cazza that pup in edward martins vid is strathfleet zimba aka wallace.. a ( strathfleet) rogart dog!!! rolos 1/2 brother! and simons winning dog , kenny, timsgarry barlow.. is sutherland/rogart lines too down the sires line.. kirkstall lever is a keepers dog hes called toby and hes liaths father and rolos mothers father too ( litter sisters)he was put to norleigh cocoa producing norleigh ceilidh and norleigh clune bothe ftchs one rols granny and one kennys grandfather.
so the small rogart dogs do get about!..
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emma not all dogs flush and retrieve. up here they like the spaniels for flushing at shoots and the pickers up come behind with a mix of dogs spaniels and labs mostly.
if you are rough shooting ie rabbits then your dog will flush and retrieve.
and I was told at the skibo shoots last year a lot of dogs were being worked on long lines when flushing so you could do that. In fact when they are short of dogs it can be just you with a stick and the odd dog to poke its nose in here and there..
a lot of estates here struggle to get beaters during the season as everyone works..some folk only want their dogs to pick up..horses for courses..
