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As we are settling into a new daily routine the smell of small baby puppies and the unbelievable sweet sounds from the birthing box are touching our hearts and souls. I am living out of coffee and oxytocin I believe 😚. How can I otherwise, look at these sweet pups: All puppies are thriving andContinue reading “Pink puppy cloud”

It is with great joy that we can announce that the Flatastic B litter has arrived. Deep in the night on the 22nd of January Lotte had a textbook welping process and delivered the absolutely perfect nummer of 8 puppies in 5 hours: Males: 🖤🖤🖤🤎 Females: 🖤🖤🖤🤎 We are deeply in love with the beautifulContinue reading “Flatastic Beasts have arrived!”

As we are entering the 8th week of the pregnancy of Lotte things are getting busy here at Flatastic headquarters. Getting everything ready and feeding our sweet girl several times a day whilst still caring for the other dogs, communicating with possible puppy buyers and doing our regular stuff on the side. One thing isContinue reading “Due date coming closer”

Through the years of experience bringing my dogs out to retrieve at different hunts I have gained a lot of insight how they work and how I can handle them. Having full attention on the dog and the retrieve allows a very effective execution of the work. This past winter season certainly changed the gameContinue reading “Looking back at our first season under the gun..”

Our Christmas is as good as it can get as a gundog lover. Yesterday I managed to hunt a full Christmas dinner that I will prepare myself for the family in law. I will tell more about that later because we are totally consumed with happiness as the ultrasound this morning showed that Lotte (FlatasticContinue reading “Flatastic Christmas”

It has been busy days with several invitations to go hunting with the dogs the last couple of weeks. Some were far away – others closer by. The advantage of having to drive a bit is that I get to see places and areas that are unknown to me. Last week I went to DrentheContinue reading “Gundog days”

Friday morning the 22nd of November we had Lotte’s progesterone tested for the 3rd time. It showed that she had just had ovulation and the vet predicted best mating moment to be Saturday and Sunday. It took some deliberation as Kaspar was supposed to run the WFRG Trophy on Saturday. The weather forecast was tooContinue reading “Successful weekend mating in Wichmannsburg 🇩🇪”

As the title suggests I feel called out to talk about my love and passion for working my dogs and the joy we share in nature. I am the daughter of a man who has hunted his whole life. My father is a farmer’s son and his family had to work hard to have anyContinue reading “50 shades of green”

Thursday evening the 10th of October we received a heartbreaking phone call from the owner of sweet girl Fien, Flatastic Green Compassion. Fien had two days earlier had a collapsed lung that had been treated by the vet. Unfortunately her lungs collapsed again and she died on her way to medical treatment. We are heartbrokenContinue reading “Endless tears for miss Green”

After our poop failed attempt at the SJP Rhenoy – Lotte and I had the opportunity to make our true premiere at the SJP A in Delft Monday the 16th of September. Conditions were not easy – eastern winds and a terrein with high plants and many distractions Lotte started very well on the firstContinue reading “There is a first time for everything..”