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Congratulations that first green card is always special

I put large cat bells on mine at lower levels. Dogs don’t go near it if they do I can hear them and interest. For some reason it appears to work

Suri and I will be showing on gundog day. Flatcoats are in hall 4 again

Suri went to Midland Counties yesterday and had to go into post graduate as there wasn’t a graduate class. Handles by my friend as my sciatica is playing up she totally smashed it and won the class then down to the final 4 for the CC/RCC. This win now takes her out of graduate she is truly in...

I was talking to an Aussie owner yesterday and it turns out this was a French dog that was listed as born tailed on their database so had definitely been docked. The handler at crufts is UK based and was apparently unaware of the dog being born tailed

Suri has been quite busy recently with plenty of nice placings. City of Birmingham on Sunday then she has a bit of a rest until midland counties. She is really beginning to mature nicely

Congratulations, now the anxiety really starts and getting nothing done except puppy watching

One of the best ways to predict whelping is to take the temperature daily as 24 hours before whelping the temperature drops by at least 1 degree Celsius. I usually start taking the temperature around 5 days before estimated due date

It will be worth contacting agria (kennel club) and discuss with them as they can usually offer you various options. Also ask you vet which companies they will deal with directly as they won’t do direct payments with all insurance companies

Tinned chappie mixed with warm water then smeared onto a licky mat. This worked fir a friends spaniel when he wouldn’t eat anything else

How about Tiva it means dance in Hopi Indian.

To make your own livercake here is a recipe 1 pack chicken livers (Morrisons fresh) Blitz into a smooth paste in a magimix With 1 egg Add 10 dessert spoons of plain flour , I use doves farm gluten free Blend until smooth Pour into a 1lb loaf tin and bake at gas 6 for about 40 mins or until you...

Nothing for my girls yesterday as the judge was definitely going for a more “chunky” FCR, but they showed and moved well, so proud of them. Unfortunately I strained my groin on Wednesday so the dog was 💯 sound but handler very lame on off hind🤣

Also be aware of how many litters certain stud dogs have sired. Overuse of a particular dog can lead to the “popular sire effect “. This in turn can cause issues in subsequent generations. One certain crufts BIS winner sired 95 litters in a smaller breed numbers wise. There are now very few dogs...

If you post a side on stacked photo it will be easier to advise you on the amount of trimming you need to do. Trimming should always be done on clean hair so best after a bath and dry.