CH. SOUTHERNBELL JACK DAISY OF HEATHERBELL
CLEO ARRIVED FROM AUSTRALIA IN HER MOTHERS TUMMY IN 1998 AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET HER FROM GILL GRIFFITHS OF THE SOUTHERNBELL KENNELS IN LIDGETTON, NATAL. SHE SHOWED IN THE BREED RING AND BECAME A CHAMPION BEFORE HAVING 4 LITTERS OF TOP QUALITY HEALTHY PUPPIES AND AFTER THAT RETURNED TO THE SHOW RING AS A VETERAN AND ALSO BEGAN CARTING. SHE HAD A VERY GOOD YEAR IN 2009 IN THE BREED RING AS A VETERAN AND ENDED UP JOINT 19TH IN THE TOP TWENTY OF THE ORIGINAL 70 DOGS. SADLY CLEO DIED ON THE 24TH MAY 2011 AND WILL BE MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
CH. SOUTHERNBELL TAGGIE OF HEATHERBELL
TAGGIE IS CLEO' S DAUGHTER AND WAS BORN IN 2003. SHE SHOWED IN THE BREED RING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THEN HAD HER OWN PUPPIES AND HAS HAD A GREAT YEAR SHOWING AS A VETERAN IN 2010, ENDING UP JOINT 17TH IN THE TOP TWENTY OF THE ORIGINAL 80 DOGS. TAGGIE IS CURRENTLY HAVING A GREAT YEAR AGAIN IN THE VETERAN SECTION AND I WILL ONLY KNOW HER FINAL PLACING IN DECEMBER. TAGGIE WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED ON THE 23RD NOVEMBER 2011 AND IS TERRIBLY MISSED.
CH. SOUTHERNBELL PAIGE OF HEATHERBELL
PAIGE IS CLEO'S DAUGHTER AND WAS BORN IN 2004. SHE HAS HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL SHOW CAREER IN THE BREED RING AND WAS THE KUSA NATIONAL JACK RUSSELL TERRIER FOR 2009 AND WAS TOP OF THE SHOWDOGS LEADERBOARD ON POINTS FOR THE SAME YEAR. SHE IS NOW CARTING AND WILL ONLY GO TO SPECIALIST TERRIER BREED SHOWS FROM NOW ON. PAIGE HAS HAD 4 BEAUTIFUL LITTERS OF PUPPIES AND ONE OF HER SONS, BRENNO THE BRAT, IS THE TOP JACK RUSSELL ON THE SHOWDOGS LEADERBOARD ON POINTS FOR 2010 AND HE IS ALSO THE CURRENT SOUTH AFRICAN KUSA NATIONAL CHAMPION FOR 2011. PAIGE HAS JUST ATTAINED HER 4TH CACIB AWARD SO NOW QUALIFIES TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION.
CH. THORNTREE SOPHIA OF HEATHERBELL
ABBY WAS BORN IN DECEMBER 2007 AND I OBTAINED HER FROM LULU DE CROES IN NATAL AS SHE IS A GRANDAUGHTER OF CLEO'S. ALREADY A CHAMPION, ABBY WILL CONTINUE HER CAREER IN THE BREED RING IN 2010. ABBY HAS HAD ONE LITTER OF PUPS AND HAD 2 GORGEOUS BOYS, STUART LITTLE AND SPUD. ABBY WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED ON THE 22ND JULY AND I AM DEVASTATED BY THIS LOSS.
Photo by Andrew Pampallis
Photo by Andrew Pampallis
CH. THORNTREE CASSANDRA OF HEATHERBELL
CASSIE WAS BORN IN JANUARY 2008 AND SHE ALSO CAME FROM LULU DE CROES IN NATAL, ANOTHER GRANDAUGHTER OF CLEO. HER TRADEMARK IS HER TONGUE WHICH GIVES THE APPEARANCE OF HER PULLING FACES AT EVERYONE AND THIS TRAIT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PASSED ON FROM GRANDMOTHER CLEO AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER SUMMER WINE BELONGING TO GILL GRIFFITHS AT SOUTHERNBELL. ALSO A CHAMPION, CASSIE WILL CONTINUE HER SHOWING CAREER IN THE BREED RING IN 2010. CASSIE LOST HER FIRST LITTER OF PUPS AND HAPPILY HAD 1 BOY, SOLO, ON HER SECOND ATTEMPT AND HAS BEEN A FABULOUS LITTLE MOM. CASSIE HAD HER THIRD LITTER ON THE 16TH MAY 2011 AND HAS 3 GIRLS AND 2 BOYS, NAMED "THE SPECIAL COLLECTION". HER FOURTH LITTER ON THE 6TH APRIL 2012 PRODUCED 3 BOYS AND 2 GIRLS NAMED "THE EASTER NEWS COLLECTION"
Photo by Andrew Pampallis
Photo by Andrew Pampallis