Gundog Training Forum

So we had a couple or three little chats :cursing: which consisted of me blowing the turn whistle in her lughole and then she sort of settled to the job but was pulling forward & needing whistle turned more than I would have liked. I was working one dog at heel and one quartering, Fizz was fine...

There is no rush to take the dummy out of the dog’s mouth, count to five, before taking it off her.
When she is on the lead, or walking to heel, don’t let her sniff the ground.

What do you intend to do with her?

Are you a Man? (camera person)

Which did you get?

How many times a week have you been getting her to retrieve? Be honest.

I’m trying to find out why some will spend more on feeding raw, opposed to a descent nutritionally balanced dry food. I know Callthatagundog has a dog allergic to maize, but what about the rest of you…..why?

FW if dry kibble is as good as they say how come it has a shelf life of a year and over :? Whats in it that makes it keep so fresh?? My mother fed wilsons dog meal to all of her dogs and some stinking tinned meat that we all used to barf at the smell of :lol: , they all lived long happy lives. Howe...

What dry dog food have you tried? -Apart from Skinners rough and ready, which it coated in sugar. I’ve seen dogs on raw, and I can’t really say they look any better on it. Mine get abs everything, dry, raw, meat, table scraps etc etc etc. I couldnt go back to feeding just one diet of dry kibble my ...

What dry dog food have you tried? -Apart from Skinners rough and ready, which it coated in sugar.

I’ve seen dogs on raw, and I can’t really say they look any better on it.

As for a raw diet being "mainly bones", before I go into detail, please can you explain why you think this and also what feeding regime you think raw feeders follow? Well, bones and raw food/offal/meat. I get the impression there is a lot of bones involved? It seems like a lot of faffing ...