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 Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 29, 2017 | Delivery to hand, Field trials, Getting Used to Game, Spaniel work, Taking and holding, Water training |
Quling has made his debut trialling today in a water trial for Spaniels. Passing the water trial is a prerequisite for going on to open (where the dog flushes game that is shot and then retrieved). Quling is 18 months now, but still very immature. However, he’s...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Nov 1, 2017 | Field trials, Spaniel work |
Today I’ll tell you about the day that Tassla and I made our debut in Open class. We drove to Norrtälje and back, a nice little round trip of about 620 miles to flush one bird. This hobby of ours is cumbersome, time consuming and expensive… But working on...
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...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Jul 18, 2017 | Spaniel work, Steadiness to wing, Stop whistle |
I love all parts in training a spaniel but I must say that it’s training steadiness to wing and shot that I love the most. 🙂 I don´t have lot’s of rabbits or birds and unfortunately I can’t just go out in the nearest woods and find plenty of...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Jun 3, 2016 | Spaniel work |
Today my spaniel Tassla started on a water test in the Swedish town Halmstad – and she did a great job. There are two different types of water tests for spaniels: A beginner test and an “ordinary” water test – the first one is easier than the second one. Among other...
by Lena Gunnarsson | May 13, 2016 | Field trials, Spaniel work |
Last year, Tassla and I went to a small town called Lysekil to do a working test for spaniels. I really want to encourage all of you who have a spaniel and are curious about hunt to start on a working test – it is great in so many ways: It’s a great way to find out on...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Apr 8, 2016 | Field trials, Retriever work, Spaniel work |
Working tests are fun and exciting, and also a great way to find out what you and your dog need to train. For many people who own a retriever a working test can be a first step before it’s time to (first train a little more and then) start on a field trial. The same...
by Elsa Blomster | Oct 6, 2015 | Field trials, Spaniel work, Theory |
We get quite a few qeustions about field trials; how the different types of trials work, how to get certificates and so on. Therefore we’d like to share a chapter from the book with you. Here’s the description of the spaniel trials. The purpose of a...
by Lena Gunnarsson | Jan 13, 2014 | Hunting and quartering, Spaniel work |
The other day my friend Lisa told me about a YouTube video where a guy trains his flushing dog, and I simply must share this video with you, because it shows such, in my opinion, lovely work AND the guy uses a clicker! 😉 He uses it as a reward marker, so I have no...
