**Colette**
Am Ch Barbemac's Rocket Man ML x Barbemac Silver Hollytree ML
Date of Birth: October 10, 2004
Colour: Black & Tan
Colette and I arrived home in the middle of a nasty snow storm December 2004 but first we sat in the Portland Airport for four hours waiting for the wind storms in Chicago to pass .... when we finally made it to Chicago for the connecting flight to Ottawa we got diverted to Montreal into a blizzard! .... an interesting NINE hours flight to be sure!
Her first winter in Canada was spent growing up and preparing to enter the show ring Summer 2005. She stayed home for the early part of the season giving the two pups from last year's litter time to finish their championships. The couple of times she was in the ring Colette did herself proud coming home with her first three (3) points ... an excellent start to her career.
Colette re-entered the show-ring after the long winter months coming home with a Group Fourth rosette (pictured above). We were thrilled! The following week-end Colette was once again in the ring going Winners Female for two more points the first day and Reserve Female the second day. An excellent showing. The end of the next month saw us at another week-end of shows where Colette came home with three Best of Breed ribbons finishing off her Championship in style!
Over the past couple of years Colette has quietly spent her time playing in the yards with the other dogs as well as taking a couple of forays to the whelping box producing some wonderful puppies. In her first litter Colette three lovely pups. Her next litter Colette outdid herself giving us five wonderful pups including our group placing Ch Pamadron Lightning Strike and Pamadron Thundercloud who will be entering the Canadian show-ring early Summer 2008. We're still waiting for a little girl to carry on in her mother's foot steps. Perhaps soon! It's been eighteen months since she last had pups and we're hoping Colette will once again spend some time in the whelping box. When she's been bred and we're certain a litter in due we will let all her fans know.
Colette's litter of two lovely little girls was born July 11th; a chocolate & tan dapple little girl full of spunk and a lovely little black & tan lass. Unfortunately, Colette had to be spayed and is looking for her own family to love and watch over for many years to come.