Gundog Training Forum

I think that if your training a significant amount of dogs and you do not have a the ability or maybe the commitment to try hard to get the best out of the young dog then the slightest thing that irritates the handler or looks like it is going to take time and the dog will sold on. Sad but in many i...

The more I see the more I am dismayed by some of the 'big' gundog breeders in this country. I heard of one giving advice to someone starting out and they were told to get 'rid' of breeding bitches before they were 4 . That advice was given and reflected how much you could make from your breeding bit...

So long as the bitch does not have really major faults ( conformation /temperament /noise sensitivity ect.) then really what is the problem from breeding from your 'average' bitch? Diversity is not such a bad thing and not everyone wants the top of the range bobby dazzler type of dog but often it is...

very poor handler and shame on the gamekeeper for accepting this behaviour on his/her shoot .

I suspect this person was embarrassed at the lack of control he /she had leads to frustration and poor judgment..

If the vets are saying that this little pup can have a good quality of life following surgery and the breeders are going to keep it then why not give it a chance if the money can be raised ?

I hope it all turns out well in the end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_oKHARhXw

Hope that link works because it is amazing what can be done with a few bits of wood , rope and knowledge.

Your best bet Sam if you want to specifically look only at gundogs is to contact your local gundog club ( KC have lists ) and then see if they have a training group local to you which you can come along to . There are many different breeds of gundogs though which may mean that it is difficult to con...

8-) Well you will be please to know your all right on the money :dance: The researchers in vienna have done some force plate analysis of labradors carrying various weights to see how they distribute the weight They found that It is all through the fore limbs and indeed weight put on the hind limbs s...

How do gundogs carry the things we ask them to? Without thinking we are asking our dogs to carry game and therefore weight ;) sometimes not an insignificant weight ( thinking geese :) ) and I have just come across some information about how our dogs do this in terms of how they distribute the weight...

When you have a dog with a problem all most people want is that 'quick fix' and gadgets are very seductive with respect to that despite their cost ! Unfortunately there are contra indications to the use of pulsed magnetic therapy and therefore I felt it was important to point that out so that Golden...