#****** * *= * -. Q-) *"##.s#+1F, * **{**.{F S J* * r * t * *f lF * ***s#s # :-# :# -lr # fr+fi.*.F^# Tartraven <strong>Deerhound</strong>s Anlkirrglas Vinna Oct 1992 - October 2003 My very special girl, greatly loved and sadly missed CHRISTMAS KISSES FOR STOURA, GRIMSEY AND VULA Best wishes to everyone for 2004 llilda, Claire and the Thrtraven Team 'f 'hc Swaire, Biggar, Lanarkshire MLl26LX Tel 01899 229791
NEWS FROM SWITZERLAND Hello Summer is over now. But what a summer! Sometimes dogs and exhibitors had to suffer under the unusual heat but on the other hand it was a real summer. 3 <strong>Deerhound</strong> litters were born this year 12.03 : Kennel Fortheringhay's 416 puppies were born sired by Fritzen's Highland Ghillie out of Mathilda von der OelmUhle 23 05.: Kennel From Highlanders Yard 1/0 puppy sired by Demian from Highlanders Yard out of Esprit from Highlanders Yard 17.06.. Kennel Fiadhaich: 6/2 puppies sired by Lehigh Yanker the Deerhunter out of Clachtoll Quara. <strong>The</strong>re were several CC Shows held which mostly had a good entry. But it was not only at the shows that <strong>Deerhound</strong>s were well represented, a good number did also compete at the lure-coursings. Between 10 and 16 <strong>Deerhound</strong>s were always entered what shows that here <strong>Deerhound</strong> owners are very interested to let ftt.hf rbrt rr'.tr, one <strong>Deerhound</strong> male was dominating the coursing scene not rtrtf r.rr ,rr iiwrtzerland. That was Shadrach, an Australian import from the ll|.|.tr|| )ortll(ll {fdtrr{O.rx) trred by Virginia Hawke and owned by Esther Buhler He had alntaf .r),r .,cveral imporiant working titles like for example the International 'rrrr,r.f'11 (:lrirrnpion and French Working Champion But this Spring, in the ,r{{r ,rf M.ry, he had a terrible accident Running free on a walk he was hit by e ,{r' r:l rlot seriously injured. Just in time his owner could bring him to a vet r. r.r. ,rrrrr froftr bleeding to death. Besides other wounds one shoulder and r,rri. rt, wr:re open and 2 muscles were torn <strong>The</strong>y operated 4 hours on him to rr.r,r o,r(t r:lose the deep flesh wounds and to stitch the torn muscles. Luckily, r.. t*rx' w.rs fractured, 3 further operations followed, the last one a month after lN l..rlr,rrt, €rtd nobody could believe, that he would ever recover again. But ,'r ,r,et I lrs will to live was unbroken. His owner says, he never lost his appetite *,r,r oltrrr ir week he wanted to go out for short walks. Two times a day he * q,rt w,rlk for 10 minutes. After one month he would walk 20 minutes, twice a hrr tt. was treated rruith a magnetic field therapy and a physiotherapist helped ' .r',, 6 ll rt to get back tlie full mobility of the shoulder and front leg. <strong>The</strong>n, 2 ,,.,,r,1f 1,, ;rfter the fatal accident, he was allowed for the first time to run free. His *.,or .,1;rrted now to train him with the bicycle, to put up condition and after irir', .' rrronths he was able to run 280 m on the racing track!What a miracle! n ,f 'r(,1 enough Last weekr,,,,1 1,t8lf1 '.o3rtr.rrrber) he was second ,rr r,q11 Olub Coursing, a 700 ,. r.n(l lrrre coursingl | | q vr.l\ said, that one reason r rr,'. rlutck recovery was ' rl rrr w;tS in tOp faCing ," t't,r )n tltrt for them too it is 1 11,,,n(l ltow well he sur- , .o I urr..;rccident I thought ,r qr',ry rs worth to tell you , . ,rt nrl pictures <strong>The</strong> first , ,r rrri,w., rrrm 2 weeks after i' ,r . i ,rk.nt the second one I ir,,,,r, *lr.n lte WaS alfeady rr,rrtr'\U 'rrrrr lr ltetteI In this rr *,,,. frr' r., l)laying With hiS ,r r t,oi .rrl.rn an Australian r 1,r,,rr tr'rn lltc NelUnqalOO I rr , ro I r,r,i' lF lr, rrrr Switzerl?fld l l.b llulrort
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