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A Disappointing Season For Grouse Shoots
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 […]
Pre-Shoot Training – Getting Your Dogs Ready
The 2020 shoot season was pretty much abandoned by many shoots. There is a great degree of uncertainty about the 2021 season, with some shoots already cancelling shoot days. However, plans are being made by some shoots to offer additional […]
Testimonial- Shooting Season working a Labrador
Hi mate, had a great day out with Amber today, had some really long difficult retrieves, stopping and taking direction, she didn’t put a foot wrong and delivered everything pretty much straight to hand. Had loads of positive comments about […]
Welcome to October
It’s an exciting day on the shooting calendar with the pheasant season starting today, October 1st. For those of you lucky enough to have shoot days planned, I hope you have a great season. If you’re taking your dog along […]
Cold game pre-shoot group training
Yesterday’s lesson with two client was thoroughly enjoyable. The aim of the pre-shoot group training was to work on steadiness around multiple dogs for both my clients as they are destined for the 2020 shoot field. We worked Springer Spaniels […]
Pre-Shoot Training with Ivy the Cocker
With the shooting season gathering pace, it’s important to get your pre-shoot training in so that your dog is ready for the field. Ivy is a great Cocker Spaniel who I’ve been training for a while. At this latest session, […]
The Glorious Twelfth and the start of the shooting season
The glorious twelfth marks that start of the 2020 shooting season and for those who are fortunate enough to be shooting today I hope it’s a thoroughly enjoyable day. Years ago I was asked by Ribble Valley Live Magazine to […]
Vegetarian Gamekeeper On His First Shoot
You may remember our guest blog last month about whether it was possible to be a vegetarian gamekeeper. We looked at changes that are taking place in the world of country sports and the need to attract a fresh audience […]
Guest Blog – Can You Be A Vegetarian Gamekeeper?
I’ve known Damian from Tessleymoor for many years. He’s trained my dogs and in the next year or so will be training another – a working dog this time. That’s because my youngest son wants to become a gamekeeper. He’s […]