Ashcroft Pets

I'm proud to breed good tempered, good looking , typey Bedlington Terriers. Of primary importance to me is that my puppies go to the best, loving homes where they will bring joy and companionship for many, many years. Show careers are just a small part of their lives, so their forever homes are much more important. Below are some of the lovely, sweet Ashcroft Bedlingtons who have gone to live with their new owners.

Ashcroft Sangeo Savanna - 'SAVANNA' lives in Pennsylvania with Karen, Al, and her companion Lizzy.

"She is one of the most loving dogs and she lives to please you. Her favorite position is in your lap looking into your eyes."

"There is one street on our route when I run with Sam, and there is a stone ledge, about three feet high, that is covered with grass, and goes into a hill. I go along the sidewalk, and he jumps up on the ledge. He has to do this 2 or 3 times, as the trees come down and prevent him from continuing. At first, I thought it must look so funny....me running on the sidewalk and the leash going up to this dog on the ledge........but now it is just what we do." - Lisa

Ashcroft Sangeo Sedona - 'BOO' lives with Lorraine, Harold, Crissy and Lambchop in Connecticut. Boo has 5 AKC show points, but he likes the good life in Connecticut better than the show ring any day.

"Boo is the most wonderful wonderful Baby, we all absolutely love him so much!! And he is in Heaven. He sleeps in bed with me and Lammy during the week and when my Husband comes home on Friday nite, Boo is the happiest little boy. He is in love with his Daddy. Harold takes them everywhere he goes. Errand running on Saturday morning is Boo's favorite part of the week. They go to the cleaners, the bank, Walmart and of course to Dunkin Donuts, where the Babies get free munchkins every time because they are so cute!!"- Lorraine

Ashcroft Sangeo Seneca - 'CASEY' lives with Donna and Lee in New York. Recently, she was joined by half brother Ashcroft Saltimbanco, 'COLE'.

"I have been wanting to let you know how special our little boy is to us. Cole is so precious I can't even tell you how great he is. He makes me laugh just watching him walk. He is so full of himself and sweet. He walks with attitude. Casey really likes him too. They play really well together.... You do a great job breeding awesome dogs, keep up the good work..." - Casey and Coles Mom Donna

'BANDIT', Ashcroft Dralion, lives in New Jersey with Arthur, Robin, Ian and Justin.

"All four of us just love him so much and he is very lovable and loves to play."

I thought I adored my dog growing up more than anyone could, but after my immediate family, I cannot believe how much I love Bandit. Every morning he crawls into my lap and cuddles and I hold him tight, realizing how special he is and how lucky we are to have him.

'HAMLET', Ashcroft Quidam RA, lives with Tisha, Terri and Ophelia in Pennsylvania. His owners work with him in agility and obedience - he has his Rally Advanced title now, earning 2nd place and a score of 93 on his final leg. Hamlet is also learning to play Flyball!

"We are on week 5 of puppy class- we have to brag about his progress. The teacher finally had to stop class and admit that "she didn't want the rest of the class to get discouraged that their puppies couldn't do what Hamlet can - that he is a truly exceptional puppy." Well we proud mommies already knew this - but it was sure exciting to hear it aloud!" -Tisha

'RILEY', Ashcroft Alegria At Glenmoor lives in Maryland with Ginger, Bob and Diva.

"On Friday Riley visited Miriam's office enroute to Petsmart, and she was cuddled by multiple people. Our view that she is one cute puppy was reinforced. On Sunday a friend from my office (who is a cat person) stopped by to drop something off, and Riley happily was handed off to him for cuddling. After a time she wanted to move and so she ran around and then ended up in my lap." - Ginger

'GINGER', Ashcroft Luck Be A Lady lives with Rick, Karen & Cooper in Pennsylvania

Just wanted to send you some photos of our Bedlies. The two are getting along wonderfully. They are absolutely precious together and we enjoy them so much! Ginger looks more like a stuffed Steiff Bear than a dog. She is soooo cute; I don’t want to cut off her last remnants of reddish fur on the top knot. I will be giving in before Christmas though. She is almost house trained and definitely knows to go outside but sometimes we don’t get her out the door in time. Her baby teeth have all fallen out and new ones are growing in rapidly (I find little drops of blood on Cooper’s ears sometimes). At last vet visit she was a whopping 10.5 lbs and is closing in on Cooper. She will be larger than him. Poor Cooper. Ginger is famous for backing him into the fireplace (we don’t use it) and chasing him all over the house. Also, we watched the famous dog show (on TV) on Thanksgiving and saw the Earth Dog Bedlington Champion in competition; I hope one of yours is up there some day. Ginger would have made one heck of a show dog. Hope all is well with you, your mom and the Bedlies; particularly Sunny and Brady!

CH Ashcroft Tug At Your Hart - 'TUG' is by BIS/BISS Ch Sangeo FarScape AX,AXJ,NF, CD,RN out of Ch Destiny Ashcroft Rocks On. Tug is DNA 1-2. CHIC # 42947. He is very racy and refined, with an outstanding head. Tug has gone to live in Texas with Daniel after completing his championship here at Ashcroft.

