Our beautiful βQβ Litter met their new owners this weekend and made the most of lots of cuddles πΎπΎπΎ Thankyou to everyone who has corresponded with us, visited and to our new owners we wish you much fun with these little beauties.
Flat Hunting π
Given a micro-chance Karat would have moved her litter outside yesterday - she spent every loo break searching for the right spot.
Karat flat hunting π
"Q" Litter bang on time πΎπΎ
Q litter dob 2.4.23. FTW Islasbraw Ash X Ch Aytee Katerina
Despite being convinced that Karat would deliver early, she waited βtil the early hours of her due date before whelping our βQβ litter through last night. To all the lovely people who came to visit during March to discuss a pup, we are blessed with a litter of 10 and I will be in touch with you all very soon. Karat knew the ropes and it is a huge relief now, not to have her resembling a stretched balloon π Donβt worry, we take nothing for granted, but she has reared 10 pups before (βNβ Litter) and between us we can do it again.
Waiting patiently πΎπΎπΎ
Thankyou to all our prospective puppy owners from Karat and I for the lovely messages wishing us luck for her whelping this week π It was marvellous to meet some of you over the last fortnight, thankyou for travelling the long distances and we will do our best to get the result that everyone is hoping for. Karat is very well and we are expecting that pups may arrive a tad early - I think she will be very happy about that ! π
whelping box ready for arrivals
π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏTeam Training Group
A beautiful day of training for the Scottish H.P.R Home Internationals Team training group yesterday which took place at Scottish Borders Sporting, Lauder. Huge thanks to SBS owners Stuart and Tracy Ferguson, for team Sponsorship through the use of their fabulous facilities. The sun shone and on such wonderful ground and able to work alongside well known trainer Sarah Miles and of course, with the help of some very capable dummy throwers, the day was perfect and allowed all the dogs to shine. Well done handlers, let's do it all again next month!
GSPs Down-under ... and Over
Just home from a long antiopdean trip to see family where we had the luck of seeing plenty of GSPβs, some used for muzzled work with New Zealands DOC, (Department of Conservation) for counting endangered species. Interesting that DOC also encourage and run Kiwi Avoidance courses which involve training with an EC.
Also spotted, a much loved very large Aussie bred dog and our own Aytee Kimono βTarka" who finally found and retrieved one of the grandchildrens guinea pigs that was safely returned to its pen unharmed ππͺ . We even enjoyed a film at 40,000 feet on french truffle hunting GSPβs courtesy Emirates Airline π πͺπΎ
Thankyou to "Highland Outdoors"
Thank you to Sponsors Highland Outdoors for this wonderful Ridgeline Jacket which arrived this weekend and had its first day of shooting with our Aytee team. It is superbly warm and light and was a prize this season at a Brittany Club of GB Field Trial and won by Oxo (far right) . Thanks again to the club and to Highland Outdoors for such generous sponsorship which is hugely appreciated by all.
Win for Popstar in NZ !
Another win for Aytee Aotearoa Popstar (Piper) from our βPβ Litter in South Island, New Zealand, is adding to her successful showing career. Pipers dam is Aytee Kimono from our βKβ litter and her sire is Int Ch Graygees Gigolo. Congratulations to owner Tina Trowbridge !
Oxo Breaks her Duck - Woodcock π
A lovely walk round with the dawgs today finished with massive thanks to Emily Hinchcliff for shooting Oxos first woodcock HPR giving her a lovely retrieve. Yours truly has missed them all season π so it was great to repay the favour and shoot a pheasant for Perfect Pickle. So lucky to share these days πΎπΎπ Thanks Em !
DUAL PURPOSE AYTEE
Congratulations to Aytee Nualla (Nuka) from our N Litter and owners Andy & Brooksy McCulloch for their award at Nukaβs first ever Championship Show all on the same day that Aytee dogs from the L and O Litters were winning Field Trial awards. Well done Andy! πͺ Great owners make great dogs π
