Welcome, in this section you will find articles written by owners on their experiences. They are interesting to read especially if you are new to the working Spinone. If you would like anything added to this section please contact the working committee.
My young Spinone, Toby, and I had a long weekend on the grouse moor, firstly joining a small team of dogs and handlers counting the grouse, followed by two days of training.
GSP Club, Yorkshire Group Team Retrieve Challenge 2015 This annual event is open to all HPR breeds. Groups of friends form teas of either mixed or single HPR breeds. This…
By Colin Elliot 2007
Alfie and I turned up on Sat morning not knowing what to expect and found a farm yard full of people and dogs of all ages and breeds, it seem that half the local village was there. There were 8 guns and about 20 Beaters some with dogs and 2 Pickingup teams not including Alfie and myself. When we arrived at the shooting ground I was told to stand with one of the Pickingup teams and watch how Alfie behaves and if he is not happy with the sound of the guns to move further away from the sound of the guns.
Late last summer I was lucky enough to be asked if I would like to come ‘up north’ once a month and join in with a small group of people who enjoy training their HPRs. For me this entailed a round trip of approx 4 hrs but as I found out it is well worth the trip each month. Having heard how this group was formed I approached Ingrid Moyser and Marie Holt to see if they would like to share their experience of setting up and running this training group. Between them they have a very interesting story to tell.
Colin Elliott
He may look dumb but.... Last weekend (Sunday 6th April) i took Boswell aka Ozzy to his first gundog training day with the GSP club. ( I got Ozzy…