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Our neighbours are getting a labrador puppy! A little black dog pup from a litter bred by a friend of mine. I will probably spam you with puppy photos when he is here.

Yesterday I had to say goodbye to my beautiful springer spaniel Alice. This has come just five weeks after losing my old horse Christie just before Christmas. I am totally heartbroken at losing my beloved animals so close one after the other. Christie was 32 and I had him for 30 years. He was...

I think Caddie would probably object to being called a golden oldie 😂 but it is her 12th birthday today. Happy Birthday my beautiful girlie. 🎂❤️🐾

I am treating myself to a gundog training holiday this year. Have just booked a place on Philippa Williams Dogs for Life training holidays. Some of you might have seen Philippa’s gundog demos at Crufts. I am really looking forward to it.

Today was water training for my gundog group. I was looking after a group of people with relatively young and inexperienced dogs. The weather here on Exmoor has changed from being lovely, warm and sunny all week to drizzle and quite a strong breeze. Some wayward dummies kept drifting off quite...

My friends own a beautiful meadow next to the river Exe where we hold gundog training classes. After helping other people with their dogs yesterday I grabbed the chance to have a bit of fun with my own dogs. This is Amy my young Clumber and Caddie my still very young at heart springer. She will...

I came across this article today. From my own observations with my dogs I have to agree. Especially Murffi my very excitable, high energy cocker needs lots and lots of rest days or he would be manic. Can exercise make problem behaviours worse?

My crazy boy Murffi is 9 today!! No signs of him calming down anytime soon, but I live in hope. Total fruit loop!

I had almost forgotten how good this stuff is! I have used it before but not for a long time. Amy got quite mucky ears over the winter. She has got very dainty and narrow ear canals plus her floppy spaniel ears don’t allow much air flow. The drops I got from the vets seemed to make matters even...

Quite often there is a lot of waiting around between drives on a shoot day and it can get a little boring especially when there is no other beater near by. This is how Amy keeps herself (and me) amused between drives. :tail:

Fans of Control Unleashed have a new book by Leslie McDevitt to look forward to. It will be coming out this winter and is called Reactive to Relaxed.

My Alice :love:. At elven and a half she is my eldest dog. Blind in one eye since an accident a few years ago and now going a little deaf but still with so much love for what she does best, hunting and retrieving, and when water is involved even better! This next shooting season will be her...

After the heat wave we had when the dogs and I did zilch apart from snoozing in a hammock, we are back to training now that the temperatures are back to normal. My dogs' shooting season starts at the beginning of October so time to get into shape. These are my two girls, Caddie my springer and...