Hi all,
Belle my working cocker spaniel is now 10 months old and is due to attend her first gun dog training class in a few weeks.
I don't intend to work her as such, for starters I know nothing about it, and do nothing like that. She is my pet, we've been doing obedience classes since 3 months old, so I'm hoping this will step up the training.
My rationale is it will be something new and fun to learn together and will hopefully teach us both a thing or two. When we go for walks she's constantly in and out of the bushes, and after birds, so again am hoping for a bit of guidance for us both.
I'm just interested to hear peoples opinions on doing some gun dog training with cockers that are solely kept as pets. Also peoples experiences is any? I don't want to confuse her or do anything that's going to be a big mistake!
Thanks