribbons ~ 14th May 2010 ~ Checker's was awarded ResDCC & RuBOB under judge @ the Gympie AG show. Flame and Delilah took 1st and 2nd from a class of 4 babies and Flame was short listed in the group but was pipped by the Griffon. ~ 2nd May 2010 ~ Yesterday was the Qld Stafford Specialist show, Team Ourknights did quiet well and it was great to catch up with friends and also to see all the youngsters together again from Storm's last litter. Checker's was the Star of the day taking ~ Opp Junior In Show ~ against some strong competition and much older exibits. Checker's was only 10mths old at the time. THE STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER CLUB OF QLD 1st May 2010 JUDGE – Mrs Griet Coetzer - ZERACIOUS (RSA) 199 ENTRIES
Criteque will be posted when available
We are very proud of how he is coming along & his achievements so far from VERY limited showing.
Scarlett & Bristol where also placed. Bristol taking a nice 5th place from a good sized class and Scarlett 4th in her intermediate class one of the biggest on the day. Flame was short listed in the baby bitch class but missed out in final selections. We have said good bye to our last litter of puppies, Fallon's little Brunette's went off to there new homes and are settling in very well. I will be posting piccies of Storm & Fallon's pup's in there new homes soon!! Keep your eye on the dogs we've breed and more pg. ~ 6th March 2010 ~ All my little red heads have gone off to there new forever loving pet homes and I wish all the new owner's the very best of luck with your precious new additions...Please remember I am always here if you need any help or advice. Was SOOOO sad to say good bye but I know they are all going to be so dearly loved!! I look forward to all the piccies guy's. Fallon & Billie's bubs are doing great and are getting so big. They are three weeks old now and up on there feet playing, growling and eating food. Check the nursery pge for piccies. ~ 24th Feb 2010 ~ Our newest babies are growing like wild fire and all weigh in at around and over 1kg at 12days old!!!! We are still looking for a home for one beautiful girl. For further info, pic's and stuff check out the nursey page or send us an email. ~ 12th Feb 2010 ~ Fallon has delivered her stunning litter of black/brindle & BLACK babies some with white chests and feet/toes, one is completly black brindle NO white at all. We have 6 bubba's 3 of each sex, fallon is doing great and is a terrific 1st time mum. We are very pleased with the babies so far. For further info and piccies check the planned matings page and the nursery. ~ 5th Feb 2010 ~ We have done a few show's this year and haven't done to badly we are placing consistantly in our classes thus far. We are hoping to enter the rings with some lovely new babies in the coming months. We have plans to attend a few more of the countries specialty show's this year, so we look forward to seeing you all around the traps Fallon is huge now and due anyday...we are very excited to see what she and Billie produce for us. ~ 18th Jan 2010 ~ Our 2nd litter is confirmed, Fallon has developed a little pot belly and we are expecting her and Billie's babies in the 2nd week of Feb. We will be looking for loving forever homes for some of the precious babies. Please check back regurlarly for updates and to see when they arrive. ~ 13th Jan 2010 ~ Updates have been made on the Baby Puppy Nursery page, we might have one or two little girl pup's left but all our lovely boys have been adopted. They are now a week old and growing so quickly. Take a look at our precious little red heads. ~ 5th Jan 2010 ~ We would like to welcome into the world our latest litter of sweet little pup's. Storm has given us a brilliant litter of 7pups for her very last litter. Mum & babies doing well :o) Check the Baby Puppy Nursery Pg for further details. ~ 23rd Dec 09 ~ We'd like to wish you all a Very MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR http://s913.photobucket.com/albums/ac334/Ourknights1/?action=view¤t=171d72f9.pbw
News & Happenings of 2009 ~ 15th Dec 09 ~ Storm is confirmed pregnant and we are expecting her little babies to arrive in the first weeks of Jan 2010. For further details please check our planned litter's page. Also Fallon has now been mated and we should know in the next 4-5wks if she has taken and in pup. Check back for further details. ~ 12th Dec 09 ~ Well the specialty has come and gone now & the last show for us for the year. We are pleased with the results we received under Mr Craig Frazer of Highbourne Staffords. Scarlett was placed 4th in junior class from 9 entries & Ebby was up playing with the big girls in State bred and we are please she was placed 5th in the class from 9 entries. We where also thrilled to finally meet Kim & Terry with Ebby's sister Contessa, who I am pleased to say is a lovely example of the breed and I am proud to have bred her. I wish Kim all the luck in the world with her, hopefully in time she will shine for you :o)
~ 4th Dec 09 ~ We are pleased to annonce our Fallon will hopefully be having babies early in 2010, we have planned to mate her in the coming weeks and all going well she should deliver in mid Feb 2010. She will be going to our very own Billie and we are expecting Brindles & black brindles with white markings. ~ 21st Nov 09 ~ This evening at the Caboolture Kennel Club Show our youngster Checker's took Best Baby in the Sweepstakes from a very large entry of 40!! We are so very proud of the lad. He also took baby of breed in the classes beating 3 other boy's to take first. ~ 10th Nov 09 ~ We have a litter planned for very early 2010, Storm will hopefully be in pup with her last litter. We are planning for a red, red & white with possible pieds in the first weeks of Jan 2010. Keep an eye on our planned litter's page for updates and further information. ~ 6th & 7th Nov 09 ~ Our second lot of shows back and we are just thrilled with how our young Checky is taking on the whole thing, his a natural...loves all the people and other dogs. On fri night he won Baby of breed against a very promising young bitch & again on the sat night against the same young bitch, he just trotted around the ring and stacked up like he was an old hand. Very pleasing to have such a good mannered and easy going youngster. Ebby placed 2nd in her class with Jacki as her handler (thanks a mill Jack), good competition in this class with her kennel mate Scarlett also competing. ~ 31st Oct & 1st Nov 09 ~ Well we have made a return to the rings, life is getting back to normal really...work etc etc. Our first shows back where at Maryborough. Was so good to get out and catch up with people again so much time has passed this year and so many things have gone on!! We were very very please with our little man Checker's performance he had only been on lead a handful of times before these shows but he took it all in his stride and was not worried by all the goings on at all. Checky did very well on the sunday and took best baby boy from a class of 4.
~ 30th Sept 09 ~ Well our professional pic's have arrived from the wedding and we are so thrilled....Here is a small taste :o)
~ 25th Sept 09 ~ Ok well the wedding has come and gone, the honeymoon too. We had such a great time In Tassie it was stunning!! Now it's time for us to get back to things, establish our routines again and into training for our girls. We hope to be back in the rings with them very soon.
Photo's taken by a friend on the day, professonal ones still coming.
East coast one day and then the west coast the next ~ 10th August 09 ~ Our little boys have gone off to there new homes now, Thanks to there new families for providing such wonderful new homes for them. The count down has begun for us, only 3.5wks till Glen & I get married!!! Can't believe how fast time has flown. We wont be round much for the next month or so but once things settle down again we will be back to the rings to get our young girls out amongst it and our little boy accustom to the sounds and smells of the show scene. Hopefully we'll see you round :-) ~ 6th July 09 ~ Billie & Tauro Babies arrive... 3 stunning little tikes. One very handsome boy and two devine young ladies . Two of these pup's will be available to loving forever homes in early september. However they are located in the Newcastle region but if you are interested in these babies I can pass your enquiries on EMAIL.
~ 11th June 09 ~ The babies are here, we have been given 4 beautiful new baby boy's. Further info and pic's can be found on the Baby Puppy Nursery pg. ~ June 2nd 09 ~ We have a lovely litter coming in the next few weeks, Probably the only one for the yr as we are just so busy this yr. We have combined some lovely old UK bloodlines with some well know Australian lines and we are very excited to see what will be produced. Take a look on the Planned matings/litter's page for more info and make enquiries either via phone or email using the puppy enquiries form located on this site. ~ Early May 2009 ~ Ok we are here and we are almost unpacked...lol I'm thinking that may take us some time to finish with so much stuff going on. I'll put some pic's up of the place when I get a chance. Stafford specialty on the 2nd May with Mrs Elaine Pearson (Sundow UK) judging. Great results for our show team....Scarlett ~ Fantazmic Lasting Impression being the lady of the day!! Taking Minor Puppy In SHOW....whooo hoo go Scarletto!! Ebby our home bred girl didn't do too badly either she brought up the ranking taking a nice 2nd to her kennel mate Scarlett. I'm very proud of my girls.
