Little Dumpledale Farm

Beryl

Beryl, AKA Bear, is a lurcher. She was homebred from a beautiful 7/8 blue greyhound we had, called Tally. Beryl was born on 29 September 1996.

Faith

Faith the whippet, kennel name Kenyee Faith, is the next oldest; born 1 April 1998. My special girl came to me just before both my parents died within 14 days of each other in 1998.

Poppy

Next is Poppy, our Jack Russell. She is called the Pudding Dog for obvious reasons, although she has just as much exercise as the others. She loves the water and will spend hours swimming to retrieve sticks. She was born on 21 February 2000.

Kishka

Kishka - Kish - is Jason's dog; she was a surprise 18th birthday present. She is a great escape artist and is the reason for the high fencing round our garden. Kish was born 2 April 2003.

Waljan

Waljan, or Waj, was born in Hartlepool on 27 April 2005. He is a longdog, 7/8 deerhound 1/8 greyhound, very handsome and knows it. He is also very clever and writes his own blog (www.swallowsdance.co.uk) to let his friends keep up with the goings on on the farm.

Lucy

Kenmillix Lucy Locket is our second whippet. She has a variety of names; Lulu, Loopy Lucy, Looney Luce (and various combinations of), and Dobby (the house-elf in Harry Potter who she is a doppleganger for when she frowns). Lucy was born 2 January 2006 and arrived here on 26 March that year. Since then scenes of devastation have become commonplace - anything chewable is fair game (a toilet roll goes much further in pieces!!).

Lucy loves meeting people, but hold on to your sunglasses, purses, wallets, etc. or they will be Lucy'd.

Phoebe

Last but not least - Phoebe. She joined us in November 2006 when a local lady became too ill to care for 16 of her 21 dogs. We think she was born in early 2006. Previously she had been in a pound in Ireland and kennels with the local lady for another year.

She was very nervous of just about everything and everyone to begin with, and while she has improved she may still bark at you because of that.

Andy is Trevor's uncle and moved to Wales from London in 1998.

Calvin Canine aka Cally (Lurcher)

Black Magic aka Madge (Welsh German Shepherd)

Zara aka Princess (Beardie Collie/Whippet X)

Pocket Rocket (Jack Russell)