Dave at kelton Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 (edited) I have started putting some shorts up on YouTube showing a little of my dog work. In this case I had a runner that had tucked in tight under an overhanging bank and my top dog couldn’t pick it during the drive. So when the drive finished I went pack with all the boys and managed to video this. The apprentice eventually did the business! This is what I love…my dogs showing courage and initiative doing the job I train them for! Edited October 22 by Dave at kelton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miserableolgit Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 Good to see determined dogs using their noses and working it out without a load of whistle peeping and voice commands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 Good job well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 i often thought when i had dogs....i was just a bloody chaffeur taking them to different shoots around e-anglia....so they could enjoy themselves.....after training their owner to do so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 47 minutes ago, ditchman said: i often thought when i had dogs....i was just a bloody chaffeur taking them to different shoots around e-anglia....so they could enjoy themselves.....after training their owner to do so That about sums it up what picking up with good dogs is all about. Saying that, on a new to me shoot last week I did observe two dogs out of three belonging to one of the pickers-up eating a partridge each after the last drive. They seemed to be enjoying theirselves. Not so much their owner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 Nice looking team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 3 hours ago, Miserableolgit said: Good to see determined dogs using their noses and working it out without a load of whistle peeping and voice commands. that is so true.....too many "dog uses" will not trust their charges to get on and do the job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted October 22 Author Report Share Posted October 22 1 hour ago, ditchman said: that is so true.....too many "dog uses" will not trust their charges to get on and do the job... I agree entirely. I often feel like telling people where to put their whistles. Don’t get me wrong I can stop and direct my dogs but I don’t want automatons. First and foremost my dogs are taught to use their brains and noses. Very often my dogs are working out of sight on the hill and I just trust them to get the job done and come back when called! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 I love to see dogs work things out for themselves instead of waiting for instructions , all my past and present dogs have been well into wildfowling , when I was at work I used to train them in the dark when I left off and all of them turned out very good at finding game and fowl in poor light and very often at a distance . Excellent retrieve and the dog should be well pleased with itself . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 22 hours ago, marsh man said: I love to see dogs work things out for themselves instead of waiting for instructions , all my past and present dogs have been well into wildfowling , when I was at work I used to train them in the dark when I left off and all of them turned out very good at finding game and fowl in poor light and very often at a distance . Excellent retrieve and the dog should be well pleased with itself . used to pick up on duck flighting on the Acle marshes.....by the time the shooting had ended it was dark and only dogs who could use their nose were any good.....all my dogs LOVED IT....i was quietly amazed every time they brought something back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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