Cooper is an orphan now, if dogs can be said to be orphans. Both his parents are gone. Balloo died in 2008, and Nova passed away on August 21st. Ch Realta’s SuperNova CD, RN, MH, WCX, QAA — 9/29/02-8/21/11 You can see from her many titles that Nova was a very accomplished Irish Water Spaniel. [...]
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Nova is gone, too
Posted in dog family tree, friendship, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, Realta Irish Water Spaniels, Realta IWS, Realta Supernova on September 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Birthday pictures
Posted in dog family tree, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged birthday pictures of dogs, dog birthday, dog photos, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, Realta Irish Water Spaniels, Realta IWS on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
To celebrate Cooper and his littermates 4th birthday on February 14, I asked the owners of Cooper’s littermates to send me a recent head and shoulders shot of their pup. I am very lucky — I now have pictures of all 10 pups that were in that litter. Here are the ones I have, in [...]
Oil portrait of Mabel: delivered to hand
Posted in dog art and photos, dog family tree, friendship, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged dog, dog photos, dog portaits, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, pet portrait, Russ Dodd art, Russ Dodd photography, sporting dog portraits, sporting dogs on July 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Russ and I spent the holiday weekend with Jack and Colleen. One of the highlights of the weekend was being able to give them a gift that can only partially repay the many kindnesses they have extended to us. Russ does beautiful work, and I am particularly proud that I can be even slightly associated [...]
Nova: finally we meet
Posted in dog behavior, dog family tree, dog training, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged dog, dogs, inherited traits, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, Realta Supernova on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After all these years, we finally got to meet Nova, Cooper’s mom. We knew and loved Balloo, Cooper’s dad, so we were thrilled with the opportunity to meet the other half. Cooper is a lot like his mom. Even though she has earned a Master Hunter title, she still is a touch over-eager for retrieving. [...]
Happy Valentine’s birthday
Posted in dog art and photos, dog family tree, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged dog, dog birthday, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, Valentine's day puppies on February 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, when we brought our canine family into Colleen’s house, Colleen did a double-take. Later, she told me that she had just been about to ask what Mabel had been doing outside, but then realized that the dog coming in the door was Cooper, not Mabel. There’s a reason for that resemblance. Mabel (Ch Hooligan’s [...]
The Realta family
Posted in dog family tree, friendship, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged dog, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, Realta Irish Water Spaniels, Realta IWS, Realta Supernova, Rosemary Sexton on January 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been working with Rosemary to get a Realta IWS website going. If you notice any similarity to my blog — well, that’s not coincidental. I’m not really a web developer, so I am just going with what I know. Enjoy!
The new girl
Posted in dog art and photos, dog family tree, life with dog, puppy, Stanegate Second Thoughts, tagged car sickness in dogs, carsick dog, dog, dog photos, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, motion sickness on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Introducing Tooey (aka Stanegate Second Thoughts): Tooey was born on December 9, 2008, so she’s still a puppy. You can see her pedigree at IWSdatabase.com. So far, she seems like a very sweet girl, very motivated by food (so much easier to train when they’re motivated by food), a snuggle puppy, and constant companion. She’s [...]
Nike gets another leg
Posted in dog family tree, hunting / hunt training, life with dog, tagged AKC hunt tests, bird dog, dog photos, dog sports, hunt training, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, Realta Supernova, retriever hunting tests, Sauvie Island on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cooper comes from a long tradition of hunting excellence. His mom, Nova (CH Realta’s Supernova CD RN MH), is titled as an AKC Master Hunter. She competed in last year’s Master Nationals. This is a competition in which all the retrievers are already Master Hunters and are competing for the top title. In that competition, [...]
A little bit pregnant
Posted in dog family tree, life with dog, tagged dog, dog parks, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, Mt. Tabor park, off leash on April 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday evening, I went to one of my favorite off-leash areas, the one at Mt. Tabor Park in Portland. It’s got lots of trails and trees, a central bark-dusted play area, generally responsible people, nice dogs, and room enough to get away from the inevitable obnoxious dog or person. But — my main point here [...]
Details of pedigree
Posted in dog family tree, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged dog, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, IWS pedigrees, pedigrees on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re interested in Cooper’s pedigree, take a look at this great website: http://www.iwsdatabase.com/cgi-bin/geneal.pl?op=tree&index=22963&gens=5&db=iws.dbw It shows many generations back of Cooper’s ancestors. You can probably find the pedigree of almost any registered IWS on the site by going here: http://www.iwsdatabase.com/ This is a wonderful service, and very interesting. The site is copyrighted 2009 by Michael [...]
Balloo is gone
Posted in dock diving, dog family tree, friendship, water dog, tagged CGC, dock dogs, dockdogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, Junior Hunter, lymphoma, Master Dock Dog, rally obedience on July 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
CH Whistlestop’s Hula Balloo CDX RAE JH CGC MDD has passed away. Cooper’s sire had advanced lymphoma, and was too sick to go on. Balloo was a wonderful dog. As you can see from all his titles, he was amazingly talented and versatile. He was a champion in conformation (CH) by the time he was [...]
CH Whistlestop’s Hula Balloo CDX RAE JH CGC MDD
Posted in dog family tree, tagged dog, dogs, Irish Water Spaniel, IWS, Whistlestop's Hula Balloo on February 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We chose the IWS because we liked the IWS people we met at the Rose City Classic Dog Show in 2007. Among the great folks showing IWS, we met Tammy and her male Irish Water Spaniel, Balloo. They are from the Seattle area, a regional hot bed of devoted IWS breeders and owners. Balloo is [...]
Ch. Realta Super Nova
Posted in dog family tree, tagged dog, dogs, Irish Water Spaniel, IWS, Realta Supernova on February 9, 2007 |
Rosemary Sexton of Minnesota has a true champion with Nova. In the world of bird dogs, she is a Master Hunter, one of a handful of Irish Water Spaniels to reach to the top tier. She was cover-girl of “Bird Dog and Retriever News” (July, 07), shown along with a couple of deceased ducks. It [...]
Meet Dad and Mom
Posted in dog family tree, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged dog, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS on February 8, 2007 |
Cooper comes with quite a bit genetic potential as expressed by his parents, Balloo and Nova. The next posts will give a brief overview of his immediate heritage.
