It has been an amazing day, thankyou to everyone involved and congratulations to all the winners.
ENJOY THE BIRDS
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL - JERZI FEELING PROUD
Jerzi back from a successful trip to stud. Fingers crossed for June pups. Aytee.co.uk 'M' Litter
SUCCESSFUL SCAN FOR DORA
These dogs never stop and being pregnant wont stop Dora doing what she does but its always great to actually see something and at 33 days her scan shows that she is definately in pup. No number confirmed but a litter in the pipeline !
German Shorthaired Pointer 6 yo pointing and flushing partridge. Experienced dogs like this should be able to flush and be steady from a distance particularly in the case of partridge that would easily be spooked if the handler moved too close.
KARATS COMING ON
A huge thankyou to Tracie Rickman (HWVCGB) for running some fantastic training days in Suffolk last week. Hare raising to say the least 😮 thanks so much for giving up so much time and for sharing those wonderful grounds. A great weekend with a couple more SPT for our youngster and a grading of Very Good. Big thankyou to judges and the N&SHPRFTC for organising a super day. Having waited until 18 months old to point (!) Karat's on a roll now, learning before the crops get too tall, but yesterday all she could do was to sit, when a pesky cock bird ran round behind and jumped up, grrr, they'll be plenty more of those Karat, you'll have to learn fast !
Karat's Bank Holiday Weekend
1st Yearling Bitch at GSPA Ch Show Judge: Val Rusk
Grading Award at WGDS Grouse Pointing Test, Painscastle, Wales Judges: Lee Loveridge/ Peter Szalai
1st Special Working at GSPA Ch Show Judge: Velda Prior
KARAT MAKES THE GRADE
What a weekend! Karat won both her classes at the GSPA Ch Show under two different judges. Thanks to Val Rusk for 1st Yearling and Velda Prior for 1st Special Working. A really lovely international line up of dogs that it was great to be a part of, well done to all the winners and a big thank you to all organisers. The day was only surpassed by Karat grading GOOD the day before at Worcester Gundogs GPT on her very first visit to a grouse moor. So lovely to see.
The disaster of the weekend was discovering my car battery had blown up while on the moor but MASSIVE thanks to Lloyd Birch, Lee Loveridge and Ray Davies for help in getting RAC rescue on a Bank Holiday Sunday to the middle of Island Moor on the Brecon Beacons. Bottles on their way !
GREAT WEEK FOR AYTEE
A fun week for Aytee owners with Aytee Kalimar grading V. Good at his first GPT and his first time on Grouse ! well done "Doc" and owner Ben Barrett and Aytee Jessie Jay was Page 3's Dog of the Week in Shooting Times and featured in the Field. Great stuff "Myrtle" and Hari Lampart !
AYTEE JESSIE JAY better known at MYRTLE
SNOWED IN
A long motorway drive in the snow but we now hope dear Dora is in pup to Sh Ch Barleyarch Rolex! Ha, trust Dora to pick a difficult day 😳 Great thanks to the lovely Lisle family and of course to Lex. Snowed in on the side of the moor for now, its a hard life.
WATER WATER EVERYWHERE
Once your dog is experienced on game, work on sending the dog in and flushing the bird with you standing at a greater distance away. This can help on a trial day as there is less danger of you flushing a jumpy bird. It also demonstrates good steadiness from the dog.
Lots of points for the dogs on flooded river meadows today, Dora even pointed the desperate voles swimming for their lives as their burrows flooded !