by Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 14, 2018 | Spaniel work |
In the autumn of 2016, I could only participate in two measly trials, and in one of those there were no birds to be found, although the dogs tried three times. Complete misery. So last autumn I made sure to make up for that! Thanks to my bonus dog Kat, I’ve had the...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Oct 12, 2018 | Blind retrieves, Marked retrieves, Retriever work, Spaniel work |
Once a month this spring, Elsa, Seeker, Elsa’s baby Viola and I, got into Elsa’s car and drove to Skåne to attend a class. My role was to babysit the world’s cutest baby and I also made sure to learn as much as possible by observing the participants and listening to...
by Elsa Blomster | Aug 17, 2018 | Retriever work |
A couple of weeks ago I, Seeker, Seeker, Lena & Tassla were helping out on a protective hunt for pigeons. It was both useful work and a great opportunity for me to see where Seeker and I were at in training. Seeker finds it difficult to hold himself togehter when...
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 | 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 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 Elsa Blomster | Mar 14, 2018 | Blind retrieves, Field trials, Heelwork, Retriever work |
When we were in England at a summercamp with Dogs for life and Philippa Williams a couple of years ago we did a lot of ”walking on a line” or rather a “walk up” because that’s what it is called. It is one way to hunt and the dogs and handlers walk on a long line a...
