Gundog Training Weekend

Sorry folks, but my first post will be dogs. I will try to minimise my dog photographs and look into different subjects, but I would not be true to myself if dogs did not appear quite regularly. So I might as well start as I mean to carry on.

I have been wanting to start some gundog training with my standard poodle, Lottie, for quite some time. I recently found a weekly class not far away and we have had our first lesson. I attended a weekend of training last week and had a fantastic time. Of course, my camera came along and I managed to get a few shots of some of the dogs working.

We had a fantastic weekend and were both rather tired by Sunday evening. The best part was getting a 'very good' award for the first stage of the gundog tests. Hopefully we can attend the next weekend in Sept and we will be working towards the beginner level tests for the next time. In the mean time, here is a selection of the photos I took on Saturday when the pheasant training dummy was tried with some of the dogs. These are my first gundog photos and I was rather pleased with how they turned out.


This gorgeous Clumber Spaniel was only too happy to pose with
 his prize

This lovely English Springer Spaniel was not so keen on
 the dummy

The Welsh Springer Spaniel had a good go, whilst keeping
 a good eye on mum at the same time.

This English Springer Spaniel was offering his very best sit in
order to have his turn with the pheasant dummy.

The yellow Labrador was rather intrigued by the strange
 feathered thing lying on the floor

A rather intrigued but cautious Cocker Spaniel girl.

The Spanish Water Dog got very excited by his prize and did
 a huge lap of honour to show everyone what he had found.

Sprocker girl checking out the dummy, while her cocker
friends look on in the background.



The black Labrador has a good sniff, but that was as far as it
 went