Friday October 30, 2015

Fall is here, which means a change in the colour of the leaves, cooler weather and our activities are being moved indoors. However we are still keeping active with our Braque Francais in a health clinic, hunting and agility.  The fun never stops when you have a Braque Francais type Pyrenees.

The health of our dogs is very important to us here at Safron Kennels and we take as many opportunities to check our dogs health as we can.  This past month we took Ivy and Ace to get their eyes and heart checked by specialist veterinarians. Although in the Braque Francais they do not have eye or heart issues that we know of we still like to make sure they are healthy and clear none the less. This was Ivy's update for her eyes and heart and she came back perfect eyes and perfect heart, just like last time. Ivy now has clear hips, eyes and heart we could not ask for anything better health wise out of her.

September 30, 2015

September marks the end of an active summer and the beginning of a fun filled fall with our Braque Francais.  We have had a great end to the summer with Ivy in her fourth agility competition, Piper getting ready for her next hunting test, Ace getting his cast off and starting his foundation agility class. We are very please with how this past summer went and are hoping to continue the fun.

Ivy had great success at her fourth agility trail in September, she had great runs and was able to get a Q in starters jumpers.  Not only does this mean that Ivy is half way to moving up to advanced she is over halfway completed her starters gamers title.  We are very proud of Ivy and look forward to more agility success in the future.

Monday August 31, 2015

Well it has been a very busy August here at Safron Kennels with hunting competitions, agility competitions and a new member joining us.  Piper did her Natural Abilities test in Ottawa for the second time, Ivy had a successful agility competition and we welcomed our newest member Legacy de L'Arpon du Diable, nickname "Ace" all the way from France.   However even with all this activity the dogs still find time play and relax in the yard.

Meet the Newest Member

Meet the newest member who has come to us all the way from France! Legacy de L'Arpon du Diable, nickname "Ace", has finally joined our family on Friday morning. See him just arriving in the early morning:

He had quite the journey from France first he flew from Pairs to Chicago where he had a layover, however at the layover they noticed that he was limping and had to go to the vet.  They did an x-ray an found that he has a very small surface fracture on his tibia however he was banged up well and was able to complete the rest of his journey to Toronto.  Below you can see that he was very happy to be home snuggling in bed:

Monday August 3, 2015

We have a new look for our news feed!!!! Welcome to the new look for our news feed at Safron Kennels, you can now follow us, leave comments for us and check out older posts.  Following us will make it easier for all our readers to keep up with the latest that is happening at Safron Kennels.  You can see below that Ivy and Piper are happy with the changes.

July did not go as planned at Safron Kennels because both Piper and Ivy went into heat at the same time. This meant that we had to cancel all our competition plans and wait for the girls to finish their heats because they cannot run if they are in season.  However we have still continued with agility training and hunting training on our own, below you can see that Ivy and Piper don't seem upset that the plans were changed:

Saturday July 4, 2015

The month of June has been pretty quit here at Safron Kennels which I am not too surprised at because we needed a break after all the activity in May. Good news though Piper has completely healed from her injury from last month, we have continued to get the girls out hunting training with N.A.V.D.A and we are planning to re-take the Natural Abilities test with Piper in August. However you can see below that the girls did take this past month to relax as much as possible:



After we finally got Piper to stop pulling out her staples Piper healed very quickly and nicely. Piper needed to wear the cone for a couple of weeks while her cut healed and now her hair is starting to grow back. Although Piper did not seem to mind the “cone of shame” Ivy did not like it because it made it too difficult to play with Piper. Ivy was very happy once the cone had been removed and our two girls played like crazy as if they had been separated for months on end. Below see Piper relaxing after a long play with Ivy:



We have been to two hunting training events this past month with the girls and they love every minute of it. Ivy and Piper are starting to have their own challenges though when it comes to training. Ivy loves loves loves birds so much so that she seems to feel that she doesn’t need to hold point and doesn’t want to listen to the woe command. We are working on Ivy diligently to encourage her to hold point just ans as long as she doesn’t catch them (so far she has not caught any birds) she will get it, already she seems to be flash pointing some of the time. Ivy is on the other hand is doing great water work at first Ivy wouldn’t enter the water and now she is doing 20-30 foot retrieves at a full swim. We are very proud of her, keep up the good work Ivy! Below see Ivy taking a rest in the sun: