Wszystko mogłoby się napakowana jest bowiem hucie przedstawienie powszechności zła knocked me out cold. When I awoke, wife and the paramedics stood over me. Having been fully briefed by wife, the paramedics snorted as they tried to conduct their work while suppressing their hysterical laughter. wife told me I should be flattered. At the office, colleagues tried to coax explanation out of me. I kept silent, claiming it was too painful to talk. What's the matter, cat got your tongue? If they had only known. When people first contact us they are often unsure whether or not their dog is actually a gundog. The only thing that defines a gundog, is the breed to which the dog belongs. There are many different gun dog breeds and if the breed your dog belongs to falls into the gundog group of dogs, then he is a gundog. The nation's most popular gundog and pet dog today is the Labrador Retriever. If you own a Labrador, you own a gundog. Some of the nation's other most popular pet dogs are also gundogs. These include the cocker spaniel, the springer spaniel, the golden retriever and the weimaraner. Whether or not gundog would make a good ‘working' gundog depends partly on his breeding and partly on the experiences he has had his life far. However, members of almost all gun dog breeds, no matter what their parentage, benefit from gundog training. The following breeds are all gundogs. if you can find yours. Gundogs are divided into four categories. Retrievers, spaniels, HPR, pointers and setters. These are the retrievers These are the spaniels These are the HPRs And these are the pointers and setters If your dog belongs to any of these groups or is a cross-breed from these groups, he is a gun dog breed, and you can take part the Gundog Club's Graded Training programme. No pedigree papers are required and complete beginners are always welcome. There is also another sub-group called the Utility Gundogs, which include the Spanish Water Dog, Italian Lagotto, Kooikerhondje. I have a couple of Spanish Water Dogs coming to training and have a bit of difficulty knowing what tasks to train up for, as they seem to do everything including herding sheep! Until these breeds' breed clubs actually set a working standard, then I think we trainers continue to struggle. It's difficult not knowing what the breeds' natural tendencies instincts are helping the owners channel them correctly. Hi we own a nearly 9 month old curly coat Retreiver his parents are show dogs but not sure if working dogs. We are very interested some gun dog training for him, please could you let us know where Somerset there be a group, we live Bridgwater. Also is he a bit young yet? Hoe you can help thx I have a 3 year old black bitch lab. We did some initial Gundog training her puppy months at South Norfolk's Gundog Training group. I am now spending some time South Leicestershire North Northhamptonshire, and she has spent some time out with a local shoot doing beating and some ‘picking up', Is there a local club I can get some further training from this Spring as I would really like to re-inforce reintroduce some of the more advanced work. I would really appreciate it. thanks, Enjoyed looking at the website. Hi Kim, You can find a list of all the FT societies and clubs the UK on the Kennel Club's website. Some clubs train more often than others. You can also check out our accredited instructors, many of them hold group training courses throughout the months, as well as offering one-to-one tuition Glad you enjoyed the website and good luck with your dog Hi Tim -bred dogs are very welcome to join our courses. Your dog need to have interest retrieving or carrying objects his mouth. Labradoodles are often keen retrievers. If you contact your nearest instructor using the link the menu bar at the top of the page, they be able to advise you. Our welsh springer is a year old, rather strong willed and very energetic, rather a handful fact! Good at recall, and likes to carry sticks. We try to give her lots of running but think she enjoy some more structured activity. Does she sound suitable age and temperament for a course? We live NE Wales. Peter. The goal of obedience training is to create a common language between dog and master so that both species can live together At Top Dog Obedience School, we open the lines of communication for over 1200 students and their pets each year. We teach you to train your dog so that the human-canine bond deepens, and problem dogs become a pleasure. Top Dog training techniques are simple and straightforward. Dogs are first shown how to respond properly