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December 20th:
This week have been like Christmas in the postbox; among others we got the yearly Swedish Cocker Magazine so Annika had a long nice time reading it during a warm bath! 

Annika has also made a new homepage for TempleFontanas Lhasa Apso

December 15th:
Today it was time for the traditional "Christmas pools walk" together with grandma. Suddenly, in the middle of the deep forest, we all met Santa Claus' little brownies who gave out gingerbread biscuits, sweets and our Swedish Christmas drink called "Glögg" - which is mulled and spiced wine. It was so nice!

December 11th:
On Saturday Annika was invited to the Christmas party at our local dog club! On Sunday we baked some Christmas cookies at grandma's and went for the long walk in the forest as usual. In the evening we went for a visit to Mr. Alf again, he is so nice and he always has some treat for us.

Annika has also made a new homepage for Varbergs Dog Club

December 1st:
Yeehaa! Finally we have some snow again! Today we went for a long walk in the forest with Annika and grandma as usual. In the afternoon we went to an Open house dog shop with lots of samples. Annika even bought one of our Christmas presents there already, exciting! It's so fun at Christmas time, with all the extra goodies and to open presents!

November 26th: 
Well, we have some new lovely Autumn pictures, please enjoy them at #10 here.

November 20th:
Well, now that we've moved "home" Annika and her mother can continue one of their traditions. The Christmas market at Tjolöholms Castle, manor house built in British 16th century style (Tudor) with impressive furnishing and surroundings. It looks just like a fairytale and is so beautiful in the evening with all the lights! In the barns on the estate and in the house itself there were lots of craftsmen selling their wares; homemaked food, beautiful pottery, needle and wood work.

We keep our fingers and paws krossed for grandma and her Persian in Norway at Scandinavian Winners Show-02!

November 9th:
Today we've been at a show in the south of Sweden. Sweet Gibson couldn't understand why HE wasn't the "star of my attention"? - But now it was Timmy's turn to show off! It was really fun and he absolutely loved this "new activity" - what a drive! He wasn't placed among Best Dog but got a 1st in Open Dog Class and very nice critic from the Judge Mrs. Andrea Carrasco, Switzerland. Something in German like: "Well built in very good condition, beautifully masculine head, good chest, moves with drive, beautiful hair condition, still very cheerful for his age". He waged his tail all day long! You can see a fresh photo of Timmy here. Today it's also 3 years ago he moved in to our lives. 

November 4th:
Timmy's puppies are almost ready to leave for new fine homes, please take a look at them "showing off".

November 3rd:
Today it's Gibson's 5th birthday and we celebrated with a sausage cake and lots of fun. We hereby want to thank you all for the congratulations regarding Gibson's field trial qualification, both by e-mails and greetings in the guest book, thank you so much!

Yesterday at Halloween we went together with Annika and her mother for a long pools walk in a forest while the Autumn sun shined on the golden leafs. In the evening some children came and scared us - but we scared them too! We hope you had a Happy Halloween!

This light is burning for our beloved cat "Tiger".  He passed away the 17th of October, 16 years of age.  We miss him dearly as he meant a lot to us...

September 29th:
Today we have been at the Harvest Festival at the Fortress. It was very nice decorated with all the harvest of the Summer and lots of samples.

September 27th:
Annika has made a new homepage for Kennel Paisley's!

September 22nd:
Oh, Annika has already seen Timmy's new puppies!!! See the first pictures at puppies! We've also been at "grandma's" over the weekend preparing for the Autumn...

September 19th:
HELP! Our computer has major problems!!! It's now at service so please send your e-mail to stjarneving@yahoo.com

Update from September 1st:

September 11th: 
TIMMY HAS BEEN A FATHER!!!Read more at puppies!!!

Way to go Zorro! Gibson's boy Zorro (Tullebyns Double O'seven) came 2nd in Open Dog Class and gained 3rd Best Male! at The Swedish Kennel Club in Sofiero! CONGRATULATIONS my son!!! The day before Zorro also won BOB and BIS-2!!! at an Open show!

August 31st:

We have updated with a new photo album #9 with pictures from the Summer! < My favorite place!

August 29th:
Gibson's daughter Clara (Tullebyns Two For The Show) started for the first time in the Open class at Game Tracking this Sunday, and gained 1st price! Well done Clara, just two more to go! We've gained a new award at #12 for our site and a link to Hailstone's Black'n Tan's!

August 22 - 26th:
What a lovely weekend! We were all invited to our old friend Ann-Catrine and kennel Shakima's for The East County Cocker Show! Annika was hostess to the sweet judge Mr. Malcolm Hopkins-Roberts with his friend Steve. On Sunday Ann-Catrine showed Gibson to a 3rd place with special prize among 10 in the Open Dog Class and got a lovely critic: "Masculine head, dark eyes, excellent neck and shoulders, big ribs, excellent bone, deep ribcage, beautiful presented, excellent condition, moved and showed very well." Thank you so much Ann-Catrine! Mr. Malcolm was impressed by our Swedish Cockers and thought that Sweden was a very beautiful Country. Thank you Malcolm and Steve for a nice weekend, we're very glad to have made acquaintance of such great persons. Hope to see you soon again!

