We celebrate remarkable achievements at this year’s Crufts, where a Devon-based flat-coated retriever named Barney won BASC’s prestigious gamekeeper class. Owned by gamekeeper Sue May and shown by Helen Ford, Barney showcased the perfect blend of skill, versatility and training, proving why working dogs are integral to conservation and gamekeeping.
Read moreI have a two-year-old sprocker that stops and hunts on command, stays very close and is highly attentive - but in the field she refuses to retrieve.
Gundog training: My spaniel bitch is doing well in her first season but last Saturday when sent for a retrieve she picked the bird then dropped it on the way back in favour of another. How can I stop ...
Quartering is probably the toughest lesson to teach a young gundog, and one of the most vital. Joe Irving discusses this most rewarding of lessons for the handler