Our first
Deerhound was bought in 2001 from the late Mr. J.L
Jones. This is Brackenford Dalesman at Claonaiglen and
he was to become our stud dog, although at the time
breeding Deerhounds was not on our agenda, Alan wanted a
Deerhound
to work (coursing was legal at this time) and I wanted a
Deerhound to show and Dalesman fulfilled both these
roles.
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It was at a show
in 2002 that we were introduced to Nell MacBean (Killoeter
Deerhounds).
Nell was the owner of CH. Rosslyn Highlander, Dalesmans
sire. A few months later at another show, we expressed
an interest in buying a bitch puppy from Nell, again
just for working and showing and Nell agreed to us
having a puppy from her. In February 2003 we travelled
to Cardross to collect our puppy, Killoeter Girzie.
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Both dogs were shown,
and it was at the Deerhound Club limited show, when both dogs
were seen together, that a couple of breeders of long standing
and experience suggested that we bred from Dalesman and Girzie.
Our first litter arrived in December 2004 and from this litter
came CH. Claonaiglen Orrin, Res. Best in Show at the Deerhound
club show 2007 and Claonaiglen Albyn at Cloweswood, Best of
Breed at Crufts 2007 and Best in show at the Deerhound Club
show 2007.
CH. Claonaiglen Orrin
In 2005 we added Hydfron Amber (A
daughter of Killoeter Esk) to our
kennel. Amber was mated to Claonaiglen Orchy, a son of
Dalesman, and from this February 07 litter we kept a daughter,
Claonaiglen Mallie, who is showing a lot of promise in the
show ring.
Hydfron Amber
Claonaiglen Orrin was mated to Nell Macbean's Fritzens Rannoch
(a German import) in October 2007 and we have kept two puppies
from this litter, a dog and a bitch, Claonaiglen Finnan and
Claonaiglen Suileag.
How did we choose our affix?
Alans childhood home
Claonaig is on the Kintyre
Peninsula and it
is situated in Claonaig Glen so we dropped a G and ran the two
words together.
Charlotte, Cara and Ellie, Claonaig bay, 2008
All of our puppies are named after Scottish Glens.
In 2007 we added
a Whippet to our Deerhounds, or rather our daughter
Charlotte did.
Charlotte is not tall enough to handle such a large
breed so she saved her money and bought Demerlay
Elegante (better known as Ells Bells) which Charlotte is
showing with some success.
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