Gundog Training Forum

my dogs have started digging holes and eating earth as if they are needing something. Does any one know what they want?

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I hope all had a good time - enclose photo for our Australian member.
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Nice photos. I have some and will try to work out how to post them over the holiday period !

thanks Hily I think I shall take him on a small shoot on a lead and maybe let him have an easy retrieve.

I hate golf ! and it isn't him who is bored its me ! He is getting steady to fur/feather and ok with starting pistol but haven't tried 12 bore yet. I am thinking of getting a 410 to start off with

I confess to have become bored with training my 1 yr cocker. He is coming on well but I have run out of fresh ideas although he still loves his sessions. I had training which culminated in the rabbit pen but a fox got into the pen and killed most of the bunnies so I am trying to find a way of replic...

Happy new year everyone. My new pup Woden (WCS) follows me out in the field, the other day the wife brought back a hen pheasant so I could hide it for her dog to do a blind retrieve. I threw it in some long grass and as I walked back I was surprised to see Woden coming to me dragging the bird. Do mo...

Billy is a soft dog (WCS) verging on the neurotic - he will not eat his food if I am not there, but he is a super gundog and very obedient. I have only ever trained soft dogs among the very few dogs I have trained atall . My new pup Woden (WCS) is 10weeks old and is not soft by any stretch, infact h...

The two bitches came on heat in the same week, after he had covered them which we did not think he would we were assured that they would not be in pup which was the whole point of having him implanted. We have three dogs and three bitches ,the dogs being neutered. This has proved a most satisfactory...

The implant had no visible effect on his coat. When we had him he would not leave the bitches alone, he was a real sex pest. The vet said his body may have rejected the implant as it did not seem to cool his ardour but now six months later he shows no interest much so maybe it was a slow reaction. H...