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July 24th a group of us travelled down to Salisbury to a
caravan site, which was near to, Romsey and the CLA Game Fair where we
were representing the breed in the Gundog tent and putting on a display
of gundog work in the ring.
July 28th 29th and 30th attending the
Game Fair
August 1st take Ginny back to Heathrow airport
August 2nd Back home to settle Bentley in to our routine
before we start work again.
August 28th we were invited again to join in a demo and
working test by the United Retriever Club Midlands branch at Hope
Agricultural Show in the Peak District. This consisted of teams
of 4, Black Labs, Yellow Labs,Goldie’s, Flatcoat retrievers Chesapeake
Bay retrievers and Irish Water Spaniels. Unfortunately, last year's
winners the Chocolate Labs could not attend this year.
September 10th we were in Ormskirk, at Neil and Amanda Rothwells farm at
the SIWSC training day, it was a very good day, and we enjoyed ourselves
tremendously, good training and good company, and a lovely tea at the
end of the day provided by Lois and Fred Ferrans.
September 16th and 17th a group of us attended the
Midland Game Fair at Weston Park. We were again representing the breed
in the gundog tent and also in the vulnerable breed tent.
 September 23rd to
the 25th we were very pleased to welcome our American visitor
Liz Liddle from California. What a lovely lady, we had a wonderful
weekend, and talked only of IWS, which was really nice. We hope we can
meet again some time in the future.
Liz Liddle with our
gang
October 15th. Saw
Melvyn busy organising the SIWSC Any Variety Gundog Working Test at
Kingsley Moor, Stoke on Trent, being Chief Steward for the day.
Unfortunately we did not run a dog, Ellie being in season and Gina not
being there because my father was ill in hospital, so I could not attend
the day. But again it was a great success every one enjoyed it.
November 19th it
was the IWSA Open Show at Tollerton, Nottinghamshire. It was a great
weekend right from the Friday before when Shauna and Emma O’Donnell flew
over from Ireland; it was so nice to see them again. Emma had come
prepared to do the grooming on 3 dogs for the show on Sunday, dogs were
bathed and blown dried and trimmed, Bentley, Gina and her litter brother
Logan who belongs to Louise Bailey, coped with all of this brilliantly.
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| Gina
getting ready for her debut show at Tollerton
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I have to say that the three
of them looked stunning, Emma had made a wonderful job, and we are very
grateful to her and her mum.
Unfortunately we could not
show Bentley as he went lame on the Saturday, but we took him with us
for the ride on the Sunday. Logan was in Puppy Dog, and was placed
second. Gina was in Puppy bitch, and Penny Diamond the judge gave her a
first prize, as unfortunately there was only Gina in her class.
Then the time came to go into
the ring to meet the Puppy Dog, for Best Puppy in Show, Penny had us
both moving round the ring, Then both dogs were stood, while Penny made
up her mind, and to my amazement she gave Best Puppy in show to our
Gina, we were absolutely THRILLED.
After the show came the
obedience classes, so I put Gina in the puppy class, there were three
others in it, one of them was Gina’s sister Maegan, owned by Ursula
Wilcox, and one from Teasel's litter, Cassie owned by Penny Hillman.
It must have been Gina’s day
as she also won the Puppy Obedience; we were over the moon with this
lovely girl.
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course it is the shooting season as well, so Melvyn is out
shooting most weekends, and he takes his faithful girl Teasel
with him, they are inseparable.
Blaesby shoot in
Lincolnshire on an IWS shoot day,
Melvyn is second from right with Teasel.
Denise
December 2006
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