Lingo

[Pearly]

It appears there is a whole vocabulary to learn when working a cocker spaniel 

I thought it might be useful for anyone new starting out and a reminder for those of us who have been at it a while!

I'll start with a couple of words and my explanation of one, please add your own explanations below as I'm sure they differ throughout the UK....

Hup
Eye wipe
Go back
Gallery
FTS

Hup - sit, stay, do not move your paws until you are released

[MIN]

Go back   - to the spot i told you to wait at, not the spot where YOU want to wait

[Pearly]

Go back   - to the spot i told you to wait at, not the spot where YOU want to wait

That's really interesting!  To me, a 'go back' is a retrieve - go back in a straight line following the direction of my hand until I say stop or you find the bird/dummy/ball........apparently this is possible for cockers 

[Pearly]

Just though of some more:

Seen
Blind
Distraction
Drop to shot
Swapping
3 ladies

[Murphys Law]

Eye wipe

When your dog is sent to retrieve a bird that has been shot for another dog but failed to find it. If your dog successfully retrieves this bird, the other dog is eliminated from the trial. Eye wiped.

That is my understanding but it could be completely wrong.

[bizzylizzy]

So pleased you posted this, I've lost the plot quite often while reading threads on here cos I hadn't got  a clue what a lot of you were on about!! Will follow this with due attention now and hope to learn something!! 

[Patp]

Just one to add

FFS!

[JeffD]

seen      a retrieve that the dog has seen fall

blind     a retrieve when the dog has no idea where the bird/dummy is

Memory   dog sent back to a place for a retrieve that it was seen earlier

Seek back   Like a memory but dog is sent straight away

comearyoulittlebarsteward   A long word but my fav meaning please come back to daddy

[ips]

Get on - hunt in front of me
Get in - hunt in the cover I am pointing at
Get out - go and retrieve
Sit hup - I really mean sit this time
Dead - release the bird
Wait - wait for me your hunting to far out
Lining - following a ground scent
Winding - following an air scent
Drop to shot - sit to gunfire
Sit to flush ) sit having flushed a bird or fur
Run in - retrieve before being released (see get out)
Quartering - hunting a zig zag pattern 15yds ish

Get here you little **** - self explanatory 😊

[ips]

Just one to add

FFS!

You have been on my shoots then 😁

[Pearly]

Just one to add

FFS!

You have been on my shoots then 😁

 

Some more to add in context 

Flagging
Tapping
Stop flag
Line out
Aye, aye, aye
Charlie
Flush point
Hold the line
Rides
Cover
Cover crop

There must be loads more........

[Pearly]

Oh yes......

Pricked and runners........

[Pearly]

Eye wipe

When your dog is sent to retrieve a bird that has been shot for another dog but failed to find it. If your dog successfully retrieves this bird, the other dog is eliminated from the trial. Eye wiped.

That is my understanding but it could be completely wrong.

That's my understanding too and far better explained than I would have done..

Gallery - competitors waiting their turn, sufficient distance behind the back flag so as not to interrupt the runners competing (how much lingo!)

FTS - Field Trial Secretary

[ips]

Folk involved in a shoot day

Stops
Flankers
Beaters
Picker ups
Shoot captain
Gamekeeper
Under keeper
Beat keeper
Host
Gun
Loader

[Pearly]

So pleased you posted this, I've lost the plot quite often while reading threads on here cos I hadn't got  a clue what a lot of you were on about!! Will follow this with due attention now and hope to learn something!! 

Are there any of the names/commands you would an explanation of?