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'Brace'
1991 - Jan 2007
Sadly we lost Brace in January of 2007 we
never knew his actual dob but he was certainly well over 16yrs old. We
have Brace's daughter Bridie now 11yrs old and his grandson Truffle as well
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'DEAL'
Sadly we lost Deal
suddenly in
September 2006 at the age of eight.
Deal was a Storm
Grandson and was bought from Jean Cotterell and as I had been responsible
for driving up to County Durham for the mating, I reached a deal with Jean
that if there was a show quality dog in the litter I could have the pick of
the dogs.
Deal joined the
pack at 10 weeks and had a very successful show career during which he
gained a 1st at Crufts in Under Graduate under Jean Burnett in 2000, then in
2003 we found he had gone infertile at a very young age. So as we had other
dogs to show we decided to stop showing him. But he was a very good picking
up dog and probably was one of my best behaved out on the shoots.
Deals claim to fame was having been the sire of Canadian Champion Purbarn
Forecast Is Tranquil and also father to Ch Catcombe Corblimey who
took the CC at Crufts two years running in 2007 and 2008.
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RAZZ
1989 - 2005
Purbarn
Razzle Dazzle
Razz was born in Hertfordshire by Catcombe Cheshire at Millgreen X Purbarn
Kizzie Ina Tizzie.
He was a great character and having been part of the family for so long he
is sadly missed and has left a big hole in the Purbarn Pack.
He was not only a great dog in the shooting field and part of my picking up
team for many years, he also was a good show dog and did a lot of winning,
although he missed his JW by one point he did win many BOB’s and BIS wins at
Open Shows. He took BIS at both GRCW & also SWGRC among others. He won many
1sts at Championship Shows and enjoyed all his outings to Crufts over the
years.
Razz’s memory lives on, as he is the one featured on the Grooming and
Trimming The Golden Retriever Video/DVD which Jenny produced in the early
1990’s and now sells all over the world. He was also often used for
demonstrations on the subject for many of the Golden Retriever Clubs around
the UK.
Razz is also featured as a 16 month old dog in the book by Catherine
O’Driscoll, The Golden Retriever Companion. There is also a story about his
Great Great Grandmother Purbarn Cinderella in that book.
Razz reached his
sixteenth
birthday only a few weeks before he died in December of 2005
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The Purbarn Pack in 1991
Thunder, Otto, Kizzie, Razz, Fee with Cindy lying
in front. |
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"CREA"
Cinmarsh Creates Havoc at Purbarn
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'Thunder'
Lorinford
Thunderstorm of Purbarn |
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'Fee'
Purbarn Fiona RCC SGWC
(Ch Okus Buccaneer x Purbarn Elsa)
Fee was a very special little girl, the upper
photo opposite was taken when she was 13 years and three months old!. The
highlight of her show career was undoubtedly at the NWGRC Championship Show
where under Hilda James, four weeks short of her 13th birthday, she won
Veteran Bitch and to our eternal delight was given the RCC.
The other photo of Fee shows her doing what
she liked doing best! |
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