Breeze also managed a 5th place in her class. Well done Breezey Bear your very rearly out of the placing at specialist level. ~ April 22nd 2009 ~ Not long now till the big move.....So exciting, the dogs are completley unaware of the move and will be very happy I'm sure when we finally get there. We have plan's to build some lovely big luxery kennel's so they will have some great digs to stay in when we are at work. The wedding is drawing closer now to and I'm starting to get very nervous, will we make it and be ready in time??? I sure hope so all my family is coming!! May Stafford Specialty is Drawing closer now too and we are looking forward to getting the youngsters out into the ring again. We also have a very exciting litter due in June...Some great bloodlines and hopefully some cracker pup's!! We will be seeking appropriate pet home and it's very possible there will be potential show pup's available to suitable and approved homes. ~ 27th March 09 ~ Our Jake man celebrates his 7th Birthday.
Still got it old mate!! Jake can still hold his own in the show rings and has taken many neuter class wins and also a Neuter In Show. He will be gracing the rings from now on in the vetran class also. That's Gold Jakey :-) ~ 12th March 2009 ~ Ok well things are really starting to get busy for us here at Ourknights now, we had a good time at the Open show for the SBT Club QLD with the lovely young Scarlett taking 2nd in the baby bitch class and Ebonee bringing up the back of the placings with a 5th. Billy and Breeze both placing in there respective classes also. Crumbb's got a great look in but didn't quiet make the cut for the top 4 placings. Our biggest news for the month is we have found a lovely property to purchase and will be moving in to it in early May. We have purchased 2.5acers in the Elimbah region. It's a nice big block with lovely gardens and a nice spring fed creek that run's across the back.....the dogs will love that!! ~ Late Feb 2009 ~ Well it's a slow year for us in the dog showing department, we have so much other stuff going on we will only be making a few appearances in the rings with our kids. We have done a few show's so far. A few class wins, and the debut of Scarlett at Toowoomba was alot of fun. Biggest news is we have decided to purchase our new home early and we hoping to make good use of the lower rates and boosted home owner's grant. ~ January 2009 ~ Ok well this yr is a really busy one for us!!! Outside the world of dogs we have so much goinging on. We are getting MARRIED!!!!! wow in September...so much to do so little time to prepare. Our last babies from Nov 08 have all gone of to and settled into there new homes very well now. I'm getting fairly regular updates on them and some great pic's which I'll upload soon. The Princess of the South....Contessa ~ Ourknights Duanna Fia ~ has settled well into her new home and I hope she is everything Kim had hoped for. May she be a good new begining for you!! I get great updated on Tessa's adventures and pic's of her picking on her to older brother's in Bosun and Barney. ~ Our New Addition from Nov 2008 ~ We would like you to meet our latest addition.......YES I KNOW ANOTHER!!! ~ Fantazmic Lasting Impression, better known as Scarlett ~
We would like to thank Elizabeth from the bottom of our hearts for this oppurtunity, Scarlett has some brilliant lines in her pedigree. She crosses back to Uk Ch Valglo Cassanova At Crossguns (the UK's breed record holder) on her Dam's side (Vamp is a Uk import Bitch) and through her sire you have the creme of some of Australia's best stock in Aust Grd Ch & Uk Ch Koendidda Umrum who's show career speaks for it's self. His sire being one of Australia's most successful stud dogs in Aust Grd Ch Highbourne Luskin Star who himself has a very impressive show tally. ************************************************************************************** News & Happenings of 2008
