Dont laugh...

[Sarah/G]

I was thinking of doing agility with Hazel Sarah.. If I find a local beginner class I'll let you know
She's quite a bright little thing too, though she does just try to push her luck sometimes 

Aw thank you Kelly, do you live in my area too, what age can cockers do agility from ?
I know larger breeds they have to be older dont they 

[Sarah/G]

I think anything you can do together is a good thing 

Well said!

That includes "eating & sleeping" in our house.

Good luck with the gundog training. I see no reason why a show type wouldn't do well enough for you both to enjoy it. I wish I could find somewhere up here. Would you believe we have all the shooting going on in the Highlands but nowhere to get a dog trained - unless you know a gamekeeper, I guess.

Thank you Pete, its nice just doing things isn't it, almost like a release for us both,
we do basic obedience like regular training and he is doing great 

[KellyT]

I was thinking of doing agility with Hazel Sarah.. If I find a local beginner class I'll let you know
She's quite a bright little thing too, though she does just try to push her luck sometimes 

Aw thank you Kelly, do you live in my area too, what age can cockers do agility from ?
I know larger breeds they have to be older dont they 

Yes I'm in Telford 
Most of the local clubs seem to be full though, and another says all dogs have to be a year old, but I sought it was 6months for the 'easy' stuff and the more physically taxing stuff as they get older... 

[Sarah/G]

Aw thats brilliant Kelly, I will have a look to and see if I can find anywhere,
we could always go along together if you would like to 

[KellyT]

Aw thats brilliant Kelly, I will have a look to and see if I can find anywhere,
we could always go along together if you would like to 

That would be good show them what these Cockers are made of

[Evadee]

I was thinking of doing agility with Hazel Sarah.. If I find a local beginner class I'll let you know
She's quite a bright little thing too, though she does just try to push her luck sometimes 

Aw thank you Kelly, do you live in my area too, what age can cockers do agility from ?
I know larger breeds they have to be older dont they 

Yes I'm in Telford 
Most of the local clubs seem to be full though, and another says all dogs have to be a year old, but I sought it was 6months for the 'easy' stuff and the more physically taxing stuff as they get older... 

Depends on the club/class I think, our trainer let Jake start at 4 months (obviously no physical stuff to start with).  There is so much they can learn before it gets physical 

[Sarah/G]

Aw thats brilliant Kelly, I will have a look to and see if I can find anywhere,
we could always go along together if you would like to 

That would be good show them what these Cockers are made of

  Yeah Cockers Rule Kelly 

[Sarah/G]

I was thinking of doing agility with Hazel Sarah.. If I find a local beginner class I'll let you know
She's quite a bright little thing too, though she does just try to push her luck sometimes 

Aw thank you Kelly, do you live in my area too, what age can cockers do agility from ?
I know larger breeds they have to be older dont they 

Yes I'm in Telford 
Most of the local clubs seem to be full though, and another says all dogs have to be a year old, but I sought it was 6months for the 'easy' stuff and the more physically taxing stuff as they get older... 

Depends on the club/class I think, our trainer let Jake start at 4 months (obviously no physical stuff to start with).  There is so much they can learn before it gets physical 

Aw thank you, thats good to know 

[Pearly]

wish I'd known you were interested in gun dog training!  Pearl had her second lesson this morning [with Hazel this time  ] - if you are still interested let me know - its a bit of a trek to get there but well worth it - at least I know what I'm doing wrong, now 

will PM you with next walk details....

[Sarah/G]

wish I'd known you were interested in gun dog training!  Pearl had her second lesson this morning [with Hazel this time  ] - if you are still interested let me know - its a bit of a trek to get there but well worth it - at least I know what I'm doing wrong, now 

will PM you with next walk details....

Aw thanks J
 xxx

[jmanagh]

oooh, this is an interesting thread  I was thinking of whistle training our new pup (when he finally arrives  ) but now I quite like the idea of this gun dog training. I will have to look into it. Does anyone know of anywhere in the Stoke-on-Trent/Cheshire area? He is a show Cocker and I only really want to do it to master the art of a whistle recall.

[Sarah/G]

oooh, this is an interesting thread  I was thinking of whistle training our new pup (when he finally arrives  ) but now I quite like the idea of this gun dog training. I will have to look into it. Does anyone know of anywhere in the Stoke-on-Trent/Cheshire area? He is a show Cocker and I only really want to do it to master the art of a whistle recall.

Hey there,
Hang around, I'm sure someone will help you too very soon 

[black taz]

jmanagh - When i got my puppy lab, i followed Top Barks whistle recall sticky almost from day one, she has a fab whistle recall now (2 1/2 years).  The sooner you can get the recall training started the better in my book.  By the time Kira could go out and off lead her recall was already really reliable

[jmanagh]

jmanagh - When i got my puppy lab, i followed Top Barks whistle recall sticky almost from day one, she has a fab whistle recall now (2 1/2 years).  The sooner you can get the recall training started the better in my book.  By the time Kira could go out and off lead her recall was already really reliable

I will have a good read of this - thank-you  We have never really let our older dog (12) off the lead as he used to pick up a scent and disappear for ages. I really want to develop excellent recall with our new boy so that he can have the freedom to to run around with us knowing he will come back if whistled. As there are several of us that take the dogs walking, I feel that a whistle will be a consistent sound for the new dog and hence really picked up on this post 

[redlottie]

Hi
We go to a trainer near Leek so not too far from Stoke / Cheshire.  Its the same one that KellyT has taken Hazel to.  If you look online for Ironpitts Gundogs you will get Lara's details or I can PM them to you if you would like me to.