Black Mountain.
13:01 hrs. 15c. Swirling mist and persistent but light drizzle.
An awful day for dog training but a perfect day for the first visit to the hill for ages. The plan was to try to run each dog for ten minutes and then a bit of free running back to the car.
Judy.
Looked every one of her eight years and only lasted five minutes.
Jalad.
Ran quite hard for eight minutes and handled reasonably well.
Roxy.
Ran for the full ten minutes and ran hard but she was running down, and slightly across, the wind and her lines weren’t good but she seemed in good form.
Chris.
Man of the Match. Ran hard, ran excellent lines, and was really up for it and enjoying himself.
When we turned round for the down wind gallop to the car all the dogs improved and Chris put in a couple of casts, on good ground I’ll grant you, of the very best combination of pace and style.
Even Judy did well in the free running but as far as I’m concerned it’s the first run under control that counts. It is also true to say that the more running a dog gets the fitter it will become so both parts count, but not equally. In my book anyway.
Later.
Ross is now the Head Chef at The Wildfowler in Grey Abbey. The net result is that we have to do a lot of “Market Research”. Tonight we researched Cafe Essence on the Hamilton Road in Bangor. Langoustines, Rack of Lamb and Baliley’sCheese Cake with ice cream. This was serious research. Best meal I’ve ever had in Bangor. All this research required a constitutional so I took The Luckster to the Wee Res. He looks like a very sound pointer. He is relaxed and happy to be with me. I don’t have to call him to me I just hunker down and he come right in close. He won’t yet sit on command but it doesn’t take much to push him down.
