The puppies are now four days old and they all seem to be strong and healthy, with pigment appearing on their pads and noses, and they are already starting to support themselves on their legs, so it won’t be long before they are walking.Riska is proving to be an attentive mother and I’m relieved that […]
Category: Gundogs
Double Celebration
Last night Riska (FTW Fletchingly Annraidh) gave birth to a strong litter of nine puppies. As always she was in a hurry and completed the whelping process within 2 1/2 hours.It’s been a weekend of celebrations because Riska’s litter brother Teal (Fletchingly Torrain) won a novice field trial, which was very much a proud breeder […]
Happy New Year – Puppies on their way!
2018 was a very good year for us with Riska winning a field trial, then Moidart starting her competitive career and being placed five times in seven working tests during the summer, which was very pleasing after all the hard work training her. Not to be outdone, Shona and Riska had several placings in open […]
A busy weekend with two thirds
On Saturday Moidart made her debut on the shooting field with a trip to the Godinton shoot. She didn’t mind being crammed into the shoot trailer along with ten people and their assorted dogs and took no notice of the jolting journey to the first drive. I sat her up off the lead alongside Shona […]
Charity Gundog Day
Yesterday was spent at the charity gundog day in aid of cancer research at Fletching in Sussex, organised by my lovely friend Mandy Smith, who sadly lost both her sister and father to this awful disease last year. There were an abundance of helpers, which allowed me to run my dogs as well as take […]