Gundog Training Forum

Bigthug, im from carmarthen, wullie, I might sound daft to you, but I would like the dogs to keep together at the same time, almost cover the same ground, the only thing i suppose i would have too do is call them back on alternative whisltes and when dropping to shot. The thing is my permissions are...

Hi, i have a gsp who is a year and a half old, and is coming on well, and i am a rough shooter, as living in wales, i have loads of farms that i shoot on, putting down game too, and also note i shoot alone, If i have shot with other people on the ground they have it has been with they`re dog. My que...

Hi guys, my gsp who is 15 months hold has no faults bar one, He is really anti-social in public. He walks to heel out in the fields and doesnt jump up etc, but if a neighbour bumps into me the dog is wild, pulling on the lead towards them, gaping at them, not in a nasty way, and its embarissing, i h...

My gsp is 15 months old and is near "fully trained", he recalls, turns on the whistle, drops, and does various retrieves, with directions, and has lately started hunting. He will hold a point, the only thing he doesnt do is walk to heel off the lead, as i never taught him. The problem is a...

I only work on my own with the dog on rough shoots on everyfarm in the village, I dont go on shoots. I would approach say a few farms when you have the time, introduce yourself, And explain what it is you want to do. Explain you will have respect for all property and live stock. Always give them you...

A friend of mine who is a falconer who has a littermate of my gsp does very little training. He free hunts then looks where he needs work but he runs 2 vizslas and 2 gsps, but when i go out with him it is a complete nightmare, its like go with a pack of hounds. They just storm everywhere and they do...

To be honest i would have more than one dog, but cant see the point myself, as someone said before twice the food bill, twice the crap to clean up, but surely the more action one dog has the better it gets so it will double the time for it to get to the standard it would be if you were one dogged. A...

I think a bad day at work and a bad day for the dog is a recipe for a lost temper, :mad: . I think i will keep him working as his obedience is brilliant, I will also put game down for the next season, I think the thing is because i have been training him following tommy`s dvd, I am wondering why my ...

Beat this then, me and two friends where training the dogs in the local park field, and living in wales my village has about 20 people living in it and they all know i got a gsp and hunt. So we were doing some dummy work and had i think it was about 7 gsps and 2 vizslas with us when 3 police cars tu...

Today, got home an hour early, it was quite warm but a nice breeze. Took him out over a few fields and also worked in the woodland. He came on point at a pigeon up in a tree that i seen but only when it flushed as i think the noise i made on the twigs, I let the dog run forward for say 2-3 seconds a...