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She's in the best possible hands.

I don't do gundoggery stuff really seriously at all. I just enjoy having a dog that has a certain level of competence and that likes to work. But the reason I started dabbling was actually to give our previous girl, Lady, something useful to do as a puppy when she was an absolute nightmare of...

Bramble is a lovely looking dog!

I'm looking for good enough. I guess some take it really seriously but really it has to be fun for both handler and dog as far as I'm concerned. My last girl, Lady was good enough and we had great times together.

🤣 Yes Poppy still does that on the rare occasion we come across a "person of interest". She promptly sits in front of them looking and wagging her tail. 🤣

Prompted by Beanwood's post "Working with Bramble" On the shoot, yesterday, the landowner asked me how I was getting on with Poppy and when would she be ready to bring out. I said I was aiming for the season 2027! :rofl: It's going to be a slow old path to being competent, I'm afraid. I'm...

Lady used to "Whoop whoop whoop" we use a baby alarm at night and it was quite unnerving! Poppy does little low barks and growls.

Adolescent here too and she "knows" everything!

OK and many thanks. Lots of good stuff. I'll report back.

Yes that's correct. I thought something awful had happened to her. Her bark had become a squeak. It was all back to normal in a couple of days but I won't be using that kennel again because she doesn't normally bark so something was upsetting her and I think there's a risk of creating a...

Other than persisting and praising when she gets it right are there any tips on achieving a hold? Poppy has pretty much got the hang of place boards and not running in but it's early days and nowhere near solid but good progress. She waits for the release, retrieves, returns and sits but then...

Poor lamb. Hoping all goes well.

Yes we've got that in hand. It was just trying out different stuff to see what she reacted to and that was one of them. On the mend - thanks. Hacking cough but that will go on for weeks.

I've just got back from a first assessment session with Poppy. I'd already briefed the trainer about Poppy's history so she was aware we were putting a whole heap of new behaviours into Poppy. All very good and the conclusion was I have a really good dog. No pressure then! We are assuming...

Hoping she's fine and really hungry!

Yes just read about that one.

Here she is this morning.

I've adjusted the title to reflect reality. Whatever was causing the (actually really pronounced) limp yesterday has completely gone today as evidenced by her heroic efforts to keep pace with her new pals - two GSPs! Her legs were going in a blur and they just loped along. :rofl: So she's...

Well I've just taken her for her afternoon walk. You wouldn't think there was anything wrong! This morning she was dropping her shoulder and limping badly. I think it must be a minor twist as it was still a bit sensitive when I cleaned her paws after the walk but apart from that pretty much...

Well spotted. I've actually photographed the wrong paw! Now that she's settled down I've been able to have a better look and it's got a cut but I don't think that's the problem as it's not deep or bleeding/has been bleeding. I'm now thinking she must have twisted he paw or bruised it as she...