August 18th:
Now we have pictures of Gibson's Danish son Robin and his puppies! Look at the golden delicious under litter 1 here. On Saturday we went to "our" beach again, stayed all day including picnic, and in the evening we had ice cream with handpicked warm blackberry sauce, yummy yummy!

August 15th:
Happy Birthday Tiger!
Our old friend Tiger the Cat is now 16 years old! Scrimps with cream was served in in the garden. Yummy!

August 11th: 
Way to go Zorro! Gibson's boy Zorro (Tullebyns Double O'seven) came 1st in Open Dog Class and gained 4th Best Male with R-CACIB! at The Swedish Kennel Club in Ronneby! CONGRATULATIONS my son!!!

August 9th:
We've had a pleasant visit from Annika's old friend Kicki and her two Kuvasz. They stayed the whole week and we had a great time!

August 1st:

Gibson has become a grandfather!!! His Danish son Robin (Fancy Paws Dedicated to AniBell) is now a proud father to a litter with 7 puppies! Read more at AniBell's kennel in Denmark. CONGRATULATIONS my son!!!

PUPPIES EXPECTED IN SEPTEMBER! Proud news! Timmy shall be a father!!! Read more at puppies!!!

July 30th:
On Friday Annika went as an Indian with our Cowboy neighbors to High Chaparral - The Wild West Show! And she did remember to bring some presents for us! On Sunday we practiced some wild tracking. Fun! t's a bit hot here in Sweden now... but it's really nice to sit in the garden for a while in the sweet Summer night. Sometimes our visitor the Hedgehog passes by in the bushes.

July 21-23rd:
Gibson's daughter Clara (Tullebyns Two For The Show) have been here for a visit with her family. We showed some of our favorite places and had a great time!

July 20th:

"Whines a little bit, goes gladly in the water, swims well, retrieves with a good grip and deliver". YES! Annika is so proud of Gibson because he approved the Water Test today! From 2002 it is tougher but is permanent for the rest of his life. The Judge was the well known Mr. Gunnar Pettersson with 33 entries of Spaniels but only 11 made it... so well done Gibson! (The picture is from our practice this week).  "-So now you don't need those old birds in the fridge anymore then?!"    *smile*

July 19th:
HURRAH to Clara and Anita!!! 
Gibson's daughter Clara (Tullebyns Two For The Show) competed at the Obedience ground again, this time in Class 2. Clara won again, gained 1:st price with 196,5 points!!! You are so fantastic!

July 13-14th:
Hallands Kennel Club had a national and international show in Halmstad this sunny weekend. Gibson was shown for Mrs. Valerie Foss at Saturday with this nice critic: "Excellent type and impression, sound steady mover, attractive black/tan, nice eye and expression, good neck, shoulder, front, feet and ribs, correct brisket, good short hocks". At Sunday Mrs. Eva Mjelde placed Gibson 4th with: "Excellent type and impression, well muscled dog, masculine head, good neck and shoulders, compact strong body, well angulated, nice bone, moves with drive". Even Gibson's son Zorro (Tullebyns Double O'seven) was shown and guess who took the 3rd place? Yes, daddy's boy Zorro! That was really great, congratulations Lina and Zorro!

Annika has made a new homepage for Elain's Persian & Exotic!

July 8th:
Guess where we have been this weekend? At a CAT Show! Well we were not shown of course but Annika worked there as an assistant, while her mother was showing her own bred Persian "Felicia" which gained her Certification in Junior Class! At lunch time we went for a long walk true the little pretty town. And after that we laid in our little play pen and looked at all kinds of cats. Did you know that there is cats without any hair at all? We're used to the Persians with lots of hair so these looked so funny :o) 

On Sunday we were at the beach with our sweet Cocker girlfriend Maja. And Timmy took a swim again, spontaneously! (Yippee!)

July 2nd:

Buster (Tullebyns Give Me Five!) sends some greetings from his country trip! And we have some new pictures at #8 again. This time from our Weekend trip!

June 28th:
Finally we have some pictures of Timmy's old puppies!

June 25th:
We've gained two flashy awards and we have some new Swedish Cocker links.

June 23rd:
We have had a great Midsummer weekend with Annika at her mum's place. We had a picnic by the beach and even Timmy have been swimming! Normally he's not fond of that but now he couldn't resist the muffin bun! Later Annika went aside to take a bath by the rocks and she had to hold on because the waves were really wild. She thought it was quite cool! Then we took it easy in the garden after a snack of potatoes, herring and strawberries! After all it is Midsummer! Have fun!

