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 simulated clayshoot with a difference: the gundogs and handlers are there to learn what a driven pheasant shoot is like. Andy Brown explains.
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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

The right dog for the job, with José Souto
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.

More than a working dog: the Malinois
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

More than a gundog: the labrador
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

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