Following my invitation to judge the East Essex the day before, a swift turn round was needed the next morning to be ready to go to the Puppy Show of my family pack, the Puckeridge. However, a visit to the Suffolk Kennels had to be fitted in first. It was fascinating to see how these hounds have changed over the years. With a considerable amount of Welsh and American blood in them, as I was fortunate to witness later in the autumn, they are proving like their predecessors to be highly effective in their work, but their style of hunting is very different.
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