There's new lovely Summer Greetings at the site and don't forget to visit Aladdin! An adorable Sable puppy!  

June 20th:
We have a fresh photo album #7 again! This time from the beach with our friends. Lovely wet sunny salty pictures! Did you know that it is good for you to eat the seaweed? Well, we like it anyway... 

June 17th:

"Pass without hesitation on all distances". Finally the result is official, Clara (Tullebyns Two For The Show) has proved herself again! This time with an approved Game Tracking Test! Who knows - perhaps she's a new competitor for The allround Cocker of the year? :o) Congratulations from daddy Gibson!

June 15th:

Puppy meeting! Finally we met three of Gibson's puppies (out of Claramand So Hot at Tullebyns kennel). But now they are grown up babies and so lovely! They were shown at Joenkoepings Cocker Club for Mr. Rodney Wyatt (Kendalwood), where daddy Gibson gained 2nd place in a big Open Dog Class with this nice critic: "Excellent type and impression, well muscled in good condition, lovely head and eye, excellent bone". His boys Zorro and Buster came 5th and 6th in Youth Class while their sister Clara made an excellent show in Obedience! We really appreciated this day, we are so happy for you and hope to see you soon again! Of course we took some family photos, please enjoy them at litter 2 here.

June 14th:
We're having a picnic by the sea... can we have a bun, mummy? PLEASE?!


Wow, we have gained three new awards at #11!!!

June 9th:
Today Wilma came for a visit and some trimming. See the picture in photo album #6. Yesterday we had a Bar-B-Q again and guess who was the grill master? (can your dog lay like this without stealing the meat?!) :o)

June 4th:
Annika has taken some fresh photos with a Digital camera, please enjoy our 6th photo album. Timmy has also a new body picture at his site.

June 3rd:
Gibson shall be a grandfather! His son Robin (Fancy Paws Dedicated to AniBell) has had three Danish bitches for a visit that will due in June and July. Read more at AniBell's kennel in Denmark. Oh, it's so exciting! At the meantime please take a look at Robin's new picture at litter 1 here.

Today we've met our new friend, the Labrador "Birro" that lives down by the beach. So we had a really nicely wet walk and afterwards some sandwiches in the garden.

May 31st:
We have got our first Summer Greetings, thank you!
Look at our lovely Summer Greetings here!

We gained an award at #11 and some new links.

May 27th:
We have had a great weekend! Four girls from Shakima's and Sätra's kennel came down for a visit! We were all at an Open Show near by. CONGRATULATIONS to Annie and her BOS! and to Nora's BOS puppy! Gibson came 3rd and Timmy 5th in the Open Dog Class. Timmy was awarded as Best Gormandizer! He ate everything on the plate: meat pie, bread, paprika, mushroom, lettuce and even the pickled herring! The prize was a whole lightly-smoked polony sausage! Timmy was so proud! On Sunday it felt a bit empty at home... it was so nice to see our friends again and have the whole house full of Cockers...

It was also Mothers Day so we spent the whole afternoon strolling in the large forest of beech woods with Annika's mum. Of course we had a nice picnic there too!

May 21st: (May 18th)

Yippee! Zorro gained Best Junior!!! Our very best congratulations to ZORRO and his owner Ms Lina Gunnarsson! Gibson's boy Zorro (Tullebyns Double O'seven) gained Best Junior at the yearly Cocker Championship!!! It was 132 entries for judge Mr. Robert Jackson, kennel Mompesson. The day after at SSRK's Show Zorro came 2:nd in Junior class among 118 entries for Mrs Penny Lester, kennel Quettadene. < Tullebyns Double O'seven

New picture of Gibson's daughter Fiffi (Fancy Paws Devine Diva)  has become a "divine diva"!!! Thanks so much, is was great to see her! < Fancy Paws Devine Diva

May 8th:
HURRAH to Clara and Anita!!! 
Today Clara - "Tullebyns Two For The Show" competed for the second time at the Obedience ground and it went SUPER, despite the first Summer heat. Clara won again, gained 1:st price and this time with... 199 points!!! You are so fantastic!!!

May 4th:
Gibson's daughter Clara (Tullebyns Two For The Show) with her owner Anita made their first entry at the Obedience ground. It was 9 entries in this first class, Clara won and gained 1:st price with 172 points! (max is 200) Our very best congratulations, well done!

Today we've been at Annika's mother all day and we took a long nice walk at the beach.

April 28th:
New link to Derrindee Cocker Spaniels and to Camillo's Cocker Spaniels

April 17th:
We have gained Raros award at #11 and a Spring Greeting from the Menagerie!
Annika has bought a cozy bed for us! Thanks Ylva!

 April 8th:
"Clara (Tullebyns Two For The Show)  - Gibson's daughter is hip scored A = excellent! 

