by Diana | Dec 2, 2010 | Gun dog work
… An exciting turning point being Bondys first trial. It was quite amusing being head to head with Allan and Fish…. no pressure then! The trial started walked up. It was a freezing day, starting at around minus three and only drifting up to...
by Diana | Nov 26, 2010 | Gun dog work
….. So then the phone rings…. and suddenly we have a run in the Southern Golden Retriever Novice trial tomorrow! Me and Bondy that is. Fish and Al already have one… so its, well, errr… head to head (…..as such! Just as far as personal...
by Diana | Nov 23, 2010 | Gun dog work
I think we basically left off, soaked but happy, standing at Knowle Game Farm, and hugely grateful to Neil Franklin who arranged the training day and invited us along. Its fantastic *if* you have such regular picking up that you can bang your dogs out on only the...
by Diana | Nov 21, 2010 | Gun dog work
Well by golly, its been ages since I caught up on the Blog and talked ‘dog’. Its been a heck of a couple of months in so many ways… Sad times, but also lots of good ones: trialing, picking up season starting proper for us, training till the cows come...
by Diana | Nov 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
11th Nov 2010 This week Allan and I laid to rest a good friend. Nick Potts was a gentleman. He was committed to his dogs and his sport. He was funny, sharp, gentle, warm, thoughtful and straight. He didn’t bitch about decisions not going his way. About birds...
