The Spaniel Annals
working and living with performance spaniels
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I’m a retired English instructor, now devoted full-time to training, showing and enjoying my spaniels in many sports.
- agility
- Behavior
- competition
- conditioning
- dockdiving
- dual champion
- English Cocker
- English Springer Spaniel
- Fetch!
- field work
- Freestyle
- Gordon Setters
- heeling
- heeling journal
- Irish Water Spaniel
- match
- mental preparation
- new freestyle behaviors
- puppy training
- rally obedience
- retrieve
- scent work
- TEAM
- tracking
- training
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- Utility obedience
Month: June 2010
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When Susan Desilver described Gael’s litter to me over the phone, one of my first questions was, “which puppy likes to carry things around in her mouth?” What I was looking for were early signs of a natural retrieve. In my earlier posts about the natural retrieve, I talk about how much it reveals in…
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The most important thing a puppy can learn is how to learn–that learning is fun, that it comes in relationship to a human, and that it’s something she is good at. After 6 days with me, I’m so impressed at Gael’s attitude, drive and intelligence. Beyond the socializing I need to give her in the first…
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I had no plans for another dog. And not a Gordon Setter. For months after I lost Vita, I daydreamed of a Gordon puppy, but as my grief eased, my daydreams stopped and life moved on. Then I caught a phone call from Susan DeSilver, the accomplished and well-respected breeder of Gordon Hill Gordon Setters. Susan breeds…
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Due to an exhausting spring quarter, I’ve been terrible about keeping up with my blog. While I haven’t had much time to blog, the training has continued. Along with rally (see last post), Rozzie is starting to shine in her agility training. She’s recently figured out her weavepoles, at least in the backyard. Here’s a…
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