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Bluchip Monachs Moonlit Skies |
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Bluchip Skyes Silver Lining
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Erin
and Arran [Sire: Tiganlea Thrilling x Bluchip Skyes Silver Lining] |
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Bluchip Tainted Skye [Erin] 1 CC
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Our Bitch, Bluchip Tainted Skye (Erin) won the BCC on Sunday and it is difficult to explain how pleased we are.We nearly lost Erin in January when she was rushed into the vets after found to be vomiting blood. We thought at first that she had picked up some poison on her early morning walk but it transpired to be far more sinister. Angela
walks the dogs in fields behind our house at 7 in the morning, as do
a lot of other people, and on this particular When
they got back home Erin started vomiting and kept on being sick. Angela
rushed her down to the vets, which luckily is only a couple of miles
away, and Erin, who by this time was very ill, On
opening her up, the vet found a 2cm tear in her liver and severe bruising
to her gall bladder. As stitching a liver can cause more bleeding, all
they could do was to remove the blood from her chest cavity and hope
She was kept on a drip for another 48hrs and even though the vet thought she may not make it (he said she only did because she was really fit and well exercised) she recovered enough to be brought home on the 3rd day and has more or less, just about, fully recovered. Although she had developed a heart murmur, brought on by the stress, this has now disappeared and all that is left to remind us of the incident is a scar down the length of her stomach and a very hefty vet's bill. What the vet told us had happened really shocked us, because they said the only 2 things that could have caused such severe damage was either she was clipped by a car or someone had kicked her ! As the dogs were in a field, there was only one answer. Someone out walking their own dog had kicked her ! We let everyone who walks their dogs in the fields know what had happened, informed the police and the local newspaper ran the story, together with a picture of Angela and Erin, appealing for witnesses, but all to no avail. We believe we know who did it, although without witnesses, we can do nothing about it. Erin, who is now 3, has never been campaigned since a puppy and The Northumberland and Durham show was her first show back after a litter and then this incident and to get the ticket was just incredible. |
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Bluchip Secret Skye 1 RCC [Brilyn Secret Weapon x Bluchip Tainted Skye]. Our "Tay" has been in fantastic form throughout her puppy career, winning Best Puppy Bitch at Bath, Border Union and Blackpool Championship shows and Best Puppy in Breed at Midland Collie Open, which was her last show as a puppy. |
| We now have 5 generations here at Bluchip, all with good construction and good temperaments and enjoying good health and we have Skye to thank for that. She is an old lady now, she doesn't see too well or hear too well, but she is a lovely old girl and still a beautiful colour and we owe her an awful lot. |
Angela
and Michael Coulson
Preston, Lancashire
01772 743409
bluchip@hotmail.co.uk