Storms Bubbies Have arrived now too 6-11-08 Storm gave us 2 handsom boys, one red with white and the other red brindle with flashy white marknigs. Both are big and strong. Storm is doing really well. Breeze & Blackie babies have arrived!!! 2-11-08 We have 7 lovely little babies, 4 girls & 3 boys all varing shades of brindle and some with white markings on there chest. Mum and bub's are doing really well. Newcastle specialty weekend 14-15th Sept 08 We took the whole crew with us on this trip so was very busy, Only Billie, Breeze, Fallon & Elle where shown but the other's where just along for the road trip. Billie placed both days with a 4th under on sat & a 5th under Brindley on the Sun. Breeze took a 4th place from a large intermediate class on the sun also under Storm has been mated 3-9-08 Stormy girl has returned from her interstate trip and hopefully with some bubbies brewing in her belly. Puppies expected in the 2nd week of Nov, with reds, dark brindles and red brindle the colours we should get. Breeze has been mated 30-8-08 Breeze has had her fun and now we wait to see if she will take, Puppies expected in the 1st week of Nov Billie & Roxy Babies have arrived 18-6-08 My beautiful boy Billie has another stunning litter on the ground. This is a Pitford litter Billie was mated to a lovely red girl ~ Pitford Red Roxy, they have produced 5 littlies. All black brindle, 4 boys and a single girl. Congratultions Mark, Terri & Roxy......we can't wait to see them!!! A few more shows now We have attended a couple more show's now and again a few more good results, Breeze has taken an Inter In Group and Res CC Bitch which we are very proud of hopefully it won't be long and she'll crack an actual CC. The youngster's are still doing very well with Lil Crumbb's finally hitting the placing with a 2nd.....The SBT Club of QLd have held there June Specialty in conjuntion with the Ipswich Kennel club, Billie placed second in a big Aust Bred class under Mrs Clare Lee (Constones SBT's UK). Critque will be displayed when it's available. Breeze took a 2nd place also from a very large Intermediate class in the Ipswich show under breed specialist Mrs Betty Smith (Cossacks SBT's UK). Well we are back in the ring again!! With our first few show's under our belts now for the yr we are happy with our results thus far, we decided to have a break from showing in August last yr and come back to it in 08 when our new baby's would be old enough. showing lightly for the moment as this year is a busy one for our kennel with new arrives and some exciting plans. The 3 young ladies that we have kept from our latest litter's are growing well and showing that they are going to give eachother a run for the money in the ring. Fallon has taken the top honours so far with a Baby In Group, but she has been pipped at the post a few times now by her litter sister Elle who is the quiet achiever. Lil Crumbb's is yet to shine but she is a slow maturer and I'm sure good things will come from her later down the track. Check there profiles for the latest results!! 17th May 08 Old Jakey Boy show's his still go it with a great win in the Nueter Class!! He takes Nueter In Show at Brookfield Show society In on Sat 17th May. I was so proud of him and he was so excited to be strutting his stuff again, Jake is and always was a true show man and still to this day know's when he has won. He'll jump up and grab his ribbon from your hand and carry it out of the ring for all to see, saying look at me I'm a winner. It wont be long now and Jake will be gracing the rings in the Vetran Class too, with 7yrs not that far away. Early Feb 08 Latest news on Darwin comes through, he's enjoying his 1st encounter with Shanghai's snow season!! Darwin is Chill's litter brother and a lovely gentle giant who we exported in 06 with a lovely Uk family who were going to be stationed in China for a few yrs. Hopefully he will have a new four legged member of his family in the coming months.
Do I have something on my nose??? Honest I havent been digging in the garden, Honest!!
Here it comes here it comes...................where did it go???? Snow ball throwing is quiet dumbfounding for Darwin as he can't quiet understand where the ball keeps disappearing too??
News & Happenings of 2007
27th Dec 07 Updates to the site, including the stay of Pixie ~ Wattleglen Saturns Star and her success at the SBT Club of QLD Dec Specialty on the 12th Dec.
25th Dec O7 Diva confirmed pregnant (by size already...lol)
1st Dec 07 Chill & Diva have been successfully mated to there chosen sire's, now we wait with finger's crossed......Please look on the matings page or email me for more information and enquiries. 4th Oct 07 Lots of added pic's in the updated and renamed photo album "Dogs We've bred & more" Show caseing general pic's of the kids, staffords we have bred under the Ourknights prefix, dogs sired by our studs. We have added pic's of the dam's of our planned litter's for the next 6 - 8mths on the planned matings & litters page. Sire's will be added when confirmed. Some new pic's of the kids at play, displaying there wonderful zest for life and stable temperaments.
Latest pic of Glen & I when we went to Dream World recently :-)
Glen feeding the Roo's at Australia Zoo August 4th
8th Sept 07 Well once again we have moved AGAIN!!!!!!! ARRRRRRGGGGGG I tell ya I'm sick and tired of moving, it's such a big job and when there is only 2 of you to do it all it's a really big job. We have moved on to some land now about 2.5 acers and the dogs are really loving it.....They have there own little dam to swim in and loads of room to romp around on. Last move but, next one will be into our own house!!!! Well we have finished up showing for this year, have a few other things to concerntrate on at the moment but we'll be back don't worry about that. I have a few little shows I want to do and the QLD specialty still this year but thats it. We have some litter's planned for the very end of the year and through till about half way through next year, We are very excited about them as we are going to try a few things and hopefully add something special to our bloodlines to help further our breeding programme so keep posted!!! 5th July 07 I thought I should introduce our other fur kids which don't get talked about much on this type of website. Glen has taken to all my Staffords so well and they adore him but Glen suprisingly enough likes cats alot and brought to the family a wonderful cat called Marlie (I'm not a huge cat fan, I have owned them but not quiet like this cat). Marlie has a personality to die for and is exceptionally friendly to all he meets, he talks to you and follows you round much like a dog would. Marlie is a Burmese X Siamese and thankfully only got the colouring from the siamese. His personality is Burmese through and through. We recently got a play mate and companion for Marlie in a little white kitten called Lily, she is a Blue Russian X Persian and again a very friendly young lady. Here is a picture of the two.
4th July 07 Here are the latest pictures of Darwin in his home in China, he was exported at 4mths and these are of him at 11mths. His family are originally from the UK but are living for work in Shanghai. He has apparently drawn alot of attention over there from the locals as white dogs are good luck. So he gets lots of pats from passes by. Darwin is a gentle giant with a to die for personality and temperament.
Darwin at play!!! Typical Stafford trait, "must catch the water & eat it!!" Darwin waiting pateniently for his new red ball, "Come on Ella I'm being a good boy....see see see!!!"
This is Darwin and his play mate...this saint is 5mths younger than Darwin but is bigger already. They live in the same housing village together and have regular play dates. 20th June 07 The Ourknights Show team have a great day out at The Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club Of QLD's Champ show on the 9th June. I had 4 entered and all placed in there respective classes. Billie, Chill, Diva & Breeze. Young Breezie Bear taking the top honours of PUPPY IN SHOW at her first Speacialty. Bill placed 2nd in a top quality class, Chill took home 4th in her junior class and Diva followed up the placings to Breeze with a 4th in the puppy class. I'm very proud of the gang. 18th June 07 Latest critiques have been loaded to the show results pages for my guys. 10th May 07 So much has happened for us in the last 4 months. Storms babies have grown and gone to there new homes (photo's in the baby album). Chill got her first points with a Bitch CC while I was away, handled beautifully by Mel. All the girls taking there turns in the classes and winning classes of group. Billie has also been doing quiet well when he wins his class. He has a few Res CC's and a few classes. Storm will be making a return to the ring in the coming weeks. She wont be shown alot but she does love it and will be taken out on occassion, along with Jake who will be entered in the neuter class where possible. We made a fleeting trip to Sydney for the NSW specialty over Easter. Billie, Chill and Oscar where shown and with some reasonable results from Chill and Oscar. Chill placing 5th out of a large class and Oscar placing 6th out of another large class. 23rd Jan 07 Storm delivers her 2nd litter with ease, I'm very proud of her as she had to have a ceasar for the last puppy in her first litter. So was concerned she would struggle with this one but not a chance she breezed through it in 2hrs 20mins for 6 new babies. Jake is a very proud father and he better be as this is his last litter. Jake has since been nuetered. So we have 3 of each sex and mum and bub are doing really well. Please check the nursery page for piccies. ............................................................................................................................................................ News & Happenings of 2006
12th Dec 06 We're moving again!!!!!! Brisbane area here we come, big changes in the lives of the Ourknights team and myself and are finding ourselves on a new adventure. Our first show over there will be the Stafford specialty in Dec and then a quiet break till earlier in the new year I think... 11th Nov 06 Jake is a dad again.......He has stunning little black babies on the ground from Stella. Please look on the nursery page for further details. 20th Oct 06 Chase (Ourknights Makybe Diva) finds a very special home to bring a new light into and help a very lovely lady heal after the loss of her very specail Stafford bitch Shar...Megan Hastings is now Chase's new mum and I don't think I could have asked for a better home. She is loved dearly and is helping Megan to find her smile again after losing her very special friend and soul mate in Shar. I hope you bring each other years of happiness and love as I know Chase is a very special girl as in the short time she was with me she stole my heart with her beautiful sole.
