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Saving Molly the Labrador

Posted: May 31, 2018

I met Molly 9 months ago with her previous owner. At the time she was nervous, anxious and unpredictable, which resulted in her lunging out and trying to bite. Unfortunately most of her time was spent being moved from kennel […]

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Puppy Gundog Training Nova the Lagotto Romagnolo

Posted: April 29, 2018

12 week old Nova attended her first training lesson today. Having trained Ellis’ mum and dad’s dogs, I have been in constant contact from prior to collecting Nova and it shows. Her behaviour is already structured and responsive. Starting puppy […]

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7 month old Pickle the Working Cocker Spaniel and the importance of starting young.

Posted: March 31, 2018

It’s always great to see Pickle for her gundog training lesson. I first met Pickle at the age of 12 weeks. Starting young with puppy gundog training has allowed us to ensure we ticked the training boxes methodically. At 7 […]

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Parker the Weimaraner

Posted: March 30, 2018

19 Month old Parker the Weimaraner started training with me 2 months ago. His owners initially enquired with a problem of pulling on the lead. Like many owners what they think is a good dog isn’t the case. Victoria thought […]

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First attempt at Cold Game Training for Lilly the Labrador

Posted: March 22, 2018

Lilly has been training with me for a while. Her progress has been slow, not helped by the sudden death of her sister a couple of months ago. She has had a tendency to run in and not take direction […]

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Gundog Training Monty and Winston the German Shorthaired Pointers

Posted: March 16, 2018

Monty and Winston the German Shorthaired Pointers are 12 month old brothers. Monty and Winston’s owners contacted me after they’d jump a boundary fence into a neighbouring field of sheep. Being a responsible owner, he contacted the farmer and whilst they hadn’t […]

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Residential Gundog Training with Dudley the German Shorthaired Pointer

Posted: March 9, 2018

4 year old Dudley the German Shorthaired Pointer (GSP) has now resided with me for two weeks of his residential training programme. Dudley is a beautiful example of a male GSP, he’s charismatic, elegant and strong. His owners have a […]

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Gundog Training Ted the Cocker Spaniel

Posted: March 4, 2018

Ted is a beautiful example of a working Cocker Spaniel. He’s full of enthusiasm, drive and willingness to work. I need to train his owner on how to harness his energy for the shooting field. Having never trained a working […]

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Refresher Gundog Lesson with Finn the Springer Spaniel

Posted: February 21, 2018

Finn’s owner has been busy over the last few months with business commitments so today’s lesson was to focus on what mistakes have been made and polishing up some of his previous training. Finn is one amazing little dog and […]

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Residential Gundog Training with Riley the Irish Red Setter

Posted: February 5, 2018

It was great to have Riley the Irish Red Setter in for some residential training. Having trained Riley on regular 1-2-1 lessons, when the need for some kennelling was required James and Louise decided it would help with the continuity […]