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Offline lyn

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off on our first shoot
« on: August 07, 2007, 03:23:06 PM »
ellie and myself are off to our first shoot tomorow. wish us luck please and keep your fingers crossed that all the training to retrieve i have done with ellie will not all fall by the wayside when she picks her first bird/rabbit up :005:
any last minute tips would be good ;)
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2007, 03:30:57 PM »
Good luck Lyn, hope Ellie does you proud  ;)
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2007, 03:44:02 PM »
Good luck to you and Ellie.  :D
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2007, 03:49:51 PM »
Hope you get on well. What are you shooting as a matter of interest?  :D
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2007, 04:04:07 PM »
Quote from: Cazzie on August 07, 2007, 03:49:51 PM
Hope you get on well. What are you shooting as a matter of interest?  :D
If it was around here it would be "peasants" :005: I quite fancy strutting round with a gun shouting "oye off my land"
The very best of luck Lynne I'm sure she will be a super star and do you proud! Enjoy your day.
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2007, 04:19:13 PM »
Quote from: Alpha on August 07, 2007, 04:04:07 PM
Quote from: Cazzie on August 07, 2007, 03:49:51 PM
Hope you get on well. What are you shooting as a matter of interest?  :D
If it was around here it would be "peasants" :005: I quite fancy strutting round with a gun shouting "oye off my land"
The very best of luck Lynne I'm sure she will be a super star and do you proud! Enjoy your day.

not now it wouldnt be, pheasants cant be shot until october?
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2007, 04:26:34 PM »
Or chavs Lyn but the jewellry might weigh Ellie down a little  :005: :005:

Good luck and my only advice that I'm qualified to give..... enjoy!
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2007, 04:43:51 PM »
Quote from: crazyspaniels on August 07, 2007, 04:19:13 PM
Quote from: Alpha on August 07, 2007, 04:04:07 PM
Quote from: Cazzie on August 07, 2007, 03:49:51 PM
Hope you get on well. What are you shooting as a matter of interest?  :D
If it was around here it would be "peasants" :005: I quite fancy strutting round with a gun shouting "oye off my land"
The very best of luck Lynne I'm sure she will be a super star and do you proud! Enjoy your day.

not now it wouldnt be, pheasants cant be shot until october?

just re-read that, ooops, open season for peasants I reckon :005: :005:
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2007, 04:56:31 PM »
Fantastic, Ellie is going to love, love, love it i'm sure!! Nothing quite like it.

As Cazzie said, what will you be shooting? I thought it was only rabbits this time of year.  :huh:
Rabbits are the hardest with Wherry as she sill wants to go chasing after them  >:D
I'm sure you'll get home tomorrow one muddy dog and one proud mum!  :luv:
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2007, 05:30:39 PM »
Pigeons can be shot, I love pigeon  :luv:
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2007, 05:53:32 PM »
Quote from: Cazzie on August 07, 2007, 05:30:39 PM
Pigeons can be shot, I love pigeon  :luv:

 ::) Of course, I stand corrected  ph34r

Oh and Lyn, may be obvious but somehow I always manage to forget; plastic and/or blanket to cover the car seat if you're driving, towels and treats for Ellie and baby wipes for you.
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2007, 05:54:16 PM »
Good luck Lyn and Ellie.  We took Melody to our local Gamefair for the first time at the weekend and she fell asleep whilst we watched the clay pigeon shooting.   20-odd guns going off at the same time and I was worried she'd hate it - quite the opposite infact  ::) :005:

Enjoy yourselves tomorrow  ;)
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2007, 06:00:19 PM »
Good luck!!! Have fun!!
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2007, 06:07:23 PM »
Quote from: Cazzie on August 07, 2007, 05:30:39 PM
Pigeons can be shot, I love pigeon  :luv:

yeah, but pigeon shooting is not very dog friendly unless your dog is really well trained and will sit still for hours, and certainly not a group sport - fomr someone who spent 4 hours sitting in a hollowed out tree a few weeks ago
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Re: off on our first shoot
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2007, 06:21:38 PM »
its wabbits :005: not sure yet if i'll manage to even get the nerve to shoot myself but i'll give it a try. she has come into her own these past few months but i never mentioned it before in case it was a fleeting fancy of hers. the clay shoot a few weeks back was for me to see how she reacted to the gun up close. i have to say she did fine but i jumped out of my skin a few times :005: i may take the camera and just shoot the others and ellie. i am terrified of rabbits back legs, they totaly freak me out. ellie has shown recently her ability to retrieve with next to no training from me except for the back garden where we have spent many hours throwing for her to pick up. the back bit of the garden is wild and we have hidden dummies and told her to go seek and pick up which she has about a 90% success rate with but i'm not expecting to much of her tomorow coz it will be her first time in a field and picking up fresh kill. we have to start somewhere and i thought this sounded ideal when we were invited. tbh i'm more worried about how i am going to react. i have a working gun dog and feel i should be doing something to pay her back for all the joy she gives me. if she does enjoy herself then i will be undertaking some serious training with her. there is a training club over the other side of town that trains the dogs and the owners.
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