Dourhu            

  After living in England    for a number of years   

due to Doug's employment.  We returned to our birthplace  

                                      Scotland in 1989          

                Stopping off,  on the way,   for about 3 years,   at a little 

place near  Kidderminster in the West Midlands  called      

                                         HURTLE  TOP  

 

 

( pictured  left  

with pool and all )

below

 

 

 

  We had the whitest

Geese in the land

as they were in the Pool

more often than we were

 

Moving on ever Northwards 

  together with Ruth's recently acquired Menagerie consisting of 

6  Papillons,  a Border Collie,  a Belgian Shepherd Dog,  3 cats,  

2 Angora & 2 Golden Guernsey goats and  a variety of ducks,  geese,  turkeys  &   chickens.

 

 

 

 

 

To  pursue  a  completely  different  lifestyle   

 

 

Trying to make a living in the above fashion  ~  totally consumed our lives for

a few years, and that, together with the devastating loss of 

' Desperado '  at a  young age,  forced us,  to retire from the

" Dog   Show  Scene "

Below  are  a  couple  of  our  faithful  'working'  friends  and  companions

  pictured  left  is  our  very  first  Belgian Shepherd   Dog

         (Tervueren)   Woodlyn  Apache Tears 

      

      

  

      

          

 

and  the picture on the right is

 our faithful  Border Collie  ~  

GEMMA with me trying to 

' lead train '

our 5 month old   

Anatolian Shepherd Dog  ~  

ELSA  

 

 

Gemma worked our small

flock of 

North Country Cheviots

with which we won prizes 

 at the Pure Bred

Sheep Shows in

Dingwall  &  

Thurso

Exhibiting Sheep creates a whole new perspective 

on  keeping 

" Male underbellies "  clean !

Although we enjoyed our spell following

in the footsteps of our Grand - parents

 in the area we both grew up in, and even

claiming the accolade of being invited to exhibit our

PRIZE WINNING  Rare Breeds of Poultry at

   The Royal Highland Show at Ingliston, Edinburgh.

 

 

This is not a Rare Breed but he is the only ' Bird '

that Doug could get to pose for the camera

For  all  that   ~  we  always  missed  the  Papillons  and  the  

many good  friends  associated  with  them

GOOD HEALTH  to the friends we've already met  and  

CHEERS  to the ones we don't know yet

Having  now  reached the age of '' The Bus Pass ''

   

and no longer  " work "  for a living  ~ it didn't take much to

rekindle    our love for the little   "  Butterflies "

However, it did require a lot of help from our friends to revive the

       Dourhu  bloodlines     

We consider ourselves fortunate to have acquired a small family who 

are mostly related, within a few generations, to past 

Dourhu Champions

" Distinction "      " Domino "      " Desperado " 

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