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Does anybody on here beat or work gundogs in Devon and Cornwall? I'm a novice but its something Ive always wanted to get into. I've got a young springer who I think could make a nice working dog. Cheers

 

Good luck . A little and often with a spaniel :001_smile:

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Around here you would be welcome at plenty of shoots, beating or picking up, if your dog is well trained then you will be sought after. Its quite a lot of hard work to get any dog steady, but you will feel so proud when your springer works well.

 

there are gundog clubs that do group training, I'm sure you will find one near you, and they will have plenty of contacts at shoots, to get you introduced. Have fun!

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Rex, I spent three days with Walter Harrison, near Dorchester, he was (maybe still is) a legend in the Spaniel world, everyday we took the puppies, there were ten or fifteen of them, out to a small field at the back of the kennels to play, he would call very softly " here here here" and any that came would get a ball to chase and even at 12 weeks they caught on to the idea that if you took it back, you got to chase it again and that staying close was more fun.

 

He did also tell us that once they were teenagers all this stopped and lead exercise took over untill they were old enough to learn.

 

My current model is a wayward lab, Ive taught him everything :001_rolleyes:

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I don't do much anymore. We've got three Spaniels one Springer and two Cockers, the Springer is pretty much retired now. Mrs Egg still works the two Cockers twice a week. As said earlier if you can keep on top of them and get them steady it's a real pleasure to see them work.

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