The Practice.
Having taken the Skodapop for its twentieth (seems like) successful MOT Ross decided to take a wheen of dogs for a walk. Basso, Gina, Jalad, Bess and Judy. I think he nearly had to lie down in a darkened room afterwards. Basso bogged off down Conlig Main Street with Gina in hot pursuit. Eventually Basso came back and Gina was brought to book thanks to the help of two passing ladies. I think Ross had visions of having to explain why several thousand pounds of dog was stuck to the grill of somebody’s car.
The Wee Res.
I took Fatty Boom Booms for a walk in the evening sun. Yes she is the size of a house but Roxy is a very enthusiastic dog and she is nearly always in good form. When I felt the pups at a few weeks there seemed to be only a few but even allowing for the fact that big pups carry more fluid there must be a goodly number in her. We’ll know soon enough.
The Practice & The Wee Res.
Another dry sunny afternoon so out with a clatter of dogs. Tam, Jalad, Bess & Coco. Ross has decided that he is going to work Chris, Jalad and Bess so he needs to get out with them as often as possible. The one that needs the most attention is Bess. Even though she responds to the whistle commands she still looks to me so from here in it will be all Ross. Coco really enjoys these outings. He certainly isn’t afraid of a gallop as we covered a mile or more today.This was the first time he has been out with me and other dogs and he is a really handy dog. In fact he is maybe a bit too handy. I think I would like to see a bit more badness in him, if anything, but then Roi basically self trained and he was a handy dog too. Tam likes an outing as well. He is in fine form but a scab on the top of his head has become infected. It was as hard a scab as I have aver seen but as it healed it must have become itchy and he has been rubbing his head on the kennel. Ergo infected wound.
The diary hasn't caught up yet but here we are twelve days later and just when it looked like a successful outcome when I wenT out to him at lunch he has it off again, so I'll try the castol oil.
Des.
The Wee Res.
Roxy,Judy, Basso and Chris.
I can now appreciate why Ross had problems with Basso the other day as he is in great nick just now but he is also wound a bit tight. Roxy waddled about, another dog in good form and Judy had a good blow out. She is in great shape just now but hasn’t seen a bird in weeks. Chris was kept on the lead due to his swolen elbow.
Later.
The vet has sent some tissue samples off as she is concerned as to exactly what has caused the swelling on Chris elbow and Roxy caused a panic attack when she refused her tea initially. I checked the callender and she is definitely due 21st.
Black Mountain.
A picture paints a thousand words so… 10c and,
Not our most productive outing.
Judy and Bess had the first run and did quite well with Judy out quartering her daughter but as usual Bess ran with great fluidity.
Jalad then had a gallop on The Shoulder and the middle bog before handing the baton to Bess again. There were birds on the hill but unfortunately they were larks and no snipe were seen, nor even the sign of snipe.
While not the most enjoyable outing it was still nice to get out again after being kept off the hill by the snow.
Beechfield.
I have reached a sort of a milestone. The Glencuan Training Diary has reached 50,000 hits. I suppose with there being more on offer on this site it shouldn’t be surprising that the majority of those hits have been here but exactly the same diary content is published on a few gundog forums and they make up the other 50%.
When I went out to let Roxy and Chris out of the whelping box on Saturday morning I was met at the back door by Coco. He shouldn’t have been out, or even more importantly been able to get out. As I walked to the garage Basso appeared from the kennel behind the garage, where Chris and Roxy are usually kept during the day. The main kennel door was lying open and Gina was missing. As I write this on Tuesday morning she still hasn’t been seen. If the kennel had been just opened maliciously she would still have been about so I reckon she has been stolen. To add insult to injury I had sold her. The money is already in my bank account while the purchaser prepares another kennel for her.
Roxy is eating in an irregular pattern and has stopped increasing in size, thank goodness. I think from tonight she can go in the box on her own, she’s due Saturday, which means that Chris will be a complete pain in the arse for the next twelve weeks as he just hates to be seperated from Roxy.
The Wee Res & The Practice.
Nice evening so took Basso and Coco to the Wee Res. Basso is wound a bit tight at the moment and showed an inclination to bogg off so after a few spins with Coco in pursuit I put him in the car and took the pup on his own. Basso is turning into one of the best built dogs I have owned. He, Basso, has just reached the stage where there are ridges of muscle either side of his spine and he is in superb condition.I did a bit of recalling with Coco and just general sitting on the grass interspersed with the odd sit. For a dog to be a good’un you need a bit of everything. A bit of conformation/size, a bit of bird sense but most importantly a lot of temperament. The more time I spend with Coc0 the better I like him. Jalad is a fine lump of a dog but he is just that, a bit fine boned, and if anything the bitch, Flash, is a bit on the well built side but for once the pup seems to be a compromise between the two. (Doesn’t often work out like that) He is going to be a better made dog than his father but still at least the same size. In addition he looks like Roi (Prince of Darkness) but then there is a tendency to feel that all self coloured dogs look like Roi but this dog certainly has at least the echoes of Roi’s head. Exciting prospect. I have him on the Acme 210 and have just realised that the last two dogs I had on the 210 became champions. It’s in his blood. I hope!
P.S.
I have bought some new Acme 210’s. They have what looks like a plastic pea instead of the previous cork “pea”. It tends to stick and not give as much warbling effect. I would recommend getting 210’s with the cork pea if at all possible.
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