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Cocker Specific Discussion => General Cocker Spaniel Discussion => Topic started by: fraggle on July 31, 2006, 01:20:25 PM

Title: "working" my cocker - what's it all about then?
Post by: fraggle on July 31, 2006, 01:20:25 PM

My Charlie is part show part worker (with oodles of FTCH in his pedigree) and I'd like to know more about "working" him. Where can I find out more about this , and are there any clubs for this that I could get involved with?

He is a family pet, and in future (when he's old enough) will become my running partner - I'm currently marathon training again, and I hope one day for him to join me on some of my shorter off road runs.

Title: Re: "working" my cocker - what's it all about then?
Post by: Nicola on July 31, 2006, 02:02:31 PM

If you want to train Charlie to the gun your best bet is to join a gundog club or a shooting club or something similar. I've registered Alfie with our local gundog training group and we start once he's done his basic obedience training but we've been doing a bit of practice with a dummy and some whistle training which is great fun for both of us  :D 

There are quite a few gundog groups about so maybe you could do a google search to see if there are any in your area.