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Your Complete Guide to Gundog Training, Gear and Field Skills
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.
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Gundog newsHow can I get my Lab to cross a ditch to retrieve?
Pushing too fast with training has meant this Lab has skipped the most important instruction: 'get back'
By ShootingUK
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Gundog newsGundog training: How to use the stop whistle
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?
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Should I buy a puppy with a swelling in the middle of its tummy?
Vet Neil advises this is probably an umbilical hernia, which is generally an inherited defect, but it can be operated on
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Gundog newsAnthropomorphism and gundogs: Are we too personal with our gundogs?
Anthropomorphism: Gundog owners try to maintain hard rules with their gundogs but we all go a bit soft sometimes.
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Gundog newsStereotypes: not all dogs conform to types
We can't change the genes, but nurture can help to develop certain traits in our dogs
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GundogsWhat is a five generation pedigree certificate?
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 ...
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Buying a gundog puppy
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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Gundog newsGundog breeds: Why buy a Weimaraner?
Weimaraner: These distinctive German dogs are often misunderstood but, in the right hands, the Weimaraner can be excellent gundogs.
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Will my gun dogs be ruined by living in the family house?
Gun dogs: We are getting our first working cocker puppy soon and have two children, aged three and five.
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Gundogs: Where are the dual champions?
Dual champions: the gap between working dogs and show dogs has become a chasm. Is there any hope of seeing a return of dual champions?
By ShootingUK
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