There has been date change to our next gundog graded training assessment day, which will now be held at Creaton, nr Brixworth, Northamptonshire on Saturday 23rd April at 10am
All applications other than existing training groups should apply online.
Monday 28 March 2011
Saturday 26 March 2011
URC Midlands Novice Cold Game Working Test
URC Midlands Novice Cold Game Game AV Retriever Working Test
Boughton Estate, Northants
26th March 2011
Judges Mr. Malcolm Thwaites & Mr. Phil Garton
Chief Steward Miss. Sarah Jaggard
URC Midlands held there first 2011 working test by kind permission of the Duke of Buccleuch and head keeper Graham Osborne.
Competitors enjoyed a walked up novice cold game test on this superb estate in white grass set aside and woodland. Although the test was scored along field trial lines each competitor was allowed to complete 3 rounds, regardless of eliminating faults, the judges gave the competitors a significant amount of time to pick cold, when they would otherwise have been asked to call their dogs up.
In the first round the competitors were asked to pick marked birds to their own gun in front or behind the line with the occasional a double mark being thrown on the left hand side, in the second round each competitor was asked to pick either a mark across the line or a blind behind the line.
Stewart North and Labrador Retriever Ballagan Handa (Tiley) was drawn number 20 on the running card, so was the last dog to run in each round, Tilley first retrieve was behind number 16 who failed to pick a pigeon thrown as a double mark, Tilley arrived in the area very efficiently and picked, she then had a mark behind the line which was picked without any problem. In the Second Round Tilly was asked to pick a bird on the right hand side of a double mark, which was particularly efficient, after waiting a considerable amount of time whilst another dog picked a blind from behind the line.
At this stage we broke for lunch and Tilley's work was looking very promising, after lunch we started walking up in the woods and again waited along time before getting into line. Tilley's first retrieve was behind another dog which had failed to pick a rabbit behind the line, although she picked the rabbit, she required much more handling to hold the area. Her next retrieve was a difficult mark in front, which she had failed to mark because of the trees and pulled towards the gun that fired, she picked the mark after some handling!
On completion of the third round the judges made a cut and allowed all the dogs which had not failed numbers 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15 18, 20 to enter a mock drive in the woods.
Numbers 3,4,6,7,8,10 were called for the first drive and asked to pick a blind on completion of the drive, each blind was situated in a different location.
Numbers 12,13,15,18 & 20 were called for the 2nd drive, during the drive number 15 ran in and was eliminated. The remaining 4 dogs picked their blinds. At this stage Tilley was still focused on the marks and gun during the drive and did not line up properly, she would have been marked down for pulling towards a gun!
Despite picking 2 birds behind other dogs, which had failed to pick, Tilley was awarded 3rd and probably lost 1st & 2nd place as a result of being a little hotter in the afternoon, certainly pulling to a gun is a training weakness, which needs to be sorted!
Overall pleased with her performance. more photo's
Congratulations to award winners and a big thank you to the host, organisers, judges and helpers who made the day very successful.
RESULTS
1st DIGLAKE THUNDER 2yr Lab dog
owned and Handled by Mr. Stephen Newitt
2nd TADMARTON DIPPER 2 1/2yr Lab dog
owned and handled by Mrs. Claire Organ
3rd BALLAGAN HANDA 2 1/2yr Lab Bitch
owned and handled by Mr. Stewart North
4th NECESSARES RAFFLE 2 1/2yr Flat Coat
owned and handled by Mr. Andy Snow
COM Newney Hall Grouse of Skeffington 1 1/2yr Lab Bitch
owned and Handled by Mr. Mike Hirst, also recieved Roy Wightman Trophy for Youngest in the Awards
Boughton Estate, Northants
26th March 2011
Judges Mr. Malcolm Thwaites & Mr. Phil Garton
Chief Steward Miss. Sarah Jaggard
URC Midlands held there first 2011 working test by kind permission of the Duke of Buccleuch and head keeper Graham Osborne.
