100 years of Entlebucher Mountain Dogs
This year marks 100 years of Entlebucher Mountain Dogs. Our breed is 100 years old. We have actually existed rather longer than that, but it was in 1926 that we were first officially recognised as a separate Swiss breed.
This year will be a year of celebrations, with the most important one taking place on August close to the date of the original recognition. There are 16 generations from the original Babeli v.d. Rothöhe to me (Wilma vom Rickental). Babeli was born way back in 1924. I think some of my other lines take more generations than that to get back to the start, but that was the shortest line Mum and I could find. For Alfie it was only 13 generations.
Changing the calendars
Thinking about our breed made me remind Mum to change the calendars. We have three calendars up, one from the Swiss Club that my sister sent me, one from our Club here in the UK and a lovely one that my human aunt makes each year. Mum is pretty hopeless at realising a new month has begun, so it does help if I tell her. Then she goes round and turns the page on each one. It was nice because my friend Megan from Switzerland is on the January page of the Swiss one. Sadly she crossed the Rainbow Bridge a while ago, so it is lovely to see her face again.
Pebbles likes chairs
Pebbles likes to be at the same level as Mum and Dad. It’s really funny. They will go to sit on a chair only to find Pebbles has got there before them. I’m not just talking about the settee chairs, she does exactly the same with dining chairs. Dad is trying to build a model at the moment and Pebbles keeps sitting next to him at the table – on a dining chair.
Love and licks
Wilma
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