Cumbria Dog Training

Me and my dog! At some point each day I find a little time to train my own dog Tilly for gundog work. She's a Working Clumber Spaniel as opposed to the heavier built "show" dogs favoured by the Crufts judges ! Tilly's stubborness is a trait of her breed - though at times I've wanted to scream ! But my determination to have a well trained gundog is almost complete. I like to think this photo shows that the love isn't all one sided ! While my dog is on her final stages of shoot training, Fran's dog Maddie is the next think to perfection !! She has been to numerous shoots over the past year and Fran has won alot of admiration for the way she's trained her dog - not always an easy thing to achieve in the male world of shooting and beating. Lewis While I've been busy training and helping people sort their sheep chasing dogs out, Paul has been out and about with guest dogs. With Jake and Tilly having gone home after 5 weeks, Lewis is stayi...

What a beautiful day for dog walking ! Days of rain were completely forgotten as we climbed above the fog and into beautiful winter sunshine, looking back to see the Eden Valley covered in thick fog while on the other side the Fells were also lit up.   The Lake District Fells  Ruby likes snow ! In fact she can't get enough of the stuff. The photo below shows her in a "cut out" on the hill, and she could not stop running and jumping into the stuff. My eldest daughter Rachel came with me and soon discovered that Ruby likes nothing more than chasing snowballs. In the end, Rachel got bored ! Lovely Ruby What can I say !!! Jaxson is enjoying his first winter snow and he wants everyone to enjoy it with him. Jumpin' Jaxson