Today we teamed up with Sheffield Saboteurs and Derby Huntsabs to pay a visit to the Barlow hounds who were meeting in wet and windy Cuckney in North Nottinghamshire. They rarely hunt Saturdays so it was a treat for them to receive a visit from sabs (although they didn't seem that thrilled!). They met at their old kennels at the Rex Pet Hotel, this isn't in their territory but they obviously receive special permission from the Grove and Rufford to hunt here occasionally. They thought we had them confused with the Grove but we knew exactly who they were!
The weather was horrendous and the hunt really didn't look happy right from the off. They rode dejectedly from covert to covert, followed by sabs, making little attempt to hunt. The huntsman tried to hide in some larger woods but we were still able to track them and when they picked up a scent sabs called the hounds out of the woods using a gizmo.
And so their afternoon continued, closely followed by one or other of our groups of foot sabs. We lost them briefly but before long found them hunting one last covert back near the meet. Sabs pushed them out and they decided to call it a day and headed back into the meet.
Please consider carefully next time you go on holiday whether you want to leave your pets at a pet hotel that hosts illegal hunting. If you don't then maybe the Rex Pet Hotel is best avoided.
The weather was horrendous and the hunt really didn't look happy right from the off. They rode dejectedly from covert to covert, followed by sabs, making little attempt to hunt. The huntsman tried to hide in some larger woods but we were still able to track them and when they picked up a scent sabs called the hounds out of the woods using a gizmo.
And so their afternoon continued, closely followed by one or other of our groups of foot sabs. We lost them briefly but before long found them hunting one last covert back near the meet. Sabs pushed them out and they decided to call it a day and headed back into the meet.
Please consider carefully next time you go on holiday whether you want to leave your pets at a pet hotel that hosts illegal hunting. If you don't then maybe the Rex Pet Hotel is best avoided.