Some great work and points on Grinton Moor, Yorkshire from our junior dog Oxo ended with a Very Good grading at her first GPT on Saturday.….Huge thanks to hosts, judges, organisers and competitors for such a lovely day and congratulations to all the other graded dogs.
The following 3 days, Sun-Tues we travelled north running in 3 more GPTs but I was surprised Oxo simply did not want to work. She was a different dog, her nose went down, her hunting diminished and try as I might she was distracted and would not get into any kind of serious hunting pattern. Finally, I realised after studying my diary that if she had been mated on her last season she would have whelped on the day of the second GPT !
She has arrived home full of milk, no harm done (apart from my pride ) and she has learnt great manners of waiting in line, but a reminder to bitch owners - dont ignore their calendar 😂
Thankyou to the following clubs for running such brilliant tests on really great grounds and congratulations to all dogs that graded ….HWVCGB, SFTA, NoSGA and the GSPC.