What makes a great hunting dog? Dogs, as with many things in life, can all too often be subject to fashion; and over a lifetime fashion can change a breed beyond recognition. But this is not a new thing. I have just been reading my copy of ‘Dog Breaking’ by Hutchinson. In it he talks [...]

This sounds a simple question, but to my mind it actually requires three different answers. The first answer I would give is one hour. That amount of time will be sufficient for someone who knows what they are doing to get to assess the dog; see him or her with their owner and identify a [...]

Breeze was known as the big fat white one when she was a puppy. She has grown up to be slightly overweight, but since my last two doctors have looked me up on a graph and told me I am obese; so who am I to point the finger? As she grew up, she would [...]

Just found some old pictures of GSPs that I would like to share…

I remember during one training session on a Sunday afternoon, we had just finished working a large moorland, taking it in turns to work the dogs with the person who was giving advice. We had broken for lunch, and were going to continue on the other side of the road, which was fenced. There was [...]