Lockthorn Zoe

As Tara's 3rd litter will also be her last litter the pups' names should start with the letter "Z". Zoe (the firstborn pup of this litter) means "life" in Greek.

* 27.02.2013

Sire: FTCh Waterford Ganton
Dam: FTCh Lockthorn Tara

Pedigree  F-Litter

hips: 7-3, elbows: 0-0, eyes clear 11/2016
PRA hereditary clear, CNM clear

Date Place Test / Trial Class Quali Quali Pts/Max Report
11./12.5.2019 GB – Glanusk Park Skinner’s World Cup Swedish Team 13. Team
14./15.6.2018 GB – Chatsworth KC Int. Retr.Team Event Swiss Team 9. Team
15./16.6.2017 GB – Chatsworth GB – Chatsworth Swiss Team 7. Team
13./14.5.2017 GB – Cawdor Skinner’s World Cup Swiss Team 15. Team
24.11.2016 GB – Hy-Fly, Lancs FT, NGRA Novice 2. 2.
9./10.6.2016 GB – Chatsworth KC International Retriever Event Swiss Team 8. Team
15./16.5.2016 GB – Englefield Skinner’s World Cup Swiss Team 11. Team
3.5.2015 GB – Besthorpe, Notts WT, Dukeries GC Novice AV 2. 2.

Impressions (click on photos)

Zoe (the bitch with the white spot) was born on the 27th of February 2013 at 00.10 a.m. as the first of nine pups (8 survived). With 393 gr she was one of the biggest.
2013
For as little as 5 weeks she climbs over all sort of things and carries everything she can find...
2013
...but nevertheless she loves to play with her mother Tara and all the other siblings!
2013
7 weeks old: as Zoe is carrying everything she doesn't hesitate to retrieve a partridge.
2013
Already 3 months went by and Zoe seems to shape up well.
2013
August 2013: Zoe (in the front with a collar) playing with her sister Ziva...
2013
With 6 months our two "Zs" are quite athletic, aren't they?
2013
"Group Portrait with 1 man"! Meeting of Lockthorns in November 2013. From left to right: Swift, Temba, Tara, Duffy, Dice (THE man), Dido, Zoe & Ziva.
2013
Picture for Christmas in December; Zoe already 10 months old has developped to a pretty young bitch...
2013
...and she hasn't forgot how to retrieve partridges!
2013
March 2014: Already 1 year old Zoe (with a green collar) and Ziva (with a black one) evolve into two nice bitches.
2014
Zoe has learned to swim without splashing about...
2014
...and to jump with a dummy over fences.
2014
During hunting-season 2014/15 she more and more is sent for game...
2014/15
...she is grown up and belongs now to the "real gang"!
2014/15
Spring 2015: Zoe is a real powerhouse - if it is on land...
2015
...or if it is in water.
2015
She enjoys working as well as on dummies...
2015
...as on game!
2015
October 2015: Zoe's first Trial. Yes indeed, it's a long way to follow the footprints of her mother!
2015
Grouse-shooting starts on the 12th of August (the glorious 12th). As Zoe is now old enough she is allowed to join the pickingup team every now and then!
2015
Family meeting (f.l.t.r.): Ziva, Zoe, Dido, Duffy, Swift, Dice, Tara, Temba
2015
January 2016: End of the season and Zoe knows what she has to do.
2016
Always enthusiastic...!
2016
International debut: Zoe runs for Switzerland at the Skinner's "Retriever World Cup" and at the Kennel Club "International Retriever Event"!
2016
She did very well - only now and again she needs more experience!
2016
August 2016: start of another shooting season. Several times Zoe is allowed to join the gang for grouse picking up...
2016
...and yes... the genes...!
2016
October 2016, Wyton: partridge training in sugar-beet. Zoe proves that she has a good nose!
2016
Zoe is like her mother Tara: she loves to be with the boss on a shooting day.
2016
On the 27th of February 2017 - Zoes birthday - she has whelped 6 pups (5 dogs and 1 yellow bitch).
2017
May: Zoe is already fit enough to compete at the Skinner's World Cup!
2017
Autumn: Zoe is fit like a fiddle!
2017
Picking-up this year at Bransdale and Pennyholme "only" with 4 dogs - hard work, but they enjoy it!
2017
Some Lockthorns in November (f.l.t.r.): Ziva, Zoe, Fake, Duffy, Dido, Dice, Temba
2017
14./15.6.2018: Kennel Club International Retriever Tem Event in Chatsworth, Team Switzerland!
2018
And again: Grouse picking-up at Bransdale from August - November 2018
2018
...for Zoe "the best time of the year"!
2018
Grouse picking-up at Bransdale 2019 - Daniel and his "six pack": Dido, Duffy, Zoe, Ziva, Fake and Flint!
2019
2020: Restrictions, cancellations, lockdowns, easing, hope and a lot of nature hike. Our dogs are fit but the Covid 19 pandemic had/has everything under control!
2020
September 2021: Zoes maxim still is "...don't worry - be happy"...
2021
...even if it is raining!
2021
Get together in October 2021 (f.l.t.r.): Duffy, Dido, Zoe, Fake, Ziva & Flint
2021
Summer 2022 was one of the hotest ever in UK. Just great that we can cool down in our "own" pond.
2022
Refreshed it's easier to bear the heat.
2022
September: Get together at the Bridestones!
2022
November 2023: Zoe is nearly 11 years old, very fit and still enjoys working!
2023
She has gone grey - but it fits her well!
2023
August 2024: Ziva, Fake, Zoe (right in front), Flint & Nora
2024
Zoe is eleven and half years old and quite grey...
2024
...but her motto is still: "don't worry - be happy" (left behind her son Flint and Nora).
2024