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My alarm went off at 7am on the Tuesday Morning for the Novice trial. I got a quick shower before breakfast and then jumped in the pickup with the dogs to give them all a run before the days trialling. I also managed to find a garage for a sandwich etc – I wasn’t missing out on lunch again! I made i...

On Monday I travelled down to Witham on the Hill in Lincolnshire to compete in the Kennel Clubs Open and Novice Cocker Stakes which were being run on the Monday and Tuesday respectively. I’d known I had a run in the novice for a few weeks and was very surprised to get a phone call on Saturday mornin...

scot-ish wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:03 pm Good to see you're at it again - Dave had said your wee dog went well at the gamekeepers.

Cheers Jamie. With a better bit of ground on her first run shed have maybe been placed higher

A couple of reports from my last two trials with Ellie, my 18 month old pup

On Wednesday I ran in the Lincolnshire Gundog Society Novice Cocker Stake at Stubton, near Newark. The alarm going off at 3:45am was a bit of a shock to the system but I loaded up the car and set out in the darkness for a 420 mile round trip. A couple of coffee and bacon butty pit stops along the wa...

30th Oct 2017 Yesterday I ran in the Gamekeepers National Association cocker stake at Helbeck, Cumbria with Ellie aka Amberquest Diva. This was her first ever field trial and I'd set myself the target of finishing the trial with her and seeing where we were at the end. I was in at number 8 and didn'...

westcountry wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2017 7:33 pm

Amberquest wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2017 7:05 pm Hi ian . Another Millomite here!!!

And one of your pups is down in Corrnwall? Very nice dog he is too,seen him go and he is certainly a good little guy.

He is indeed! His sister got her 2nd Com in a week today

Hi ian . Another Millomite here!!!

Maybe so, but if you start taking posts down that have 100+ responses that ask questions then for me some credibility is lost. I'm sure the post would still be there if it hadn't generated as much of a response. My post is still there David. You just have to look at "Visitor Post" at the ...

The problem with these DNA tests folk are using is the validity of them. I emailed the company and asked to see the names of the dogs which they have based their Cocker spaniel profile on. They wouldn't provide it. They said they were TYPICALLY registered dogs, which to me means that some of them ar...