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The
first year
October
2006
For
about a week
Bebhinn (pronounced
Bevin) of
Nutstown is
now the new
family member.
After
the loss of
Liath Cailín
end of June,
a new life
was sorely
needed in our
family. Life
is the right
word, she has
all sorts of
ideas of how
to redecorate
our Living
room. She has
a very stable
character,
unafraid of
new things
and not easily
impressed if
we say NO to
something she
shouldn't do.
When
she arrived
she was 52
cm and had
19 kg, but
this will change
fast
The
first adventures
She
has now taken
to demonstrate,
when she thinks
it's time for
food. She starts
this about
an hour before,
lying
in front of
the feeding
stand. But
as this is
a hard job,
she often goes
to sleep at
it
Here
some sleeping
positions at
16 weeks old
 
Conan/Bebhinn
the destroyer
Bebhinn
is like a wild
bumble bee,
always busy,
24 hrs a day,
if she had
her will.
From
the beginning
she made one
of the small
carpets I had
laid out for
protection
her own. Slowly
but surely
she started
to tear it
to bits. As
she was also
interested
in our antique
Oriental carpet,
I left the
small one to
her to avoid
damage to the
good one. (there
are some fringes
missing and
a hole in the
good carpet
anyway now
!)
Her
2 favourite
toys are a
rubber cabbage
head making
very loud noises
and a big knitted
knee stocking,
filled with
kitchen paper
tissues and
knotted at
the end. All
the newly bought
bed sheets
over the her
mattresses
are already
torn to bits
and also 2
hand towels,
she caught
somehow.
The
positive side
is, that she
leaves our
shoes alone,
also the things
on the coffee
table as long
as they are
not edible.
At
4 months Bebhinn
weighed 23
kg at a shoulder
height of 62cm.
Having
the official
Potrait taken
is.....
boring!
20
Weeks
An
natural stack
during an autumn
walk on Nov.19th
2006
She
now knows some
rules and many
times already
follows them.
Unfortunately
the waking
ceremony is
still licking
either face
or feet of
either my husband
or me. If there
is no immediate
reaction, she
is up on the
bed and tramples
all over us,
until someone
gets up.
On
the other hand
she is very
good, when
she is off
lead on our
walks, she
comes when
called, sits
and gets a
goodie of course.
She understands
already a lot,
knows what
it means, when
I say "Pipi"
or "Wait"
or "By
foot, although
sometimes ignores
it, but
"Goodie"
of course is
always understood
She
has now all
her teeth and ........
tries out the
white! sofa
Christmas
Decoration
was minimal
this year!
A Christmas
Tree would
have been defying
luck!
Look
her expression,
she's up to
more mischief
She
is almost 6
months now,
70cm at shoulder
January
2007 
One
evening we
met Berry,
a
Great Dane
with a shoulder
height of 1.04m!
Bebhinn
is 6 months
old now and
73cm at the
shoulder
 
 
The
first Snow this winter came
mid- January and lasted from
Wednesday till Sunday.....
.......Monday
it looked like this
February
2007
Shoona
belongs
to a friend and is still a
teenager. Finally Bebhinn found
her master
5.02.2007
16.02.06
- she had 41 kg, 76cm
at the shoulder.
March
2007
April
2007
May
2007
July
2007
Bebhinn
is now 1 yr old. She is
very solid, but ripens slowly,
quite usual in the old Irish
Lines. At the moment she is
neither Fish nor Bird,
very
puppyish still, no forechest
and her chest is still wanting
depth and width; her hindquarters
though are very muscular.
As
if she knew it was her Birthday,
she allowed herself onto my
husbands bed and.... was
caught in the act!
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