Upland Practice Videos
Last Saturday, September 17th, the Gateway Upland Club had a practice for several dogs. Below are two videos — one of the club and the other of Fergus, Field Spaniel. Here is the video of Fergus Here is a photo gallery.
Micah x Raven Litter Due 2022 October 8
On September 9, 2022, Raven had an ultrasound confirming that she is pregnant with puppies. Although ultrasounds on dogs do not precisely detail the number of puppies, the veterinarian believes he counted around 8 puppies. Since ultrasounds usually lead to undercounting, we are expecting perhaps 10 puppies. Some of the puppies will be tri-factored. This…
Gateway Upland Hunt Test September 2022
On September 10-11, 2022, The Gateway Upland Hunt Club held a hunt test for Spaniels at the junior, senior, and master levels. We also held Working Dog certificate tests for Springer Spaniels and Field Spaniels. The video above features highlights of our test. Raven earned her Junior Hunt (JH) Title, and Fergus earned his Working…
Spaniel Water Work
Last weekend, we had the opportunity to practice water work for an AKC Spaniel Hunt Test. Fergus, the field spaniel, and Lily Belle, an English Springer Spaniel, practice retrieving a bird on a pond. Aster, the puppy, practices swimming.
ESSFTA National Show 2022
This past weekend Lily Belle competed at the English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association (ESSFTA) National show held at Purina Farms in Gray Summit, Missouri. Lily competed in Rally and earned a triple Q and third place in Rally Advanced. We had a great time. Little Aster watched Lily performed and began barking when she…
Two Field Springer Puppies Available
Gilligan & Thurston Field Bred ESS Our Friends Danielle Oliver & Lawrence Oliver bred a litter of six field bred English Springer Spaniels. The litter whelped on June 12, 2022. Four of the six puppies are accounted for. Two puppies, Gilligan and Thurston are available for purchase. The asking price is $1200. If interested, you…
Lily At Rally National Championship
AKC Rally National Championship Almost a month ago, Lily Belle competed at the AKC Rally National Championship. The AKC invites dogs to attend and compete. In some classes, so many dogs enter that it becomes a raffle to see which dogs are allowed to compete. Dogs are invited to compete at one of the following…
The Historic St. Louis Rain & Flood
We’ve been a little behind providing updates on the Three-Doves website. The Seedling Litter puppies have gone home. We kept one puppy, Aster, featured in the video. More on that later. Recently, you may have heard of the historic rain showers Saint Louis, MO, has experienced and the flooding. We escaped damage to our property,…
5 Weeks Old!
Today the Seedling litter is 5 weeks old! We have seen huge changes over the past week. Puppies have gained quite a bit this week, and they are walking, running, playing, barking, giving kisses, and wagging their tails. This is where it starts to get to be a lot of fun! This past week we…
Introduction to Crates
Today as we made changes to the puppies living space, I decided to begin crate training. All of our dogs are crate trained and they really appreciate having a space that is their own. In addition, it makes transporting them easier, and we know that in case of an injury or illness, our dogs would…