A full training day at Eastwick with Sam doing quite well in his work but grumbling at other dogs. This, after quiet night with Wiggly and then driving with her to Cambridge back to a car reluctant to start. Back exhausted to a Diana depressed with the girls behaviour
I tried very hard with Wiggly this morning, but either I was tired, distracted by a range of worries, or put off by the period, cap and condom for I just could not make it with her for the first time.
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At least I petted her to an orgasm for her satisfaction, but she seemed worried that I was losing interest in her. It is true that when I had been with her naked for hours on end, with her cold and a period, that it does act to dampen things, but we shall see.
No time for me to muse on things as I had to get up and out with Sam and then, after breakfast, I took advantage of a rare break in the weather and went out in the garden to strim and mow Sam's run and the lawns which was a good job well done. Then just time to get loaded up before setting off for Eastwick.
Apart from luggage, I had Jim's gun and cartridges to take to him there and the strimmer to return to an anxious gardener in Paxton and so the vehicle was quite full. It is for this reason that I had to be clear on the accessories and loading capacity of the new Range Rover for I have to take a large load wherever I go.
I popped into Mann Egerton yesterday to see the vehicle again and to chat to the staff there and I become more impressed but am resolved to wait until the new year before doing anything further. The journey to Eastwick but I had to take a detour to Cambridge to drop off Wiggly and her things to where her car was parked at the railway station.
Her car was very loath to start and was in appalling mechanical condition which makes me very worried about her managing with it. It did start in the end, and I could leave her and get away. I needed all the contingency time that I had allowed but still others were there earlier. Sam was creating again but I settled him down with some obedience work and running away from the other dogs.
Chatted to Jim, Martin and Tim who had received the marks from the working test and were complimentary about our achievement. Sam did well in all his work in the afternoon; but still let himself and me down with his constant grumbling at other dogs. Martin took him hand for a while and tried to stop him.
He suggests even stronger discipline, but I am not so sure. Brian Botterman took me and Sam for a walk-through neighbouring fields. He hunted and quartered freely as we let him check out the hedges and ditches as well as the open fields. Eventually he came on point in the middle of some thick scrub, and it was some time before we realised what he was doing.
By the time we approached, a young cock pheasant had started to call and run away from Sam's point and he failed to hold the bird and followed it until I stopped him. This was a pity, but he impressed overall. Back to Tim's class where we had to do a couple of blind retrieves on land and then two more over water and he did them all with ease between his grumbling sessions at other male dogs.
Some time with the others talking about the dogs and their training before leaving for home in the rain. It had stayed fine for most of the session anyway. Jim had benefited from a full hour of instruction with Branch Chairman Jerry who came to the view I had; that Jim had tried to do too much too soon with Ben and must now break his gun-work and keep him training this season.
I was asked to shoot in the future whilst he handled the dog until he became much steadier. I called Wiggly on the way back and got her to get a lift for tomorrow and to put her car into Cambridge Street Motors tonight for them to have a look at it. I took her back in the rain on my way home.
Once home and unpacked, I had a simple buffet tea and then relaxed in front of the TV for a while, totally exhausted. An early night with Diana who has been depressed this weekend, finding the girls altogether too difficult to handle.