Bridget Update / Pup Availability / 21 Mini Messages

Today's Photos:

J & A's Ridge Running Bridget

Sire: J & A's Timberdoodle of Acton

Dam: Birch Springs Wish Upon A Star

I am so pleased to provide an update for one of Timberdoodles pups, Bridget.  She is Scooby's full sister and just had a birthday last week, turning 3!  John and I are particular to a fault about where any  of our pups go and her Ohio family was no exception. They were equally as  particular about where their new puppy would come from and we worked together for about a year.  They knew a liver and white female Brittany was in their future for a hunting companion and they were willing to wait.  Their waiting including going through the heartache and devastation of losing Timberdoodle with us, to wondering whether Wish was pregnant or not, and then to the medical screening and assurance from UC Davis that we had a viable, healthy litter.  Which we did.  The night before Bridget went to Ohio Timber's ashes were scattered in his field of gold, and at several special places.  He was never content to be inside, in a crate, or kenneled but lived to run.  His ashes literally soared on the wind when we released them that summer evening.  If I did not know that it was his daughter in the top photo, one would have to convince me it was not Timber himself.

Pictured here is Bridget and her tri-colored sister "Maggie" as they ran side by side that evening in Timbers field of gold. (Maggie, one of 3 tri-colored Brittanys out of Wish, enjoys an active and fun life with an wonderful Brittany 'couple' in Westbook, Maine. The Central Maine Brittany Club which John and I are actively involved with has an annual summer field day and Maggie and her owners usually attend. Speaking of which, that is coming up on Saturday July 31st. It's a club event, open to members and their friends and family. This year we're planning an Agility Demo, dog grooming, and of course lots of good food!)

In this picture to the right Bridget looks more like her mother who has such a  nice, square, cobby structure.  But if you know our dogs and especially if you knew Timber, you can see him in her eyes.  Well the long and the short of it is that this week Miss Bridget will be bred to a real nice field champion with a recognizable pedigree behind him, even doubling up on some of the stuff behind Bridget. If all goes well this litter will arrive during the first part of August. This is as close as will get to having a litter with liver pups available until much later this year/early 2011 so please let us know if you'd be interested in Bridget's pups. They will be OUTSTANDING hunting companions. And speaking of puppies, there is another litter of Brittany pups due this month to very good friends of ours who are longtime, well recognized and established breeders producing many field champions, with Hall of Fame and National lines behind them. Their first litter in many years, I expect availbility to be extremely limited and understandably so.  This will be an o/w and l/w litter.  Ironically, the sire of their pups is Bridget's grandsire and the dam is closely related to Treasure.  I do have pedigrees available for both litters and contact information.

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21 MINI - MESSAGES

We probably all get messages in our email that tell us to forward the contents to 10 people within a certain amount of time or... ! Most of us are not superstitious but we like the message and send it along anyway, knowing those who know us will probably approach it in a similar way.  Such was the following email I received this morning from Dawn - (thanks for sending!).  I decided to send it on by posting it here!

Here are 21 wonderful mini-messages to offer guidance, advice, and encouragement which I hope you'll enjoy as much as I did.

ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
FOUR. When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.
FIVE.. When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye..
SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.
EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
NINE.... Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.
TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.
THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'
FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
FIFTEEN. Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.
SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.
EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice
TWENTY- ONE. Spend some time alone.

At the end of email it says:
"Send this to at least 5 people and your life will improve.
1-4 people: Your life will improve slightly.
5-9 people: Your life will improve to your liking.
9-14 people: You will have at least 5 surprises in the next 3 weeks
15 and above: Your life will improve drastically and everything you ever dreamed of will begin to take shape.

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. Do not keep this message."

Okay, technically I didn't keep this message because I shared it with all of you!  Do I believe the above things will come true because I did?  What I believe is when sincere, heartfelt advice, guidance, or encouragement is offered and in turn is received as such, things are bound to improve. So no, I don't believe sending or keeping the message will determine the outcome.  What determines the outcome is the 'spirit' in which the message is communicated and in which it is received, the manner in which it is heard.  Jesus often ended his teachings with the somewhat mysterious instruction, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear" (as in Luke 14:35). What did our Lord mean by implying some had "ears to hear" and some didn’t? Obviously, he wasn’t referring to their physical sense of hearing. It seems he meant some could hear spiritually—were open to spiritual truth—while the ears of others were closed to his words.



God bless you! Have a great rest of the day, take care, and as always thank you so much in your interest in All Things Brittany.  John, Ann and our fun-loving, wonderful, sweet, Brittany crew!