Puppies

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Puppies Expected

Complete list of Kirkmarsh bred Irish Water Spaniels.

Complete list of IWS sired by Kirkmarsh Stud dogs.

May 2010
Liz had her third and final litter on 16 May 2010 (5 girls and 3 boys).

March 2009
Bentley & Liz were mated on 30th December 2008 and a perfect 10 (5 boys and 5 girls)
were born on March 1st 2009. more info

October 2008

Bentley & Lulu had their puppies on 9 October 2008, 7 boys and 2 girls see below for more information.
In addition, Logan has sired his first litter, born on 10 September more info

Lulu whelped 7 boys and 2 girls on October 9 More information

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September 2008
On August 10, 2008 we mated Bentley with one of Liz's puppies, Lulu (see picture below). On 12 September Lulu was scanned and was confirmed as being pregnant. The puppies are due around about 12 October, 2008.
Please get in touch if you are interested in a puppy.

Litter Pedigree

Bentley (left) and Lulu. Bentley in action winning the Sporting Irish Water Spaniel Club, breed
confined working test, July 2008.

May 2006

At the time of writing (May,2006) we have just homed all 18 puppies from both Liz and Teasel who both gave birth in February 2006.
The whole point of importing Liz from Sweden was to help to increase the dangerously
small gene pool within the Irish Water Spaniel breed in the UK. To this end, Liz's pedigree has a number of Scandinavian dogs and a considerable number of American dogs in it.
We decided to mate her to Irish Show Champion Cahean Ingleside (Cal),a Northern Irish dog with good solid Irish working lines (see pictures). Although he is not a working dog his pedigree suggests that any offspring are likely to be good workers. Anyone watching the BBC's 2005 coverage of Crufts will have seen Cal and his young owner, Emma O'Donnell who were making their first Crufts appearances.
In order to preserve these lines in the UK and enhance the gene pool, we are collaborating with three other UK working kennels including: Fendrake in East Anglia and Hiberna in the Midlands.
Collectively, we now hold 4 of the offspring from this mating to ensure they are
worked and are available to augment the working lines in the future.

Liz was whisked off to Ireland on 14th December 2005 and mated with Cal on the 15th and gave birth on 14 February 2006 to her first litter,10 puppies, seven dogs and three bitches.
They all went to their new homes in April.

Irish Show Champion Cahean Ingleside (Cal) Bayrakki's Parlemo at Kirkmarsh (Liz)

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See litter pedigree

January 2006

Due to popular demand and the excellent progress of a number of the puppies from our first litter out of Teasel, by Radicott Waterbug (Paddy McGinty), including our own Ellie, we decided to have a repeat mating and these puppies too have now gone to their new homes.

Radicott Waterbug (Paddy), April 2005, Shooting Gazette                                              Kirkmarsh Valley Mist (Teasel), August 2005, Minor Breeds Retriever Gundog working test, Catton Park.                                              United Retriever Club Interbreed team working
Photo:© Nick Ridley                                                                                                test, Hope Agricultural show.

Teasel was mated to Paddy on Christmas day, 2005.

The mating has been successful and her litter of 8 pups was born on 27 February 2006, 3 bitches and 5 dogs.

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See litter pedigree

If you're looking for a puppy there are a number of sources to help you locate a litter:

Firstly, the Kennnel Club web site lists litters under its breeds register.
Secondly, contact the Secretary of The Sporting Irish Water Spaniel Club, Louise Bailey who will know of up and coming working litters. Louise can also be contacted for information on rescue Irish Water Spaniels.

Finally, contact us, we also may know of a litter.