Rosewood Kennels - Kooikers - Kooikerhondje » Elsinore http://rosewoodkooikers.com Celebrating the Kooikerhondje Fri, 18 May 2012 16:01:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Fourth Annual Fun Match, October 8 2011 http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/10/13/fourth-annual-fun-match-october-8-2011/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/10/13/fourth-annual-fun-match-october-8-2011/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:10:57 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2642 The Kooikerhondje Club of the USA (KCUSA) held it’s fourth Fun Match last weekend in Weyers Cave, VA. Participating were 10 dogs from five different states: Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Next year’s Match will be held in a different geographic location to accommodate the kooiker population not on the East Coast!

AKC judge Carol

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This summer the frogs

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/08/30/joyces-dog-blog%e2%80%94elsie-likes-to-swim-after-all/feed/ 0 Joyce’s Dog Blog—Elsie Retires http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/03/15/elsie-retires/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/03/15/elsie-retires/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:20:51 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=1726 Elsinore has taken the title Emerita and has retired from breeding. I, and the rest of us here at Rosewood, found it most difficult to take this step, even though, having recently turned nine, she had every right to step down. She is often mistaken by other dog owners as much younger. Because of that,

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The Fuller family came all the way from Texas

Rod and Marta Beckstead hosted the third Kooiker Match on July 24, 2010, warmly welcoming us to their hillside home in Allentown, PA. Yorick and Elsie, Benvolio (litter B) and Cato (litter C) represented Rosewood at the match.

A requirement for AKC acceptance, the match was like

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2010/12/22/kooikerhondje-fun-match-july-24-2010/feed/ 0 Rose’s Dog Blog—The Animal Planet Dogs 101 Story http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2010/11/10/roses-dog-blog-hamlet-and-elsinore-go-to-new-york-city/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2010/11/10/roses-dog-blog-hamlet-and-elsinore-go-to-new-york-city/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:09:51 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=1522 I was sitting in my sister-in-law’s living room when my cell phone rang. It was a producer from Powderhouse Productions, who creates Animal Planet’s Dogs 101 series. They were featuring rare breeds in an upcoming season, and had seen the Rosewood website. They wanted to know if we were

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2010/11/10/roses-dog-blog-hamlet-and-elsinore-go-to-new-york-city/feed/ 2 Joyce’s Dog Blog-Happy Birthday to Elsie http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2010/10/31/happy-birthday-to-elsie/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2010/10/31/happy-birthday-to-elsie/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:48:08 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=1475 Happy Halloweenish Birthday from Elsie to all you other folks celebrating your birthday on this best of all days. Elsie celebrated by walking around the neighborhood this evening and barking at trick-or-treaters.

Happy scary birthday

Me and my buddy, Elmo, hanging out on my birthday

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Elsie's rock climbing album

]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2009/11/08/ready-for-search-and-rescue/feed/ 0 Rose’s Dog Blog-One Puppy for our First Efforts! http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2008/10/15/one-puppy-for-our-first-efforts/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2008/10/15/one-puppy-for-our-first-efforts/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:45:13 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=1383 After two years of trying to breed Hamlet and Elsie with no results, we faced the possibility that we were dealing with infertility issues. The easiest thing to do was to test Hamlet. We did so, and realized that, in effect, he was shooting blanks! A microscopic investigation revealed that he had a very low

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Elsie, left profile, two years.

 

Taga’s Weika, Lady Elsinore, AKA Elsie, was born on Halloween 2001. Small and feisty, she’s always up for a long exploration in the woods, or some other activity. Smart, sweet, and protective, she is patiently indulgent with youngsters while keeping a sharp look out

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