The pack tends to fluctuate however always here are Kelly, the matriarch born in June 1999 (her son Taffy born June 2003 no longer lives with us  - although he comes to stay off and on), Fig born February 2006, Taxawax (the only dog ..father of the pups and the only yellow one!) born September 2006, Haimelulu - Kelly's granddaughter, born June 2008.

Imaree born June 2009 (Fig and Tax's son) will ultimately live in the UK with my daughter but is still with us ..... 

Purdey born in March 2003 comes and goes between my son in the UK and here - although more with us for the moment ..

Ollie - my daughter's fox red lab comes to stay every so often...

At present we only have one foster dog - Lucie - living with us - please see ADOPTION

Mirka is a professional photographer who offered to take some pictures of the pack a few years ago (some photos are then chose for various calendars) and she came up to do so on a lovely summer's day.

Here are some of the pictures she took .. if you would like to know more about her work please visit her website

http://www.mirkawolf.com/

During the night of 1 and 2 June 2009 - 6 puppies were born .. this year they all have to have names beginning in "I" the following names were chosen  

• Green boy - IMAREE will stay that way nicknamed Sammy
• Red boy - IMMNE will be called Yuki
• Pink girl - IRAH will be called Lola
• Light blue girl - ISAREE will be called Indi short for Indiana
• He is in doggy heaven watching over us
• Cream boy - ISE (pronounced "ease") will be Isy

Training with my dogs is meant to be fun for them and me - if it is not then it means I am doing something wrong... Training is the icing on the cake ... and I sometimes need to remind myself that 1 dog is not the other and that age and even maturity has nothing to do with it but that it is all down to the particular dog's acceptance of my role as leader outside the den... but when that happens then we can have a ball!

Imaree - at +/-13 months - "learning the ropes"  - he is still to young to train as part of the group as that would put undue pressure on him... 

The older dogs "train" together as usually they will wait patiently their turn to be asked to go off and retrieve a dummy ...