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I've moved to the UK about a yr ago. I have a fully intact male Boykin. I've been searching for others who might have them here.

Nikki

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THANK YOU!! We actually call it flushing the birds. Thank you all again for all the helpful information. We don't have have game readily available in the states like you do here in the UK. We can not just look up in our directory to find stuff like that. You have to go to a specialized place or have...

We are from the USA, in the south. Georgia and Florida.

There is a list of paperwork that needs to be completed before bring a dog over into the UK. Hoot did not have to be in quarantine and was able to take him 4 hours later. ISO Microchip then Rabies (for some reason is has to be in this order) normal shots 9 days before arriving in the UK you have to ...

How would I go about looking for a local shoot? What is a beater? I'm sure I know what it is by another name. Thank you for the information.

That is something we'd like to do, but where would we get a bird to get the wings? I know that there are some funny rules about hunting here. We have no guns, and besides picking one up on the side of the road. I do not know how to obtain one. Hoot is only 10 months old. He is also the first dog we'...

Hoot my little brown dog!!

Hello, So we've been training Hoot (Boykin) to retrieve a dummy bird. How do I need to go about moving to the next step for him to retrieve something more bird like? Ideas? Hunting is very different for us here in the UK. We can't just go out and kill a pheasant or dove to help in the process of tra...