Leave it to the professionals?

There are many ways to train a dog, the most common of which is to train the dog yourself. This is a strongly supported and often preferred method, and it certainly has its merits. First, there is no greater feeling than taking your own dog — into whose training you have poured hours of hard work, often sweat and even tears — to a shoot and seeing it succeed in the job it has been trained for.

I will never forget the first time my German shepherd bitch sat on the peg with me. I managed to kill one cock bird that dropped 40 yards behind. I waited until the drive had finished, put my gun in its slip and sent my dog. She was quiet, steady as a rock and retrieved my bird to hand like an old pro. It was wonderful. The first time your dog