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Adventures of Nick & Ted & Twig

GUNDOGS Training Age seven months

Last month I wrote about the challenge of bringing on younger dogs and the dilemmas that it causes with having to sometimes make the decision to leave the older ones at home or not give them so much work. I think it was harder this season due to the shortage of birds. There was certainly a reduced amount of work for the dogs. As well as beating and shooting, I also had to make time to crack on with Twig’s training, which has been thoroughly enjoyable.

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