Spiriteddawn Gundog Training

07/02/2026

A young Labrador in for training, still got a way to go, but wouldn’t walk to heel on or off the lead when he first came in, let alone bring his retrieves back.

29/01/2026

Well we completed our first run of the championship with our Springer Spaniel dog, Leahanie Zeus.
Birds sitting very tight, we quickly found and flushed a hen bird, shot over a fence. We were moved for the retrieve, lifting the dog over a fence to send him. Handler error on my part meant I rushed the dog, and had to give a directional cast to pick the bird. After lunch we moved ground, when Alf was hunting with plenty of pace and style, bird shot for the dog on the other side, whilst they were out on a retrieve, a rabbit and hen bird both broke cover directly in front of my dog, he never moved and both pheasant and rabbit were shot. Alf had marked the pheasant but we were asked for the rabbit first, a couple of casts and we had that back to hand, we were then sent for the pheasant, which he very quickly returned with, that completed our run.
Unfortunately we weren’t called back for the second day, but it was my handler error on my first retrieve that let us down. Alf held himself together and did us proud.
Moral of the story is be honest with yourself and learn from your mistakes. To many supposed trainers out there, who try to tell you a story about their dogs to save face for themselves. It takes a bigger person to accept fault and act upon it.
Anyway we are proud of Alfs performance and will have another go next year, thanks for your support and following us.

28/01/2026

28/01/2026

Day 1 of the championships, dry at the moment so fingers crossed 🤞

27/01/2026

It’s now snowing 😱😱😱😱😱😱

27/01/2026

Last leg of the journey up to Scotland this morning, ready for the KC Springer Championships tomorrow. Alf is running.47 so not sure if he will run tomorrow or Thursday.
As many of you know Jonathan has qualified and ran in the Cocker championship 3 years but this is a first for the springers.
Will keep you all posted over the next few days.
Kathy

18/01/2026

Sunday cuddles 👍👍

28/12/2025

Jon is away until Wednesday as his been asked to help at the cocker championships, his phone will off in the day time. Thank you for your patience.

28/11/2025

A great day , proves that hard work and perseverance does eventually pay off.
OFTW Leahanie Zeus qualified for the Championship

18/10/2025

Rounded the week off today with some live game training in Lincolnshire, all in all a good week, a minor blip on Friday, but as I said before, it happens and as long as you address the issue and don’t ignore it, it’s not a problem.