Rosewood Kennels - Kooikers - Kooikerhondje » Yorick 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 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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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/10/13/fourth-annual-fun-match-october-8-2011/feed/ 0 Yorick in the Chicken Run http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/08/31/yorick-in-the-chicken-run/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/08/31/yorick-in-the-chicken-run/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:22:22 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=2569 Yorick has discovered he can climb up the chicken house and jump into the run to eat scraps the boys throw in for the hens.

Yorick in with the hens

Of course, once he’s in, he can’t get out. He’ll sit down there and whine and fuss until someone comes to rescue him! It’s a strange

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/08/31/yorick-in-the-chicken-run/feed/ 0 Rose’s Dog Blog–Daesha and the Seven Sons http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/07/03/visit-to-georgia-to-see-the-puppies/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/07/03/visit-to-georgia-to-see-the-puppies/#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:13:01 +0000 admin http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=1991 Yorick, the kids, and I took a road trip to see Yorick’s puppies in Statesboro, GA.

Four By Eight

We picked up Jorie’s son Brett along the way. Jorie, on the home stretch to finishing her doctoral degree and with a boxful of demanding puppies in her study, hosted us

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]]> http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/04/26/new-life-in-the-georgia-low-country/feed/ 0 Jorie’s Dog Blog–Litter D on the Way for Summer 2011 http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/04/19/jories-dog-blog-litter-d-on-the-way/ http://rosewoodkooikers.com/2011/04/19/jories-dog-blog-litter-d-on-the-way/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:03:20 +0000 Jorie http://rosewoodkooikers.com/?p=1769 Another Puppy Adventure Has Begun!

Rosewood’s Yorick came to visit while his family was vacationing in Florida.  Conveniently, Bianca came into heat during that time and Yorick has stayed on as a working house guest.  He and Bianca have been very busy making puppies and according to my gestation calculator, puppies are expected between June 9th

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Yorick and Bianca in November, 2010

This time, the two dogs lost no time re-establishing their

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