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Field Training for Setters and Pointers

Sunday 15th January 2012 was a BRILLIANT DAY on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, UK. Brilliant for the weather, the company, the trainers and of course the DOGS ! Here are a few photos of the day.…

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Added by Catherine Carter on January 18, 2012 at 12:00pm — 9 Comments

Happy New Year / Bonne et Heureuse Annee 2012 !!!

Added by Catherine Carter on December 30, 2011 at 5:27pm — 9 Comments

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! / BONNE ANNEE!

Added by Catherine Carter on December 30, 2010 at 9:57am — 1 Comment

Merry Christmas - Joyeux Noel

Added by Catherine Carter on December 24, 2009 at 10:23am — 1 Comment

Field Training Session for Pointers and Setters

The Southern Pointer Club ran a Field Training Session for Pointers and Setters in Wiltshire, UK, yesterday (Sunday 11th Oct. 2009).

First a very fast Irish Setter

then an experienced Pointer

and finally Roger had a go........

and also Kim....…

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Added by Catherine Carter on October 12, 2009 at 5:14am — 11 Comments

Brackenfield Flanagan (Peter) 11 years old today!

Yesterday 2nd in Veteran Dog at City of Birmingham and today enjoying his birthday at home!

Added by Catherine Carter on September 7, 2009 at 10:45am — 13 Comments

I would like this one to be included in the longest tongue competition,please!

Added by Catherine Carter on August 10, 2009 at 8:59am — 18 Comments

CRUFTS 2009 (for those not coming to the Show!)

Live action from Crufts will be available online from Thursday 8.30 am GMT. The live web stream will be available throughout the four days. The Setters and all Gundogs are on Saturday! This should cheer up the many of you who cannot make the trip to the UK! Go to www.crufts.org.uk to view!

Added by Catherine Carter on March 4, 2009 at 2:30am — 11 Comments

If you have a dog....please read this.....

If you have a dog ... PLEASE Read

This and send it on. If you don't

Have a dog, please pass along

To friends who do.

Written by:

Laurinda Morris, DVM

Danville Ve teri nary Clinic

Danville , OH

This week I had the first case in history of raisin

Toxicity ever seen at MedVet. My patient was

A 56-pound, 5 yr old male neutered lab mix

That ate half a canister of raisins sometime

Between… Continue

Added by Catherine Carter on February 23, 2009 at 2:43pm — 11 Comments

Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noel & a Happy New Year/ Bonne Annee!

Added by Catherine Carter on December 24, 2008 at 9:41am — 7 Comments

We are 3 years old today!Aren't we good!Hoping for something special today!

Added by Catherine Carter on September 24, 2008 at 2:52am — 5 Comments

Miss S.J. Lennox (Hartsbourne/Brackenfield)

It is a privilege to have known her and been able to spend many moments with her, also to have owned some of her stock and been able to breed from it. She shared a lot of her knowledge with me over the years. Sadly Miss Sybil Lennox (Hartsbourne/Brackenfield) who will be fondly remembered and respected by all of us in the breed, died yesterday(14th July) after a short illness aged 88.

Added by Catherine Carter on July 15, 2008 at 2:59pm — 10 Comments

Thank you - Merci

Thank you very much for all your kind words. Anna leaves a big gap in our hearts and our house. She was so much part of our lives. She had never been ill. It was so unexpected and sudden. I don't know that it could be a tick-born disease, the vet mentioned auto-immune disease.....I will try to talk to her again next week to try to find out more about it.

I will go to Crufts tomorrow morning ( 5 am start from the house) with Brackenfield Flanagan (Peter) in veteran class. For those of you… Continue

Added by Catherine Carter on March 6, 2008 at 1:16pm — No Comments

With so much sadness

To you all,

It is with great sadness that I wanted to let you know that my bitch Brackenfield Forsythia (Anna) died earlier this week of suspected meningitis. She was rather unwell on Sunday afternoon and collapsed in a coma on arrival at the vet. Although my vet said it is rather rare I know of at least 2 if not 3 cases in Irish setters in the last year. A strain of meningitis respond to steroid treatment but sadly she did not. She was 8 years old and the dam of my puppies. She will be… Continue

Added by Catherine Carter on March 5, 2008 at 8:02am — 6 Comments