Tally ho ho ho

Horse, hound and rider, and lots of supporters gathered at the Market place this morning for the traditional Boxing Day Hunt, apparently it is the biggest day of the hunting calendar across the UK and around 250 hunts ride out today. Fox hunting with dogs was banned almost ten years ago by Tony Blair's Labour government. Although hunting with hounds is illegal, drag hunts using scented trails are still permitted.

This was my first encounter, I was amazed how friendly and social the dogs are and loved how they interacted with the crowd, they also all kept an eye on the horse back rider waiting for an instruction.

Still doing some research on type of dog which would make a good pet for our family, this fox hound is definitely one to find out a bit more about.