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Offline goldblend90

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Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« on: January 28, 2008, 04:16:35 PM »
Hi

Just to let you know have booked Harley on a Gun Dog Training Day, in Kent on the 17/02/08. 

If you want any details, then I can provide you with these, just ask  :D

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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2008, 04:55:16 PM »
Hope you have a great time  :D
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2008, 10:31:36 PM »
Maybe you are going on the same course as us.  Is it the grade one class run by the Gundog club in the Sevenoaks area?  We will be going on the six week Thursday morning class rather than a one-off day though.
How old is Harley?  I would have liked to have taken Zebedee last autumn when he was younger, but a holiday got in the way (he is now 11 months).  Hopefully he's not too old compared with the others.
Have you been practising with the dummy and whistle etc?  I am totally new to the whole concept of working dogs, have never been on a shoot or anything like that, but Zeb has been practising retrieving the 1lb training dummy, seems to be pretty good at it - but what do I know!  I hope I don't find out I have been practising the wrong things with him.
(And what it is we do with a slipline and a lanyard, I have no idea!)

Jo and Zeb
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2008, 11:03:53 PM »
Hi Jo

This is just a one day course in gundog training and is near Tonbridge in Kent.  The trainer running the course has his own kennels and has run various training days at different venues.  He recommended to me to do the one day training and then he also does personal tuition on a bi-monthly basis, so will most probably follow up with that.

Harley has just turn a year old now, and he does the retrieval of dummies etc, both on ground and in water.  We were lucky enough, at the beginning of the month to be invited on a shoot in Sussex, to see if Harley was gun-shy or not, he didnt jump at all, but I did!!   :005: :005:

If you PM me your email address, I can send you a book in word format on gundog training, which I have taken a few ideas from and worked on.

Best of luck with your course.
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2008, 10:34:47 AM »
Hi, I would just like to introduce myself and my family.  My name is Hayley my husbands name is Nigel, we have two children Britney aged 8, Brandon aged 5 and two dogs, Freya who is a 4 year old German Shepherd and Sadie who is a year old Working Cocker Spaniel.
I am new to this site and I was looking round and found this post. My husband  has booked to go on this training day and as my husband is just starting out in the world of shooting and gundogs I think it will be a really good day for him and Sadie.
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2008, 01:01:25 PM »
Thats brilliant.

We will see you on the 17th Feb.
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2008, 07:00:43 PM »
can you pm me both please
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2008, 03:57:29 PM »
The Muppeteers are now booked onto this - not sure what Queen B will make of it tbh as she's not the keenest retriever (flushing, yes, retrieving, no  :lol:) but I think Zorro will love it!  :D
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2008, 04:48:32 PM »
Thats great.

So that now makes 5 cockers from COL attending.

Looking forward to meeting you all  :D

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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2008, 03:09:57 PM »
And one sprocker, too, lol!
It will be Zebedee's first birthday on 17th Feb - this day will have to be his birthday party.
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2008, 03:34:36 PM »
That'll be a great party for Zebedee! :luv:

I think the Muppeteers are going to be sooooo shown up as the only show cockers there, especially Bella, she's got her whole own ideas about what "retrieve" means...  ::) :005:
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2008, 05:43:17 PM »
It will have to be a double birthday as it is Sadies 1st birthday on 17th February aswell.  :D
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2008, 08:53:44 PM »
I hope they don't need to be trained already.. Ayla is far from doing anything but mugging everyone in classes she gets so excited :luv:  If I can clear a bit of my schedule I'd quite like to attend.
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2008, 09:39:15 AM »
That is so sweet there are going to be two birthday pups!

Tasha I am a little worried about Zeb pestering the other dogs too.  He is an obedient boy when he is alone or with older dogs who definitely do not want to play with him, walks to heel, retrieves, sits, stays, has good recall etc.  But if there are other young dogs around, who look like they may be good potential playmates, it all goes out of the window! 
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Re: Gun dog trraining in Kent 17/02/08
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2008, 08:49:27 PM »
Hi,

Could you PM me the details as I don't live too far from Tonbridge? Do they need to already have some gundog training to attend?
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