Gundog Training Forum

Well, I hope it's a coincidence then, although it does seem rather ironic that 6 days after the booster the dog had fits. Personally I think it's a delayed reaction.

"We over-vaccinate our children -- but at least we eventually stop after puberty. But with our pets, we continue vaccine boosters until they are well into their senior years. As adults, we don’t assault ourselves with annual boosters, and we certainly wouldn’t do this to our elderly family memb...

I think it does. I've see Spaniels not introduced to a whistle before respond to the 210.5, but not the 211.5.

The grading system is simple: 0 = Normal 1 = Mild ED 2 = Moderate ED or a primary lesion 3 = Severe ED From the KC website; "The current BVA/KC scoring scheme for elbow dysplasia (ED) was launched in 1998. Dysplasia means abnormal development, and the degree of elbow dysplasia present is indica...

Neither of them have had any health tests done, and the Sire of 'Maplehaze Brognor' has mild ED. I wouldn't go near it, but that's just me.

Or, Pam could have sent it to the left of the bush & it would have been bang on the money. :-D Naj No, that would have taken the dog even further away from the dummy. The dummy was more or less in line with the bushes - if the dog had stayed on original line that scraped past them, the dog woul...

How many seconds in would have you stopped it?

At 0:07 the dog came off it's line to avoid some bushes so consequently it verged off to the right.

Extraordinary for an American cocker - who's training that dog, Pam, and by what methods? Congratulations to all involved - very nice work! A/V trials are next, one would hope - surely an American cocker would be eligible? MG The man's voice sounds like Roberts from Polmaise Gundogs. Edit: it is 'P...