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The birds are here! 8 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
The last of the pheasants arrived on Friday. All of our pens are now stocked once more. The pen repairs and early summer work is done. Rotten posts have been replaced, holes in the fences repaired,...
Helpful Gundog Puppy Guidelines 1 Aug 2013 | 08:07 pm
Most gundog puppies are something of a compromise. Unless you live alone, you will probably have to share your puppy with other members of the family. In many ways this will benefit the puppy and en...
Stop whistle training with Rachael: first steps 14 Jul 2013 | 11:47 pm
There are many different ways to teach the stop whistle. And not a little controversy about which methods are best! This article contains a video of the first steps in my preferred method. It is wo...
Still confused about clickers? 1 Jul 2013 | 04:57 pm
This is a tweet sent to me on twitter recently @PippaMattinson But handling the dog over a long distance is not possible. I prefer to use the whistle. The tweet was in response to a tweet I made abo...
Are Gundog Club tests too easy? 17 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
I notice some confusion from time to time, in conversations about the Gundog Club Field Tests. One trainer recently expressed concern that the dog ‘in front of him’, had a Gundog Club award. Despite ...
Stop whistle 2: whistle sit on the move 13 Jun 2013 | 10:15 am
The Stop Whistle so far: In our previous stop whistle article, we looked at teaching the dog the meaning of the whistle. I described how to teach a dog to sit to the whistle, whilst at your side, wit...
Why do we dock our working gundog puppies? 28 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
Someone asked this question on our Facebook page the other day “Why on earth, in this day and age, do we still dock dog’s tails?” When we move mainly amongst others in the gundog community, I think i...
Stop whistle 1: whistle sit at heel 20 May 2013 | 11:32 am
In our introduction to the stop whistle, we talked about the potentially negative nature of the stop whistle command. We also looked at different ways of rewarding the dog when he sits to the whistl...
Rachael’s Journey: Joining in 6 May 2013 | 02:55 pm
Yesterday I made a start at integrating Rachael into my group of dogs for our outdoor training sessions. Up until now, she has been trained and exercised separately from the other dogs. Rachael is us...
Introduction to stop whistle training 1 May 2013 | 11:07 am
Here it is, by popular request, a series on stop whistle training. There are several ways to teach the stop whistle, this is mine. As always you will be very welcome to add comments and suggestions....
