I havent mentioned this before, but a little over a month ago we very sadly lost one of our beloved dogs in a horrible freak accident while away camping on the Isle of Wight.
So we have been struggling to come to terms with that for the last few weeks, made worse by losing, back in January my lovely spaniel bitch who is mum to my remaining dog. ( hers was down to old age, but still losing two in six months has just been heartbreaking) anyway we have decided to start again with a new pup, we collect her today and we are so excited, we have always had working cockers, but OH couldnt cope with the thought of trying to replace his lovely boy with another cocker, think he was worried that he would be comparing all the time, so we have a lovely springer bitch called Megan
sadly she wasn't able to stay sound in work although there's nothing to see on a scan or x-ray, she's still like an eedjit in the field but then feels it when on hard ground. Some friends asked if they could use her as a broodmare (she's well bred, great conformation and character), so she's gone to them where she will receive excellent care and hopefully breed them their next side saddle horse 
Not sure how he managed it but guessing he stood on himself. Haven't been able to take him out anywhere since May..
I try not to get excited about anything horsey ever for this very reason!!!!Very sadly not going to camp now. Brought the horse in this morning to get shod for camp and he has a deep cut just above his hoof which has made him lame. So can't go now.
Really disappointed and kind of wondering when will we ever be able to go out to places? Every time we try something goes wrong.
How disappointing for you. I wish I knew how horses know when we have plans and why they feel the need to scupper them.
withdraw from ALW fence judged there all day today and the 80 course looks mega :'(
Gutted to have no plans
So just a dressage lesson for me tomorrow
Good luck have fun everyone
but other than that hes OK thanks. Just being a brat at xc starts.
Oh Rach I am sorry. That's rotten luck
(if anyone wants a space PM me as I no the organiser was struggling for numbers)
A slip before the first fence really shook us both and i felt i couldn't ride her as forward as i wanted so she jumped oddly over one, i lost reins and stirrups and just couldn't keep her on the line for two so 20pens for a run out. jumped the rest clear but didn't feel great, i rode like a plonker and she was a bit sharp, probably upset by the slip. 
Not a great day for us today;
4am alarm. 9.30 dressage, warmed up super and just hot enough that she was an easy ride without being a prat. couple of small communication errors, eventually got score of 31.something quite disappointed as thought it was a much more mid 20's test but still in second place with no-one scoring below 30. but super pleased with how rideable and soft the test was
But then the ground was awful at Sj'ing and XC, Hard with grass coverage
Debated about going XC but decided we'd start and see how it went. After fence two realised how slippy it was so pulled back the gears, fence 5 was down hill then left hand up the hill to 6, i couldn't turn left for fear of wiping out. eventually got to 7 where i saw a shoe come flying past my head, so made my way to the next field and pulled up and retired. Wasn't confident carrying on, her confidence and enthusiasm is to precious to ruin it for no reason so we walked home in one piece, happy and fit - disappointed but there is always another day!
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