Competitors enjoyed a walked up novice cold game test on this superb estate in white grass set aside and woodland. Although the test was scored along field trial lines each competitor was allowed to complete 3 rounds, regardless of eliminating faults, the judges gave the competitors a significant amount of time to pick cold, when they would otherwise have been asked to call their dogs up.
In the first round the competitors were asked to pick marked birds to their own gun in front or behind the line with the occasional a double mark being thrown on the left hand side, in the second round each competitor was asked to pick either a mark across the line or a blind behind the line.
Stewart North and Labrador Retriever Ballagan Handa (Tiley) was drawn number 20 on the running card, so was the last dog to run in each round, Tilley first retrieve was behind number 16 who failed to pick a pigeon thrown as a double mark, Tilley arrived in the area very efficiently and picked, she then had a mark behind the line which was picked without any problem. In the Second Round Tilly was asked to pick a bird on the right hand side of a double mark, which was particularly efficient, after waiting a considerable amount of time whilst another dog picked a blind from behind the line.
At this stage we broke for lunch and Tilley's work was looking very promising, after lunch we started walking up in the woods and again waited along time before getting into line. Tilley's first retrieve was behind another dog which had failed to pick a rabbit behind the line, although she picked the rabbit, she required much more handling to hold the area. Her next retrieve was a difficult mark in front, which she had failed to mark because of the trees and pulled towards the gun that fired, she picked the mark after some handling!
On completion of the third round the judges made a cut and allowed all the dogs which had not failed numbers 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15 18, 20 to enter a mock drive in the woods.
Numbers 3,4,6,7,8,10 were called for the first drive and asked to pick a blind on completion of the drive, each blind was situated in a different location.
Numbers 12,13,15,18 & 20 were called for the 2nd drive, during the drive number 15 ran in and was eliminated. The remaining 4 dogs picked their blinds. At this stage Tilley was still focused on the marks and gun during the drive and did not line up properly, she would have been marked down for pulling towards a gun!
Despite picking 2 birds behind other dogs, which had failed to pick, Tilley was awarded 3rd and probably lost 1st & 2nd place as a result of being a little hotter in the afternoon, certainly pulling to a gun is a training weakness, which needs to be sorted!
Overall pleased with her performance. more photo's
Congratulations to award winners and a big thank you to the host, organisers, judges and helpers who made the day very successful.
RESULTS
1st DIGLAKE THUNDER 2yr Lab dog
owned and Handled by Mr. Stephen Newitt
2nd TADMARTON DIPPER 2 1/2yr Lab dog
owned and handled by Mrs. Claire Organ
3rd BALLAGAN HANDA 2 1/2yr Lab Bitch
owned and handled by Mr. Stewart North
4th NECESSARES RAFFLE 2 1/2yr Flat Coat
owned and handled by Mr. Andy Snow
COM Newney Hall Grouse of Skeffington 1 1/2yr Lab Bitch
owned and Handled by Mr. Mike Hirst, also recieved Roy Wightman Trophy for Youngest in the Awards
Thursday 24 March 2011
Shropshire Gundog Working Tests 17th April
Shropshire Gundog Society are hosting Novice & Open Retriever Working Tests on the 17th April. Entries close 2nd April
Further Details
Further Details
European Tick invades UK ~ Gundogs Beware
Researchers from the University of Bristol also found that the number of dogs infested with all species of the parasites was far higher than previously thought.
They raised fears that there is an increased risk of disease carried by the ticks infecting people and animals in this country, including some brought in for the first time by the foreign tick, Dermacentor reticulates, thought to have arrived here because of climate change.
Professor Richard Wall, head of the veterinary parasitology group at the university, which carried out the research, said: “This is an important study because the results suggest that the risk of tick infestation is far higher in dogs than was previously thought. This has serious implications for the incidence of tick-borne disease.
“The study also confirms that a non-native species of tick, which is also a major disease vector in Europe, is now established in southern England.”
