Rustic Lane Manchester Terriers

We've taken our time carefully evaluating our current litter out of CH Rustic Lane Dixie Daisy.  In July, Daisy whelped a beauitufl litter of 3 boys and 3 girls.  The puppies are healthy, happy, and well socialized thanks to our friends and co-breeders, Arvind and Joyce DeBraganca.  After a lot of consideration, we will be making several of the puppies available to companion homes.  The puppies are 8 weeks old(9-19-11), up to date on shots and worming, have health certificates, and can go to new homes at any time.  Please fill out our application (we've fixed it so it will save) or contact us directly if you are interested.

Puppies currently available:

 -- Chicken Nugget, the small male in this litter, is going to be very small -- 6-7lbs at full maturity as best we can estimate at this point.  He is lovely, sound, healthy, and very cute and fiesty.  He needs a home that will appreciate his diminutive size, preferrably in Florida, Georgia.  We  are really hesitant to ship this puppy, although we would consider an owner who would fly in to pick him up. 

--  "Bruiser" or the green collar male is the opposite of Chicken Nugget. He is going to be 13-14lbs, at least at full maturity. He is available to a companion home on a neuter agreement.

-- Green collar girl, she is a very nice girl with a great disposition.  She will be a bigger girl, probably 11-12lbs, and she is availalbe to a pet home on a spay agreement.

March 24th, Gordie (CH Fwaggles Traically Hip) and I flew to Edison, NJ, for the American Manchester Terrier Club's 2011 National Specialty weekend.  Gordie left Florida needing two  points for his AKC Championship.  He came home a Champion with a group placement and a suitcase full of rosettes and trophies.  AMTC National Specialties draw entries from all over North America, and Gordie demonstrated once again that our wonderful pets are also consistently competitive on a national level. 

Gordie's Weekend Accomplishments:

 - Thursday 3/24:  Winners Dog/ Best of Winner:  Delaware Valley Manchester Terrier Club Independent Specialty & Grand Sweepstakes Winner under breeder/judge Mrs. Mary Wilson from the UK.

 - Friday 3/25: Best of Opposite Sex: AMTC District III Specialty (first time in the ring as a 'Special')

 - Saturday 3/26: Made the cut : AMTC National Specialty

 - Sunday 3/27:  Best of Variety: Delaware Valley Manchester Terrier Club supported entry under noted Breeder/Judge Mr. Rod Herner & Group 3 in a large, competitive Toy Group under Mrs. Barbara Keenan.  

Gordie is currently ranked #5 in Breed points, and #3 in all-breed points as of March 31st.  We plan to send him out as a special for the 2nd half of the year.  More news on that will be forthcoming. 

Beyond the show, it was a wonderful weekend, and we had a great time with our friends.  I  have to say a special thank you to Gordie's co-breeder, Amanda Kelly, and to Kim Marling who both showed Gordie to his wins.  Amanda hadn't seen Gordie in 6 months, and Kimmy had never met Gordie  before the sweepstakes Thursday nght.  While I nearly froze to death waiting online outside Carlo's Bakery for 2 hours in Hoboken to see the "Cake Boss"  it was well worth for the time spent with 'the girls.'

You were expecting a very dignified show photo to accompany this very auspicious headline, right?  While we are very proud of Effie and our other dogs' show accomplishments, it's important to remember that they are our very much beloved pets who enjoy a good roll in the grass as much as the next dog.  That mischevious look is very real, by the way.  Effie is a pistol - a true terrier. This photograph was taken on December 4th in our backyard, of course. 

Effie has had a great year.  As the #2 Toy Manchester in the US for 2010, Effie qualified for one of the invitations given to the top five dogs of each breed or variety  every year for the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog show..