Scared gundog: Loud noises make for a scared gundog.
German pointer
Hunt, point and retrieve – truly versatile dogs
Many years ago, when I started out photographing gundogs, I used to attend quite a few spring pointing tests and it was at these events where I not only saw my first HPR working in the field, but I also developed some lifelong friendships with a number of handlers that…
Continental pointers in action
It was over 25 years ago when I first saw an HPR (hunt, point, retrieve) pointer working. I was photographing a spring pointing test and the dog was a German shorthaired pointer called “Basil.” I can clearly remember him casting out over a field of winter wheat, he was running…
Shoot of the week: Scaliscro Estate, Isle of Lewis
Shooting grouse over pointers on the Isle of Lewis
The point of pointers
Andy Platt had never been a fan of pointers, until a chance encounter in Sweden and a successful grouse shoot in the Drumochter hills of Scotland changed his mind…
The pointing dog’s stare
There's an art to training pointing dogs, but once in position, it can take even more skill to move them out of their catatonic stance
The 2007 pointer and setter Champion Stake
With great weather and high quantities of game on the ground, this year's pointer and setter Champion Stake kept dogs and competitors busy.
German Shorthaired Pointer Club all-aged stake
Following a week of torrential rain and gale-force winds the weather finally broke.
German Shorthaired Pointer Club All-Aged stake
News of the GSPs in action at Canobie, in Dumfriesshire
The German Shorthaired Pointer Club
The Watergrove Reservoir Working Test held on Sunday 16 July, by permission of United Utilities Puppy Test Judged by Mr Peter McCullough 1st Gunfield Evita HV Bitch 09/02/05 Handler Mr R Irvine 2nd Ayita Independence Day HWV Dog 24/01/05 Handler M M Herbert 3rd Essen Nazia Vonzell GSP Bitch…