by Lena Gunnarsson | Aug 8, 2018 | Field trials, Interviews, Spaniel work |
Anna Lindholm, Spaniel handler and breeder, won the Swedish Spaniel Championship 2017 together with her dog Wildphoebe Nighthawk “Penny”. She also received a prize for the best Swedish bred dog and became “The Spaniel Champion”. The latter...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Aug 1, 2018 | General |
My ”puppy” Quling turned two years old a while ago. Among other things I love him because he’s the cuddliest dog I’ve ever had. Every morning when I wake up, he literally comes to hug me. Wiggling his entire body, he slides into my arms, puts his paws on either side...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Jul 28, 2018 | Field trials, Spaniel work |
Tassla and I started in a Beginner’s trial (B) for spaniels a couple of years ago and I thought I’d share that experience with you. Beginner’s trial (B) is the easiest trial there is for spaniels and the purpose is to judge the dog’s ”spaniel qualities”. When it...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Jun 23, 2018 | Getting Used to Game |
I’m convinced that introducing the dog to game already during puppyhood is for the very best if you want a dog that feels that handling game is the most natural thing in the world, and the very best thing too. When I meet friends, acquaintances and students whom are...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Jun 16, 2018 | Delivery to hand, Getting Used to Game, Play, Rewards, Taking and holding |
A while ago I had a project with Tassla. The goal wass to improve her hold. She’s always had a leaning towards a somewhat loose hold and most of all; she’s been likely to chew the objects that she’s retrieving. In order to develop a firm hold, I’ve been playing with...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Jun 9, 2018 | Field trials, Spaniel work |
I made my debut in the Winner’s class for Spaniels the other day. With me was my teacher, the Cocker Spaniel Kat. She’s my bonus dog this autumn. Her owner has a few too many dogs and her extra family lives close to me, and since they don’t hunt or train their dogs I...
by Lena Gunnarsson | May 29, 2018 | Field trials, Spaniel work |
I wanted to share the story of Tassla’s first trial of last season with you, so here goes 🙂 Tassla is in Novice, which is the class you can enter if you have passed the water trial. The next class up is Open, which is the highest class. In Open, you can collect legs...
by Lena Gunnarsson | May 23, 2018 | Delivery to hand, Field trials, Spaniel work |
What a day! I’m emotionally drained. That handling a Spaniel can be this exhausting! But today, Tassla and I had our best trial so far! We had two runs. The first one lasted maybe 20 minutes, and had quite a stretch in tailwind. Perhaps I did let her run a bit wide...
by Lena Gunnarsson | May 2, 2018 | Blind retrieves, Classes, Delivery to hand, Heelwork, Holding an Area, Marked retrieves, Play, Puppy training, Retriever work, Rewards, Spaniel work, Steadiness, Taking and holding |
Every year we have a gun dog summer camp which is just so much fun so we wanted to share a story from our second summer camp a couple of years ago. The previous year’s camp was amazing and this camp was at least as fantastic, according to many of those whom...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Apr 11, 2018 | Puppy training |
Both Elsa and I train our puppies from the moment they move in with us. Since the puppy is like a clean slate, we want to be there from the beginning and teach her the right things. Puppies are resourceful and learn all the time – no matter if we teach them what they...
