Gundog Training Forum

How far off the 'fall' area does she start quartering? Have you tried stopping her every time she breaks off line & pushing her on again? Naj I hope not ? Wagon wheel drills are a casting drill, nothing to do with retrieving, so this in mind they should always be 'found' ?.. It should never be ...

Brian ?

Well I'm pretty sure if I let all my dogs out the back of the truck in the middle of a field with a nice big cock pheasant in view, the dog I ran at the championships in January would be first to it! My dogs must be shite cause they'll all have a go given half a chance. If the dog performs when it ...

I've been browsing around looking at pictures of potential future stud dogs recently and to be honest I'm disappointed by the look of some of them. There seem to be very few really masculine ESS dogs out there in trialling land. I'm hoping you can prove me wrong by giving me some really handsome st...

From the dog's actions, he understands heel as being loosely around you and not a definitive position and that checking things out is ok too. You can't have good heeling manners off leash without first establishing them on leash. All the things you have described as problematic should not be happen...

Shock / Horror / Hold the press!
Do you mean clicker training doesn't actually work unless you do it right?
Does clicker training teaching the hold wrongly lead to hard mouth ?

You will be on CC,FF,and FTP In no time.

Were they KC Panel judges?
If so, who were they?
Did you report your opinion to the FT Secretary of the club holding the trial ?

I wonder why so many eat shit ,there own and others ?

Blanco wrote:I know we get the dregs

You probably get what you choose.
Guidance to that choice is what you take.
You have what you have.

What you do with it is another story