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
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- mental preparation
- new freestyle behaviors
- puppy training
- rally obedience
- retrieve
- scent work
- TEAM
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- Utility obedience
Month: April 2011
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I’ve been re-reading Patricia McConnell’s great book For the Love of a Dog, and came across the point she makes about stays: that they teach a young dog not only physical control, but also emotional control. She’s so convinced of this that she even has an addendum in the book with the details about teaching sit stays. …
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Journey is 6 weeks pregnant with 8-9 puppies (!) and soon she’ll be heading over to Colleen’s to whelp her litter. But right now, she’s still eager to work despite the fact that she’s becoming quite rotund. I’m not sure if this picture really illustrates how full Journey’s belly is, but those 8 puppies are…
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