Was speaking to Jeanie earlier (via email) and she reminded me about the use of whippy sticks… The puppies are growing like mushrooms, and I am pleased how the bitch is progressing. I started in early February and have got them lead trained. Re the pulling GSPs, I was given the tip of using a [...]

This is a discussion of problems with training dogs, especially bigger ones, to walk to heel; these two email threads happen to be relating to German Short-haired Pointers, but they are not the only ones to pull!

A discussion of the various gundog breeds and just how useful they are – are the Hunt Point Retrieve breeds the ultimate gundog?

Recently got an email in through the gundog training site which I am copying here: – I downloaded your email book recently and going great so far. I have a five month old pup primarily a family pet, but with lots of walking (live near a forest). I would like to train him myself and [...]

can you keep a working gundog as a family pet or will it get spolied.