Des O'Neile

I'm not so sure about that one but you don't really "make" them. Over years you could train one but more often than not you find them. I know of a couple of places where blackthorns cover maybe an acre or two. You get a canopy, maybe three feet thick, that tops straight sticks that are spaced out and usually upward of five feet tall. If it wasn't for the canopy you could easily walk through these uprights without touching them. Not every stick will have a root ball at the base that will lend itself to a fighting stick but quite often they do. A blackthorn stick thick enough to make a shillelag

It is only very recently that I have had a single sex kennel, all dogs. For years I had mostly bitches. Lots of people believe that bitches rule the roost but it all depends on the animal. I've had bitches that were very laid back and interestingly they always seemed to get on with the dogs. The issues always seemed to be with other bitches. I also for years had only one run and dogs, bitches and pups all lived together. It always was the case that my alpha dog was a male. Just the way it worked out. Everybody knew their place and there was a distinct pecking order. This pecking order was thro

The problem isn't really the fitting of the seat but whether there's a place for the passenger's legs. Also insurance companies are funny about this sort of thing even in a car derived van.

A friend recently had straws taken from her Irish Setter. Because of his age they took his siemen and froze it but tested a small sample of this twenty four hours later, before sending the straws for storage. On the basis of the test these straws were rejected but this first batch was done in a rush as it looked as if the dog was about to cowp and his seimen wasn't fresh.( even with actual matings there is a better chance of success if the dog has been drained within the last 49 days) As the first batch failed a second attempt was made three weeks later but now obviously the dog's sperm were o

It isn't really an abortion jab if it's done a quickly as you say. The jab you had done prolongs the bitches cycle and stops any fertilized eggs attaching to her womb.

Fred (Ian) Whiteside used to organise walked up days in and around Fintona/Seskinore. £40 a day/ limitless bag. One Saturday morning this mob The late John McClelland,Ian Whiteside, Raymond McKee, Kenny Menown, Des O'Neile, Mark Patterson and the photographer Nicholas Patterson had a day booked. We went to a spot on the Omagh/ Dromore road. A bit of bog and a spread out planting of beech trees, maybe fifteen feet high, branches bare and a carpet of leaves covering maybe fifteen acres. I had Danny, Irish Setter, and Ian a springer spaniel. We only had a half an hour as we had lunch booked i

F.T.Ch. Prince of Darkness. (Roi)

You'll find over the years that no matter how many of a particular species you successfully hunt and shoot you'll always remember the first.

Last and by no means least Tam, Julchris Super Trooper, Clumber dog.

I was hoping that these would stay in alphabetical order but this forum doesn't appear to like Tam's photo. This is Van, Eiriceit Vandal, Pointer dog.

Next alphabetically is this creature. Buck, Trudvang Bucjaeger, Teckel dog. Chris, Toftens Chris, pointer dog.

Gerald Devine's Tim, Int.F.T.Ch. Gardenfield Warrior, English Setter dog. The chances are that if you saw "Irish" English Setters at trials on the mainland that they were Gerald's. The irony is that very few of them have much "Irish" blood in them. When Jonnny Geoghegan imported what became Ir.F.T.Ch Storeskars G'Snorre from Norway he was such a success he and his progeny were used extensively at stud. Snorre pups were of a type and a bit smaller than the dogs on the mainland. Then relatively recently several setters were imported from europe and they are if anything smaller again though not t

Alphabetically Basso, Oksby Basso, pointer dog would be next. He's the dog pointing and being backed by his half brother Mist.

I prefer to let the dogs introduce themselves. This is Alex, Glencuan Alex, pointer dog during a recent trip to Yorkshire.