Gundog Training Forum

Hi, welcome and good luck

Nick

I have a Sporting Lucas Terrier who I take out with me. She is not as good as a trained dog but she is very steady in the beating line (until a rabbit or a rat is flushed) she will retrieve of sorts but she kills everything by shaking them before bringing them back. She is the first dog allowed into...

Do you have to train alone? Where are you is there someone on the regional register near to you who you could contact. There are some things that a spare pair of hands can really help with. I am not sure if this is the right place but I could hire you my 13 year old launcher, he just needs feeding t...

I always recommend these they have good advice and knowledge of the rules.
The National Working Terrier Federation there contact details can be found on the web site at http://www.terrierwork.com/

helllo and welcome to the forum.

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fox red lab?? :) totally adorable, and looks 'puzzled' by the chickens.... haha Cracking pics....id say it was a Lab :) Is it a chesapeake?? If so I abs adore them, great dogs. Have super memories of a huge character I looked after 8-) And the winner is Pink Gundog, he is very defiantly a Chessie. ...

Let me introduce you to the new guy in the kennel (well not yet). This is Sailor my new pup. He’s been with us a week and has settled very well. He did howl almost all the way home, which was hard work as I collected him from Ireland and drove home to Yorkshire! He was quiet for the last fifteen mil...

I keep my dummies in a game bag, in the bottom of the bag are some old wings used to attach to dummies, and a rabbit skin that has fallen off an old dummy. Not sure what scent this gives them but my dogs have never had any problem moving from dummies to the real thing.

Nick

If it was all down to the bitch why would John Halstead's six, or so stud dogs, be booked up mornings and evenings seven days a week at £450/approx a pop? Is it not simpler than that? Most dog owners/handlers for some reason prefer bitches to dogs. Many dog owners/handlers are not sufficiently know...