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Guest blog – Training the Tessleymoor Way
I first met Damian five years ago. I had a seriously badly behaved 18 month old English Pointer, Meggie. She needed to be in boot camp and so did I. I don’t want to make the same mistakes with Lola, […]
Testimonial – Gundog Training Vinny the Hungarian Vizsla
I’m so grateful for Damian’s help with my strong willed defiant Vizsla boy Vinny. After trying and failing group gun dog training elsewhere. I didn’t think it was possible to get my Vinny under control. He would pull on the […]
Supporting Our Local Charities
After all the hard work we put into our event in June, it was great to hand over cheques to local charities. We have been able to donate £2500 to each of the four organisations we support. We were pleased […]
11 year old Amelia a star at her first gundog training lesson
It was an absolute pleasure to meet Milo the Cocker Spaniel with Amelia and her dad Mark for their first gundog training lesson. Amelia had asked her dad on the day if it’d be ok if she came along to […]
Believe and you will achieve
It can be hard to see progression with your training, especially when you are with your dog everyday. Liam with Charlie the rescue Springer Spaniel is a classic example. I first met them three months ago. Charlie has not had the […]
Is your Gundog ready for the 2018 Shooting Season
As the shooting season draws nearer with the Glorious 12 being the start of fun filled months of shooting and woking our dogs it’s important to remember about preparation. Over summer many shooters will have continued to refine their shooting skills […]
6 month Springer Spaniel Snipe’s training update
You may have read my blog post on the 1st April when I met Snipe for his initial assessment. Snipe is the brother to my Islay who’s featured on many of my social media platforms. Being male Snipe is a […]
Retrieve Problems with a Korthal Griffon.
Scouts training has been progressing well until we hit a brick wall with her retrieves on our last lesson. Despite all our efforts Scout would run out to the dummy, sniff and walk away. Today we had huge success with […]
Cold game training with a young Springer Spaniel
Teaching your young dog to retrieve game has to be timed right. If you haven’t achieved a clean and enthusiastic delivery of a dummy/retrieve article then your dog isn’t ready. You certainly do not want your young dog mouthing the […]
Stimulate your dog mentally and physically
Gundog training is only one part of training a dog. I quantify it as the advanced level three of training. Level one is building your bond, not bribing or buying it with food. Level two is basic commands such as […]