Cuardach Irish Water Spaniels

Scout, Glider and Clark - November 2009

Welcome to Cuardach Irish Water Spaniels

Temperament, Trainability and Type

We hope that you will enjoy this site with its pages of information on the wonderful Irish Water Spaniels loved by us and learning more about this fantastic breed that we are devoted to. Bringing a dog into your home is a very important decision and as with any breed, the IWS may not be right for everyone, so please learn and enjoy.

As you explore this site, you will find a lot of information about our IWS, their accomplishments and lots of pictures. There is information on:

Scout, my foundation bitch
Clark, the son of Scout from her first litter
Glider, Scout's daughter from her second litter
Ryan, granson of Scout and the newest member of our family
"Dogs of Cuardach" which has individual pages with pictures and information of the dogs that have come from our kennel. We are very proud of these dogs!
"Puppies" tab which has information about how we raise our puppies, on past litters, and on future potential litters.
In Memory has information about our beloved family members who are no longer with us, Drake and Maggie.
Lots of information under the "General Information" tab including training, health care, socialization, crate training, feeding, and helpful links.

Please explore our site and if you have any questions, my email is in the contact section.

Latest News!!

On June 27th, we welcomed home Ryan (Whipcord Born To Fly).

Megan had her puppies on May 10th. She had 3 girls and a boy. Please see the Puppies & Litters tab (Megan/Marley Litter) for more information.

Byrd earned her CDX on May 6th with a 1st place win.

Glider earned her Open Fast agility title on Sunday May 9th at the Oriole dog training club trail. She earned her first MACH points (14 points) in a beautiful jumpers run earning 3rd place. She also earned her second excellent standarnd leg.

We had a great 2010 IWS national specialty in Frederick, Maryland. Clark won HIT in agility with a beautiful standard run. Glider got her first Open Fast leg and Scout got 1st place in Excellent preferred B JWW. Clark got 1st place in Rally Excellent for his first RE leg and Glider earned a RN leg for her RN title. Scout won her 7-9 year old veteran bitch class. Scout won a beautiful trophy for being the IWS with the most double Q's in agility in 2009. Seeker won the novice dock diving class.

Liberty (UK) had 6 beautiful puppies (3 girls and 3 boys) on April 29th. Marion did the breeding and all pups are spoken for.

Clark earned his first CDX leg on his very first try in open obedience on Saturday, April 3rd. Glider earned two rally novice (RN) legs on April 3rd and 4th.

Glider earned her AXJ title on Sunday, March 28th in a beautiful and fast 1st place run. Scout earned her Master Jumpers Preferred (MJP) title on the same day.

Megan finished her breed championship by going winner's bitch/best of breed at the Western Pennsylvania Kennel Association in Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 27th. This championship also makes Scout an IWSCA top producing bitch.

Scout earned her Master Agility Standard Preferred (MXP) title on February 27, 2010. The same weekend, Glider earned her 2nd AXJ leg and her first AX leg.

Glider earned her novice FAST agility title on February 20, 2010.

Glider earned her open standard title on February 13, 2010. She also earned her first excellent jumpers with weaves leg on February 14, 2010.

Glider earned her open jumpers with weaves title on January 30, 2010.

Scout had 2 out of 4 clean runs at the AKC agility invitational. She ran great!

Liberty qualified for Crufts for the second year in a row.

Glider earned her Novice Standard agility title at the Danville Kennel Club agility trial on November 28th.

Glider earned her first title at the Talbot agility trial on Sunday, November 1, 2009 when she earned her 3rd leg for her novice jumpers with weaves title.

Shea completed his first 5K race with Mike. What a team.

Brenda showed Byrd at Bosie, Idaho for her first major the weekend of October 10th. She also earned her CD.

At the Wine Country shows in Romulus, New York held September 24-27, Scout earned her open preferred jumpers with weaves title. Glider earned her first novice jumpers with weaves leg and Clark qualified in 3 excellent standard runs for more MACH points. Megan earned her second novice jumpers with weaves leg and she won winner's bitch on Thursday, September 24th and reserve winner's bitch the other 3 days. Neil, at his very first show, won reserve winner's dog on Friday, September 25th.

Liberty had a great agility weekend on September 20th with two clean rounds including 12th place out of 333 dogs. Wow!!

Byrd earned her UKC championship.

Megan won winner's bitch/best of opposite for her first major at the Canfield, Ohio show on Sunday, August 2nd. She also won winner's bitch on Saturday, August 1st.

Scout earned her MACH on Saturday, July 11, 2009 with a beautiful standard run at the Southern New Jersey Agility trial.

Byrd, Scout, Glider, Clark and Saoirse at the 2009 IWSCA national specialty