ArdDun Gundogs

03/08/2024

This just melted my heart ❤️ a dog I bred with the youngest member of his family winning youngest handler at Perth show 🎉💕

22/07/2024

This really resonates with me 💜

When you say goodbye to a parent, you are suddenly living in a whole new world.

You are no longer ‘the child’ and regardless of how long you have officially been ‘grown up’ for, you realise you actually never were until this moment. The shock of this adjustment will shake your very core.

When you have finally said goodbye to both your parents, assuming you were lucky enough to have had two. You are an orphan on this earth and that never, ever gets easier to take no matter how old and grey you are yourself and no matter how many children of your own you have.

You see, a part of your body is physically connected to the people that made it and also a part of your soul. When they no longer live, it is as if you are missing something practical that you need – like a finger or an arm. Because really, you are. You are missing your parent and that is something far more necessary than any limb.

And yet the connection is so strong it carries on somehow, no-one knows how exactly. But they are there. In some way, shape or form they are still guiding you if you listen closely enough. You can hear the words they would choose to say to you.

You can feel the warmth of their approval, their smile when a goal is achieved, their all-consuming love filling the air around you when a baby is born they haven’t met.

If you watch your children very closely you will see that they too have a connection with your parents long after they are gone. They will say things that resonate with you because it brings so many memories of the parent you are missing. They will carry on traits, thoughts and sometimes they will even see them in their dreams.

This is not something we can explain.

Love is a very mystical and wondrous entity.

It is far better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all and grief, grief is the price of that love. The deeper the love the stronger the grief.

When you say goodbye to a parent, do not forget to connect with that little girl who still lives inside you somewhere.

Take very good care of her, for she, she will be alone and scared.

When you say goodbye to your parents, you lose an identity, a place in the world. When the people who put you on this earth are no longer here, it changes everything.

Look after yourself the way they looked after you and listen out for them when you need it the most.

They never really leave.

- Donna Ashworth

22/07/2024

Mum Rana and daughter Sala having fun 💜

19/07/2024

Sala at 12 months on a memory with B3 dummies thanks to team Boyle and their (as I’ve just named it) Boyle’s Memory Method (BMM) 👍

17/07/2024

Rana & Brocks litter were 1 today 🥳🎉 managed to get 4 together for a wee party 🥰 very thankful they all have such wonderful homes 💕

13/07/2024

Morning roll call 😂💜 Good manners too 🥰

30/06/2024

All the wonderful owners of Ebony’s pups celebrated their 3rd birthday today ❤️ I feel so lucky they all have such wonderful homes and upbringing thank you 🥰🎉

30/06/2024

Happy 3rd birthday to Ebony and Wilson’s litter of pups I hope you all have a wonderful day with your families ❤️🥳🎉 xx

12/06/2024

Reinforcing the environmental training for young Sala who is as cool as a cucumber 🥒 ❤️

01/06/2024

So proud of these too today! Clyde getting 3rd in the novice and Ebony getting 3rd in the open after a long time off due to injury 🎉 Big thank you to Sam and the Highland Gundog club for putting on a fantastic test at Finderlie. Big thank you to Mr and Mrs Eddie for hosting it, the judges of course and the hard working dummy throwers! It was a great day lots of laughs 🥰

30/05/2024

Rana and Angus litter May 2021 Happy birthday 🥳 ❤️❤️ Hope you are all having a good birthday

14/05/2024

Mother and son Rana and Ayer ❤️

12/05/2024

Clyde (Mordor Coll) did me proud achieving 2nd place at the South West Scotland test at Galloway Game yesterday so proud of the big lad and so is his Dad Neil Melville 🎉❤️ Many thanks to the club, judges, dummy throwers and everyone else for their hard work on a warm but fantastic day !

26/04/2024

18/04/2024

Tullyah Gundogs training day ! Amazing thank you Sam and Declan for all your hard work! Great company and new friends Riverlily Working Dogs too. Loved the new B3 line dummies from Gamekeepers Goods worked well for the young dogs nice and light to retrieve easily seen 👀

18/04/2024

10/04/2024

Shows importance of crash safe dog box for transporting dogs

10/04/2024

8 month old Sala learning the ropes with mum Rana and Ebony ❤️

28/03/2024

Bit of fun on a short walk 😂

27/03/2024

Sala 8 months doing a nice retrieve using a line dummy 🥰

25/03/2024

Sala 8 months old Rana puppy coming on nicely 💜

09/03/2024

Very proud of Merri and his family competing in the Gundog section at Crufts 2024 ! All thier hard work putting in the training hours with this dog really paid off, fantastic to work with you 👏🤩 enjoy your continuing success 💕

03/03/2024

Rana pup Ayer doing some social training today 👍

18/02/2024

Ebony puppy Koko has been reunited with her family after her quarantine when they moved to Australia 🇦🇺 so lovely to see how happy the kids are to have their family member back with them 💕

12/02/2024

This is Vinnie 6 months from Rana’s 2nd litter to Brock BrockleRoe fox red working labradors ❤️

11/02/2024

🤬Crates Are Cruel 😠 - why would you buy a dog to put it in a crate!?!

"My dog is scared of a crate so I won't put him in one"
"Crates are ABUSE"
"I got my dog to love not lock away"

These sort of statements we hear all the time, so why do we believe that every dog on the planet should be crate trained?

Well if you look back at our fireworks post we state to create a den like environment for your dog to help them feel safe. We litreally had 100's of comments and messages from social media thanking us as for the first time there dog was not petrified of the fireworks. The answer the crate!

Dogs love a den like environment, it helps them feel safe, it is a place for them to go when the house is perhaps a bit too busy or someone new is in the house they are unsure of.

A few reasons to crate are:
✅Imagine the first time your dog goes in a crate is at the vets.. This won't be a great experience for them.
✅Recovering from surgery and the door goes. Crate saves their legs.
✅Fireworks!
✅A safe place for them.
✅It teaches them to switch off!
✅It reduces the development of separation anxiety
✅If your dog is destructive it keeps them and your house safe!

If your dog is always on the go and never seems to switch off they will end up with a broken sleep pattern and as we all know that is not a good thing!

If you think of a crate as a prison then you need to change your mindset, it is more like a cot for a baby.

Once a dog is crate trained you leave the door open and allow the dog to choose.. 9/10 times they will choose their crate.

02/02/2024

Handsome boy and Sire to my pups out of FTW Tattney Ailsa (Ebony) ❤️

We think “Wilson” is very photogenic 😍

02/02/2024

Flynn Sala and Ayer beautiful Rana pups at 6 months ❤️

17/01/2024

I am incredibly proud of one of my students who now has the confidence and skill to teach her own student 🤩🥰 that’s the best result sharing your knowledge so others can be helped to train their dogs too! Fantastic well done Fiona Ballintyne 🙌 enjoy watching her pupil pass the string test just tap on the YouTube video below

07/01/2024

Pups doing well with gun shot noise at Cluny clays. They have been gradually introduced to it and it’s paid off as they are very relaxed 🥰