Most of our “S” litter leave from tomorrow. Flights for pups to North Island first thing in the morning and long drives for pups going South, but what a wonderful experience once again. I adore puppies but am ready for them to go to their excited owners and they are too. Grandma of the litter, Aytee Isadora (Dora) was 14yo last week and this was her way back in 2011. Nothing changes apart from the hair 🤣 and the hemisphere 🤣
The “S” Litter are into their last week at home and with improved weather they are having fun outside. We look forward to enjoying time with them in the sun for the next few days, but also look forward to getting them hooked up with their lovely new owners at the end of the week.
We do have one gorgeous bitch puppy available unexpectedly. If you would like more information ring 021 277 9008 Lucies phone.
It’s a busy week in the kennel with little more than a week before collection.
Crates for flight travel have been assembled with the help of grandchildren (who were quicker than me, surprise, surprise). and they have been parked in the kennel so the pups are familiar.
Given the puppies enormous growth rate we collected more of the new food and more cardboard chippings for the kennel floor (🤣🐾🤣both inextricably linked) and made a first trip out in the car on a vet visit for health tests, microchipping and vaccinations. Once back, rather like children, pups became very excited, exploring the kennel as if for the first time.
Another nail clipping follows tomorrow, then visits from HPR friends (with their critical eyes 😅)who show and trial GSPs and GWP’s and finally with the improving weather pups will have playouts in the garden.
Rain doesnt stop play in our puppy pen and the puppies have certainly been doing that with all their adoring visitors. Working up an appetite through busy lives, each puppy has gained more than a kilo over the last week and they are very happily settled into a lovely routine.
Reckon our puppy socialising hit a high spot today when we nailed the birthday tea party entertainment for 7 year old granddaughter Ella and her sisters. Grandchildren & puppies…… divine😁🐾🐾👩👩👧👧
Weaning, developing, growing, playing the ” S” Litter are watched over by half sister Mavis, from the same dam, Ch Aytee Katerina, in 2023. It is incredible to think what 2 years will do!
Big thankyou to Lisa Cornell in the USA for allowing us to breed this litter from Ch Edelmarke Second Coming.
Working pigeon traps has been a focus for our training since arriving in New Zealand. At the moment HPR Natural Game trials are only run in North Island and field trialling in South Island, where we live, is done on pigeons in traps. Here is our first video giving an outline of what you might expect if, for whatever reason, you decide to have a go working with pigeon traps.
Not far away roads were closed with snow but we had a fabulous first day picking up with Mavis today alongside the beautiful Southern Alps. Swimming the river in full flood to make a retrieve way up the bank and amazing me with her retrieves on pricked cockbirds 😀 exciting times.
12 years ago today our Phenomenal “J” Litter arrived. 4 of the litter were to qualified for Open Field Trials, 2 became Field Trial Champions, one in Ireland and one in the UK as well as being placed 3rd and twice 1st in the KC HPR Championships in 2017/2018 & 2019. 2 won UK Open Trials and 2nd’s but didnt make that FtCh. It feels like it could have been a litter record?
Happy Birthday to the whole litter including Hari Lampart’s, Myrtle, Lee Minhinnick’s Bob, Darryl Elliot’s Lewis and our own adorable Jerzi, 😍 laying by the fire tonight, the easiest GSP I will ever own.
