Milo

This handsome boy is Milo he lives in Somerset with big brother Merlin, who was bred by Judith.
Thanks Aly for the photo and also the lovely album of photos you have sent of Milo, it came in the post this morning, and the little captions on the photos tell the story of Milo's first year, it is simply gorgeous, thanks so much for doing it it must have taken you ages. I will certainly treasure it.

Happy birthday

message from Kody- Very Happy 1st Birthday to my brothers and sisters....

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to all Maier's brothers and sisters. This year certainly has flown by - Maier has grown into a lovely dog. She has a wonderful temperament and is a joy to be with. Max and Maier are best friends and adore each other - they have a mutual attraction to mud!! We have been camping quite alot this summer and Maier thoroughily enjoys our weekends away - they usually involve nice walks near lakes or the sea! She loves swimming and once in the water is reluctant to come out!

Well Done Dee Dee on your recent wins! Congratulations! Hope the next 12 months are just as good with loads more rosettes!

Attached photos of Maier as a puppy and last month in Anglesey.

Well done DeeDee

Izzy also says well done DeeDee for the show winnings.

I am also attching a pic of Gertie, Kes,Kody and Izzy in Devon helping me eat my ice cream with clotted cream on top!!! Did they love it.

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY

Hi Everyone

Happy 1st Birthday to all Izzy' sisters and brothers.

Love

Izzy xxxxx

Dee Dee 1 year Old Today

I am not the best photographer and this was just a quip snap as she stopped to look at something, but you can see how much she has grown.

She is a lovely girl, very soft and loving, likes lots of cuddles, and so far comes back to the whistle every time and really fast !!! Now just trying to teach her that ploughing in to mum is not a good idea !!!

Hope some of the other owners will put up some pictures later.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE FULALUV PUPPIES.

ONE YEAR OLD TODAY !!!!!!!


WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE, THEY ARE ALL GROWING UP SO FAST.


A big thank you to all the owners who have kept in touch with me throughout this first year, it has been wonderful to receive the photos, updates and news about the puppies, and so much appreciated.
Dee Dee says thanks for the birthday cards, and sends her best wishes to her brothers and sisters.

Lots of love to them all, Genna, Izzy, Kody, Maier, Milo & Polo from sister Dee Dee, Mummy Narla, Dave and I and the rest of the Fulaluv Gang. xxxxxx

Hi Everyone

Dee Dee and I went to an evening show last week at Heywood and Radcliffe Canine Society.

We only went for experience and to support the show, it was very well attended as it is an all breeds show, it was standing room only, but I thought it would be good for Dee to be in different and crowed surroundings.

Well against all expectations she won AV Gundog puppy, and after all the other groups had been judged we went back in the ring again, and she was awarded Reserve Best Puppy In Show.

The red rosette is a normal size one, just shows what a whopper the RBPIS one is, size of a dinner plate.

There were photos of the presentation taken on the night, but I haven't received them yet, but when received from the secretary I will put one on here.

I did try and get one of Dee Dee and her awards, but as soon as I had the camera set up she either moved or wandered off !!

Sorry not to have posted for so long, but my computer has been playing up, mainly due to the hotmail changes and me trying to correct the problems which has only made matters worse, but it seems to be behaving itself at the moment, although I still can't send pictures via hotmail.

Kat I would just try and stay as relaxed as possible when Dodger grumbles, if you get anxious he will certainly pick up on it, not all rumblings are linked to aggression, and I would certainly try to distract him, but I wouldn't use food treats as otherwise you are rewarding unwanted behaviour.

I would talk things through with Ali as she has a lot of experience, and if you would like my telephone number Ali has it, I have done a number of behavioural courses and may be offer a few things to try, I was also a trainer for a number of years, so know how group dynamics in a class situation can cause problems, but a bit lengthy to explain on here.

Teenage angst

Hi all, I'm in need of some advice if possible. Dodger is fabulous, however over the last few weeks he's developed a habit of growling at other dogs. Not necessarily new dogs, some of the dogs he's growling at he's known since he was a little puppy and sees them regularly. All of them seem to be intact males.

He's very well socialised, so this change in behaviour is frustrating and confusing. At training last night he continued to growl the whole way through the class, on and off, as soon as another dog came near him or started to do a training exercise - no treat would distract him, even liver treats which are normally his favourites! He doesn't do anything other than growl at them, the occasional bark if they're further away, but it's still not good.

