Sire:

Messano Blueprint
Res CC, SGWC
Open Show Best in Show Winner
 

Barklands X-Planation of Messano
                    

Fourwinds Bossanova of Lorinford  3 Res CCs, JW

Sh Ch Gyrima Oliver

Tenfield All At Sea
SGWC
Open Show Best Of Breed Winner,
Ch Show Firsts in Breed & Stakes classes

NL/Lux/Dt/DtVDH/World
Ch Jamescroft Squire

Jamescroft Magic Miranda

Jamescroft Chanelle

Bridgefarm Barleycorn
1 CC, 3 Res CCs  

Teal has always had a tail that never stops wagging, that's what she is famous for!  She has never yet been beaten in a waggiest tail competition, the faster it wags, the more I laugh and the faster and faster it wags!  All she wants to do is be a good girl and make you smile!  She is also very talkative when it comes to letting you know it's dinner time or walk time.  and extremely tactile, as well as very obedient and intelligent, with lots of will to please.  Teal would have been outstanding in obedience competition.  As a puppy, Teal used to have a really naughty streak, she was known as 'destructo dog' - if she couldn't get her own way or was ignored in favour of the other dogs, she shredded things, including countless dog quilts.  She is still chief dog bedding chewer, whenever I find a corner missing from a quilt, I know who the culprit is, even now she is 8 years old! 
Having said that, a more loving and devoted dog you would be hard pressed to find.  Like her sister Bungle, her temperament is second to none, the best words to describe her would be 'a real sweetie'.  Everyone loves her - a mixture of Darwin, Race and great granny Ramble  - we can see all of them in her.  Apparently she is also very like her granny 'Bracken' too.  Teal is otherwise known as 'Tiddle' or 'Pom' and will answer to both names either singly or combined.


              

Teal is my 'mini' Golden - she has taken after her grandfather 'Yogi' (Guella Golden Hind) and inherited his small stature - measured at 20" which means she is on the minimum of the breed standard, but would have been mostly overlooked in the show ring because of her size.  It doesn't help that she is so short coupled, as anyone who judges dogs should know, a short coupled dog will always look smaller than a longer bodied one.  This didn't stop her winning at the few shows she attended as a youngster under judges who couldn't ignore her non-stop tail and sound effortless movement.   Although on the smaller side, she is very well-proportioned, well constructed and an absolute delight to live with.
Teal is a natural and enthusiastic retriever and like her sister adores water and loves swimming.  Teal went out on the shoots in her younger days and proved particularly valuable in the beating line, being steady and reliable.  In 2002 Teal badly cut a front paw when out for a walk, returning to me covered in blood making me think she had ripped open her tummy!  She spent four weeks recuperating after the foot was stitched, she loved the attention having her paw dressed daily and found out that she could use the 'drip bags' we used to protect it as a boxing glove.  How I wish we could have recorded her sparring on video as she boxed the other dogs! 
 

Teal was only shown on five occasions in Junior classes at Open Shows and only had one outing in Special Yearling, after that she stayed at home and found her true vocation as a 'super mum'.  Teal produced four wonderful litters and proved to be the most marvellous mum in every way, tribute to her fantastic temperament.  Particularly devoted to puppies under 4 weeks old, while Teal is around I can rest in the knowledge that she would always take care of any puppies if mum was unable to for any reason. 
Teal is mother to our lovely Reiver, Pepper and Rally as well as many other puppies including Yarka working for Canine Partners and not to mention 21 other puppies who have given their families unconditional love.  As you progress through the Canine Partners website, it is Yarka pictured as a puppy who is their donation mascot on almost every page, tempting you to part with your money - and who can resist!
Reiver has now produced a multitude of children and Teal is a grandmother many times over, her grandchildren are bringing the same happiness to families at home and overseas.  Teal might not have even stayed at Tenfield, but for the fact that she and her sister were the only survivors of Darwin's last litter and right from the start it was clear Bungle had a problem.  Funny how things work out .......

     

"small but yet balanced, dark bitch with ever wagging tail, dark eye, correct earset.  Straight front with good length of upper arm, hocks well let down with correct rear angulation, moved true, which won her this class." - Hilary Male (Malenbrook), Tunbridge Wells & DCS Open Show, March 2002