This article is adapted from Passing Grade Three  available from The Gundog Club  There are two potential starting points for the back command. One is with the dog remote from you  -  the back … [Read more...]

The ability to control a dog at a distance is one that many working gundog owners aspire to. There is a particlar joy in watching a dog glide gracefully to a halt at 100 yards, on the peep of a … [Read more...]

There will be many times in the life of a retriever,  when he has to search for game that he has not seen fall. Sometimes this will be as part of an unstructured ‘sweeping up’ process. At other … [Read more...]

It is time to take the plunge, and get Rachael picking up game. She probably won’t be picking up on the shoot until after Christmas, her role until then will be to observe. But I want her to … [Read more...]

Casting and lining are about choosing the direction in which you want your dog to travel. They are the ‘steering’ component of directional control The difference between them lies in the … [Read more...]

A marked retrieve is one the dog has seen fall. Marking, is the act of accurately memorising the location at which the falling object reached the ground. Marking ability is an important … [Read more...]