Thursday morning my husband asked me to take care of a “rear” situation. Rumi had some loose stool..as she was smelly to start with she got a nice clean bath with shampoo too which she was deeply offended of course. I normally do not wash my dogs – only in cases like this when they have done a “scent camouflage” out of something that does not go well with our noses.
Friday Kaspar was at the MAP Bilthoven. He had been a bit restless at night but looked fit in the morning. The first post was a total failure. He ran out hunting the forest far too deep and I suspected him to hunting for deer instead of cold game. The second station he did nothing at all after running out. This is very unlike Kaspar. Third station he picked up a crow and then ran out as if he had forgotten at all what he was doing. I decided to pull him back. The rest of the day he was sleeping in a corner and the next morning he was having diarrhea too.
Bekema
The Saturday I was with Lotte at the SJP Rhenoy. She obtained a good 75 point B certificate and we were ready for the A part in the afternoon. She ran out on a very nice cast – stopped for a large poop and ran further to get the dove and came back, stopped and had to poop again. What an onfortunate situation.. of course I pulled her back from the test at that point. Next day was full of stomach trouble and by the time she was better we had another SJP test in Gieten. Our 2nd station: a mark in the plowed soil. Let’s say she was not on top of her game and lets say that the judge and I had different insights on what happened but I had a hard time finding value in any discussion and considered that this experience was a good closure of a weekend in the theme of “shit happens”. My smile is though unaffected as I have passed the hunting exam past Thursday and I received some gorgeous photos from Fred Bekema of Lotte and I in Rhenoy. So even with poor results – I am still smiling feeling very content.
Flatastic flatcoated retrievers 