Walked Gundog Training Days on Live & Cold Game

We have arranged 2 walked up gundog training days just before the close of the season.
Monday, 30th January 2012 Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire 9am -4pm

Wednesday 1st February 2012 Riddlington, Rutland 9am -4pm

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Defend a youngster's the right to hold a Shotgun License

Thomas Docherty – the Labour MP for Dunfermline and West Fife – is proposing a Bill in the House of Commons that will set a minimum age for owning a shotgun certificate at 14. It is a piece of legislation proposed because Mr Docherty believes “our society is not comfortable with the principle of young children handling lethal weapons.” Now, I don’t want to get into the semantics of what and what isn’t a lethal weapon – although it ought to be noted that in the hands of young children quite a few objects have the potential to be made lethal – but I would like to suggest that society is also uncomfortable with MP's creating laws based on their own, heavily subjective, principles. In fact, I would like to go further and say that I think it very poor that Docherty has chosen to target young people who enjoy shooting, for a bill that is without any evidential or factual basis. Read More

Game Fair Calendar 2012

Our first draft of the 2012 Game Fair Calendar has been issued, we would ask all organisers to check dates, should any other organisation wish to enter an event, please do so within the next 7 days. Thanks.

Gundog Training Tip

Quality gundog work is between the quarry and the gundog and not between the handler and the gundog

Gundog Training Tip

Gundog Training is more about Gundog Psychology; you must learn to understand your gundog and try to see the world from the Gundog’s point of view?

Is an electric collar or request to jump barb wire really necessary?

In our quest to bring information to the wider gundog community within the Uk, we constantly come across training methods using the so called e-collar, most of this information comes from the US where e-collars are widely used in training gundogs. In today's world, information on any subject comes in abundance via the internet, blogs, news alerts or social media and should always be treated with caution and evaluation. It appears the use of the e-collar is an accepted practice in the US, but is generally frowned upon within the UK and now banned in Wales Continue

The Working Dog

The working dog, though one species, is many different breeds all with inherent strengths bred into them. Most of those strengths were tasks that were needed and temperaments desired. One of the first tasks given the dog was that of hunter and watchdog. The modern police, rescue, or military dog continues that tradition. Traditional K9 units and military police dogs have had the task of tracking, cornering and apprehending criminals, maintaining security, and using their heightened smell and hearing to aid officers. To continue