Bruce Qualifies For final!

After a disappointing run when going for his hat trick, Bruce (Landfall Scholes) ran in a 12 dog competition at Limerick last night and finished second in his heat, beaten half a length, after finding a bit of trouble early on. It was his first race at Limerick, so we are hopeful for a good run in the final. Here he is a few days before his race - enjoying a rare piece of sunshine! Of course, he had just been groomed a few minutes earlier so he decided to go and have a roll in the grass - typical!!

Puppy Sheds In Place

Well, the runs are now complete with three puppy sheds erected last week. Shelly is due back from her mating with Droopys Maldini today so early November pups should be born.

Steve and myself treated ourselves to a nice Tyrur Ted dog, just 12 months old, at the weekend and he is arriving today too, so hopefully some good news to follow on him in a few months time.

We've also taken in a young untried bitch for a Clonmel based owner -she looks well made so there's lots to look forward to in the months ahead.

Shelly's in season!!!

At last!! After months of waiting, Shell Out (Droopys Vieri/Olybean) has finally decided that it's the right time to have some pups and she will be mated late next week. I had a chat with Steve and we decided to go to Droopys Maldini for her first litter. This was quite a simple choice - looking at greyhound-data Maldinis top offspring are all from Droopys Vieri or Top Honcho (Vieris dad) bitches, so this is a proven cross. If it works properly the link below should take you to the test mating:

http://www.greyhound-data.com/dbtestmating.php?&sireid=720266&damid=1413220

The puppy houses arrived and were erected on Monday and Shelly (on the right in the photo) broke on the Tuesday, so it looks like she was waiting for everything to be in place before she allows nature to take its course! We had the puppy houses designed and built by a local carpenter and he's done a great job. Photos will follow soon. I'll keep the blog going to follow progress of the pups right through to their racing debuts. Steve reckons Sophie (Sophies Marinas) will break soon and she is scheduled to pay a visit to Droopys Kewell when the time is right. So it's busy times ahead but we'll ensure the pups and the mothers get the best of feeding, exercise and handling. Roll on the puppy Derby 2010!!!

Two on the bounce!!

Our only race dog, Landfall Scholes, won again at Thurles last Saturday coming from off the pace to win the last race of the night in 29.29. He's the white and black dog and he weighed in at 82lbs so he's a big strong dog. The penny seems to have dropped with him now, as he also won last weekend. What price the treble??