Kevin

i will tag along, and learn from you

unfortunately i have put my indy on a short hold, here is the reason why, copied from one of my many FB Cocker Spaniel sites Dobbie Pingate Periscope Blogg Day 3159 aged 8 years 8 months Two weeks ago during a referral ear infection check-up, I mentioned that the boi was a bit grumpy, and out of sorts, and I suggested it might be a flare up of his pancreatitis, the Vet examined his tummy area and suggested that it should be looked at again at his next visit, his ear infection had not improved so another course of antibiotics and Metacam for his tummy problem Two weeks passed and another vet visit Wednesday 3 April, took a fairly happy boi into the vets What she felt previously had grown and it was decided to leave Dobbie in for a ultra sound, this detected a large mass on his spleen, He was booked in for a general anaesthetic, Xrays and spleen removal yesterday, 4th April but a phone call after the x-rays confirmed the dreaded news that he had tumours throughout his body and classed as stage 4 cancer, We have been given 3 to 6 weeks life expectancy 6 to 9 months with surgery and chemo Dobbie is showing very little signs of being ill and that helped us with the decision we as a married couple made, that hardest decision was to cancel surgery and bring home our boi and let him enjoy his time with us Perhaps not written very well, and maybe against many others’ views, I felt it was important to let others know what is happening, after all, a lot of members have been seeing posts of him for over 8 years now Please don’t flood this blog with hate messages, the quality of life for a short period of time outweighs the slightly longer time he possibly could be given with all the surgery and drugs, we will let Dobbie enjoy his remaining time with us, and not allow him to suffer From a devastated Dobbie owner Kevin, Ruth and puppy Apollo i will of course return to my Indy when i can and feel up to it,

wonderful work well done

i have learnt loads, just don't remember any of it

very nice indeed, love her shape

She looks fantastic

so much going on, lovely work

wonderful

Thank you BE, Appreciated

Day 384-50 good afternoon everyone, thank you for likes a lot of tidying up has been done on the foremast, and a lot of lines have now been added to the main, hence the clips just taking the weight few extra lines are and a few photos of how she looks this afternoon

Coming back to a build table near me, my Enterprize will be continued as soon as Indy is completed, provided i can remember where i put her

long walkies each day for the dogs

Good morning everyone Main mast Back stays at last i am starting to get some quality time on the build all the main backstays are fitted , and last night the Main Topsail Yard Tye went in Apollo Ruth and Dobbie, 3 loves of my life

lots of progress has been made, but she dont look much different to my last post, i will do an update tomorrow, dont get to excited waiting lol