I've had suggestions from people, but none of these people have Munsterlanders - so I'm hoping you collectively will be able to guide us.

At home he is perfect, no issues at all. It's also only been the last few weeks that this behaviour has become apparent. He's told off each time he does it, and quickly stops - will then even play with the dog he was growling at!

He's still intact at the moment as we wanted to wait for him to mature as much as possible before getting him neutered, but don't know whether this behaviour is due to his hormones and whether getting him done will help to resolve this or not.

Suggestions that have been offered are that he's being protective, or that he's asserting him position in training as there's lots of new younger dogs, that he spends a lot of time with other dogs and wants more time on his own, it's his hormones.... Not sure whether any, some or all of these are correct.

Any tips, suggestions, help willingly accepted. Thanks in advance.

A long over due Hello!

Hello everyone, I am sorry for not being around on here for so long, life is very busy for us at the moment and not going to shows this year seems to have given so much more time that we are just busier than ever. Still having to go to the hospital far too often too, please remember even though I am not on here as much if needed I am always at the end of the phone, so shout if you want me.
The Blitzan family have been enjoying the lovely sunny weather, especially recently, no rain as yet, just sunny sky's and much cooler, makes it much more fun for the dogs, now it's cooler and more fun for me with it being dry, they come home clean!!!
Well done to all who have been winning, Karen and Mazy there's no stopping you, winning Post Grad you will soon be up into Limit, well done, also to Kathy and Gertie, I hope her foot has healed, and to Keith and Tess, Carol and Jasper, Sandra and the fulaluv gang, we are proud of all our family and extended family. Not forgetting Tracy and Blue in Australia who have been out winning CC's and Best dogs and all sorts.

Diva is fit and well and enjoying working with Andrew, she is such a hairy girl now too.
Summer and Zeta, both cereal diggers!!!
Here comes the young boy, so handsome and such a clown but look at the colour of that tongue!!
Tetra is in the middle of a phantom, and is only just growing back her coat after a massive moult, pretty as ever though.
Darcy maybe sitting still but he is still avidly watching the birds.
Watching intently for where her tennis ball is headed. She really is tennis ball mad and spends a lot of her time finding her balls which we hide all over the place.

My boy Logi, enjoying a roll in the early morning wet grass.
Breeze Full speed ahead
Summer
Baby Bree is growing up, I don't think I have ever had such a good dog for her recall and obedience, still time for her to rebel but hey I am loving it for now. She put up a partridge earlier and it just escaped and yesterday she put up a deer which was hiding in our vegetable patch, I was so impressed one call and she stopped and returned, long may it last!!!
Bree again
Summer and Zeta
This is when Bree found the partridge
Bree having returned

Anyway that's most of the family, just missing Maddie and Prima, which I will try and rectify later, those two tend to hunt the hedgerows so it's hard to get nice photo's of those two.
Have fun with your dogs everyone, and give me a shout if you need me.

Thank you all. We're both very tired today, this showing lark is hard work. Yes Kathy, we hope to be at Darlington, we have missed you and Gerttie at the last couple of shows. We could be even braving staying in a tent Saturday night, we haven't done that yet this year, Mazy's grown a lot since the last time we shared a tent, so could be interesting!!

well done

Well done to Karen & Mazy for 1st PGB at Richmond. Gertie should have been there but she cut one of her pads in a very awkward place & quite badly a couple of weeks ago , which is taking its time to heal, so we're HOPING to get to Darlington on Sunday. Are you going Karen?

Well done Karen and Mazy and a nice photo of you both together.

Troy is looking well Pauline. We were at a dog show at Malvern a month or so ago, it looked like a lovely place but unfortunately we didn't see much of it!

Happy first birthday to all the pups. We had Louis first birthday a week ago too; time really does fly in!

Karen and Mazy

Well done to you both. Lovely picture too x

Well done Karen and Mazy.

My little Blitzan Treasure!!

You wouldn't believe this was the same dog that was so naughty at Richmond Champ Show last year. Today we came 1st in the PGB class. Thank you Mazy!!

Missed you today Ali, hope you're OK!!

