Looking more like a Gundog

[Peartree]

I’m hoping that this link works! It’s so long since I posted anything but I asked a friend to video me the other day and I wanted to share it. Despite a year with very little group training, I’m pleased with my little girl. She’s 20 months and looking like a proper Gundog here! The music is because my friend’s dog was having a proper moan about the fact that it wasn’t her turn to retrieve so I thought I would spare you the howling.

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Wow, that's amazing!

I can't get Carbon to come in from the next room, and your girl was so far away that you couldn't even see her and she came like a shot!

 

[Atemas]

Wow

 

[Peartree]

Wow, that's amazing!

I can't get Carbon to come in from the next room, and your girl was so far away that you couldn't even see her and she came like a shot!

She has been a dream to train and a challenge to exercise. She comes from top field trial lines and is completely different to any of my previous dogs. It’s a bit like teaching a very gifted child, if you are engaging them, then they are all concentration, but the moment you ignore them, they are making up their own fun. She’s so quick that she can be 100 yard away from me in a flash.

 

[kateincornwall]

Absolutely brilliant , well done team x

 

[kateincornwall]

I can relate to your last post . Reuben is also from a long line of field trial lines and I did struggle with his desire to run , his desire to hunt and self reward until we started to up the game . He is just the same as your girl , give him a task to hunt , retrieve and he doesnt want to self reward but I cannot take my eye off the ball ( pardon the pun ! ) for long x

 

[Cath]

Clever girl

 

[edzbird]

That was absolutely beautiful @Peartree .

 

[Stacia]

Looking good, was that a blind or a memory? A goodly distance. I so miss training.

 

[snowbunny]

Gorgeous and I am so jealous of your wide open spaces!! Your description is funny because it reminds me more of Squidge (fab show lines) than of the twins (fab field lines). W&S are super biddable and super hunty if left to their own devices but are so engaged that they would much rather be working with me than anything else.
Squidge loves to work, too, but if I slack off, she will find her own fun and that’s normally total mischief! Training with her is always more challenging because she’s ALWAYS looking to make her own game out of any situation

 

[Selina27]

That's great to see @Peartree , thanks so much for posting. Really interesting to hear about your experience with her (Pickles?).

She’s so quick that she can be 100 yard away from me in a flash.

Cassie is like that, she's either right next to me or 100/200 yds away.

 

[Peartree]

Looking good, was that a blind or a memory? A goodly distance. I so miss training.

It was a memory. She saw some dummies being thrown into the bracken about 50 yards away and then was walked a long way back and sent. I also walked back another 50 yards and climbed over the sheep fence so she had to jump an obstacle and go out of sight to retrieve. She did that well but the video isn’t very interesting to watch as she’s out of sight for most of it. I miss training with other people.

 

[Peartree]

Gorgeous and I am so jealous of your wide open spaces!! Your description is funny because it reminds me more of Squidge (fab show lines) than of the twins (fab field lines). W&S are super biddable and super hunty if left to their own devices but are so engaged that they would much rather be working with me than anything else.
Squidge loves to work, too, but if I slack off, she will find her own fun and that’s normally total mischief! Training with her is always more challenging because she’s ALWAYS looking to make her own game out of any situation

I’m very lucky to have access to this private group of fields once a week. It’s been a godsend during lockdown as most of the public land around us is muddy and very crowded. There hasn’t been any stock in here for 10 years and it’s beautifully drained.

 

[Joy]

That was fabulous. I loved watching your girl work.

 

[MellowYellow]

That's so lovely to see! Thank you for sharing, what a good girl you have there. Nice to see you back!

 

[Loraseal]

Well done Team Gundog!! Lovely to watch you both in action!

 

[Beanwood]

Very, very nice! I like your clean send out, something I am sorely lacking!

She really is looking fit and well. Despite your lack of group training, she is obviously a natural, responding really well to your cues.

I hear you when you talk about her different ability, I have this with Otter, she would prefer I was more precise, especially with cue differentiation, not as forgiving as the rest of the gang.