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Ekkolander Large Munsterlanders Owners and occasional breeders of Munsterlanders. We have been lucky to share our home with Large Munsterlanders since 1997 when Willow came to join our family.
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At that time we had nothing to do with gundog work but both her and our older rescue dog took part in search & rescue training with the Lincolnshire police, and played at obedience, agility, tracking and some of the working trials training. It was when Willow was about 18 months old that I thought it would be good to teach her what an HPR was really supposed to do, and since then we have been hook

ed. After losing Ekko at 15.5 years old we now have four Munsters - Tulli who was 10 in June, Tulli's daughter Indie who is 7, Tulli's daughter Rivva who was 5 in June and Rivva's daughter Mahli who is just over 2 years old. They have all taken part in grouse counting and successfully competed in working tests. Tulli and Rivva have competed in field trials. Ekko (no longer with us) became a Field Trial Champion in 2012 - only the second Large Munsterlander in the UK to achieve this and 30 years after the first one and in 2019 Tulli won that second elusive 1st to join her mother as a Field Trial Champion. Rivva has now won two Novice Field Trials which qualifies her to enter Open trials as well as All Aged next season, a second in Novice, three awards in All Aged Trials including a 1st and a 3rd in Open. We are hoping to have a second litter from Rivva in Spring 2024.

We spent a lovely morning with Alex, Kudu and family. A bit of training and then some fun at the pond. 3 months & 4.5 mo...
30/08/2024

We spent a lovely morning with Alex, Kudu and family. A bit of training and then some fun at the pond.
3 months & 4.5 months

27/08/2024

Another lovely evening session with the Hiraethog Group. Some retrieves and a bit of hunting. Ruma is loving it :-)

27/08/2024

Baby dog seems to be happy to hunt through anything so far :-). Heather, Bracken, gorse and this mixture of Kale/Fat Hen.

Do***ng in yesterday. A partridge over the fence :-)
26/08/2024

Do***ng in yesterday. A partridge over the fence :-)

I decided to take Ruma to a different pond today after the wind had finished instead of just using ours. When we moved ...
23/08/2024

I decided to take Ruma to a different pond today after the wind had finished instead of just using ours. When we moved here 25 years ago this particular pond was beautiful. It was great for seens and also blinds right over with a good swim. Gradually over the years the w**d, with its long roots down to the bottom, has been spreading making it impossible for blinds apart from in the winter :-(

Today nearly the whole surface was covered in the w**d which is shown on the photos and there wasn't a duck to be seen.

We managed to find three different entries where there was a bit of clear water before the w**d. One ease, one a step down and one through some reeds first which stank of dead fish. These areas had obviously been caused by the fishermen. What a mess they leave behind them!! Empty tins, tins half full of food, bottle tops and fishing line! So unnecessary.

Little Ruma went in at each place which was great but we'll have to try a different pond next time.

22/08/2024

We had a great training session last night with the Hiraerthog Group. 3 x Munsters, GSP, SRHP, 2 x GWP, HWV, Spinone. Everyone helping each other - just how it should be.

Ruma never fails to amaze me with what she does :-)

Do***ng in this morning before the rain
19/08/2024

Do***ng in this morning before the rain

18/08/2024

What an amazing afternoon we have had with the guys from the Hiraethog Group. A first go at deer tracking for Ruma and Mahli.(I thought we'd just have a straight line 🤣). The track had been laid an hour earlier with hooves and some blood. I found it quite amazing to watch them (especially Ruma) on what, imo, was quite hard ground and a long track for a first ever attempt. These dogs never fail to amaze me.

Thank you guys for letting us join you this afternoon and your much longer/harder tracks were amazing through that ground. Thank you Adam for the video.

Four months old today.
16/08/2024

Four months old today.

A very antique Grouse from Mossy Lea years ago 🤣
15/08/2024

A very antique Grouse from Mossy Lea years ago 🤣

The boys came to play again this morning :-)
11/08/2024

The boys came to play again this morning :-)

Very windy for our second day's counting. I'm amazed at the complete lack of water in any of the holes after the amount...
08/08/2024

Very windy for our second day's counting. I'm amazed at the complete lack of water in any of the holes after the amount of rain we seem to have had!

