WELL TODAY WAS THE DAY TO MATE GOLLIE THE WEATHER WAS BAD.I SET OF AT 1.30PM TO DO 111 MILES TO THE  STUD DOG,BUT THE RADIO ON AND THE NEWS REPORT A TWISTER IN LONDON GUESS WHERE I TRAVELING M25 TO THE NORTH TO THE A1 TO HUNTINGDON.I WAS TRAVLING IN THIS STORM.IT TOOK ME 2HOUR 15 MINS TO GET TO THE PLACE HAD A CUPPER THEN A 23MIN TIE THEN THE PAPER AND CHAT SETTED BACK OFF AT 6 PM GOT HOME AT 8.15PM WITH RAIN AND BAD WIND,WITH THE BIG LORRIES DRIFTING OVER TO THE OTHER LINES.NEARLEY 7 HOUR ROUND TRIP. £50 in petrol 7 hours off work.unpaid

WHEN I DID WISPA IT WAS SNOWING.
BRIE HOT SUNNY DAY.
WHY WHY DO WE DO THIS.

beacuse we enjoy our breed of dogs and puppies,

WHY WHY DO WE DO THIS.
Because it's worth it :D
I've spent X-mas in a hotel a long way from home, once. All alone, and virtually no food. Only McDonald's was open.......Another time I spent a week in Denmark, by the coast in a holiday resort, in February! It was absolutely freezing, I probably cost them more than I payed them, just in heating costs :-)
Good luck with your upcoming litter, and drive safely if you're going for a second mating.
Karen

Tell me about it, I will be on maternity watch over Christmas.

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CANNOT DO A SECOND MATING FLYING OUT TO SWEDEN TO THE STOCKHOLM SHOW.
BUT SHE WAS BLOOD TEST BYE IDXX HE RANG TO SAY DO HER ON DAY 14 WHICH WE DID AND HAD GOOD TIE OF 23MIN LAST TIME SHE TIE FOR 15MIN ON DAY 14 AND 15 AND HAD 5 PUPS.

SO FINGERS CROSS

Only 7 hours! ;)

The 2 times I've mated Miranda it's involved over 10 hours on the road back & forth from Scotland to Yorkshire, getting eye tests done enroute at Edinburgh and no getting home until well after midnight after having to negotiate the A1!

LOL only 7 hours :-D :-D

Hi Briedog,

I know exactly what it is like.. I had a hell of a week last week

I drove to Leeds on the friday 1st Dec ( left at lunch time) area from Fife to drop a bitch off to be mated got back at 1am  (12 hours later) due to traffic and of course an 580 mile round trip.

I then left again at 10 am on the Sat to go get a flight down to Bournmouth area to pick up a dog I had bought, I was to get the direct 8 hour train back to Edinburgh the next day.

Went to get my train Sunday morning and it had been cancelled so I had to stay another day!!!!. Finally got on train at 6am Monday morning but due to storms on the tracks etc I didn't get home till 6pm that night. Spent all my Tue and Wed eveningstrimming for LKA.

Headed back off down south for LKA on Thursday  got home Friday night at 11pm.. after another 600 plus miles

I tell you my OH is threatening to divorce me.  I am still recovering.  I couldn't do a thing all weekend.

I don't even have my tree up.. :rolleyes: