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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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Training newsMajestic moorland dogs
The Pointer and Setter Champion Stake took place at the magnificent Byrecleugh estate in the Scottish Borders by gracious permission of the Duke of Roxburghe. Photographs: Glyn Satterley
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Training
Top 10 tips for picking-up
Michelle Oseman picks-up four or five days a week in the Cotswolds and here she shares some of her well-earned wisdom.
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TrainingWorking as part of a team
Laura Hill offers advice on dealing with excited dogs
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Training
The labrador pioneers
Nick Radclyffe delves into the family archives to reveal the story of his forefathers and the first Kennel Club registered yellow labrador.
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Training newsIreland completes yet another clean sweep at The Home International
Team Ireland were crowned the overall victors at the 53rd Home International competition at The Game Fair.
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Training newsTeam Ireland sweeps the board in Four Nations International Gundog Competition
Team Ireland won every prize in this year’s nail-biting Four Nations International Gundog Competition, beating their Scottish counterparts by just 10 points at this year’s GWCT Scottish Game Fair ...
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Training newsAn interview with Francesca Prentice
The Game Fair is set to host four top flight gundog competitions this year, including two Home Internationals (one for HPRs and one for spaniels/retrievers), the Euro Challenge and a new Minority Bree...
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Training newsSwapping the griddle for the whistle
Chef James Martin and cricketer Matt Prior to join leading gundog trainer Jason Mayhew for one-off gundog display at The Game Fair this summer
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TrainingJetset gundogs
Delivering dogs to America is just part of the service for Charlie Thorburn and Mordor Gundogs, as Martin Puddifer discovers.
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