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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.

24/11/2024

Out with the H Group again this morning in the forest - hunting and retrieving. Before we started I saw my first Red Squirrel. Such a lovely surprise. I spent too long watching it before I thought to take a photo and it had gone out of sight.

21/11/2024

Well that was an interesting day. -7 degrees when we arrived ready for the first drive and about 8" of snow on the ground with snow on top of bracken. 4 o'clock when we finished in a blizzard, o degrees and getting dark!!

None of the dogs had worked in those conditions before and it proved quite hard for any of the dogs to find the birds which got buried as soon as they hit the ground. A good learning experience though. We watched Rivva after the first drive who found a bird in the reservoir, but it took her a long time to actually get hold of it under the snow and under the bracken and a runner - but she did.

Most of the birds on the third drive were runners which made it a bit easier for the dogs :-)

The photos today are rubbish :-) There was a professional photographer with the guns today who said he got some good ones of the dogs so we'll wait and see. I have heard that before :-)

20/11/2024

Just because she can - must be freezing :-)

18/11/2024

Picking up today. We stayed dry until the last drive when it rained on us but snowed up high on the poor beaters. It has been snowing quite well for the last few hours here now. Ruma's first snow :-)

Some good retrieves from them all. Rivva even managed to find one that had landed up in a tall shrub and retrieve it. Another runner she caught just managed to escape and go through the fence into the wood. She was gone for a long while tracking it but came back with her prize :-)

17/11/2024

Yesterday Ruma did some posing and prancing with Ceri as Jayne had to work. We were local at the North Wales Gundog Show. She was such a good girl for Ceri who she hasn't seen since she was six weeks old. Ruma was the only puppy there - in fact there were only four Munsters present.

Today we've had a brilliant session with Lee Loveridge and the Hiraethog Group. A lovely group of participants as usual. Baby dog did really well.

Tomorrow picking up again then two days to catch up here after twelve out :-)

15/11/2024

Just a squirrel to retrieve today but another first for Ruma :-) who also did point a Woodc**k and indicate a Hare :-) We did see a few Woodc**k and Snipe while we were walking.

The new spare wheel cover arrived which looks lovely (not yet covered in mud)

14/11/2024

Picking up again today - a Corporate day and I'm sure some had never shot before - but they had all the gear so who knows. It seems as though we've been out every day forever :-) although I think there are a couple of days at home next week. Tomorrow we're off to look for Snipe and Woodc**k.

Only the phone today for pics. Mahli was happier this afternoon than she was on Monday - just need to get her confidence there on blinds again. Little Ruma did good again :-)

13/11/2024

What a fabulous day we've had with our Keeper friend. Rivva and Mahli worked all morning working marshes, moorland, bracken and swedes. Rivva pointed a couple of Snipe but they lifted before we got close enough to shoot. We walked a long way. Mahli had started with a point and flush with a retrieve on a live bird and then one which Mahli and I couldn't see land. Geoff saw it hit the ground and run - fast. It took Mahli a while to chase it down but she was successful and returned with a very annoyed bird 🤣🤣

Back at the car for a quick lunch and then down to the low ground. We took Mahli and Ruma down to the river but the fisherman who was asleep in the layby had been down there.

Ruma worked through the wood again like before. She stopped on point at the top of the wood. I told her to 'get in' and she ran down the slope and flushed a Woodc**k :-). Amazing.

I wonder how it is that they seem to know what 'get in' means even when it's the first time they've heard it? 😀

I had tossed a pheasant over the fence into the field without Ruma seeing for afterwards as there were no pheasants around but just before we got to the gate a mixy rabbit ran from where she had been sniffing and was shot in the field, so she ended up with a retrieve on both :-)

11/11/2024

A lovely day out picking up today. Great friendly guns - one even has a Munsterlander at home.

Lots of pricked birds to be found today. Ruma found several including a c**k bird she tracked out into the wood. Tulli came out to help after the second drive and managed to find a half eaten partridge which made her happy :-)

Mahli still isn't happy on the third drive. Curled up and facing the wrong way I think she was pretending not to be there ;-(. Much happier again on the last drive.

08/11/2024

Out with our local Keeper this morning in exchange for picking up so far. A lovely mixed bag of 5 pheasants, a partridge and a rabbit.

3 x blinds down the track for Ruma when we got home and a dip in the pond for the other two as so filthy :-)

07/11/2024

Out hunting for snipe again this morning with Mahli and Ruma. The first one they both stopped on point for flushed really quickly. A few others got up ahead of us but the last one was lovely. Little Ruma was completely solid for ages but before I could get very close it got up right ahead of her.

05/11/2024

Picking up today. The guns weren't shooting much so I doubt whether they ended up with the bag or shots.

Rivva made me laugh on the second drive. I sent her for a bird that had gone over the fence behind us near the stream. She hunted about a bit and then tracked up across the grass to the track at the top where she found it. Her route back followed where we had all crossed the water and she must have come across one we'd seen down dead, as when she arrived back to me she gave me two birds - one dead and one still alive :-) Only the phone today for piccies so not easy to see the two heads :-)

Every time I see certain photos of little Ruma with a bird it reminds me so much of Piggle. The markings and the movement.

Mahli is still not happy on two of the drives. The one where she was electrocuted she really doesn't want to move and the other was where she sliced her foot on the barbed wire.