I had to laugh when I got a hotel room. Before I dragged in the crate into the hotel room Tugger jumped on the bed and plopped himself down. I laughed and he and I slept together and he was snug against me the whole night!
The next day we arrived at my sister Virginia's house who has eight dogs and my niece who is 10. Tug is a great hit with her whole family. My brother in law tried to trade their poodle for Tug whom he loved!!
Tug refuses to leave my side. He is now eating and drinking. We went on a huge hike in the woods for about two hours! Tug loved it!!! We have plenty of pictures. Today on the Bras Dor lakes (Nova Scotia) where my uncle lives Tug was watching the waves and kept jumping back and forth. He was having so much fun and I heard him bark for the first time at the waves. I got some great pics. Tug started playing with the duck you gave him so I feel he is settling in with me. My mom thought he looked like a little lamb. I told her he does but he also has a heart of a lion. - Daniel

Video of Tug playing Soccer

'PEG', Ashcroft Peg O'My Hart lives with Judy & Bob in Florida, and wants to drive the motorhome!

As you can see by the pictures, Peg is THRIVING

Of course, she has completely taken over our lives and definitely owns us - but behaves well - is learning to listen (most of the time) and has very few "accidents" - goes to the door when she wants to go "out" but has not learned to bark yet....she just looks at you ! Has barked only a few times - surely not "yappy", loves to watch TV - and goes crazy when the doorbell rings because it's someone coming to visit HER. She learns something new everyday and is growing like crazy Loves her yard - and like a true Bedlington, runs like the wind.

We took her to our son's for turkey dinner today and she met their 14 year old Dobie (we had her sister) - she had not really been around a dog that big - but very little scares her - she is full of adventure and curiosity. Bob has trimmed her twice and is doing pretty well - she is getting lighter....mostly gray now - about the same color as Roxie in her pictures - but we think she will get even lighter. She went for her last vet check up this week and had her rabies, etc - and was 16.1 pounds. She is a healthy little girl.

'Harpo', Ashcroft Luck of the Harp lives with Cherie, Laura and Maude on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

Harpo is looking quite good, though not that bedlingtonish as his last haircut they cut too much of his head, but still VERY cute. Practically house broken. I still haven't left him and Maude home alone yet as I'm more worried about him eating wires and getting into things he shouldn't.

I hope you had a good Thanksgiving! I think Thurman has gotten a little better. We have been trying to get him more activity as you suggested. Now that he has all his shots, we have been taking him to the park. He loves to chase pigeons and run around with other dogs on the tennis court. He even made friends with a Russian Wolfhound named Fletch the other day.

He loves the snow and chasing snowballs we roll on the ground for him. We took him to my parents house in Indiana for the holiday. He enjoyed all the space and grandpa and grandma loved having him there.

He has 3 more puppy classes left and I think they are helping. He has learned come, sit, down and stay. He was the star of the class when it came to running through the tunnels. I think it's been about 3 weeks since he had an accident in the house. He has learned to sit by the front door when he needs to go out.

I am going to try and attach some of our favorite pictures of our little boy.

I thought I would share some pictures of Thurman on his first trip to the dog
beach on Lake Michigan. As you can see, he loved it!

I can't believe he is going to be 1 already next month. He gets sweeter and
sweeter each day.

He made friends with another Bedlington, Beckham, at the dog park. They look
very cute at their play dates (Thurman with his tan coat and Beckham with a blue
coat).

Hope all is well in PA. The new puppies are so adorable.

Stephanie, Matthew & Thurman

'BASIL', Ashcroft Tarzan, is living with Teresa, Mike, Hannah and Noah in Ohio...

'JET', Ashcroft's West Side Story, is living in Pennsylvania with Stephanie, Todd, Alexa and Mackenzie.

Jet continues to entertain and amaze us - he is a real sweetheart. We just finished "puppy school" - his instructor said Jet was very smart - she would often use him to demonstrate commands! -Stephanie

'JACKSON', Ashcroft Magical Jackson, is living in Connecticut with Steve, Susan, Sarah and Grace. He has already found the couch, and his very own deck chair!

'ETCETERA', Ashcroft Hocus Pocus is living with Anita in Pennsylvania, and learning to be a model as evidenced by his early portraits taken by Barbara Augello, professional photographer!

Ashcroft Wedgewood Willow, 'ZOE', lives in CT with Alicia, Lauren, Ray and Joan.

