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Gundog Virtual Lessons As Good As 1-2-1 For Dodger The GWP

Posted: October 27, 2020

Dodger is ten months old and is the sort of dog who would have really benefited from 1-2-1 lessons from being a young pup. Of course, this year, that wasn’t an option. The owners live in Scone in Scotland and […]

Is Crate Training Right For My Dog?

Posted: August 28, 2020

I have been blogging about the German Wirehaired Pointers I have had in residence. They are both back home with their owners now and making very good progress. Mollie’s owner is following the fully structured routined I sent home with […]

Double Trouble With German Wirehaired Pointers

Posted: August 5, 2020

I currently have two German Wirehaired Pointers in residence with me. They are proving to be quite a handful. I always advise owners to research a breed before purchasing their puppy. In both these cases, the dogs have gone into […]

Dealing With An Aggressive GWP

Posted: July 17, 2020

No matter how cute a dog looks they can all have an aggressive streak. That’s the case with resident Otto, a German Wirehaired Pointer. Otto’s owners decided action was needed when he’d bitten a member of the public while out […]

Testimonial: Buster the German Wirehaired Pointer

Posted: June 22, 2020

As we have discovered, lockdown was no excuse to give up on your dog training. The owners of Buster were struggling with training their German Shorthaired Pointer. David and Kirsti are in Scotland but have been able to train their […]

Don’t kill your dog with kindness

Posted: September 22, 2019

In the past month a lot of my training lessons have started with a rant. I have clients who say they are looking for advice but then don’t follow through. Commitment to training and consistency with homework are the only […]

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Testimonial – Gundog Training a German Wirehaired Pointer

Posted: January 23, 2019

Sometimes it’s only when you’ve had your dog for a while and tried other training methods that you realise you really have a problem. Brian and Andrew visited me with Kobi, their German Wire Haired Pointer when he was almost […]