04/11/2024

What a lovely day we've had with Emma, John, Martin and the guns today.

Rivva ran this morning, had several retrieves including a good runner that went right down the maize, but ended up on the naughty step 🤣🤣 so Ruma who was just out on the lead had one of her runs :-). All good experience for her hunting in broccoli and along a ditch. She found a bird in the ditch and sat to the flush :-)

After lunch Mahli came out and hunted well in the broccoli. She had some good retrieves including finding the pricked hen that had gone right down the field, over the hedge and was found in a very thick wooded strip.

Leo had retrieved a snipe so Ruma had a retrieve with it after.

When all finished I let Ruma hunt on the way back to the house. She found herself another pheasant and was steady again :-)

03/11/2024

Today Ruma went training with the Yorkshire Group. Thank you guys - a great session. Twelve puppies started with obedience and then split into two groups. We had four Munsters (Ian, Lynn, Caroline and me), a Viszla and an English Pointer.

After some retrieves without and with a.thrown distraction we headed to the lake for some water work. Ruma did well, especially through the dying bullrushes on the way out and pushing her way back through with the dummy.

After the water we played musical sits (without the music :-) ) . Two Munsters left in and Ruma won, sitting quick to a thrown dummy.

After some photos with the owners of the Hall we headed over to the Advanced Group to see what Jayne and Yoda were still up to. We were offered the opportunity of a couple of launcher retrieves. Another first for Ruma .she ran out like a greyhound.

It is lovely to meet up with Ian and Freddy each month.

01/11/2024

We had a rare day at home yesterday (after another couple of very frustrating trials) so after catching up with the boring stuff I took Mahli and Ruma out to see if there were any snipe around. One got up ahead of them unseen but they both froze briefly when they got to that area. I could see in the second photo that Ruma's head had moved to the left. She took a couple of steps and a pheasant lifted - she sat :-)

Today we've been picking up. It is a while since we've been there but Mahli is still not really happy which is a shame. Ruma had her first c**k pheasant today and also her first strong running partridge :-) She is so good.

Training Sunday with the Yorkshire Group and then another busy week ahead.

27/10/2024

We spent the morning out with the Hiraethog Group which gave Ruma the opportunity to do some hunting. She doesn't often get the chance at the moment as we're not at home much and there isn't really anywhere close that's suitable. She did really well and was turning for me each time I blew the turn whistle. At the end I stopped her and lobbed a dummy for her to retrieve as I always like to mix the hunting with retrieving. It only lets me put one video on so this is the last bit :-)

We were hoping there might have been some snipe around, but sadly none were seen.

After the hunting there was some retrieving and then down for a drink and some lovely sausage rolls - courtesy of Laura.

26/10/2024

On Wednesday we drove up to Jedburgh for the GLPC Field Trials. The weather was amazing despite the forecast not being fantastic. Unfortunately luck wasn't with us :-)

Mahli ran in the Novice on Thursday. They were shooting anything that got up anywhere :-) but nothing could be shot on her first run as there was a house in the way. Her second run was blank so that was that. We had a lovely meal in the hotel that night with three others who were staying in the same hotel.

On Friday Rivva and Mahli both ran in the Open. Fantastic ground but Rivva managed to put herself out - hopefully because she's just out of season and is still being silly :-) Mahli had a good run. As she turned into a back wind she spun round, stopped and a bird flushed - she didn't get the chance to have a proper point. Her bottom just hit the ground. A second bird lifted and was shot. It was going a long way down the hill and over a brow so we couldn't see where it came down. I knew she had seen it in the air so sent her. She went straight down on line, was stopping to look for it on the brow, but took direction to go back over and then returned with the c**k bird :-) A really lovely retrieve . Only four dogs (three Open qualified and Mahli) got a second run. Mahli had a good long run but didn't manage to get a point. The whole trial was over at 11.30 but at least we managed to get home at 6 pm instead of late at night.

Today Ruma went posing and prancing with Granny Jayne at the Midland Counties Show. Only eight Munsters were entered as there were no CCs. There were only two bitch puppies but Ruma did come 1st and then as no dog puppies were there was also awarded Best Puppy :-) Granny bought her a special rosette :-)

Jayne and Yoda got Best Dog and Reserve Best in Breed.

Then home for a run round the field and a swim.

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We spent the morning out with the Hiraethog Group which gave Ruma the opportunity to do some hunting. She doesn't often get the chance at the moment as we're not at home much and there isn't really anywhere close that's suitable. She did really well and was turning for me each time I blew the turn whistle. At the end I stopped her and lobbed a dummy for her to retrieve as I always like to mix the hunting with retrieving. It only lets me put one video on so this is the last bit :-) We were hoping there might have been some snipe around, but sadly none were seen. After the hunting there was some retrieving and then down for a drink and some lovely sausage rolls - courtesy of Laura.

I didn't realise Geoff was getting his phone out at the end. He said we were too quick so he missed the start :-). Ruma's retrieve.

Yesterday Ruma celebrated reaching 6 months ( how has that happened) by doing some posing and prancing with Jayne at the Gundog Show at Malvern. She was the baby in the class and they came last 🤣. She behaved like a pro and wasn't worried about all the noise, people, dogs and trolleys full of dogs who obviously aren't capable of walking themselves :-) Back to something more enjoyable today :-)

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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.