Gundog Training Forum

Using one of those small domestic mincers, it would take us 2 hours to mince, bag and clean up after doing 30kg of chicken carcass. They needed to be part defrosted and cut into 3 pieces to fit down the throat of the machine. Looked at a more suitable mincer, most those up to the job are 3 phase. We...

We’ve got the Subaru Outback. Very good car – I put road tyres on it last time round, so that limits it’s off road capability. The boot is quite big. Agree Subaru parts are expensive :-) We also have a Vito Dualiner with a Barnsbrook cage for when we take all the dogs out together. Rear wheel drive ...

We have Wireless IP Cameras’s – one of them does pan/tilt by remote control, or can be set to scan, which is quite handy, and both have sound. I’ve set them up so they can be accessed from any PC or Smartphone with a user id and password. I prefer the cameras hard wired – we use home plugs (networks...

If your goal here is for your dog to settle in your home, then day care might not be the best option. The dog walker you have found sounds like a good guy – I guess he’ll interact with your dog, work out what motivates it and do little bits of training. That’s all great – but, unless you do the same...

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.... it doesn't matter what you feed as long as the dog is healthy and capable of working hard two or three days on the trot...... So, if I change that slightly:- "it doesn't matter how you train, handle or care for a dog as long as the dog is healthy and capable of working hard two or three d...

I used to feed Arden Grange. Quantity wise, I feed roughly one and half times more raw than I did of the dry Arden Grange. I say “dry” because an owner will either pre-moisten the kibble or let the dog intake the water required to digest it (raw has a high moisture content). Comparing the poo output...

I tend to agree with Kerr on this - it does seem to be an over reaction - and I doubt the RSPCA are being given lists of firearms and rod licence holders. Don't the RSPCA and the Police frequently conduct joint operations? I can see, in certain circumstances, that information would need to be shared...

At our congress this year the suggestion was made to try paracetomol with nsaids (I know this is against everything you've ever heard!) This is interesting as I heard it being promoted as the latest thinking for human use on "Inside Medicine" (Radio 4) .. Apparently much more effective to...

@Spaceman, interested to hear how you get on with Cartrophen - is it more expensive than the standard painkillers? ESS - £95 for the course of 4 (that includes the consult fees, so I thought it was reasonable). Vet suggested 2 or three "top ups" per year depending on how things go. Once t...