Welcome To Our News Page - 2016

2016 was a year with ups and downs, with sadness, lots of love and some amazing results, young dogs growing up and oldies enjoying a relaxing day. We hope 2017 will bring you and your 4-legged friends some wonderful moments to remember, a year filled with joy and good health!

A new visit to the Orion Clinic, this time with Emi and Milow. X-Rays of hips and elbows are taken, all is looking fine. They had no problem with the sedation, Milow was so cute and still sleepy in the car, Emi woke up and wanted to play instantly, she didn't know how many playtime she had lost, crazy girl. Now we have to wait for the official results, this will definitely keep us in suspense for the next couple of months.

Brother and sister together at their first appointment at the eye clinic, they were very brave and behaved like superstars. Very happy with the results, Milow is completely clear and Emi is clear except for very mild distichiasis. Another milestone for the teenagers!

It was a difficult decision but as our females are getting into heat and Luca cannot be separated, we made an appointment at Orion Clinic to get Luca neutered. The University of Missouri reassured us the DE would not cause any extra problems with the sedation but it could be that he would wake up frightened and maybe even agressive. We explained his condition to the clinic, so they allowed us to stay with Luca when he was waking up. Luca was very restless in the beginning, luckily the surgery went very well and the waking up part was relaxing. We stayed with him, the clinic even reserved a special room for him.
Many, many thanks for the people at Orion Clinic, they gave us a gleam of hope in a very difficult day. Luca is home now, he loves his Medical Pet Shirt and is recovering nicely!

After the sudden loss of Emi's sister Stella, we contacted the clinic to have Emi's heart tested. As she is a highly dedicated sporting dog and we might have some breeding plans for her in the future, we wanted to be sure she is in perfect health. They have taken an echography and carried out lots of readings, but luckily all was perfect for now. The specialist liked her a lot and told us she was so sweet and well behaved, very proud of her.

Today we received shocking news from Stella's family. Stella died, way to soon this afternoon. She was recently diagnosed with a terrible heart disease, cardiomyopathy.
We want to send our prayers to her family, Stella was a lovely cuddly girl with an open mind. As a puppy, she stole our heart from the very beginning.
We will never forget our little Crystal with her waggling tail.

Time flies, a year has passed since Miwa gave birth to 6 beautiful puppies.
Happy 1st Birthday to Luca, Olivia, Emi, Milow, Nibbit and Stella, we hope you will have a wonderful day with lots of toys and cuddles!

Today it is the last competition before the winter break, very traditionally we have our regional championships, open to all handlers of the Antwerp Province. It was a great day with lots of friends and some very nice courses.
It was a "Suki" kind of day, Suki and Robin had 2 clean runs with a 1st place, so undefeaten they became Antwerp Champion in Grade 2, Medium. So proud of this team, they deserved it!
On top of it all, Miwa & Robin ran an excellent junior competition, what resulted also in a 1st place and the champion title in junior class. So, 2 golden medals in 1 day, what a way to end the season.
This was Robin's last year as a junior and her 3rd champion title, looking back at these years filled with pride of Robin and her Toller Teams!

We just can't believe it, Elmo is celebrating his 10th birthday today. In the past 10 years he has proven himself as a great leader, always ready to play, teaching our other dogs some very important life lessons. We hope we can spent many more years with him!

After a succesfull behaviour test, we enjoyed the good weather and went for a winter walk with the entire "Ocean" litter. Nibbit and Luca joined in, it was so nice to see them all together. During the walk we had some time to catch up on all their puppy adventures and for a small photoshoot. Next month, the pups will celebrate their first Birthday!

From L to R: Nibbit, Olivia, Miwa, Luca, Stella, Emi & Milow

Today was an important day, our little pups are growing up, today it is time for their social behaviour test. Emi & Milow passed with flying colors at the club, Onze Hondenschool in Kapellen. It was an amazing Toller event, because littermates Olivia & Stella were also entered. Both of them showed very nice behaviour and also received a green card. Very nice work of the "O" litter and their owners, so proud of them!

Our sweet princess is celebrating her 6th birthday today with a special swimming pool party! She is full of joy and the best training buddy but above all she is also a great mom to her kids. Hoping for many more years with her!

We had to wait some time but today we finally received the official results for Kitsu's hips and elbows. HD: A and ED: R: 0 - L: 0. Everything was looking great on the X-Rays, off course we are very happy with these excellent results!

This weekend we had an agility competition weekend in Aarschot and Robin surprised me by entering Kitsu for his Agility Approval Test on Saturday. As usual I was very nervous at the start but he did great and passed the test with a nice clean run. This winter we will continue his training and hopefully next spring we will have lots of agility fun together!

This year the European Open Junior Agility was held in Slovakia, in the beautiful Elements resort in Cilistov. We travelled with some great friends and the whole Toller bunch, we had an amazing adventure. Suki and Miwa had some really nice runs, not at all impressed by the whole event and just happy to run with Robin on some challenging courses, thanks to the judges :-)! This was the last European Junior for Robin, it was a great ending of an amazing adventure!

Today we went to Symbo in Zwijndrecht where Kitsu participated in the Social Behaviour test. He believes the whole world wants to play with him, so this test was really easy with him. He passed with flying colors and was a very good boy, love him so much!

Woohoo, Kitsu celebrates his very first birthday! Kitsu brightens up your day and he is our special goofy boy. When you're around him, you just feel happy, he's a great dog!

Today it is Suki's 7th Birthday! 7 years ago our Toller adventure started with this wonderful talented boy. Up for many more years as a member of Robin's DreamTeam, you made her dream come true!

Kitsu had his first show today in Genk '36th Grote Prijs van Limburg'. He is a natural show dog, likes to be handled and showed himself very well. He got an Excellent first place, Best Youth Dog and also Best Male, we received some nice critics. This means we are invited to go to Crufts next year, so proud of our boy!

Time flies when you're having a wonderful time! The past 8 weeks with the pups from our Ocean Litter - Miwa Kyran - were amazing, these little red wonders stole my heart. We have found the best forever homes for them, so it is time now to wish all the pups "Fair Winds and Following Seas"! Emi, Miss Purple and Luca, Mister Blue will stay with us, we welcome them into our family.

We have received several test results from OFA. Kitsu is clear for DEN (Degenerative Encephalopathy) and also clear for DM (Degenerative Myelopathy). Suki has been tested for DEN (Degenerative Encephalopathy) and is also clear! Miwa has also been tested and is carrier for DEN (Degenerative Encephalopathy) and clear for DM (Degenerative Myelopathy).