Dave ‘the Dog’ Templar is training a cocker in cover for field trials. This is slightly different to training a dog to work on a driven pheasant day. The principles are the same – and one of them is keeping a lid on your own emotions. He talks about how to do that.
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Dogs and hunters on point – the UK St Hubertus Cup 2023
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
Dog training: how to work open ground
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
Dog training: how to control yourself
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
Windowcleaning gundogs
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
Walked-up grouse over German wirehaired pointers and a bracco Italiano
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
Dog trainer lams into the Kennel Club
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
How to cover your bitch
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
Dave the Dog fixes Ollie’s lab
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.
Dogs bred to hunt the Arctic tundra
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
Cocker, springer or labrador puppy? Which is it to be…
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
How to choose a working cocker spaniel puppy
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’
How to choose a labrador puppy
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
