Crufts 2009

[Carol Gill]

had a wonderful Day Whoobie my Sh Ch Field Spaniel winning his Vet class and Dreamer my 20mth FS Bitch winning her second PG class to date then going on to be awarded the RCC..it was also very nice to catch up with T Walsh and Dorothy Park, Brendan and Olive all from Ireland, Trudy had some foregin visitors who now think im totally mad!!!!! well done to all the setter winners in all four breeds of setters but i just had to put my little bit of news in from the wee brown things (grin)
also the forms that have been produced about the latest scare in IS was on hand with excellent information printed on it well done the ISA Of England on being so quick to get the news upfront..lets hope that not to many of our lovely breed suffers with this new finding
best wish's to you all and congrats on your wins
love Carol G

[Carol Gill]

righty o
i will scan it in and post it on here
love Carol G

[Dee Rance]

Thanks Carol look at your inbox, all will be revealed!!!!

[Carmel Murphy]

Well done on your excellent results at Crufts! And thanks for info on this new eye problem! Sorry I missed you on the day!

[Carol Gill]

Right Dee
if you know who the dogs are and the lines then im asking you ..will you reveal it on here?
love Carol and thanks for all information (((hugs)))

[Dee Rance]

I must say that I am really pleased that people are so supportive of this 'new problem' My girl Jas is the dog that is clinically Night Blind. Her sister is one of the others, the other dog has a similar female line but a much wider male line. If anyone wants to know, if their dogs may have a problem, please contact me on the site, and I can give you my email address to let you talk to me directly...if you have any feelings that your dog may have a problem already, then please get in contact with me, please remember that this is a very difficult problem to diagnose, a dog will adapt to their failing eyesight, he could be completely blind and you might not know. If Carol can put the leaflet on line you will see there is a test that you can do, please try it. When we did the test with Jas she couldn't move at all, she was terrified...
Please don't think that the lines are ONLY Caspians they are NOT, and we think that this goes back a long way. (this is just my opinion, I am not a geneticist of a vet). And we do not want a ''Witch Hunt'' here there is no blame anywhere as to this problem, it is completely new to Irish Setters.
I am not sure if this needs a new Blog so please let us know if this is the thought.

[Johanna Blacklake]

"...Trudy had some foregin visitors who now think im totally mad!!!!! ..."
I wish I had been one of them...! :-)))))))) I guess it would have been lovely to have met you! Anyway congratulations on your great results with the little brown things!
And anyone knowing more please share the information about this eye subject.

[Carol Gill]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Johaana what nice comments...the trouble with me is that i can talk the hind leg off a cuddy!!!! Trudy just rolls her eyes sometimes in despair lol..but i like a good laugh, and we will get through this folks dont deapair and thank you Dee for the information
love Carol G

[Carol Gill]

lookat my spelling christ you would think ive been drinking!!!!...honest indian i havnt hic hic!!!

[Dee Rance]

I wouldn't be able to write anything if it wasn't for 'spell check''

[lyn hathaway]

i totally agree with dee rance regarding regular eye testing and also been tested for lopra..my little girl was diagnosed with pra some 30 months ago.she is hereditry clear and she has been dna and is clear for the rod cone 1 pra that irish setters are tested for yet she still has a generalised form of this horrid disease.she was 2 and 1/2 when she was seen by professor bedford and he thought shed had it for some 18 months.we hadnt realised there was a problem until she went to stay with my daughter for a few days and this was when it was picked up (her been in different surroundings)NOTE we know theres not anything anybody can do when your dog has been diagnosed with such a disease,theres alot of tears (and believe you me there is alot of tears i and my family cried for 18 months) but most of all we can now understand her needs and help her adapt to her disability.she was special to us before all this but now she is extra special to us and SHE KNOWS THIS