14th Oct 06 Taya's girls debut in the show ring along with there older kennel mate and Danni's girl. They did so well considering they had never been on lead till that day. Diva took 1st baby bitch with her sister Chase taking 2nd. Diva was knocked of for best baby of breed by her brother Bodi. I was feeling a little crazy that night as I had entered 7 dogs and there was only me to show...thankfully I was able to russle up some junior handlers to help me out. 7th Oct 06 Darwin Lovell leaves for his new home in Shanghai China to live with Dave, Caroline and the kids. Darwin is a very special boy who was picked at the tender age of 4wks for this very lovely family. Darwin was with me till he was 16wks and was then exported.
23rd Sept 06 Back to back CC bitch for Taya and only 12pts to go now for that Championship title....we can smell it.......Also Storms daughter Chill debuts and takes Best Baby In Group....well done Chill. 9th Sept 06 Taya returns to the ring with babies only 9wks old and takes CC bitch and Aussie in Group, way to to ga Taya counting down the points now. Storms Return to the Ring Strom has great sucess with her first shows back since having the babies with a double CC bitch and Inter in group. 7th July 06 Taya's bubs arrive early via c - section but all healthy and well. Small and showing signs of being early, very vigorous though. 5 tiny tikes 3 boys and 2 girls. 24th June 06 Taya gains another 12pts towards her title at 6.5wks pregnant!!! Great acheivement, not long to go now till she'll be a Champion. 19th June 06 Storms babies arrive early hours of the morning, 4 stunning littlies. 2 boys & 2 girls all details on the nursery page. 10th June 06 Billie & I went on a fleeting holiday to Brisvegas for 4 very long tiring days but it was great fun and well worth the lack of sleep. Billie took Op Intermediate In Show at the QLD Stafford Specialty Show Under Specialist Judge Ms Tracey Amos of VERYSHARP Staffords SA Billie's father Aust/Nz CH Belleden Devil Ov Orion took CC Dog & Runner Up In Show!! Goooo Buddy. I also got to catch up with some great friends, Raquel, Brett & Julana also Simon Steele. 27th May 06 Billie Becomes an Australian Champion with style winning Best In Group under Breed specialist Mr WL Godfrey Way to go Billie Boy, our whole team had a wonderful night taking all there classes in group, both Dog & Bitch CC's, res Bitch CC at show one. Show 2 was also successful with Billie going Rup Best In Group & Open In Group with Taya taking the Bitch CC. 24th May 06 Storm ~ Ourknights Storms Fury is Confirmed pregnant, 5wks and counting :o) If you are interested please don't hesitate to have a look at our planned litter’s page and drop us a line. 30th April 06 Well Billie and I have returned from our short adventure to the Canberra Stafford Specialty with young Oscar as well. I'm very pleased with the results from the 2days. With Oscar taking Junior In Show on the Sunday against some strong competition!!! Oscar also placed 5th on the Saturday from 11 exhibits. Billie was shown in the Australian bred class on the Saturday, with allot of very toey boys. Although he didn't place he was pulled out in the last eight, so I was very happy with that. On the Sunday Billie was shown in his age class Intermediate for a very pleasing result of 2nd from some strong competition. Well done boy's you've done us proud again. For more results and critiques check out the brag page. 13th Jan 06
We have moved again!!!! We are now back in the Northern Territory for a sort period of time, We are trying to settle back into the swing of things up here and get the dogs used to the extreme weather conditions. They seem to be taking it in there stride. We are heading back into the ring this month and are looking forward to it. Showing is very small up here (one judge for whole show) and will take some time to get used to again. We are planning to come visit throughout the year for various specialty shows etc. So see you round :)
Jana Faithful Ourknights Staffords Located Just North Of Brisbane QLD ~ 0416 023 160 ~ |
Ella "COME ON" throw the snow ball!!!!!
