Countryways Gundogs

When my partner, his two children and I arrived at Countryways Gundogs, everyone but me was excited to be getting a dog! I was frightened of dogs, I didn’t want to touch one and definitely did not want to have a dog in the house. I was not a dog lover! I was quite happy to wait in the car whilst everyone went in and picked a dog, that was until David came out and said that if we were getting a dog, then all the family had to be part of the decision.

I reluctantly went inside his house but only as David promised his dogs wouldn’t jump up at me, wouldn’t bark and the kitchen didn’t smell of ‘dogs’. True to his word, all the dogs were extremely well behaved and their kitchen smelt no different to mine. Although I declined seeing the puppies (that was a step too far on my first outing!, I was happy to take ‘Blaze’, a one year old fully trained, out for a walk to see what it would feel like. As a family, we all thought an older, trained dog was better suited to us as we didn’t feel we had the time that a puppy would need and I might feel more comfortable.

A year later, Blaze is now part of our family and I cannot imagine my life without him in it. He has given me so much joy and fun. He is in the house, I love taking him for walks and absolutely love playing with him. I can’t thank David and Andrea enough for taking so much time in making sure we got the right dog for us. David did say to me that he could change my mind and I am delighted to say that he did – I am definitely a dog lover now!