New puppy is tremendous.....she did fine in the car ride home and played in the lawn....met the neighbors...grandma and grandpa drove down to see her and took a nap in grandma's arms......She met the lab puppy next door. Even though the lab is more than two times her size...we held the lab on a leash and she ran circles around the lab....when the lab pushed her over she nipped at it and after that they were fine. Puppy went to sleep at 10:30 in her crate and up at 4:30 this morning. She's eating and eliminating.....She is constantly bounding around the house checking everything out. She's adorable and the kids (and the wife) haven't stopped smiling.- Ray

Just a quick note.....she is doing great. has met everyone on the street including their dogs. Is almost house broken. She will go to the front door when she wants to go out. (which is still very frequently) Only one accident in the house in the last four days and that was our fault. She gave us plenty of notice we were just to slow to respond. We went to the store and bought her $80 worth the dog toys which she loves... which seems to stop her urge to chew on us. On the leash she seems to walk well with only a little tugging and pulling....she sits on command (for a treat) and will finally allow us to brush her with out fussing too much. She has grown a lot. Will send you an updated photo after her next haircut.-Ray

Ashcroft Waterford Georgia, aka "GEORGIA' lives in Rhode Island with Kate and Russ.

... she did a great job on the way home, ... She was a very active girl yesterday since we stopped in CT to see Russ' parents and then once we got home she met "the neighborhood" and today has my mom. She and Holly seem fine...Holly is wondering "what the heck IS that?" and sniffed from a few feet away, while Georgia seems to want to follow her and "thought" about trying Holly's food today.

she is doing great, Holly is adjusting well and Georgia has made fast friends with my mom's sheepdog lola and her neighbor's 8 month old beagle Maggie. She comes on strong barking and jumping at lola and lola is a gentle, smart girl who knows Georgia is a little tyke with big ideas and she needs to play the "gentle giant" role with her new friend. It's quite amusing to watch the two of them. ....she chews frozen face cloths in my lap before falling back to sleep after a walk and playing and a meal.....so that we "wind down" and she actually indicates to us that she has pooped and peed it all out and is tired when she starts to fall asleep in our laps and forgets about chewing. she is love.....thank you. =)
talk to you soon.
Kate, Russ, Holly and Georgia

Ashcroft Royal Albert aka 'JORDIE' lives with Lynne and Paul in Rhode Island. Lynne's father had a Bedlington when she was a child, and they brought a wonderful old pedigree and some super photos to share with us.

just thought I would send a quick message to let you know how well Jordie is progressing. He seems to have a healthy appetite and eats his food well. He is a "neat" eater, which is a plus. He is visibly gaining both size and weight. He seems to take well to the grooming which we do at home, but has not gone to the professional groomer yet. His first bath was a riot. Even though he doesn't quite get through the night without waking and barking, he is markedly improved, and each day gets a little better in that regard. His house training could not be better, and he actually barked at the door yesterday to be let out in the back yard. The visit to the vet went well and they were very impressed with the documentation which you had provided. They wished that other breeders were as thorough as you are. We could not be happier with him. His socialization goes well, and he is taking short walks in the neighborhood every day. We are keeping him away from other dogs because we are not sure of his immunities until all the shots have been given. Once I figure out how to hook the digital camera up to the computer we will send some pic's. Thanking you every day !!
Paul & Lynne
I just wanted to give you an update on Jordie, along with some pictures, so that you know how well he is doing. He has turned out to be everything we had hoped for. He is healthy, smart, inquisitive and for the most part, obedient. I don't know if it is a trait particular to the breed, but he seems to be very friendly to all people and other dogs. He has filled a big hole in our house with the passing of our past dogs and he is very much loved. Thank you so much. -Paul Berrigan

Ashcroft Minton Willow aka 'GRACIE' lives in New York with Sally, Sal and her new buddy Tucker. She's keeping him tuckered out and giving kisses to her mom and dad.

As far as our wee one, she is known as " Your Grace"! She does no wrong in her father's eyes! As far as Tucker, he loves her. They romp from morning to night. He is so good with her - lets her take things right out of his mouth. A really good-natured little guy. Gracie has gained three pounds. Is that about right for her? She has graduated to just dry puppy food and seems to do real well with it. we all seem to have settled in very well.
Sally

I wanted to tell you how delighted we are that Zepha has become part of our family. You can’t imagine how the boys rush home to play with her and even my husband who just met her yesterday is just smitten with her. The biggest surprise is my 15 year old son who has already taken her hiking through the park (against my motherly advice) and keeps her with him no matter what he is doing (he even has her sitting on his lap when he is typing on the computer doing homework, or even drumming on a pad yesterday).

Here is our holiday photo with Ben, Aaron and Zepha! She is a wonderful puppy; intelligent, playful, loving, and quite mischievous! She is already a wonderful part of our family! Thanks again for all your care in raising her. Yours, Meryl

Darby is adjusting wonderfully to life in the McCusker home. He had a wonderful Christmas and charmed my brothers and sisters and their kids. He loves the outdoors despite the rain and the mud and is growing like crazy-Coleen

All is well here. Puppy went to the Vets today and all fine. She will go back on Jan. 10th and get her rabies shots. She is a bundle of joy. Thank you and Penny for everything. -Chas

P.S.

Thank Jackson also

Everyone who sees Jackson loves him and wants to hold him and in some cases even take him home. He stars on our family Christmas card with the kids, I will have Nannette send you the picture.- Steve

07/09/07

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