April 7th:
Guess where Annika were this weekend? She went to a CAT SHOW! Well, she worked there as an assistant, while her mother was showing her Persian, which was Nominated to The Panel! We spent the day at the Jensen Family, thanks for a fun day! Timmy has a new photo at his site and we have some new pictures in the photo album, please enjoy!

April 4th:

Can you see who this handsome boy is?! Oh yes, it's Zorro (Tullebyns Double O'seven) - Gibson's son!!! We're so glad to see him! Many thanks! < Tullebyns Double O'seven

April 2nd:

...oh, have you seen such an adorable cocker girl! Annika were so pleased to meet Gibson's daughter Clara (Tullebyns Two For The Show) and her owner Anita! It was Clara's first official show and she did very well, gained the 3rd place in Junior Class among eight, well done! And you should see them at the Obedience ground... wow! Thanks Ms Marie Helenius for the photo!

March 27th:
LOTS OF UPDATES!
Annika has made THREE homepages, please visit them all!

This is for LEELEKIS KENNEL, Gibson's breeder!

This is for our WEST COCKER CLUB! 

This is for SHAKIMA'S KENNEL!

We have gained a beautiful Award at #11 from Cockermine's!!!
And we gained the BOB-Award from Maxi Mates!!!

Look at our Easter Greetings!!!
Please feel free to save our Easter card!

March 20th:
This weekend Annika and her mother finally put up the fence around our garden, so even our cat "Tiger" can stroll around out there... Thanks grandma´ it's great! We've updated the site with photo album #4 from Gibson's field trial and Birthday, please enjoy!

March 14th:
At last Annika has made a new outfit for us, so the site really matches "The Beach Boys", some small changes are made at the site so please take a look... and hey, it's almost Spring-time now! We have some new links to new friends on the net!

March 11th:
We have gained an award at #11 again, thank you so much Birgit at Cara's kennel!
Read Cruft's results here!!! 

March 9th:
Today we've been at grandma's for a birthday cake! She has Persian cats, but they're not so found of dogs so we couldn't play with them... We have some new links at the site, please take a look!

February 26th:
Well, we thought we should tell you about this Sunday... First we had a great walk true the country and Gibson met some Pheasants again! But at one time on the way home when Annika whissled at Gibson, he didn't come... after a while he slowly came and he was stucked in barbed wire!!! Poor boy!!! It took almost 20 minutes to get him loose... Gibson was very sweet and didn't say a word... But Annika thought a lot of things you can't write here... #"¤§%=*# !!!

We have gained awards again, thank you so much!

February 14th:
Look at our lovely Valentine Greetings here!
Please feel free to save our Valentine card!

February 11th:
Yesterday Gibson met the first Pheasant here at The West Coast! And we can affirm that it's lots of wild rabbits here...

February 10th:
We've gained some new awards #10! Thank you!

February 3rd:

Yippee! Buster (Tullebyns Give Me Five!) gained the BOS!!!   Our very best congratulations to Buster and his owners Åsa & Håkan!

January 24th:
Oh my, Gibson is so proud of getting such a mail like this!

"Hi! Have been to your lovely homepage because you have my little darling Maja's father, Gibson! Her real name is Fancy Paws Delicate Desire. Maja is my fourth dog. (The first three I bought from Ann-Catrine Bergh at Shakima's kennel). It shows that Maja has got good genes. She is calm but still very playful. Just like a young Cocker should be. She is always happy and nice to both other dogs and other people. I think she has a perfect temperament. She is very cuddly and faithful, but we have always cuddled with her right from the beginning. I can't tell you enough how wonderful she is!!! 
Best regards / Birgitta Zachrisson"

January 21st:

Buster (Tullebyns Give Me Five) is a real charmer!  Many thanks to owners Åsa and Håkan!  Buster is brother to...

January 12th:
"Passion for Chocolate!" Guess what? Annika has found a nice little chocolate shop, with fine exclusive chocolate from abroad. We hardly dare to tell you but she bought chocolate for over £20 !!! And do you think we get to taste any? Oh no, she takes one piece in the evening, and eats it very s l o w l y ... she enjoys every second... while we're drooling!!!

January 6th 2002: 
On Sunday we were at The International Dog Show in Gothenburg. Gibson was shown in a big Open Dog Class but unfortunately he wasn't placed among those for Best Male Class. The critic; "Excellent type and general impression, big sized, expressive well-proportioned head, enough neck, strong body, well angulated, moves with drive, nice temperament".

December: Welcome to "The Beach Boys"!!!

We have moved!  
Annika has been "homesick" for a long time... so now we have moved back home to the West Coast, and have also become "The Beach Boys"! We live in a very sweet house in a town called Varberg, 70 km south of Gothenburg. We have forest, country and the beach almost around the corner.