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Meet the team
FRAN ARDLEY
GUNDOGS
Owner of Tarncrag Gundog Training, with more than 10 years’ experience.
NEIL MCINTOSH
VETERINARY
A keen shooter and a practising vet in Scotland.
TONY BRACCI
TUITION
Bisley Shooting Ground’s deputy shooting manager and master gunfitter.
DAVID FROST
LEGAL
SG’s legal expert and author of Sporting Shooting and the Law.
PETER THEOBALD
PIGEONS
Pigeon-shooting expert; author of Woodpigeon: The Ultimate Quarry.
ROBERT MORGAN
ANTIQUES
Arms and armour valuer at Holts Auctioneers.
ED COOK
RABBITS
Professional rabbit catcher working over 30,000 acres.
TOM SYKES
PEST CONTROL & WILDFOWLING
Sporting photographer, wildfowler and pest controller.
IAN SWEETMAN
GUNSMITHING
Owner of I S Sweetman Gun & Rifle Makers and former gunsmith at Purdey.
RICHARD ATKINS
TECHNICAL
Expert on the technical aspects of ballistics and shotgun performance.
GUNDOGS
Bird brain
I am having trouble getting my spaniel puppy to focus on me when training. He is more interested in watching the birds. I have tried treats, but this hasn’t worked.
At some point treats stop working, especially in the face of something more interesting. Try engaging him on your walk by lowering down, clapping your hands and turning away from him and getting him to walk to heel. Invest in a seriously exciting toy and take that out with you and take that out with you. Use it to get his attention, throwing it in the opposite direction and working on
