The pack
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:48 am
Acquired a few since starting off with Walt about 5 years ago! Mixture of prospects and old hands!
Far left Walt (Litter brother to Trekmoor's dog Edge), first dog I trained, use him for beating, picking up, peg work and in the hide on pigeons
Black Lab is Swift, 4 year old Ftch x Ftch Irish bitch, recent acquisition to bolster the picking up team, done nothing gundog work wise before I got her but she's steady as a rock during picking up and a real game finder, exceptional in the water too
Springer behind swift is Carla (Walts Dam), She's an OFTW (Winning with James), had her about 3 years I think, main stay of the picking up team and still gets about like a 2 year old despite being 9 (I think), very very hard going dog
Black Cocker behind Carla is 'Fig', 18 months! Got her for the wife to train but she didn't do anything. She wouldn't retrieve, delivery was ok if you were an earth worm 12 inches below ground. Despite all that I let her tag along to the shoots last season and let her figure it out. She's now actually a very good little dog and i'm assuming will only get better, picks all game, steady, hunts well. She will be a main stay in the picking up team but will also do some rough shooting with her, not sure if she has the gears to trial but she's a lovely little dog and doesn't miss game
Next to her (liver and white springer) is Bee, her exploits have been well documented on here. She is by far my best dog, She's run in multiple trials (6 I think), loads of awards and a second place. Was thinking about running her again this year but with everything going on that's unlikely. She can do everything (like Walt, but at about 100x the pace).
The black and white dog at the front is a new pup from Ireland (out of Louis Rice champion bitch), he's about 7 months and a big dog, still very puppyish but shows flashes of being a good one, time will tell
The Brown cocker on the right is the 'wild card' Ellie! she's about 20 months now, had her a couple of months, very very well bred and absolute lightning, would love to trial her, need to get her head settled. She's a shit or bust type of dog
Mike
Far left Walt (Litter brother to Trekmoor's dog Edge), first dog I trained, use him for beating, picking up, peg work and in the hide on pigeons
Black Lab is Swift, 4 year old Ftch x Ftch Irish bitch, recent acquisition to bolster the picking up team, done nothing gundog work wise before I got her but she's steady as a rock during picking up and a real game finder, exceptional in the water too
Springer behind swift is Carla (Walts Dam), She's an OFTW (Winning with James), had her about 3 years I think, main stay of the picking up team and still gets about like a 2 year old despite being 9 (I think), very very hard going dog
Black Cocker behind Carla is 'Fig', 18 months! Got her for the wife to train but she didn't do anything. She wouldn't retrieve, delivery was ok if you were an earth worm 12 inches below ground. Despite all that I let her tag along to the shoots last season and let her figure it out. She's now actually a very good little dog and i'm assuming will only get better, picks all game, steady, hunts well. She will be a main stay in the picking up team but will also do some rough shooting with her, not sure if she has the gears to trial but she's a lovely little dog and doesn't miss game
Next to her (liver and white springer) is Bee, her exploits have been well documented on here. She is by far my best dog, She's run in multiple trials (6 I think), loads of awards and a second place. Was thinking about running her again this year but with everything going on that's unlikely. She can do everything (like Walt, but at about 100x the pace).
The black and white dog at the front is a new pup from Ireland (out of Louis Rice champion bitch), he's about 7 months and a big dog, still very puppyish but shows flashes of being a good one, time will tell
The Brown cocker on the right is the 'wild card' Ellie! she's about 20 months now, had her a couple of months, very very well bred and absolute lightning, would love to trial her, need to get her head settled. She's a shit or bust type of dog
Mike
How are finding training the different breeds?
