Fwd: Misty Morning Walk At Mullagh Na Sidhe

Out early with Muttwee on Saturday morning, the fields were full of mist.

The forest we like to go into was full of cobwebs everywhere, all dewed in mist, awesome

Everything was completely bedecked in sparkling webs, it was magnificent

Muttwee haring off at 90 miles an hour

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Lucky Day Touring Around Lough Key

Peter and Muttwee at St. Laisser's Holy Well outside Ballyfarnon.

The water is soooo cold in the well and its a lovely spot, the grave of Turlough O'Carolan the last Irish bard is in the graveyard across the road.

Definitely coming back to this well, love it.

A Crannog in Lough Meelagh a few miles up from the well, the crannog is an artificial island people actually lived on, some islands had people living on them until the 17th century.

Peter and Muttwee at Knockranny Court Tomb in the lovely forestry beside Lough Meelagh.

Court Tombs were built around 2500 to 3500 b.c. wow!

Just look at it there set in the middle of that lovely forest.

We had a lovely day out just touring around the far side of Lough Key for a change.
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Barking In Cover

Foot beagle x Jack Russell pup at 4 months, mother a black & white russell Harriet bred by ourselves.

2 footbeagle x jack pups and their mum

Black fell terrier

Pups learning to rat with mother

Hettie another black & white russell

Snowy & Judy, 2 more black & whites. Judy came from Kilkeel Co. Down and her strain allegedly came from the Isle Of Wight.

Its that time of year again, the start of the shooting season and folks are looking for a good dog barking in cover. This year I have reared 4 young dogs for barking in cover, all beagle x fell terriers, Cooper a large black & tan, Rusty a large red dog, Blackie a small... er black dog and Choccy a small.. er chocolate bitch :)

All are 12 months now this very month, recalling well to the whistle at home and away, in and out of the trailer on command, will wear a harness and drag line or run free, and are searching cover on command. This week I will introduce them individually to working a live scent and hopefully get a chase out of them.

The pictures here are of Harriet one of my older black & white Russells who is rather good at beating cover and who will help me show the pups what to do out on the boglands. With her is some of her beaglex pups bred specifically for barking in cover last year and who are now starting their first season down in County Cork.


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Walk In the Woodlands May 2009

Here are some pics I found on the computer of Toby taken in May 2009. Toby is better known as Bailiebroc Freddy's Boy and is my foundation sire for my jacks.

Bred by Mr Phil Thame of Strokestown, County Roscommon, Toby is out of Clooncagh Squeek and by Darkwood Max. Squeek/ Squirt is a handy little tan/white bitch at 10" who has worked hard for Phil her whole life over and under ground. She is now 9 years old and still giving hell :)

Squeek/Squirt is from Ballaghadereen and her dam is from a line of terriers kept by the Terrierman for the Galway Blazers, Tom Mc Donagh.

Darkwood Max is owned by Mr. Gerry Donughue a well known gundog man, exhibitor and judge. Both Max and Squeek are Interim generation 1 making Toby / Bailebroc Freddy's Boy Interim generation 2.


And this year my kennel went out of the Interim register and onto full pedigree with Goliath and Coco's pups :) born 15th of may 2009. Around the time these photos were taken :)
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