Hello there
I’d like to introduce myself as this is my first post ever on this forum, my name is Scott and I currently own a Working Golden Cocker Spaniel bitch called Heidi. She’s one year old, very energetic, very fast and on a walk never stops running with her nose stuck to the ground (Typical Cocker Spaniel). She’s house trained and trained to respond to all simple commands such as ‘Sit’, ‘Lay’, ‘Come’ Etc. I generally take her on two walks a day and cover around 4 miles. On walks I look at her Actions/Habits and realise what a great hunting and retrieving dog she could actually be, no bush is too small and no pond is too deep for her to go rummaging in. My funniest experience with her was when she jumped in the local Canal and started swimming after ducks whilst eating the ducks bread, unfortunately she could never keep up with the ducks, realising this she just gave up.
I’m only 19 year old and while Heidi continues to be a so called ‘family dog’ she is certainly in mine and my mother’s eyes most certainly my dog. I’d like to take her training to the next level and start her hunting and retrieving eventually one day entering into competitions etc. I plan to get in touch with her breeder and ask for advice off them about the next step of her training. Also I plan to get back in touch with her original trainer and see what he can advise. I’m based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and so if anyone could point me in the right direction I would be most thankful.
ANY advice on ANYTHING would be greatly appreciated.