WOOLBAILS-SPANIELS

Well we forstered a lovely liver working cocker a few weeks ago and have been activley looking for a suitable home for him as he has so much energy, We have now placed him in a wonderful working home in Northumberland, He will now live with Michael and Family, Michael is a Gamekeeper and has had working gundgos for many years now we are sure he will take Gunner forward in this field he was bred for. We wish them both well in the future,

Lilly and Tony won their 1st G6 win today at HnH open show. Only 3 more wins in G6 and they go up to G7. Lilly had 2 lovely clear rounds today also.

Ben won his Agility run today and won into Grade 4, took me a liitle by surprise as its been up and down with Bens direction handling lately but he is pretty much rock solid with his Weaves and while there is still a long way to go I am very pleased with his run today and moreso as he was 3.5 seconds faster than the second placed dog.

Gypsy has been measured into Smalls to compete in agility, while we do on the rare occasion still show her we do now want to channel her energies into agility,  While it will be more a bit of fun and we are in no rush to get her into competitions however  we do have hopes she will be ready by the Summer of 2012. She has just started her training with John and attends the Doghouse in Murton for her agility training. She is not as fast as the Working cockers in our kennel but she is very responsive to the training and loves to say hello to all the other dogs there. We wil update with pictures and news as she progresses.

Raven left for his second home at the end of September, he will be working alongside Hedley, Marjorie and their dogs on the Shoots in Northumberland. He will be used for Picking up in which he is showing real promise. He will also be used for some rough shooting in the Spring of 2012 when Hedley goes rabbiting,

We are delighted to announce Bailey Won into Grade 7 today, The ultimante aim for us with our dogs is to get them into G7, so they can then progress to the Champ classes. Bailey is the first and hopefully over the next few weeks and months Lilly and Ben will follow suit.

Bailey got a second today in agility 1 to 7 combined. Ben got his first win in a 1 to 3 Jumping course with 5 faults, however we are over the moon he got an surprizing win so early into his Agility comps.

Day 2 sunday, Bailey won a 1 to 7 combined class. He now has 3 agility wins in grade 6 now, only 1 more win and he is in grade 7 and eligable to compete in the Championships.

Bramble has now totally settled in with her new owner Barbara,  Bramble is currently being trained by Barbara in Agility and we hope hope to see them on the Agility circuit and competing in the beginning of 2012. Barbara has many years experience with agility and we are sure Bramble and Barbara will thrive in the Medium grades.  We look forward to competing with them and it will be lovely to see Jasper of the Rainebeau Spaniels Kennel running against his mother (Bramble).  Well done Barbara !!

Bailey won 2 grade 6 agility runs this week and now only needs 2 more grade 6 wins in either Agility or Jumping to go upto Grade 7. Lilly had another clutch of winds and clears in her final week in G5 before she officially goes upto G6 next week.

Lilly had 2 wins in agility at Weardale and now goes upto Grade 6, she also gained the points needed to achieve her Warrant.  A great day for Tony and Lilly, all the hard work is now paying off.