On the right lines

When you think of a working gundog, the goals are relatively simple. We need to get the dog to an area and allow it to hunt. This might be hunting at our feet as a beating dog or being sent 180 yards to hunt a specific area. Either way, the task at hand is pretty similar.

This is obviously a gundog’s work in its simplest form. Game and quarry should always be picked in a quick and efficient manner for the welfare of the bird, and the convenience of the handler/Gun. A beating dog should be flushing game in a structured and controlled way. A beating dog is not much help if it hunts wherever it wants and is unable to push game in the right general direction.

So the lines and areas of the dog are very important. I have written in the past about how I often