First visit to a trainer

[trekmoor]

Depends if you can find a decent trainer, I can't seem to find a decent one within 70 minutes drive of me. Seems like the impossible, some of it is just a money pit at £50 for 45 minutes when you don't learn really anything.

I failed to read this until now ..... £50 for 45 minutes is a total rip-off ! Find a local trialer of your breed, ask nicely for some help from him/her and you might be pleasantly surprised by how many non - money grabbing folk there still is in the world .

Wullie

[Lloyd90]

I met with a bloke who trials and has judged a few open trials recently, I went round his place for the 2nd time with my young springer Ted who's just gone 6 months.

I set him off to hunt and he just ran about with his head up. The bloke whos me by giving him any hand signals whilst quartering he keeps looking up at me and not getting his nose down.
Also on retrieves he is staring at me to give him the signal to go, rather than keeping his eyes firmly focused on the item and where it has landed.

Both big no no's. WE have been practicing being sent for retrives without any signal apart from verbal and I've been giving very little hand signal whilst hunting, and getting myself down low to get his nose down.
So far the advice seems to be working

I also get frequent help and advice over messenger. All for the grand total of £0 ... although think I better get him some nice bottles in for xmas there's some top people out there in the dog world.

[newf]

I found scent will get the head down with little input from me. However, firstly, my pup runs with his head up and down when searching for game.

Glad you have found someone to help you.

[ips]

Its good when you find someone willing to help just because they can