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Training the trainer

It always amazes me when people are surprised that I go for lessons myself. Gundog training is like any other discipline — you never stop learning.

Sometimes when clients come for lessons they almost seem ashamed, as if it were an admission that they have failed. What they don’t realise is that the best trainers in the world continue to seek help from other experts.

Anyone who competes in a sport involving dogs — field trials, agility, flyball or even heelwork to music — will know that dogs keep you humble. You can never profess to know it all nor be the perfect trainer. All we can do is strive to be better and continue to improve our dogs.

With this in mind I enlisted the help and guidance of some extremely experienced

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