adrian slater

[keanerthanroy]

You've just let Adrian's cat out of the bag!

Jonathan

[keanerthanroy]

In all honesty I do not know what he is like as a trainer but as person I have always found him very decent and all the dogs i've seen him with go like stink and go about their job as spaniels should do.

Jonathan

[butcherboy]

The OP asked if anyone had trained with Adrian & what is he like. Perhaps if you don't know Adrian it would be wise to say nothing




From my point of view, I've met him many times and he is a really nice bloke, helpfull & open. Never trained with him so can't comment on that side. He has a dvd out, available via Paul French.

[Judy]

To be fair I think one man's meat is another man's poison when it comes to trainers, not to mention a lot of other things. Its more a case of going to different trainers and finding one you like and who uses training methods you, personally, are happy with. I suspect a lot of people have been to top trainers or trainers who come highly recommended and not been impressed at all for one reason or another, thats not to say the trainer is no good simply that that particular trainer may not suit your mentality.

So, what I'm struggling to say (it is early in the day) go and see him and try for yourself.

Judy

[liverandwhite]

The 1st thing i would look at before going to see a new trainer would be thier trialling record. They could be the nicest,friendliest, best person in the world but if thier training methods don't work for THEM (ie poor trial results), then they aint going to work for YOU.

[Judy]

Oooo you throwing down a gauntlet? Depends what you want for a dog doesn't it? You can be a great trainer without wanting to trial a dog, most people's aim in life is to own good, well behaved shooting dogs who get invited back to shoots year after year. The vast majority of us don't need the extra speed and 'shine' to win at trials. So, you may not necessarily need that kind of credentials in a trainer?? I do agree though, in the absence of anything else to rate them by I would perhaps being looking at their results .

Judy

[Madlab]

Its Very tipical when someone gets an award that people try to diminish it and its normally because they will never measure up to the person theyre sniping at. How can anybody know who reads which paper just because them are their friends dont doesnt mean that nobody does.

[BOB-S-]

Hi I can confirm that Adrian has turned my girlfriends Springer around. We live in Liverpool and he was recomended to us by another Springer owner.

He is 3 (the springer that is) and had become a tear away. The straw that broke the camels back was when he ran off for food and was missing for over an hour crossing a few main roads and eventualy found a mile away.

We first requested a 1-2-1 training session with him which was a very reasonable cost for well over an hours worth of working with the dog. At this assesment he told us that there was hope and imideatley we saw that he could be trained using what Adrian had showed us.

The dog already had all the basics but Adrian gave us some training practice's where more control could be gained.

We have since attended his Allerton training school on a regular basis and the dog is coming on leaps and bounds.

I have no experiance of him training dogs for the field specificly but I can confirm he knows his stuff and if you have found him either through word of mouth or on the net you are onto a winner. A 1-2-1 lesson would be the way to go so you can get a feel for him and see how he works with your dog.

[scot-ish]

Nice first post. seems like you might have joined for that reason. i may be completely wrong though.

as people have mentioned, one persons method might not be right for another, and a succesfull record in what you are training for, shows that you are on the right track, if a man has a top record at trialling, then chances are, he will train you a well behaved shooting dog with his eyes closed.

[Rothievale]

The 1st thing i would look at before going to see a new trainer would be thier trialling record. They could be the nicest,friendliest, best person in the world but if thier training methods don't work for THEM (ie poor trial results), then they aint going to work for YOU.

I'm with Judy on this one, it all depends what you want your dog for and I know plenty of very good dog trainers that don't trial. I know a trialling record is a good measure of somebody's success as a dog trainer but it isn't the be all and end all and I know a handful of successful triallers who I consider to be poor dog handlers/trainers and have only managed success through a good dog (sometimes trained by someone else).