More than a working dog: the cocker
Most shoots have at least one cocker spaniel either picking up or in the beating line. In this episode of our series More Than a
Most shoots have at least one cocker spaniel either picking up or in the beating line. In this episode of our series More Than a
Top game chef José Souto is a keen falconer, and uses his pointer Izzy to find and point game birds for his birds to hunt.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwGKwBmuVnI The Belgian shepherd or Malinois has gone from herding and guarding livestock to frontline service. Dog trainer Sean Brown from Petsercise.co.uk in Northumberland introduces
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg9GkU6LGHI Pet, friend, workmate – the labrador may be all these things to you. To wider society, it is a help around the house and
youtu.be/dcHOpXGuJrw This is no ordinary field trial. We’re at Prestwold Hall near Loughborough in Leicestershire, for the inaugural UK St Hubertus Cup – a competition
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CGMk6ujodI Expert trainer and gundog breeder Dave Templar from Countryways Gundogs shows a field-trial-winning flush and retrieve by a cocker, and how he trains the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSCejngkKLA Dave ‘the Dog’ Templar is training a cocker in cover for field trials. This is slightly different to training a dog to work on
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTFpMMSuIRs Working a gundog to flush game, says top trainer Dave Templar, is like windowcleaning. You want your dog to wipe the cover in front
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfX3Ka8_5Y Malin Hewins has brought together members of the German Wirehaired Pointer Club, plus friends (including a bracco Italiano), to pick up on a walked-up
Controversy over force-free approach to gundog training by Deborah Hadfield There’s a growing split at the heart of gundog training, and it centres on the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJZCIMH3RuE Ollie Williams is worried. Dave Templar is wearing rubber gloves. Ollie has come to Countryways Gundogs in Gloucestershire, which Dave runs, to find out
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAojngcIboQ Dave Templar from Countryways Gundogs helps Ollie Williams with his new labrador. How should Ollie train an 11-month-old gundog? Dave has the answers.
Paul is putting in the miles hunting ptarmigan and capercaillie in glorious Lapland. It’s tough going over wet terrain in a biting wind. That demands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6z2F3jszZo Top gundog trainer Dave Templar tells Ollie Williams the benefits and pitfalls of each of the three most popular breeds of working dog. It’s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0rXKutHybc How do you choose a working cocker puppy? Ollie Williams wants to buy one for his girlfriend, Laura. Top gundog trainer ‘Dave the Dog’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2NZdj0Jw5c David Templar of Countryways Gundogs is one of the top labrador experts in the UK. He explains to Ollie Williams how to choose a
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMfgnFbINHg At Cotswold Fieldsports, they do things differently. You won’t find anyone to teach you field trial tips and tricks. Today, they are running a
High-profile dog-owners including F1 driver Lewis Hamilton endorse and feed their pet dogs a vegan diet. So can our domesticated ‘wolves’ do well as
It’s the results of our massive dog questionnaire, covering dogfood, dog breeds and dog boxes, and thanks to all who took part in it. Our
A seven-year legal battle between two gundog trainers has come to an end. At its heart is the question whether you can physically discipline your
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tklVQTZ2U40The UK Deer Track & Recovery Group specialise in just that – from CSI-style investigation of a shot site, to tracking a deer through the
Thieves are targeting trained gundogs, says the organisation that helps put people back together with their kidnapped dogs. Doglost’s Jayne Hayes says what you can
It is a partridge shoot that is more than just a shoot. This is a day for shooters and dog handlers, organised by gundog trainer
One of your top summer training jobs it keeping the communication connection between you and your gundog. Gilly Nickols shows how. For more about Gilly’s
Top gundog trainer Gilly Nickols wants a certain kind of delivery from her dogs. They have to sit and present birds to her. Here’s how
Top gundog trainer Gilly Nickols gives her tips for training a team of gundogs and keeping them up to the mark during the close season.
It’s a shooting season vice. How to stop your dogs working for themselves – and not for you. The best way to bring your dog
Keep your gundog interested in water. Gilly Nickols offers her tips for summer gundog training. For more about Gilly’s training, go to www.bedgebrookgundogs.co.uk For our
The top gundog teams in the world come to Cawdor Castle in Inverness-shire to compete in Skinners 2017 international working test. Last year’s winner was
Gilly Nickols says start your summer gundog training programming with steadiness. Reinforce that and it will make it easier to drop the rest of your
Do you smack, correct or punish a gundog when you are training it? Do you train only with rewards and treats? Is a working dog
Paul Childerley is hosting a field trial – and Andy Crow joins him to help put birds on the ground for the dog handlers. Find
You are going on a British gameshooting day. But can you bring your gundog? In the latest in his Shoot Curious series, Edward King gives
Nick and Matt from Langstone Harbour Wildfowlers have strong views about what makes a good wildfowling dog and how to train them. Here are their
The celebration of the British Countryside – the CLA Game Fair 2015 takes place at Harewood House, Yorkshire on 31 July to 2 August 2015.
When game lands out of sight, it takes a lot of faith in you for a gundog to go off and look for it. Here’s
You can reach a point in your dummy training where you are sure your dog is ready to retrieve game. So what do you do?
It’s all very well throwing one dummy and getting your dog to bring it back, but what about those days when the birds are raining
How do you get your dog to sit and stay? Skinners gundog expert Tom West teaches this simple obedience trick. Tom runs Westhala Gundogs near
What’s to stop your dog running in joyfully, the moment you throw something for it to retrieve? Skinners gundog expert Tom West teaches how to
How do you get your dog to walk to heel? Skinners gundog expert Tom West teaches what it takes. Tom runs Westhala Gundogs near Perth
Here how you get a small gundog like a cocker spaniel to retrieve a really big bird like a goose. Professional gundog trainer Howard Kirby
Faced with a large bramble bush, how do you get your dog to trust you that there’s something in there? Professional gundog trainer Howard Kirby
There’s lots of theory behind the long retrieve. Here is professional gundog trainer Howard Kirby in association with Skinners Petfoods to explain what you should
Even when the weather is bad, you can still do dog training exercises indoors. Professional gundog trainer Howard Kirby in association with Skinners Petfoods brings
Here’s how to teach your job to jump over obstacles. Professional gundog trainer Howard Kirby in association with Skinner’s Petfoods brings you short informative films
Here’s how to use a bird launcher to train your dog to flush a bird. Professional gundog trainer Howard Kirby in association with Skinners Petfoods
Steadiness is like obedience, but much, much more. Top gundog trainer Ricky Moloney keeps his gundogs steady on a shoot day.
When Archie, a much-loved cocker spaniel, disappeared in 2009, his owners Simon Barr and Selena Masson thought they would never see him again. We meet
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