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: July 2020
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Brian’s second day of adventures meant coming along to Robbie’s tracking practice, which I’m starting up for the summer with a friend who wants to track her young Irish Water Spaniel. So Brian got to meet Martha, a new human, get his feet muddy and see the wide world of the Snoqualmie Valley for the…
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I’m already behind on posting Brian’s adventures. For now, his “new experiences” simply mean being exposed to new areas of our property, and the first one is the dog yard that opens out onto our pasture. He certainly showed no concern about… the ramp leading down from the deck that Jeff added on for old…
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And to respond to the question of the last post, the answer is: “BRIAN” QUINLAN’S HIGH KING DOB: April 29, 2020 I was originally just the temperament tester for this litter, as all the pups were spoken for. Brian was exceptional in the testing: handled the restraints well, retrieved at first attempt, followed despite some…
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Our house has seen dramatic change in the past year, with one dominant personality leaving us last November with Reardon’s passing, and then we lost Journey in March, after a valiant battle with cancer that was diagnosed in January. For some weeks it was clear she wanted very much to stay with us, but in…
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