That's hard lines mate I think I mentioned on a previous post. I had a real well bred Russell bitch only 9half inches but had such a big heart and super keen for the work cut out for her, I work mine above before they get going below it would take me sometimes twenty mins or so to get her out from cover and was becoming very steady at flushing and finding, just over a year she dropped to ground natural bolted one and was kept back again, at fourteen months old I was bushing an area where she came out and looked very tired I carried her home. Over the next six weeks and several vet visits this