Dog ticks can be infected with a number of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease, which left untreated can damage the heart and nervous system of humans.
The research, published in the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology, studied 3,500 dogs that were treated by 173 veterinary surgeries across the country. They found that at any one time 14.9% dogs were infested with ticks.
Their research was looking at how global temperature rises and movements of people and animals might affect populations of “ectoparasites”.
Gun dogs such as retrievers, setters and spaniels, plus terriers and pastoral breeds traditionally used to guard livestock were found to be most susceptible to infestation. Longer-haired dogs were more susceptible to ticks than short-haired breeds.
The foreign species was found in south-east England and west Wales, raising fears that it is now a permanent resident.
They raised fears that there is an increased risk of disease carried by the ticks infecting people and animals in this country, including some brought in for the first time by the foreign tick, Dermacentor reticulates, thought to have arrived here because of climate change.
Professor Richard Wall, head of the veterinary parasitology group at the university, which carried out the research, said: “This is an important study because the results suggest that the risk of tick infestation is far higher in dogs than was previously thought. This has serious implications for the incidence of tick-borne disease.
“The study also confirms that a non-native species of tick, which is also a major disease vector in Europe, is now established in southern England.”
Dog ticks can be infected with a number of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease, which left untreated can damage the heart and nervous system of humans.
The research, published in the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology, studied 3,500 dogs that were treated by 173 veterinary surgeries across the country. They found that at any one time 14.9% dogs were infested with ticks.
Their research was looking at how global temperature rises and movements of people and animals might affect populations of “ectoparasites”.
Gun dogs such as retrievers, setters and spaniels, plus terriers and pastoral breeds traditionally used to guard livestock were found to be most susceptible to infestation. Longer-haired dogs were more susceptible to ticks than short-haired breeds.
The foreign species was found in south-east England and west Wales, raising fears that it is now a permanent resident.
Monday 21 March 2011
Friday 4 March 2011
High Birds in May ~ The Annual Whitfield Clay Shoot
One of the best simulated game shooting days of the year, hosted at the famous whitfield shooting estate.
Teams of 4 guns compete in 10 Simulated Game Flushes.
Cost £300 per team
A fantastic activity for the weekend of the 14th & 15th May 2011 Starts 9am
Booking Details
Teams of 4 guns compete in 10 Simulated Game Flushes.
Cost £300 per team
A fantastic activity for the weekend of the 14th & 15th May 2011 Starts 9am
Booking Details
Tuesday 1 March 2011
Paws in the Park 2011
2011- NEW DATE- NEW VENUE!!
17-18 September 2011
The Kent Showground
Set in over 200 acres of event space and a staggering 4500 sq metres of indoor facilities, the Kent Showground really is one of the South Easts biggest event locations.
Whilst there will still be a huge range of outside entertainment and attractions, for 2011 we will have a NEW Indoor Entertainment Zone, which will feature; All Day Arena Entertainment, Shopping Mall and Cafe.
There are excellent camping facilities and with evening entertainment, why not make a weekend of it!
more details
17-18 September 2011
The Kent Showground
Set in over 200 acres of event space and a staggering 4500 sq metres of indoor facilities, the Kent Showground really is one of the South Easts biggest event locations.
Whilst there will still be a huge range of outside entertainment and attractions, for 2011 we will have a NEW Indoor Entertainment Zone, which will feature; All Day Arena Entertainment, Shopping Mall and Cafe.
There are excellent camping facilities and with evening entertainment, why not make a weekend of it!
more details
Top Gundog Website gets GB Ranking
Alexa Report on new GB ranking
We would just like to thank all those customers who have continued to support Workinggundogs.co.uk over the past 12 months, our web site hit a new record in February with over 7000 visits (2010 : 3751), this is a fantastic achievement which helped us climb to Number 8 in the Top 10 gundog web sites with the UK.
We prefer to do our marketing on the training ground!
