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After some upset on Facebook over this I thought it best for a clearer and correct understanding of the writing below to call this it’s UK title, the controled retrieve. No!!!! Not all Wirehaired pointers have hard mouths!!! However, when … Continue reading →

Crufts this year was again fantastic!! When we set up stall in hall 5 at Crufts every year, we enter four days of the amazing world of dog people and Tuffie fans. Lots and lots of known faces come to … Continue reading →

Just thought I would share this little moment: When working Gollum (and Tippex) in the deep snow at the end of January, I noticed a bit of blood spillage in the snow. I inspected Gollum and found a wound on … Continue reading →

After all that work, it paid off. …Gollum (Trudvang Faurbauste) got the first prize at an All Age HPR field trial stake yesterday. This was also a fantastic victory for Chris Gray, who bred Gollum as his own dog, Trudvang … Continue reading →

After Gaia came home with us from Denmark, it got rather hectic as Christmas came along and the dog bed manufacturing was all-consuming right up to the last day. So Gaia was left to just get used to our house … Continue reading →

It all happened this weekend. We drove from the North of Scotland to Harwich on Wednesday and sailed across to Esbjerg over night. Spent about six hours in Denmark where new puppy, Gaia, was handed over. She took it all … Continue reading →

Well, here is one for the books: I spilled Gollum out on the road while driving at normal speed and didn’t know till another driver stopped me. This was back in September this year. I am quite embarrassed about this, … Continue reading →

The time has come to get the next generation going. Alice is nearly 10, Tippex is 7 and Gollum is three years old. Getting a new puppy is essential now in order to be ready for work in a couple … Continue reading →

We have managed to get a rare interview with a working pointer, which gives a dog’s insight into the trials and tribulations of working with the wind: Journalist: I hear your name is Gollum. Is that your real name and … Continue reading →

I am writing this while Gollum and the others are munching through huge pieces of tripe in the garden. It is of course the Glorious 12th (and overcast!), but it’s Sunday, so the day is deferred till tomorrow, where a … Continue reading →