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Thanks Lesley Very Happy

I am going to try that one ! Very Happy

Bill T.

Over the last few weeks I've done a fair bit of picking up here and there and Buck has been pretty spectacular on a couple of very difficult long 200 yards plus retrieves over some very "bad" ground. Even the beaters congratulated me as they watched him pull of a 200 yard blind retrieve on a bird shot some time before.

The cockers have been out with us too and they too are coming on a bundle. One estates "Head Picker Up" has asked if he can use Charlie at stud with his bitch. He wants to put a bit more "zing" into the pups ........Charlie is the boy for that ! He is the most infuriatingly zingy dog I have ever owned . The hardest thing to get Charlie to do is to sit still for more then 3 or 4 seconds - sometimes less ! He sits very quickly but he moves quickly too !

Charlie isn't just a very hard going hunter ,he is also a very good retriever. About a fornight ago he eyewiped a lab and a springer on an approximately 70 yards swim out into a loch for a blind retrieve on a pheasant. He is some machine !

Dax is the maltreated cocker I got back in April so he is now 18 months. This wee dog has well and truly come out of his shell and he is also now a very happy little retrieve maniac ! Dax is one of those dogs that swim just because there is water there. If I walk along a riverbank going with the current Dax swims rather than walks. He was frightened of water when I got him , now he is part otter !
Dax too has his admirers for he is an easier dog to shoot over than Charlie - not so much control is required ! He too is being enquired about for use at stud.

I'm enjoying myself with the dogs at the moment and as a couple of pickers up said today about Buck - "What on earth are you selling a dog like that for ." - - - - - That didn't make me feel any better !

Bill T.

It looks like I won't be taking Buck or any other dog anywhere for a while. My cars steering went wonky this morning and sent me right across the path of an oncoming lorry which by good luck I missed by a few feet. The car went over a kerb ,scraped a lampost and went into a hedge.

I'm fine - not a scratch and my dogs who were in the back are all fine too.
I can't drive the car until I know whats wrong and can get it fixed though.

I suspect an engine fault affected the power steering.

Bill T.

Thank goodnes you and the dogs are ok - must have been quite scary.

You'll feel it by now, Bill - a stiff malt should make you feel better. Thank goodness you were OK, and the dogs. A lucky escape. Take care xx

Glad you're ok to tell the tale. That bloody car of yours has been a PIA since the day you got it Evil or Very Mad

If I could afford it I' d get a new/old one. Dale says the same as you Les.

Bill T.

Bill that sounds very scary, glad to hear you and the dogs are ok!

What a scare with the lorry, Bill. Hope you can get it fixed without it costing the earth.

keep well Bill.