________________________________World___Time on______UK
WebSite________________________Ranking_______Site____Ranking
1 thekennelclub.org.uk________________ 209720___ 2.13____ 13326
2 shootinguk.co.uk ___________________460123____ 2.49__ 47842
3 gundogtrainingforum.co.uk ___________1312962__ 4.19_____ n/a
4 ukgundogs.org ____________________1457505_____ 3.88__193451
5 thefield.co.uk ______________________1738517__ 1.83__ 130379
6 csjk9.com ________________________1896531__ 3.71____ 88259
7 dogtraininguk.com _________________2381774__ 2.11____ 136364
8 workinggundogs.co.uk______________ 3097129_11.54____ 138291
9 sportingshooter.co.uk______________ 3806726__ 1.47___ 161241
10 thegundogclub.co.uk________________ 3979549__ 1.48_____ n/a
11 sportingsaint.co.uk________________ 5436836 1.76
12 Gundoggear.co.uk ___________________5496710 3.35
13 felsteadgundogs.com ________________5591438 1.61
14 gundog.co.uk _______________________5690310 10.62
15 blackgundog.com ____________________7335516 3.16
16 turnerrichards.co.uk _______________7652746 5.38
17 lainsshootingschool.co.uk __________7653291 3.38
18 gunsandgundogs.com _________________7803183 22.6
19 gundogkit.co.uk ____________________9174412 0
20 thepetgundog.co.uk _________________9464525 0
21 questgundogs.co.uk _________________9577849 2.64
22 dog-n-field.co.uk _________________10369449 1
23 scurrybandits.co.uk _______________11757993 1.68
24 buccleuchgundogs.com ______________12168932 0.42
All the above web information can be verified by visiting alexa.com, web traffic information changes continously and can sometimes be subject to errors. When measuring web activity it is best to monitor activity over a longer period.
We would just like to thank all those customers who have continued to support Workinggundogs.co.uk over the past 12 months, our web site hit a new record in February with over 7000 visits (2010 : 3751), this is a fantastic achievement which helped us climb to Number 8 in the Top 10 gundog web sites with the UK.
We prefer to do our marketing on the training ground!
________________________________World___Time on______UK
WebSite________________________Ranking_______Site____Ranking
1 thekennelclub.org.uk________________ 209720___ 2.13____ 13326
2 shootinguk.co.uk ___________________460123____ 2.49__ 47842
3 gundogtrainingforum.co.uk ___________1312962__ 4.19_____ n/a
4 ukgundogs.org ____________________1457505_____ 3.88__193451
5 thefield.co.uk ______________________1738517__ 1.83__ 130379
6 csjk9.com ________________________1896531__ 3.71____ 88259
7 dogtraininguk.com _________________2381774__ 2.11____ 136364
8 workinggundogs.co.uk______________ 3097129_11.54____ 138291
9 sportingshooter.co.uk______________ 3806726__ 1.47___ 161241
10 thegundogclub.co.uk________________ 3979549__ 1.48_____ n/a
11 sportingsaint.co.uk________________ 5436836 1.76
12 Gundoggear.co.uk ___________________5496710 3.35
13 felsteadgundogs.com ________________5591438 1.61
14 gundog.co.uk _______________________5690310 10.62
15 blackgundog.com ____________________7335516 3.16
16 turnerrichards.co.uk _______________7652746 5.38
17 lainsshootingschool.co.uk __________7653291 3.38
18 gunsandgundogs.com _________________7803183 22.6
19 gundogkit.co.uk ____________________9174412 0
20 thepetgundog.co.uk _________________9464525 0
21 questgundogs.co.uk _________________9577849 2.64
22 dog-n-field.co.uk _________________10369449 1
23 scurrybandits.co.uk _______________11757993 1.68
24 buccleuchgundogs.com ______________12168932 0.42
All the above web information can be verified by visiting alexa.com, web traffic information changes continously and can sometimes be subject to errors. When measuring web activity it is best to monitor activity over a longer period.
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