I can't decide if it is my eyes or if the camera isn't focussing properly at distance. I don't know how folk with Viszlas can tell their dogs apart as I am finding it very hard with these three as markings are so similar if they are facing in certain directions :-)

Ruma managed to point a few birds of her own :-) as well as backing Rivva and Mahli, so looking forward to the spring count.

Another New stick now ordered 🤣

Breakfast at the Pet Cemetery after a long day yesterday :-)
08/08/2024

Breakfast at the Pet Cemetery after a long day yesterday :-)

A few pics from yesterday's count. Very windy and very dry. Only one wallow pool :-)After my 25 year old stick was sho...
06/08/2024

A few pics from yesterday's count. Very windy and very dry. Only one wallow pool :-)

After my 25 year old stick was shortened by 4" last season I decided I'd get a new one put onto my lovely worn antler thumb stick top, together with a silver collar. First time out yesterday and somehow I managed to lose it, which I can't understand really as I struggle on the moor without it. We had a look but it was impossible, so now need a new one.

As Mahli had to miss her session this morning due to not being able to leave the others safely in the car after change o...
03/08/2024

As Mahli had to miss her session this morning due to not being able to leave the others safely in the car after change of venue :-( Ruma went to a puppy group instead. One of her sisters was there too and then we queued from Trawden right back to Wales 🤣

Ruma was marking every dummy thrown for the big boys tonight at training :-) and then she was allowed to do a couple of ...
01/08/2024

Ruma was marking every dummy thrown for the big boys tonight at training :-) and then she was allowed to do a couple of retrieves too :-)

Rivva, Ruma, Tulli, Mahli
01/08/2024

Rivva, Ruma, Tulli, Mahli

Hot again so do***ng in early. Ruma learning to make the use of available water. A lovely sit away from me for Ruma wh...
31/07/2024

Hot again so do***ng in early. Ruma learning to make the use of available water. A lovely sit away from me for Ruma when Mahli flushed her partridge :-) She's learning.
Then a few retrieves in the pond here followed by trying :-) to set up the cameras to check for future foxes! At the moment I seem to be being sent a lot of photos of nothing :-) and one guineafowl

26/07/2024
Hot here again today. Hopefully now the second fox has been removed for us (thank you very much) we can let all the bir...
23/07/2024

Hot here again today. Hopefully now the second fox has been removed for us (thank you very much) we can let all the birds out again soon and hope another doesn't turn up. The Peacocks now have no tails at all - they seem to have shed them early while shut in which is a shame.

They were all weighed this morning and Rivva needs to lose some weight before we are counting :-) (she's not the only one).

So glad we can just walk down the field to use the pond without having to drive :-) The number of wild ducks now varies between two and 15 :-) None of the dogs really take any notice of them - even Ruma just swims through the middle :-) The ducks, however, do seem to know when it's not our dogs that are in the pond.

21/07/2024

Ruma went along to the North West Group training today and had a good time. Did her little retrieves in a strange place and with other people throwing the dummy :-)

She then slept for a few hours in the car before an unexpected visit from Jayne and the boys so all seven had fun in the fields :-)

It was still very warm early on while do***ng in. Plenty of Partridge around this morning. A lovely spin round and f...
20/07/2024

It was still very warm early on while do***ng in. Plenty of Partridge around this morning. A lovely spin round and freeze on point from Mahli on our way up the top and even the baby dog had two points this morning.

We haven't been to the beach for about eight years :-). An early morning trip to hopefully avoid people 🤣🤣. The only one...
19/07/2024

We haven't been to the beach for about eight years :-). An early morning trip to hopefully avoid people 🤣🤣. The only one who has been before is Tulli.

19/07/2024

Early morning

Three months old today - it's going so fast. Ruma and Kudu
16/07/2024

Three months old today - it's going so fast.
Ruma and Kudu

We had a visit from Pam and Kaiser this weekend which was really lovely. Lots of Prosecco :-) and fun with the dogs.Pam...
14/07/2024

We had a visit from Pam and Kaiser this weekend which was really lovely. Lots of Prosecco :-) and fun with the dogs.

Pam took some lovely photos as usual.

