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Live game retreival training with Harry the Springer Spaniel
All the patience, consistency and time training Harry paid off today. Harry worked well hunting with live game retrieval in the field. He produced an amazing delivery to hand of a hen pheasant. The relationship Sam and Harry has is […]
The importance of starting your foundation dog training at a young age
Today I met two more new recruits, 14 week old Labrador puppies Cooper and Reggie for puppy training. People always ask at what age should we start their training? My reply is, the earlier the better. As long as we […]
Gundog Training Aoife the Cocker Spaniel
From a wilful, disobedient Spaniel to a gundog in just six weeks. Who’d have thought when Aoife’s owners attended their first lesson in August 2018, they would now have such a responsive and well trained dog? This young girl has […]
Lest We Forget: Military Dogs
I’ve had a few dogs coming to training wearing poppies on their collars. Of course Remembrance Sunday is coming up on November 11 when we remember the fallen in past and present conflicts. What you may not know is the […]
Hard work and dedication yields results
Hard work and dedication show that anything can be achieved. Riley started training in April 2018 at the age of 13 months. He was excessively pulling on the lead, running off especially to other dogs, jumping up at people, also sleeping […]
Testimonial- Residential training 10 month Springer Spaniel
Damian I would like to give you my sincere thanks for all the time and effort you have put into Salen. As you know I have already had Callie the Dam to her into you for residential previously and also […]
3 year old Oscar training with Grandma.
I I’ve been training Kimi for a while now. He belongs to the owners of Honeywell’s, my local farm shop where I am a frequent visitor. This week, Susan also brought along junior dog handler, Oscar, for the lesson. […]
From Narrow Boat to Open Fields
Frank is a five year old rescue Springer Spaniel, rehomed by Barbara, an experienced dog owner. She didn’t want a puppy so Frank seemed ideal and had only been in the rescue centre for a short time. However, Barbara has […]
Small Training Steps Reap Big Rewards
Living up to his name, Hugo certainly thought he was the boss when I first met him with Bryn his owner. Hugo has for the last two years been a family dog doing many things you wouldn’t encourage for a […]
Residential Dog Training 9 month Labrador
As a dog behaviourist I train and rehabilitate all breeds of dogs. Most behavioural problems stem from the owners lack of understanding of what’s required to create a happy, well behaved, disciplined dog. Darcy the nine month Labrador is a […]