Hi The weekend was one of the best Irish have had at Mt Gambier we all did real well. Glad you liked the DVD [enjoy]

Dianne, Dennis & the Setters

Thank you very much for your comment.

I am so happy and proud of my boy.

Ewa

Hi Peter,

Thought I would let you know that I had a nice win with my boy Clancy yesterday at the show.  Clancy won best of breed (9 point challenge) and Intermediate of Group under Mrs Sandra Mashford from Victoria.

Hope all is well for you.  Have you been doing much showing?  Love to hear any news.

cheers

Cheryl

Thank you Peter for good wishes with my Burnie and coming litter...

Hope you will enjoy this summer as I do :-) Fun with your nice doggies / Marta

~Thanks for the comment on Fins win...only ever gone BIS one before...(with my old lady) I will come back to earth soon...will keep the win forever though...and he is so young to get something like that...only 22 months old....

Thanks again Dee and the gang

Hi Peter,

Thank you.

Marie

It is a pleasure to share it with you Peter!  Elton is cool!

Hi Peter,

Really very sorry about your sister cancer fight, all my fingers crossed, she will respond very well to her treatment. Hope to hear some good news soon...

So Elton is picky with juges ... we may not understand why, but no doubt that there is a good reason  :-) at least an Irish Setter reason  :-)

A warm hello to your sister and all the very best to you all, including your adorable 4 legged friends

I would love to have all that wildlife come that close....but am glad you are encouraging them to come close by keeping your dogs in.  Fox does sort of look like he swallowed the canary....and knows he is safe.  Love seeing all the different countries where our IS live and the surroundings they live with.....though my squirrels, chipmunks, bunnies and birds seem rather dull after seeing your wonderful pictures.  Have you seen the joey out of the pouch?

Hi Peter

Not I am not going to Horsham or Hamilton .... we are off to the central western circuit in about 10 days and won't be back till the end of the month .... then the royal is the next show after we get home .... so will defiantely see you there ....

Catchya

Sally

Hi there Peter..

Probably very wise for them to be timmid, not everyong is happy to have them grazing on their land....I hear from the TV (so it must be true) that people think that they are vermine, and that our pets....(cats and dogs) are making native animals lives very difficult...Well in fact hell....well that is what the TV would have you beleive..

More picture please....I for one love these kid of pictures....Dee and the kids

Hi Peter !

Man thanks for your well wishes for Legolas :) he's doing pretty well today & getting use to his 3 legs though not very graceful :) Razor burn is his biggest problem at the moment...using up tonnes of moisturiser :) I'm sure he'll be back to his usual crazy self soon. ~Thanks again...Michelle & the patient.

Come on Peter, I want to have my breath taken away too ... since you are not handling handsome Elton, please do take your movie camera ... or if you are too distracted and subjugated by Elton, thus cannot film, ask a friend to do it  :-)

Hope everything is going well for your sister ...

Hi Peter, that's great, I'm glad you got the message.  It would be great for us all to get together in Sydney and meet up with everyone!  I am looking forward to it.  It should be a fun time!!

I love your wallaby blogs.  What type of wallaby do you have down your way? 

cheers, Cheryl

And what makes it all the more incredible is that there is another couple of Joeys in the pouch before they get kicked out....nature is wonderful isn't it..I do envey you all the wild life around your home....so lucky..and its worm...unlike here in Scotland we have had a wet cold summer...yuk...can I come and move in????

All the best Dee and the kids...don't worry I won't come and stay....

Hello Peter,

your pictures are unique indeed;

we live on a rural property in the Toronto suburbs;we have deer,pheasant,rabbits,skunk,racoon,wild turkey,groung hog,porcupine,squirel,fox to cohabitate with.

Thank you for the message!I enjoyed cruising through your page.

Doris,Senta and Iris

Hey Peter,

I just posted the pictures I had of our raccoon friend.

Regards,Doris,Senta and Iris

Dear Peter

Thank you for being so kind and compassionate towards me in my grief for Hammer. Your special qualities are hard to find in people today. I feel grateful I have found you.

Best wishes from Susan and her English Setters

The photos of all your dogs are beautiful, Peter. Each one of them looks very loved. I am proud to say that my dogs are my children and I love them unconditionally. This is why the pain of my grief is so severe. I do not feel the heart ache ever goes away but neither does the love. It is our love that gets us through in the end. Hobson and Rose are grieving deeply for Hammer too and by helping and loving each of them, this is also helping me cope with my grief for Hammer, as well as the understanding from people like you. 

Take care and hugs to you and all your dogs

Oh Happy Days, Peter. Enjoy your Birthday tomorrow.

M XX

When I read your message, Peter, I walked onto the verandah and I wept and I wept. Thank you for asking. I am doing the very best I can do each day. I am receiving counselling from another kindred spirit whose name is Patrick who works in a hospice for the dying and a centre for dying children. Patrick is helping me a great deal because he understands. Hammer’s family is also helping me because they need me so much. Hobson, for instance has been my special boy since he was 8 weeks old. We have been through hell these last 8 years. Despite the pain I have never allowed my grief to interfere with my love for all my animal children. I would never have done this to Hammer. I know you understand.

Hugs to you and Elton