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...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Mar 7, 2018 | Blind retrieves, Field trials, Holding an Area, Hunting and quartering, Marked retrieves, Retriever work, Spaniel work, Stop whistle |
We’ve now made some nice changes to the page called Gun Dog Retrieving. You can read a short description of all the different parts of a field trial as well as see films and photos of these parts. We’ve added more films where you can both SEE what hunting, blind...
by Elsa Blomster | Feb 14, 2018 | Field trials, Retriever work |
A great many things worked well at the last trial, but unfortunately I think that all the self-control that the heeling required made it too hard for him to keep himself together when handling the game. This time the plan was to see how he would handle the game if I...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Jan 24, 2018 | Field trials, Retriever work |
Åsa Davidsson is an instructor with Klickerförlaget. She trains obedience and hunting, and participates in field trials with her two Labradors, Mio and Tod. She teaches foundation classes in retrieving and also online courses. In October of 2016, Åsa and Tod...
by Elsa Blomster | Jan 17, 2018 | Field trials, Retriever work |
I’ve had a hard time processing Seeker’s second cold game trial. I wrote this on Facebook afterwards: ”Fall apart and get back up. That’s how I feel after today’s test. Why do things always have to happen for the first time at a trial? I really hope that this was...
by Elsa Blomster | Jan 3, 2018 | Field trials, Retriever work |
Information, information and information. That is what I gather from trialing and training. Sometimes that information is easily digested – ”no surprises there, we simply need to work more on xx in this specific situation”. But sometimes, the information is truly hard...
by Elsa Blomster | Dec 31, 2017 | Classes, Field trials, Retriever work, Spaniel work, The book |
2017 will be the year we remember as the year that we traveled the world thanks to our book “Retrieving for All Occasions”. Since it’s been translated from Swedish to English people from all over the world ask us to come to them and give seminars...
by Elsa Blomster | Dec 13, 2017 | Field trials, Retriever work |
A couple of weeks ago, Seeker participated in his first novice cold game trial. It was at the Golden Retriever Club’s championships in Hjo. The trials were very well organized. We arrived in good time and since it wasn’t our turn until in the middle of the class, we...
by Elsa Blomster | Sep 7, 2017 | Field trials, Retriever work, Spaniel work |
When we give courses we’re often asked what the different parts of a field trial or working test look like and what the dog needs to do. We’ve therefore compiled a text about the different parts (marking, casting and hunting), which hand signals, commands...