We had a visit from Mike and Merlin this morning. He looks very much like his Dad.Merlin, Rivva, Mahli
06/07/2024

We had a visit from Mike and Merlin this morning. He looks very much like his Dad.
Merlin, Rivva, Mahli

Today while do***ng in we found a baby rabbit :-)Not much sign of the partridges misbehaving since our first couple of v...
05/07/2024

Today while do***ng in we found a baby rabbit :-)

Not much sign of the partridges misbehaving since our first couple of visits :-)

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Baby dog seems to be happy to hunt through anything so far :-). Heather, Bracken, gorse and this mixture of Kale/Fat Hen.

What an amazing afternoon we have had with the guys from the Hiraethog Group. A first go at deer tracking for Ruma and Mahli.(I thought we'd just have a straight line 🤣). The track had been laid an hour earlier with hooves and some blood. I found it quite amazing to watch them (especially Ruma) on what, imo, was quite hard ground and a long track for a first ever attempt. These dogs never fail to amaze me. Thank you guys for letting us join you this afternoon and your much longer/harder tracks were amazing through that ground. Thank you Adam for the video.

Early morning

Ruma
Ruma

Bedtime :-)

Buglets :-)

Yoda's great unseen retrieve up the field and over the fence. Good boy :-)

It's wild here today :-)

Hobbled down the field to do some waters. Left dummies and went round the other side and up the field. As the grass is so long I couldn't actually see the pond. I did wonder why she didn't seem to be going on the line I sent her across but when I walked forwards I could see the problem. These were sat in the middle :-). Anyway, we carried on. She is such a good girl she just ignored or routed round them :-) I'm not sure how Mrs. Duck has still got ten ducklings as she keeps walking them up the main road, diagonally across the crossroads to a pond in someone's garden.

Last unseen over the island :-) She never usually jumps at the water but wasn't keen on the entry back in :-) Whistling because the dummy wasn't far from the bank and I wanted her to swim back

Blind right across the pond :-)

Seen across island
Seen across island

We tried something new on the water yesterday at Yoda's pond:-) A couple of blinds onto the island, followed by a seen thrownn right over and into the water so she learns to get out on the far side if necessary. A couple of blinds right across the width and then ending with another unseen in the water across the island again. Today a blind over our pond, up the field and over the fence - not a true blind as she did do it last summer :-) Don't seem to be able to add more than one video at a time now!

Turned out so hot! Good girl M

Debs took this video of Mahli's hare retrieve :-)

All in the pond this morning. So pleased we dug it so deep as although down about 18" it is still bum high on me :-)

Mahli first blind
Mahli first blind

On the way home we stopped at.the Clocaenog lake again. Two blinds across the narrower end (about 50 yds) where she did over a fortnight ago (long length memories :-) ) and again she kept her line through the lily pads. We then went to the widest part (73 km according to Google Earth) where Geoff walked to the diagonal corner and first threw a seen for them both. Mahli's longest swim and then he put one back out without M seeing it. She needed one extra 'back' half way when she thought of turning but then resumed her course to the dummy :-) It does annoy me that I can't put videos and photos on together!

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We have been lucky to be able to share our home with Large Munsterlanders since 1997 when Willow came to join our family. At that time we had nothing to do with gundog work but both her and our older rescue dog took part in search & rescue training with the Lincolnshire police, and played at obedience, agility, tracking and some of the working trials training. It was when Willow was about 18 months old that I thought it would be good to teach her what an HPR was really supposed to do, and since then we have been hooked. At present we have four Munsters - Ekko who is 13, her daughter Tulli who is 7, Tulli's daughter Indie who is 4 and the youngster from Tulli’s second litter - Rivva who is now 2 years old. All four have taken part in grouse counting and successfully competed in working tests. Ekko and Tulli have competed in field trials. Ekko became a Field Trial Champion in 2012 - only the second Large Munsterlander in the UK to achieve this and 30 years after the first one. Tulli also become a Field Trial Champion in 2019. Two Field Trial Champions is more than I could ever have imagined. I am planning to have a litter from Rivva (Ekkolander Dark Rivva) in 2021. She is the daughter we kept from Tulli’s last litter to Axl (Sh Ch Quilesta So Majestic of Rockfest. She has been graded in Grouse Pointing Tests and won both Puppy and Novice working tests in 2019 . She has been working very well this last season. She has had her hips (0,0) and elbows (0,0) scored and is HUU clear. Her eyes were tested as Unaffected on 26-07-2020.

Please get in touch for more information or to be added to my waiting list if you might be interested in one of these puppies.