All of mine are also pets and live in the house. It is just for four months of the year that they are hard working gundogs. The other eight months...
A lot of spaniels hunt on the lead. The nose is glued to the ground and they dart about as much as the lead allows them to. An extendable lead...
As a matter of interest, Dave, what is Barney's breeding? Are his parents working dogs, or maybe trialling dogs?
I would definitely stick with the gundog training classes even though it might be difficult for your pup to concentrate in the presence of all the...
If he is already being 'self employed' at the tender age of 6 months then I don't think the about turn method is going to work. Is he your first...
Hello and welcome from me and my five spaniels, one of them a working cocker, and all of them working gundogs. What a lovely puppy you have. My...
There is no DNA test yet available for HC in Labradors so we have only the yearly eye tests at the moment. The Animal Health Trust is doing a lot...
I find a well trained stop whistle much more effective than trying to recall from a chase. Look at stop whistle training.
Here in the UK it us called tracking. Search & rescue dogs are trained to track human scent.
What training do you do and how often do you train? It sounds as if your dog might need more mental stimulation but not in the form of gadgets but...
I use Johnsons skin calm shampoo which contains coal tar and sulphur. It seems to work very well and is really inexpensive and widely available...
That looks very sore. Your poor girl, the itchiness must be so miserable for her. I have no answer other than that I would stop feeding dried...
I don't really understand this. Are you saying you would like to use the click just so that the dog drops the dummy even though it has not done...
@Peartree makes a very good point about the cue you are using in the last video. I would have also said 'out' rather than 'back' at that angle. I...
Sorry, but don't you mean the stifle, Julie?
Musher's Secret is very good.
Yes, that's what I do with my dogs. I realise that this is not an easy concept to get one's head around as a pet dog owner, that's why I always...
If you are going down the route of changing the food I would come away from dry food and feed a wet gluten free food instead. One of my dogs can...
I think I would phone the vet and ask for advice.
Maybe interacting with other dogs is not such a big thing for this young lurcher. It is definitely not high on the agenda for any of my dogs. If...
