Van Zijl Lancashire Heelers
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Hi, we are Astrid and Jean Paul. We live in the South of the Netherlands. A few years ago we visited Crufts and saw the Lancashire Heeler for the first time. It was love at first sight. In 2009 we got our first Heeler fromTracy at Traqdean Kennels. We called her Dotty. We have a lot of fun with her. We go on walks with other Heeler enthusiasts and joined the Cow Herder Dog Association. Since November 2009 the breed is also recognized by the Dutch Kennel Club and so we also started showing Dotty. She has already won several Dutch titels like Dutch Youth Champion, Youth Winster 2010 and Winster 2010 and several C.C.'s. We also showed her at some English shows and she qualified herself for Crufts 2011 and 2012.
Of course the bug is unstoppable by now and on 27th July 2010 our second Heeler Blossom was born at Traqdean Kennels. We picked her up in September 2010. The two girls get along very well and on this page we will keep you informed of all their antics in the Netherlands. We hope to show Dotty again on Crufts 2011 and to show both of them in August at Paignton. We hope to meet a lot of other Heeler owners when we come over. We are really curious about the people behind the dogs and stories we read on internet and the community site. See for more information our website www.clogmillslancashireheelers.nl
Beach fun 01st of may 2011
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Easter dogshow 25th of april
Judging examination 16th of april 2011 Holland
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Crufts 2011
Wednesday 9 March we started our journey by car and ferry to Crufts 2011. Thank God we made it through customs at
Friday it was time to leave for Crufts. We left West Malling round about six o’clock in the morning (sometimes you might consider another hobby). We promised to meet up with the breeder and some other friends at the showring in
At eight o´clock they finally showed up. They had stopped for a cup of coffee on the way and forgotten the time!
Around us it started to get quite busy with Heelers. At home we normally see about two Heelers at a show but to see this number of Heelers was great. We to get ready for showing Dotty.
She was really calm and unimpressed. She looked as if she was taking a walk in the park. Nice to see at least one of us was relaxed like that. A little bit of extra practise and off we went. We entered Dotty in the limit class. She really did her best and showed really good but unfortunaly was not placed.
After showing Dotty we had time to meet up with old and new Heeler friends. At the end of the day we were able to put a lot more faces to names we only knew from the computer. Some people could not be there because of their work but we hope to meet them in the future. We brougt some Dutch treats like `stroopwafels` and cheese of course. We also brought some traditional clogs to give to our friends. Tradition can be a fun thing!
All in all in was a great experience and thanks to everybody for making it such a great day.
We will definately be there again for Crufts 2012!
And after the show she went to her favourite field
15 January 2011
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Driving Miss Blossom! (Traqdean Dee Van Blossom)
