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Thank you all for your encouraging comments. I’m sorry for not checking in on here for a while. I now have a Facebook page called Winbeck Gundogs or you can get in touch with me on Facebook directly if you search Lee Stockburn and you can also get in touch by leaving comments on the videos. All the best everyone and I hope you enjoy this season. Lee

Thank you everyone for being kind with you comments. And thank you for holding me in such high esteem ?. It’s great to be able to help people enjoy there dogs.

Hello all, Sorry for the 3month delay. Training will pick up and we’ll get a bit more momentum now there is more daylight. hope you enjoy. lee

Ey up Lloyd90, If you pm me with what your looking for. I’ll try and help. I try and home a dog according to what I think it’s ability is, for example if it’s a bit soft at hunting but very keen and natural marking id say it’s more of a peg dog so look for someone who wants such a dog. The most important thing is to get the dog that works for the handlers needs. Next year the only planned mating I have is with my springer. I’ll try and help you where I can though. Thank you, Lee

Thank you Labstaff, if you ever feel you can offer a suggestion or idea for another video demonstration please let me know. Thank you for your lovely feedback. I appreciate it. Lee

Thank you Archie, he really is a fantastic dog. I’m not just saying this because he’s mine but he’s the best working Golden Retriever I’ve seen. I try to bring two pups on per year just to keep myself practiced at training from scratch and then move them on at around 10 months. My long term ambition is to be able to keep a litter back and bring them all on simply for the experience of observing how each pup develops from the same litter. I would also like to breed consistently high driven and biddable Goldies because the really good ones are few and far between and in my opinion something needs doing about that. The Goldie community definitely needs to breed more discriminately to produce solid reliable working Goldies. Thank you for your encouraging comments. Lee

Thank you both. It good to feel like they help ?? Thank you. Lee

Dogs certainly have a talent for flatulance haha ?

I was asked on another forum about teaching a retriever to go through cover, straight to the retrieve without stopping short of the retrieve and hunting early. Hope it’s useful to someone. Lee (Sorry for the abrupt ending, my phon died but I think the video demonstrates the lesson)

Brilliant thank you Mice. Where will I find your Yorkshire thread please? Lee

Hello all, does anyone know of any mid-week picking up that’s available please in the Lancashire/West Yorkshire area? I’m not fussy about the formality of the shoot, small syndicates or larger shoots. Thank you in advance, Lee

Ey up Ian, Once I’ve started steadiness training I keep to it. Generally speaking I think there is little to be gained from allowing a dog to free-run. At the end of the season around early spring the older dogs are given a period of “down time” of a month or so where we will go out and do no training just long walks. I think this is more to my benefit as it gives me a break from training and working them. Thank you for you compliments Ian and Loriusgarulus ??

Video 8 Its been a few weeks since my last vid, just been busy with one thing and another. Anyway here is the next instalment on Flashes progress. I hope you enjoy.

I like your cocker Ian, just been watching your videos and shes got a lovely sweet nature. It was nice to watch this one again 👍🏿

Challenge accepted. Always looking for an excuse to smoke a cigar 😂

Yes but only to help keep the steadiness in your dog. Thats why I miss most of the time 🤥

Couple of nice flushes. Wouldve presented nicely to the gun

Thank you Labstaff. The pup in video has quite a submissive nature, he quickly understands with little correction what is required so the method that I use in the video works with him. A pup that is harder headed I might put the lead on or stand between the pup and the retrieve or hold the pup until it settles then sit it then send it. I try to be flexible and find the kindest way of training the pup so as to avoid displeasure for us both. Hope that makes sense. Lee

Thank you Ian, yes I figured the best way is to keep it real. Thank you 😊 Little Flash had me over with running in a couple of times but hes a gentle biddable pup so nothing more than the sound of my discontentment is enough to make him think. He came to at the end. Later Ill train the retrieve before quartering but wanted to burn some energy out of him first otherwise I dont think hed have taken the steadiness as well as he did. It was filmed at a place called Crown Point next to a car park for the Singing Ringing Tree. A nice ungrazed area with lots of white grass and rushes to start a pup off. Lots of boy racers etc use the bendy roads to see how close they can get to crashing.

Video 7 Quartering and steadiness

Love Spinones. Does she hunt, point and retrieve? I trained a lemon and white one in basic obedience a few years ago for a lady..,... Ill never forget it 😂

Looks cracking, looks a nice strong head on him

Hes got a proper head on him. Lovely looking pup.

Thank you all. Michufc, I use cheese as a treat for training recall, sit and stop but only for a short while. When the pup starts to mature a bit treats will stop because IMO obedience with gundogs cant be maintained with treats.

Video 6