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Pointer Training Diary
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A training diary of an English Pointer owner, training his dog for grouse counting
- Added on: Oct 14th, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Howard Davies
- Listed in: Hunting Science & Nature
- Tags: dog training bird dog pointer grouse english pointer moorland
Recent Posts
One missed woodcock and other misdemeanors – 6th December 2009
Today we went to the woods in search of woodcock. Having found an area that held them it only seemed sensible to let Archie have a go and test out his bird handling skills. Within a minute of reaching what I believed was a promising area they bo...
Deviating from the path – 5th December 2009
I took both dogs into the forest this morning in the drizzle. I really wasn’t in the right frame of mind to take them onto the hill on account of a busy day ahead with little time to spare. Both dogs leapt from the car and milled around me...
Old dog, new tricks? – 3rd December 2009
I know Grace isn’t old, only turning four in January, but I have an inkling that she may have backed Archie today. Under normal circumstances if she came in and pointed behind Archie I would put this down to picking up the same scent, but th...
Drop to hat…and a jack snipe – 1st December 2009
I took Archie to the vets this morning for his boosters and a kennel cough vaccine. This took me in a direction away from the hills so I ended up on the racecourse with both dogs relatively early in the morning. There had been a sharp frost ov...
First snow – 29th November 2009
It was one of those mornings when toast and a cup of tea seemed far more appealing than taking the dogs out, not only on account of the drizzle but the fact that I could see the cloud base at about 1000 feet, meaning that visibility on the moor woul...
The racecourse – 28th November 2009
It has suddenly become colder. The weather has been very mild and wet for so long now that cold weather came as a bit of a shock…we may have snow on the way, at least it feels that way. I took both Grace and Archie up to the racecourse for ...
