Hi Lyn,,I think you could be right,,its a something and nothing sort of thing,,I wish they would bring back the Butchers tripe ads. it must have taken a lot of hard work, when you see how the actors behave, we at Oakwell Hall park have had a few I...
Hello Steve,,I dont live to far from you in Gomersal,,I go over to Oakwell Country Park every morning you are more than welcome to join me if you would like to,,I am sure you have heard of the park?,,,there is a cafe to have a coffee,,but a flask ...
Hello Angela,,just popped in to say the setter in Emmerdale is one of Pat Rhodes a Fearnley I belive,,there is one in an advert I cant remember what its for only seen it a few times,,the setter is in with a lot of other dogs,,it looks like a bit o...
I started in 1978 with a pet ,as you do. I then bought a bitch & started to show& was hooked.I met up with Gilli Barker & got a dog pup Gold Digger of Balintyne from her 1st litter he ended up with 2 RCC after he won 4 limit classes The entries at that time were big .His first ch sh. was L.K.A. in which he was 3rd out of 43 minor puppy dogs , & carried on from there .I was passed in 2000 to give CC & my first CH SH was S.K.C. on my birthday, what a present? I dont have any Irish now but keep in touch with what goes on .I have 2 Schipperkes that keep me going & I sometimes show the dog who is a K.C.G.C bronze award winner . I now make greetings cards for the soldiers in Afghanistan so they can send them home (free of charge) to their families Well thats about for now ,so by by Pat .
Thank you all so much for your greeting's I was suprised at so many wishe's from here and abroad,,I feel part of this BIG Irish Setter family now ,,take care to everyone,,PAT X
HI Pat yes its me LIZ nice to hear from you again. Yes I still do the St John bit but not as much as I once did. After I left ST J i moved to Kenya for a year came back and strated my own 1st aid training business with my new partner. I am supposed to be retired hence back with the Irish, Cannot get a Cornevon as my last lines were so went to Mary Gurney Danaway for my dog as its similar to cornevons . I have one dog Tobias comming up two now we hope to have another from Mary later this year. I am showing but its not the same as it used to be. The sjhow circuit was always a bit facey but now its awful. In fact my partner who has never been showing before after our 3 rd show where a well know breeder got BOB with a 6 month old puppy who bit judge and wouldnt let judge go over it he wanted to call it a day it was so blatent, but still going and had some nice places with Tobias.
Some of old faces remember me but many choose not to. Remember Bernard Poppleton he rememebrs me we have a good chin wag when we meet. Tobias is out of Gwendarriff Dom perignon so is bernards dog but our dogs have different mothers. I am sure I have seen you at a show but cannot remember where? I tried to catch you but you got lost in crowd. All for now I will give you a ring for a chat. Take Care LIZ
hello, thank you for your nice reply on the photo of my little Irish. I'll put a new photo on the site at the end of the month (show in Mechelen-Belgium). So you can see how he developes. To bad you don't have any setters for the moment but you can enjoy all the other red devils on the site. Hopefully we'll meet at Crufts next year. gr. Catherine
Hi Pat, good to hear from you. The photo of Poppy was taken at Windsor in 2003 after winning a good post grad class under Valerie Foss. I haven't shown her much as my hobby has had to take a backseat while my two boys have been growing up and pursuing hobbies of their own. Poppy has just had her tenth birthday and is looking youthful but has lost her waistline!
Hello Pat, I think I know what you mean... I remember that pciture of your Digger all those years ago and thinking how nice he looked. Yes I agree, Camilla's 'Light my Fire' looks similar in type to Digger. Not sure about Glen, I think he is shorter in leg - he could do with maybe an extra inch;o)
I think I've just got far too many photos... I've actually spent most of my life trying to get that 'perfect setter' picture but have only really managed the good action photos since the advent of the good digital cameras.
The cool weather has ended here... now we are in for more sweltering heat!
Enjoy your judging apointment!
Susan
Hi Pat,
thank you for the comment about my Conner, this is my very special boy :)
I like your Digby, wonderful dog he was!
Best wishes
Agnieszka & Conner
Hi Pat,
thanks for your comment - I'd almost forgotten that 'Master of the Glen' picture...
Now which one do I send in for the ISAE competition???
Take care,
Susan