Welcome to Keridale Golden Retrievers New Zealand
Based in Wanganui, NZ.
My Name is Yvonne Malaquin
I hope you enjoy your visit to my Website.
Breeder for 30+ years
Please feel free to contact me with enquiries for Golden Retrievers.
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Guisachan 2006
In 2006 I fulfilled a dream of mine which was to go to the "Home of Golden Retrievers" Guisachan in Tomich, Scotland. This is where Golden retrievers as we know them today, were originally bred by Lord Tweedmouth. For a full history of the breed click here
One of the reasons for going was to be part of the "Guisachan Gathering of Goldens" The aim was to get a record number of Goldens photographed in front of the old building and I believe the final count was 182.
These Pictures are some of my trip .
My first View of the ruins of the building, the surrounding grounds and me there with a goldie, not mine of course but that didn't matter.
Left is the old Gamekeepers Cottage and right is the old kennels which have now been turned into accommodation for people. When these kennels were built back in the 1860's they even had heated floors. Not sure how they managed that but Lord Tweedmouth wanted his dogs kept in comfort. Probably why Goldens today still love to lie in front of a fire.
These pictures show Jim Richardson trying then succeeding to get all the people and dogs organised in front of the ruins. it took us a while to realise he wanted just dogs at first before a picture of people and dogs!!!
This pic was not taken by me but I am in the shot!!!!
The next day there was an open show held behind the hotel in Tomich, they are very casual the way they organise shows there compared to here in NZ, A ring is made by setting out chairs in a large circle and everyone just sits down and watches, they are also allowed to enter the ring in any order, which makes it tricky following the catalogue!!!
In the lunch time they had an adult handling class and yours truly was 3rd!!! Beaten by, you guessed it, an Aussie!
In July 2013 I will be going back again and I look forward to seeing real live goldens running around the grounds of Guisachan.
It will also be nice to catch up with some of the people I met there last time too.
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