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Folly Castlerock 'Leading Light'
Folly Castlerock 'Leading Light'	Castlerock Leading Light b. 23 May 1997 - d. 5 Jan 2011	Bitch (Spayed) Black
Growing	Pedigree	Play

			Hi! THIS IS ME - FOLLY Don't I look GREAT - at 10 months 'new'. Eat you hearts out Flatcoat Boys!
			GROWING
			The learning process is a troubled one for a pup. . . is this a Herb Bed that I see before me !!!!!!

			.and this Bird Bath Thingy - How do I get into it !!!!!!!
			Then I discovered W A L K S
			.. . and met some VERY strange things!
			Anyway - as I was telling you (wasn't I ?), my best friend was called Saga, and I always did what Saga said . . so if SagaSed - "Sniff" . . .
			Then I sniffed, and . . .
			. . if SagaSed"SWIM", then I . . . .
			SWAM !!!!!

			But I do remeber wishing she would lend me a paw to help me out of here !
			And then, afterwards, there is the complicated business of . . .
			finding out which end to start shaking yourself with !!!
			Anyway as you may have gathered I live in the English Lake District, where there are fearsome crags and wicked precipices . . .
			so just look at me, all on my own at 12 weeks, being FEARLESS FOLLY!
			Well I started to grow up and . . .
			got busy busy growing my feathers.
			Now I do have a positively endearing habit (well I think so) of . . . pushing my nose into your face . . .


	If you would like to send me some 'Folly fan mail' please use the "flatboard" (see menu).

BREEDING. . .

Some of us are just born to it!

Breeder: Mrs Dorothy Brooks,
Wild Acres,
Sandy Lane,
Whirley,
Macclesfield,
Cheshire,
SK10 4RJ
U.K.

PEDIGREE

		Watchingwell FOXTROT
	Exclyst WATCHMAN Ch	Exclyst SEQUIN
Tanglebriar TORRENT		Branchalwood STROAN Ch
	Wizardwood RUSHING WATER at Tanglebriar	Wizardwood WATER WITCH Ch
		Riversflight GENIL
	Heronsflight GO MY WAY BACK TO LATHKILL	Heronsflight MOSS Ch
Castlerock FLIRTY FLOOZ Y		Fossdyke CRUSADER
	GILLY FLOWER of Caastlerock	DELLY's DELIGHY (liver)

			PLAY When I was 'Only Just' some PEOPLE thought that I would be a 'Tennis Ball Dog" like my very best friend, but . . . .

			I discovered that old mooring warps were much more fun. The problem is that although you CAN play with them by yourself . . . .

			. . . . it is so much more fun when you have a friend at the other end!

			So, that's me, Folly. My very best friend Saga has left me with AWFUL REPONSIBILITIES - I am now ONLY DOG, but very soon I will be TOP DOG. I have (very nearly) grown up!

			So I found this Epic thing - and it was FUN !

			FOND MEMORIES Folly was the most gentle and kind of dogs. She loved people, especially children, and was a great favourite on our passenger boats where she would entertain everybody. She an idle flatcoat (the only one in the world I think), who considered that life was bliss if it just involved beanbags and ice-cream. She was excellent with Epic, which is surprising because Saga was not prepared to play the 'mother' to her. As time went on she slowly relinquished most of her 'Top Dog' responsibilities to Epic - although she never gave up the 'best' position on their dog bed! She lived until she was nearly 14, by far the oldest gun-dog I have owned. She had suffered a few growths, which we had removed over the years, but a combination of a malignant jaw/eye tumour and increasing inability to control one of her back legs made it a kindness to her to have her put down. She was a loyal friend and will be greatly missed