The Spaniel Annals
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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
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- Utility obedience
Month: March 2012
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Tonight I found out about the passing of a great obedience dog in the Gordon Setter world. I never got to see her work, but heard much about her and her owner, Diane Bartlett, and watched their progress and successes over the years. Tory earned an AKC UDX, a Canadian OTCH, and won several all-breed…
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The wonderful news is that Reardon has been certified for entering tracking tests, and our first test is tomorrow up in Bow, WA. Tracking tests only require one pass to earn a title, so tomorrow could signal a new title and a step forward in our training, or it could mean a long wait for…
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