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: October 2020
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Today we took advantage of a trip to Home Depot to get in a bit of socializing/training for Brian. I’ve seen just a few startle responses from Brian lately, making me wonder if he’s going into a little bit of a fear period, or possibly just needs to get out more! So off we went…
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This month we celebrated Rozzie’s 13th birthday. How lucky we are to have this special, sweet springer for so many years, and we hope for a lot more time. Rozzie is by far the healthiest dog I’ve ever gotten to this age, with all brain cells intact, although just after her birthday on October 5th,…