Hi all

Sorry i have not written on here for a while. i have been reading it when i can. Lovely pics on here. i been so busy now that i have started a new college course.
Ali i hope your foot is better

I have been sent this link, if you have afew 100 hours to spare!!! It,s all the Crufts catalogues dating back to 1886, makes good reading if you have time http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/3158

Hi everyone, How is the foot Ali hope you are up and about now. Sorry you couldnt make it to meet us Juditrh really looking forward to you spending time with Troy hope Skye will soon be better some people have no thought about animals leaving barbed wire about it could have been really bad. Anyway we had a lovely holiday apart from the weather in Devon Troy was a star as usual we had lovely walks in malvern really dog friendly found a lovely pub to stay in just across the road from the hills. Here are just a few pictures to give you the idea of space and freedom. We climbed every hill you can see Troy loved every minute we might even do it again next year.

Hi All

Jack says hi to his mum and dad and all his Brothers and Sisters - we were at the seaside for Jack's (Blitzan Touch of Logi's) 1st Birthday so this is the first opportunity for him to say Happy Birthday to everyone. He made us laugh at his first look of the waves, he loves water but the waves were all too much until Bella showed him how.

On the third day he decided to go off after the water fowl in the reserve and would he listen to the whistle (thought it was a good joke), so then he had to go swimming in the sea until he lost the rancid smell of stale water (that will teach him) says mum but then gave him his treats for getting clean again.....

He obviously thinks like his Dad (the horse poo is definately something he has taken on), must be shampoo'd at least once a week before being allowed in the car - I hope he takes on his hunting skills as well.

I didn't realise that a dog could smile all the time, he is such a scally wag but smiles all the time - we love him to bits and couldn't imagine a day without him.

Sandra and Dave

Lucy

Hi all, long time since I've posted, but have managed to keep up-to-date with the entries. Bailey, Louis and I went over to the Forest of Dean last weekend, went for a walk which ended up at a pub in Redbrook (nr Monmouth), low and behold another Munster turned up! First time ever that I've seen another one (apart from shows that is), she was called Lucy and owned by someone called Vanessa, who couldn't remember which kennel she was from. Bailey was smitten with the "older lady" (Lucy is 7yrs old), and was a bit gutted that they weren't allowed to play! So nice to see another Munster out and about, and to have Bailey recognised for what he is - instead of a "spaniel cross thingy" LOL.
Can't believe the "puppies" are already a year old, how time flys..............

Have a go Day - Logi's daughter Maier

Happy First Birthday to all Tahlulla's puppies - the months have flown by! All the puppies have matured into fine looking dogs.

Apologies for not writing more frequently - computer glitches mainly! We went to the "have a go day" and had a wonderful time. Maier thoroughily enjoyed herself - she'd never seen so many munsters in one place! She wanted to say Hi and play with them all - consequently she wasn't really paying attention in the first lesson - tracking and the water retrieve. Tracking was okay but the minute she got her feet into the water she wouldn't come out! Totally ignored the dummy and went off for a swim - one of the younger 6 month old puppies kindly got the dummy back! She was better with the hunting and was overjoyed to discover the partridge hidden in the grass! We picked up loads of tips and advice and the session on training techniques was very good indeed. We have put a few of the tips into practice with good results. It was really good to be able to pick the brains of long standing munster owners and trainers - thank you very much Lynn, Christine and Wendy. It was also great to see Maier's grandma and uncle - who also turned out to be the grandad of the other puppies in our group! We would definitely recommend the have a go day as we all enjoyed ourselves and Maier absolutely loved playing with the other Munsters.

Tallulah sends birthday greetings

A Very Happy Birthday to all my puppies. I miss you all but glad to have Tansy with me. It has been absolutely wonderful to hear news of some of my babes and I would love to hear from the others.

Happy 1st Birthday

Hi all - I know it's been ages since we last posted, we've been very busy getting our house ready to sell! Our world is now Magnolia!

Anyway, HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY ALL 'A TOUCH OF' puppies... it's amazing how fast it's flown and how beautiful they've all become.

Dodger wishes all his brothers and sisters a very Happy Birthday. We've celebrated with a little tuna with our biscuits and some new toys - they'll probably only last 5 mins, but hey, it's his birthday.

Below are a few photos from along the time...

At 2 weeks... then known as Dionysis

The day we chose him at 4 weeks old...

The first week home in his little play pen in the garden...

A few weeks ago posing for Neil in the garden...

We did take one earlier with his party hat on, will post that later once Neil's downloaded it from his phone. Hope you've all had a lovely day.

Dodger sends a big lick to his brothers and sisters and especially to Mum, Dad and of course Aunty Ali.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ALL FROM DADDY STRIDER xx

who is in the doghouse for rolling in lots of smelly horse shit!!!!