LADYGROVE PHANTOM

PEDIGREE

Sire Ch Kilbourne Nimrod
Dam Ch Kilbourne Grey Ghost to Ladygrove

Owners Mr and Mrs Helen Shinkwin

Ladygrove Spook
Ladygrove Bogart
Ladygrove Banshee to Kilbourne

Helen writes:-

After spending months looking for the perfect dog, we were eventually guided into the direction of Sue Phillips, whose bitch Ghost was due to have a litter of pups. I hit it off with Sue the moment I spoke to her on the phone and she kept me up to date with how Ghosts pregnancy was progressing.
After the pups were born, photo's arrived weekly via email and I knew it was real, we were to have our puppy.
At 5 weeks we visited, we couldn't chose a pup there and then, but I had already said I didn't mind if it was a dog or bitch. At 12 weeks off we set from Bushey, nr Watford, Hertfordshire, up the M1 to Chesterfield, about a 2 hour journey.
We collected our boy, Ladygrove Phantom, whom we called Murphy. Before Murphy we had owned several Lurchers (Deerhound X type) raced Greyhounds and kept the odd Terrier.
From the moment Murphy came home he was loved. He was mischievous to say the least, chewing several pairs of shoes, handbags, designer sunglasses, he has expensive tastes (He's not called a Deerhound for nothing). He is nosey, inquisitive, thinks that anybody we come across on our walks is out purely to see him!
I never had any aspirations to show him, but was told that it is great fun, so off we went on cold, frosty January morning in 2006. We were bitten by the bug and have now entered 9 shows this year.
I have been told that he is a nice looking dog, and maybe with the right owner he could do well in the show ring, but we persevere and enjoy our day out. He qualified for Crufts at East of England Champ show for March 2008.

Show History of LADYGROVE PHANTOM


04/02/2007 HITCHIN & DIST. C.S. POINTS SHOW 2 POST GRADUATE MR MICK PEACH (KILBOURNE)
21/04/2007 DEERHOUND CLUB SHOW (DOGS) 2 SPECIAL BEGINNERS NOVICE DOG MR B. DOAK
17/07/2007 EAST OF ENGLAND AGRI. SOC. CH. SHOW 3 POSTGRADUATE DOG MR HECTOR HEATHCOTE
17/11/2007 HUNTINGDONSHIRE C.S. OPEN SHOW 2 POST GRADUATE MR IAN KIRSOPP (MISTLEMOOR)