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Gundog training: expert guides for puppies, handlers and working dogs
Good gundog training is built on consistency, timing and understanding how working dogs think. Whether you’re starting a new puppy on its first retrieves or refining steadiness and handling skills ahead of the season, Gundog Journal’s training pages give you expert, practical guidance at every stage.
Our gundog training guides cover basic obedience, introduction to game, cold game training, water work, whistle commands and advanced fieldwork – with breed-specific advice for Labradors, spaniels, vizslas and all HPR breeds. Every method is rooted in positive, reward-based training from handlers who work dogs in the real world.
From first steps to field trial standard, this is the training resource serious gundog owners come back to season after season.
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TrainingKeeping cool on warm, early season days
The shooting season is here again and many of you will be looking forward to picking-up with your dogs, writes Jayne Coley.
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TrainingPartner in crime?
Jayne Coley offers the following advice to someone who is training a young Labrador this summer and wants to know whether they should train it with the other two dogs in attendance, or in isolation to...
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TrainingHis Majesty the King will be The Kennel Club’s new Patron
The Kennel Club is privileged to announce that His Majesty the King will be its new Patron, continuing in the footsteps of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who was Patron from 1952 until 2022.
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A promising new chapter for The Women’s Shooting Network
The Shotgun and Chelsea Bun Club are rebranding with aims of revolutionising visibility for women shooting.
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The Great British Shooting Awards 2024
Ben Randall wins Gundog Trainer of the Year at the Great British Shooting Awards, held on Friday 23rd February at the Birmingham NEC.
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TrainingBen Randall’s debut book – How to train your gundog
Champion gundog trainer Ben Randall’s highly anticipated debut book, How to train your gundog, is now available to order.
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Is there any method in the madness?
How far would you go to collect a dog? Is an 800-mile round-trip excessive? Not for Will Hetherington as it turns out. Photograph: Harry Lessman
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Let the artist see the dog
A closer look at the work of Keith Sykes and Coral Rose, two of the nation's most prominent gundog artists
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