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Sid it's €2 per bootie

Bungee leads are packed up and going tomorrow It's such a pity we couldn't carry on with Country Hounds

The sale is now on the website

Marc I sent you an email earlier. We are gutted we had to close but would like to thank HO for letting us advertise on the forum.

We send heavier products by courier to the UK now...we haven't had much success with our courier company packets to the UK. It took 8 days to send one to Scotland and 4 days to one in Ireland! Registered mail can be quicker sometimes with orders arriving in 3-4 days in some places in the UK. Courier uses the excuse if it's a rural area they only delivery there every few days, especially in Scotland. Really trying to reduce the postage costs but €7.00 is always the minimum to post a small packet to the UK by registered mail.

The cordura ones come in 3 types of thickness, 330, 500 & 1000 cordura been the heaviest. The 1000 is really stiff but they provide better protection against gravel etc.. I've never used cordura booties but use the cream winterpad or musher secret on their paws. If glass is a concern you'd be better going for something like the ruffwear skyliner bootie http://www.countryhounds.ie/Product.aspx?ProductID=65&CategoryID=12 they stay on better than the grip trex ones.

I've a vodka and coke beside me...cheers

I've been doing alot of research on how far back Irish Setters have been mushing. I've come across a few mentions of the breed in Mushing.com magazine aswell. This guy is running 14 with a cart...boy is he brave http://smythirishsetters.com/dogsledding.html Yes they were nearly wiped out the Red Setter overtook the Red and White in popularity. This was in some part in the 1880's to the rising fashion for the red dog in the United States, and a continuing demand for red dogs in Ireland, for which good prices could be obtained. Consequently, the breed came close to extinction. Thanks to the efforts of an early 20th century by a Northern Ireland Clergyman the breed survived but only in small numbers in the island of Ireland. From around 1970 there was a planned revival of the breed, and the numbers began to increase slowly. By the 1980s IRWS were being imported into Great Britain, where the breed was developed more as a show dog. In contrast to these British IRWS, the breed has continued to be primarily a working and field trial dog in Ireland

well done the photos are fab

Tikaani looks great wearing his harness, the blue is gorgeous on him.

Oh dear lol

Fab photos Sid they look very smart in their harnesses

Thanks for all the lovely comments Nothing make them more happy than running and chicken maybe

I thought I'd share some photos of our dogs mushing Banan is 11 months old and has started his mushing training. He was taught his commands from an early age so once he was put on the team he was familiar with the commands. Canicross is a great way to train leaders and we've used it to train everyone of our dogs.

Love the photo, they look so happy