Last year was busier than ever, and I have thoroughly enjoyed competing with the dogs in both working tests and trials.Riska was chosen to take part in the Southern Intercounties team event at Windsor, representing UGS Kent and East Sussex. There were some strong teams there, and Riska ran well, helping our team to come […]
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Second place is the best place
The Southern Interclub Team Match was held at the Isenhurst Estate in Sussex yesterday, hosted by the South Eastern Gundog Society. The aim of this competition is to encourage novice handlers and give them a chance to compete in a team with more experienced handlers, and it was very well supported with 17 clubs sending […]
Looking Good
Riska is making a first class job of motherhood and her 11 day old puppies are looking very plump and sturdy. They are able to crawl round the whelping box at a fair rate of knots and their eyes should start to open any day now. I love listening to their contented puppy chirrups, telling […]
Moidart’s first win
Yesterday was a long, hot day at the United Retriever Club (Southern Area) Novice and Puppy test at Chailey, and as we drove down the track to the start it was impossible to see the vehicle in front because of the clouds of thick dust kicked up. As always, the organisers had made sure that […]
Congratulations to Fletchingly Torrain
Congratulations to Penny Heath who won the Chiltern Gundog Novice working test on 13th August with Teal (Fletchingly Torrain). This is an outstanding achievement because this lovely young dog is only 20 months old.