TOO HOT FOR SHOT

The hottest day since 1911 and where we find ourselves?   at a first shotover day  for Jerzi on partridge.   The Glemham Hall Shoot however, hosted a wonderful day.... thanks to Rob and Trudi for guiding us around, James and Adrian for shooting Jerzi's birds and to the Norfolk and Suffolk HPR Club for organising. After a great hunt in white grass, on  her second run Jerzi  rode in  on 3 partridge, flushing hard and while two flew on the gun stayed with her as she held her point, nailing, flushing and retreiving the third bird.  Two more runs with two more retrieves completed the day and we have returned home sunburnt and exhausted!

Lovely to spend the day with HPR friends and we cant wait to bring all the adult dogs next time.

DORA MAKES THE LATEST BASC MAGAZINE

Dora's win on the moors seems a long time ago as I look at her in the maternity wing with her current litter of puppies !  So it was especially lovely to see her featured in the latest BASC magazine search PAGE 46 -  BASC MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST  Wohoo, and again in the September edition of THE FIELD , we are enjoying our celebrity !

DORA "BLOOMING"

Dora is slowing down a bit in the hot weather and much enjoying a lazy routine. She keeps showing off her tummy and laying on the stone floor is a great way to cool off !  FOR FUTURE LITTER UPDATES PLEASE SEE "K" LITTER

SPOTTED IN SHOREDITCH !

GSP spotted in London by daughter Jozi.   These dogs are getting scarily popular !

HAVOC

Havoc, blissfully unaware of her disappointment.  We would like to thank everyone for the wonderful way in which you took our news of Havoc not being in pup.  We share your disappointment, but onwards and upwards.  Nature has a strange way of dealing with things and maybe it was not meant to be.

A BIT OF "HELP"

I had a dubious amount of help painting out the stables for the puppy nursery.  All the dogs ended up with black or white stuck on them depending which wall they leant on, but its all finished and looking fresh and clean !

Jerzi tired of puppy talk

JERZI UNLUCKY 13

Convinced that the  Kennel Club Working Test at Chatsworth would make use of their huge lake for a long and demanding swim in their Open class we have been training Jerzi recently to swim past small islands to a main far bank.   Grrr,  the water test yesterday at Chatsworth was a short swim onto the island for the hidden dummy.  Jerzi was the only dog to set her sights past the island onto the far lakeside bank.  Aaagh , needing a good result for the water test was paramount to finish well, but she was determined, needing 3 reminders to turn back !  Such is life  :)      Well done to the winners a lovely day out.

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HAVOC AND DORA NEWS

A long trip, leaving Saturday and returning at midnight last night, but both Havoc and Dora have been  successfully covered by  Stud dogs Dodger and Rolex. 1000 miles driving and the best part of a week away,  but it has been well worth it and we now have 63 days to prepare the stables for the maternity unit! Killing Time on the Malvern Hills

DORA & HAVOC IN BUSINESS

At last as of today both Dora and Havoc are in season and will be visiting their stud dogs in a couple of weeks!  A long wait but we now have an agenda.  Being over a month late, if all goes well the likely date of puppies will be 6th August with them 8 weeks old on 1st October.  Regular posts will appear on the Litters pages :) Keeping fingers crossed and thanking everyone for their patience.