Not Everyone is Enjoying the Fine Weather

While the rest of us are out and about soaking up the sunshine there is only little chap who is not very happy at all. Poor George is not all that well suited to the heat and spends his time sitting in the shade panting. It makes it difficult to do any training with him even if you do it at 6am, it is just too hot and he is buggered after 5 mins

Normally I do some training with him twice a day, once in the morning and then again in the evening. I hunted with him last season but he was still only a baby and it will not be until this November that we see how he is going to turn out. The signs are positive enough and he has matured and improved hugely in the last few months.

I still take him down to Arklow to train with Donal, who runs Delvin Kennels. Its a great set up down there and in fairness Donal has been great in helping me get the dog right.

So back to my weather problem! The only thing I can do with him when it is like this is to take him down to the river. He loves to retrieve dummies from the river and 20 minutes of swimming and he is knackered. If I tried to give him that much exercise in a field in this heat the poor little fella would collapse. I also just do some obedience training to try and put manners on him but this is simply following commands so the heat doesn't affect it.