MONDAY THE 18TH OF AUGUST
Not as hot and nice and dry which suits the hounds better. Swift Vicki who lives in the house with me has had a rough time in her old age with heat but to be fair tonight she is getting through it well. I have been to the vets today twice. At the kennels we have been checking hounds , changing beds , doing a tidy up and making lists for the coming week and the day has went well.
TUESDAY THE 19TH OF AUGUST
A busy day , we had John O’Reily here checking hounds that are schooling . We have a delivery of red mills arriving at lunch time . We need all our waste away , a trip to dealz to get disinfect . We also have to do a tidy up and I have a delivery in Ireland to do with a hound that is sold.
WEDNESDAY 20TH OF AUGUST
AS WE GET THE OPEN RACE RUNNERS WE WILL ADD THEM TO THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
An overcast day but I don’t think we will get rain, we are making boxes and beds for mothers and pups and the main job of the day is preparing some more hounds for schooling I need a trip to the cash and carry and a few more bits and pieces to collect as well and we have baby pups and there mothers to move into the puppy houses where they will stay till there nine weeks old.
THURSDAY 21ST OF AUGUST
A perfect day for trialing as its overcast and definitely not to hot . We had a delivery of O’neil dog food so that had to be packed away . I was at the vets first thing this morning to get a cast changed on a hound . We were fed up early for the main job of the day trialing in Kilkenny . We have a brood to collect from Richard Cuddy’s stud so i will now have to leave that till tomorrow and Newcastle united still don’t have a striker .
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAVE ONE RUNNER AT NEWCASTLE WRAYSBURY ANGEL,
FRIDAY 22TH OF AUGUST
The weather isn’t as hot witch is ideal for the dogs we got all our waste away and I finally collected the Brood Bitch for Cuddie’s stud we started doing another massive tidy up we changed the beds in the kennel’s been washing are feeding buckets washing the van’s and the big news today is Isak could be staying at Newcastle United I don’t know if it will be a good thing or bad thing time will tell.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK AND IRELAND WE HAVE THREE RUNNERS AT SHELBOURNE PARK IN THE IRISH DERBY HARLEGUIN GEE UP AND PHOSNIX MEMPHIS . AT SUNDERLAND UNANIMOUS KAI.
SATURDAY 23TH OF AUGUST
We just about got the tiding up finished . We needed a trip to the cash and carry . There was meat to collect . We were worming pups , trimming nails tiding up the gallop and it was a day of rain on and off and i watched the soccer on Saturday afternoon along with the dogs on Saturday night .
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAVE ELEVEN RUNNERS AT MONMORE SWIFT HOSTIE AND SWIFT JARVIS. AT YARMOUTH WRIGHTY, SWIFT JASPER, TOO WRIGHT , SWIFT DEPOT AND SWIFT JERICHO AT OXFORD SWIFT PAVLO, SWIFT MEGAN AND HITTHELIDS PAULO AND AT DONCASTLE SWIFT JEROMO.
SUNDAY 24TH OF AUGUST
A typical Sunday where we tidy the website up , do the paperwork and prepare for a busy week . We had visitors who are always welcome. We have a brood having pups so she will have to be watched all day.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAD FIVE WINNER LAST NIGHT AT YARMOUTH WRIGHTY, TOO WRIGHT AND SWIFT DEPOT. AT MONMORE SWIFT JARVIS. AND AT OXFORD SWIFT MEGAN.