Gundog Training Forum

With the greatest respect, I fear that you are kidding yourself & looking for excuses. There are plenty of retriever & spaniel trials based on early season birds, weak, cold & wet birds & you simply don't get that level of eliminations for hard mouth in any one trial. I accept that ...

I was at a HPR trial earlier in the season and nearly every dog was damaging. It amazed me that the judges and the owners were all quite oblivious to it with one of the judges rubbing the bird all over checking for damage to the skin! I competed in an HPR FT season before last, early in that season...

I would recommend that you commit to training with Steve Kimberley if you really want to achieve anything HPR style with your dog. What Wullie has cautioned will come to pass if you train the initiative out of the dog, and Steve will be able to set you on the right path.

What breed do you have?

It may surprise you that I am of the opinion that someone else should not be doing the shooting when training a a dog ...young or otherwise! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moBXEEJcChs The dog should be working with you and you should be working with the dog,for the purpose of the gun. Nice advertis...

I have formed an opinion that this pup is being rushed. I see the bit about the birds, (assuming crows and pigeons given the age and shooting season). One has also to think about how much exercise a 9 month old pup should have, although I concede I am very cautious in this regard. The OP speaks in t...

hi chaps, just a quick post, iv got a 9month old weimaraner bitch. iv started to work her a little bit in the field. when we are out doing a bit of ruff shooting she will bring the rabbit back but will only come within 6foot of me and will not drop it :doh: . its like she has the taste for rabbit a...

In my experience most are self-healing. Depends how large the hole is whether surgery is required...

It would seem that people have a different understanding of what the letters stand for. Given that winning any place, even a CoM at a FT earns the dog a stud book number, just as a junior warrant would in showing, then I don't have a problem with having the letters on a home made pedigree listing. J...