Gundog Training Forum

If you look at his dogs around him they are all very happy in his company which leads me to think his methods aren't as hard as some would have you believe. However i do believe the spaniels in the clips temperaments didn't warrant being handle like that as they seemed fairly soft.

ftw Millsey Maestro

It looks like will had a bitch out of that litter hawksmeadow twister and took a litter off her this year to esgob esteem.

He used to jump up in the air from a standing start and his eyes were a bit piercing.

I had a Rowston dog by samson but i sold him as he was noisy in the kennel and a little strange, however the lad that bought him picks up with him and seems to like him.

Richard Ogden in Newark i think.

Springfield Pointers wrote:Ok. I wasn't sure. I was hoping he would clarify.

The title of the topic is distance handling with spaniels, quartering range is another topic.

Naj wrote:Think BIKRs is referring to handling out to 100 yards on a blind retrieve, SP, not quartering out like a pointer.

Correct Naj.

Again, you should really say what you are training the dog for, otherwise we are talking apples & pears. :think: I'm just trying to see what would be a realistically accepted distance for a shooting spaniel. My logic dictates that past about 50m it wouldn't make sense. But my logic may be flawe...

Springfield Pointers wrote:

BIKRS wrote:75 - 100 yards for spaniel IMO.

Really?

Yeah!