Rosewood Kennels - Kooikers - Kooikerhondje » All Our Dogs http://rosewoodkooikers.com Celebrating the Kooikerhondje Fri, 18 May 2012 16:01:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Dragon Visits His Pappy http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/04/11/dragon-visits-his-pappy/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/04/11/dragon-visits-his-pappy/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:48:42 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=3092 We had a visit from Dragon (usually called “Dunkie”) and his pack, Rosie (RedGold’s Christmas Elegance), Nathan, and Karen. After lunch at a favorite local restaurant, we took everyone out to the farm so the dogs could run around. It was a windy day, and everyone was in good spirits!

Windy! Dragon, Rose, Yorick, Hamlet,

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/04/11/dragon-visits-his-pappy/feed/ 0 Hammie and Yorick meet the Big Dogs http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/03/09/hammie-and-yorick-meet-the-big-dogs/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/03/09/hammie-and-yorick-meet-the-big-dogs/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:12:09 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2955 Kidogo mzee na kubwa bwana!

I’ve always had a fondness for Rhodesian Ridgebacks since I grew up in Kenya and one of these majestic animals was my next door neighbor. Since those early days in Nairobi, I haven’t had much opportunity to see these dogs again until my husband’s cousin got one a few years

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/03/09/hammie-and-yorick-meet-the-big-dogs/feed/ 0 Rosy Goes to Detroit http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/03/07/rosy-goes-to-detroit/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/03/07/rosy-goes-to-detroit/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:49:14 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2924 Conquored by Kooikers!

Rosy, along with Hamlet, Yorick, and other representatives of the Kooikerhondje Club of the USA, participated in the Detroit Kennel Club Dog Shows on March 3 & 4. Rosy was exactly eight months old on Friday, the day we drove up to Michigan.

On Saturday, she decided that with 1000 intact male dogs

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/03/07/rosy-goes-to-detroit/feed/ 3 Rosy and the Deer http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/02/02/rosy-and-the-deer/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/02/02/rosy-and-the-deer/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:03:22 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2853 Tuesday morning (17 Jan 2012) I was walking with Rosy thru a clearing between a woods and a smaller grove of trees, when Rosy decided to check out the grove of trees. I expected her to follow after me once she satisfied her curiosity, but she didn’t. She just sat there and looked

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/02/02/rosy-and-the-deer/feed/ 1 Bianca and Jorie Retire from Rosewood http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/24/bianca-and-jorie-retire-from-rosewood/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/24/bianca-and-jorie-retire-from-rosewood/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:21:05 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2827 Bianca and Jorie

In 2012, after two litters and many happy years as part of the Rosewood family, Bianca and Jorie have retired from breeding and puppy rearing.

In December, after earning her Doctorate degree in Cultural Curriculum Studies at Goergia Southern University, Jorie took a position as Natural Resources Instructor at Aaniih Nakoda College on the

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Bianca left side, Nov. 2010

Bianca moved from her birthplace in Boston to Jorrie’s house in Statesboro Georgia, to become our second breeding female. In 2012, after two litters, Bianca and Jorie moved to the Midwest where Jorie will be a Natural Resources Instructor at Aaniih Nakoda College

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2012/01/02/dangerous-house-plants/feed/ 0 Ammervill’s Rosalind, Oct. 8, 2011 http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/10/24/ammervills-rosalind-oct-8-2011/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/10/24/ammervills-rosalind-oct-8-2011/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:44:36 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2661 Dwayne and rosy at the Fun Match

Rosy made a splash at her dog show debut at the Kooikerhondje Fun Match this October. Dwayne Martin, her housemate and handler, had never been to a dog show, let alone been in the ring with a show animal! Rosy was all confidence (even if she

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/10/24/ammervills-rosalind-oct-8-2011/feed/ 0 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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Here she is attacking a favorite chew toy.

Grrr! Must get that squirrel tail!

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