Sadly in January 2005 quite suddenly we lost my dear boy Sarek, we had had visitor's to 'meet' the dogs earlier in the day, Sarek had done his usual meet, greet and sit on, later that day I was aware he was suddenly quiet, out of the blue he collapsed, I rushed him to my vet, where they stabilized him, it was decided after tests that he needed an operation, the operation showed that poor Sarek was full of cancerous tumors. The decision not to wake him up was the only one we could make. I still miss him so much and I feel so cheated to have lost my boy so suddenly and at such a young age.

Shortly after the trauma of losing Sarek, I was aware Majik was showing signs of pregnancy, she had had her season 6 weeks before, so panic set in and off to the vets, yes she was pregnant!  Jiggy and Majik had got together for 5 seconds during her season, Jig's literally jumped on her and I pulled him off, I had Majik 'jabbed' as a precaution, to stop puppies, but the jab failed. The only accident I have had in 22 years, I now feel it was meant to be, as we ended up keeping Strider, Rixbriar Blaze of Glory, not a replacement for Sarek but he certainly helped heal the wounds. It was a litter that was unplanned BUT so right in everyway. looks and personalities as well as timing.

Introducing..............                                     Rixbriar Blaze of Glory - 'Strider'

This gorgeous boy of mine, has indeed help heal the wounds, he is so easy to take anywhere and to show, last year (2007) he won the Large Munsterlander Club trophy, 'The Ken Thompson Memorial Trophy', awarded to the dog who has done the most winning in the lower classes and excluding CC winners, he then went on to win virtually every class he was entered in. The highlight for Strider was his mating to Summer, a young lady in the Blitzan household, 6 beautiful puppies were the result.........

The puppies were all sold, when I went down to visit them, and I fell in love with one of the baby girls, and on my way home Ali rang to say due to a time waster she had this girl available for the right home. After a very short chat with Ali we decided to keep her between us and 'share' her, this we have done and she lives with me 99% of the time, so although the introductions were meant to stop with Strider for a few years..............

I am very pleased to introduce Stella, Strider's daughter.

Blitzan Summer Star over Rixbriar, or Stella as we call her is indeed a star, winning Best puppy at her first show. A highly intelligent girl who is a dream to take anywhere, Strider's daughter, Majik's and Jiggy's Grand daughter and Keisha's niece our household is a real family affair.