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Welcome to the Gundogs hub at Shooting UK, your definitive guide for training, handling, and celebrating working dogs in the field. Whether you’re a novice learning basic obedience or an experienced handler perfecting hunting skills, our expert articles, gear reviews, and how-to features cover everything you need. From training tips for young pups, guidance for first working tests, to support when saying goodbye to a cherished hunting companion, you’ll find it all here.
Kennel or kitchen: Where should your gun dog be when not in the field?
Born in Scotland, springer spaniel Storm moved to England with an undocked tail. Vet Neil McIntosh describes how working in cover proved costly and why the law needs to change
Pushing too fast with training has meant this Lab has skipped the most important instruction: 'get back'
Gundog training: I am training my new dog and want to get her used to the stop whistle. Some people say you can make dogs hesitant if you get too hung up on it. What do you suggest?
Vet Neil advises this is probably an umbilical hernia, which is generally an inherited defect, but it can be operated on
Anthropomorphism: Gundog owners try to maintain hard rules with their gundogs but we all go a bit soft sometimes.
We can't change the genes, but nurture can help to develop certain traits in our dogs
We have purchased a springer spaniel that is Kennel Club registered but the five generation pedigree certificate is confusing because it contains a lot of abbreviations. Can you help us make sense of ...
Shooting UK helps you buy the right gundog with this guide to finding the best adverts, selecting a healthy litter and choosing the best puppy
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