Fletchingly Gundogs

23/03/2025

Yesterday I drove down to the Clytha estate near Abergavenny for the Usk Valley open test, which was Kintra's first outing at this level. She has grown up a lot over the winter and did very well, ending up in equal 3rd place, so we had to take part in a run-off. By this time it was 7.00pm and nearly dark, so the dummy thrower was barely visible on the skyline, but amazingly both our dogs picked the dummy perfectly, which led to there being a second run-off between us. Luckily Kintra went straight to the fall, whereas as my fellow competitor's dog had mis-marked, so we were awarded third place.

16/02/2025

Training a gundog takes a lot of time and hard work, as well as attention to detail, and I am fortunate to get a lot of help from my mate Graham at Ripplecourt Gundogs.
Last summer Kintra (Fletchingly Langamull) moved up from puppy tests to novice level, and she proved very consistent for such a young dog, with 10 awards from 14 tests.
The United Retriever Club award the Baroner Cup to the dog with the most points in working tests and I was very proud to be presented with this award today.

14/02/2025

I ordered some bespoke dog beds from Tuffies and they were here eight days later - what excellent service! I've used Tuffies for about 10 years and the old beds have kept their shape well and still have plenty of life left in them, so they are very durable.

01/02/2025

My team have worked well picking up this season, and now we will be training hard ready to enter some working tests this summer.

01/01/2025

24/12/2024

Happy Christmas from the Fletchingly gang!

12/08/2024

Yesterday was my last working test of the summer, the Usk Valley novice at Big Pit. It's testing ground to work your dog on and not for the faint hearted, but Kintra is a fast, punchy dog, so I was thinking it would suit her. This summer she's been unbelievably consistent for such a young dog and has been placed 9 times in 13 tests, but this time she went one better and was awarded first place.
Her mother Riska has done pretty well too, with two wins and a third in veteran tests, as well as a couple of CoMs in opens, while Moidart pulled an open win out of the bag.

06/08/2024

I'm really pleased with this even litter of strong pups from Fletchingly Glencoe and FTCH Jarailstar Hogen of Stauntonvale - they are like peas in a pod. All puppies have wonderful homes lined up.

04/08/2024

KIntra and I were called for a run-off at the CNWSRSS novice today, which was a long blind over the corner of some stubble turnips, with Kintra running as straight as an arrow to the area to pick cleanly, and I'm pleased to say that hers was the better retrieve, so she was awarded third place.
Kintra has been very consistent this summer, being in the awards nine times.

21/07/2024

Kintra has been very consistent this year for such a young dog, and was awarded a CoM in the URC novice test today.

06/07/2024

Etive has been in a hurry this week, delivering 10 puppies a full week early in the space of three and a half hours. Fortunately she has plenty of milk, so they are thriving, with nice plump tummies.

16/06/2024

Kintra was awarded a CoM at the Clwyd novice test today. It's pleasing that she has been very consistent this year.