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A Disappointing Season For Grouse Shoots

Posted: August 12, 2021

The restrictions of last year severely impacted the ability to hold a successful shoot day. Many shoots abandoned the season all together and so the 2021 season has been eagerly anticipated. The game season always starts with the Glorious Twelfth […]

Nala Goes Home

Posted: July 1, 2021

You may remember I blogged about the Nala the GSP who has been in residential training with me. Her owner’s came to pick her up today and we had a really successful handover. Nala is not going to be a […]

Toplands Clay Shoot and Tessleymoor Gundogs Country Charity Event 2018

Posted: March 17, 2018

Toplands Clay Shoot and Tessleymoor Gundogs Country Charity Event – June 16 2018 Saturday June 16 sees the return of our successful annual country charity event 2018 and this year it’s going to be bigger and better than ever. A […]

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Gundog Training Nala the Sprocker

Posted: June 16, 2017

Nala the 11 month old Sprocker has the opportunity to work in the shooting field provided she’s trained up. Nala is owned by Kirsty’s son but due to work commitments he’s been limited for time to train which has resulted […]

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Residential Gundog Training with Two Golden Retrievers

Posted: June 16, 2017

Millie and Oscar arrived today for some Golden Retriever training in a residential setting. Over the past months I’ve been training with these two beautiful dogs on a 1-2-1 lesson basis. Whilst they are developing well with their training, it […]

Gundog Training at Christmas.

Posted: December 25, 2016

People ask do I get quiet over the festive period for training, the simple answer is no. In fact I find people spend more time looking for training to commence in January. It’s almost like a New Years resolution, “lets […]

Residential Gundog Training Della the Cocker Spaniel

Posted: October 26, 2016

This beautiful 12 month old Cocker Spaniel is full of character and has a huge desire to work. Della has attended 1-2-1 gundog lessons, but due to work commitments and a busy life I haven’t seen her for some time. […]

Follower or Leader ?

Posted: October 3, 2016

We hear so many times about pack leadership/mentality within dogs. ‘Be the pack leader’ is one quote we read about from Cesar Milan, but for some reason we still allow our dogs to become pack leaders. Many dominate their owners making […]

Gundog Training Lincoln the Hungarian Vizsla

Posted: December 11, 2015

Lincoln initially attended a 1-2 -1 dog training behavioural lesson for dominance and aggression towards people and dogs. After working with Lincoln and his owner I’m happy to say that he’s rehabilating nicely and his behaviour has changed, so today […]

Tessleymoor Gundogs in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

Posted: September 1, 2015

Over the last 6 years I’ve dedicated all my time to clients and their dogs, sacrificing holidays, but after recently getting married in May and having only a 3 day honeymoon in the Cotswolds we decided as a family to […]