It's not every day you get invited to join a group of stalkers which all have one thing in common,
All were Interested in learning how to train a dog for deer work
so I took up that invite and tagged along at the last NGO Dogs 4 Deer day
The event took place last Weekend 26 & 27 of March
Unfortunately I could only attend on the Sunday which was the more advanced day so missed out on the introductory day
It was an interesting day where I learn't a bit more into the insight of working as a team, not just with your dog but along with other stalkers
I arrived a little early so I could meet and greet my hosts Mark Elliot who has set up the NGO Dogs 4 Deer days
& Mike Dickinson of Calton Moor range where the event was being held
Calton Moor Range
The day was being run by guest speakers and very experienced dog trackers themselves Alan ( Jagare) and Rudi who is Chairman of a Flemish tracking organisation
vlaamse zweethondengroep
with the usual meet and greet with some old friends who were booked in on the day, I also met a whole group of other interesting dog men which had brought with them a different array of dogs to work on the day
The day began with Rudi & Alan taking small groups around several different areas where they had set up simulated shot sites for us to examine, bit like crime scenes
It was upto us to try and determine the facts and suggest appropiate action on those facts
That prooved an instant hit with the guys I walked around with as it created good discussion and helped those with lesser experience see how much they miss at first glance
for me I was beginning to see that I had made the right decision to attend
some of the guys examining the scenes
our host and guest speaker setting a short drag trail
first dog up
A beautifull specimen of a Hannoverian that worked extremely well and you could see the owner had put some effort into the training
A nice young promising Visla
bit of classroom work where Rudi explained about his organisation and how they ran
also used a slide show to talk and point out about shot reaction and bullet placement mixed with what signs to look out for
some more pics of the guys and dogs on the day
This was an absolutely great day out which was well organised and made even more pleasurable by all those that attending
It was great to meet all those involved and to watch their dogs work
anyone else thinking of attending any futher NGO Dogs 4 Deer day
I would definately recommend it
best wishes
Stone
All were Interested in learning how to train a dog for deer work
so I took up that invite and tagged along at the last NGO Dogs 4 Deer day
The event took place last Weekend 26 & 27 of March
Unfortunately I could only attend on the Sunday which was the more advanced day so missed out on the introductory day
It was an interesting day where I learn't a bit more into the insight of working as a team, not just with your dog but along with other stalkers
I arrived a little early so I could meet and greet my hosts Mark Elliot who has set up the NGO Dogs 4 Deer days
& Mike Dickinson of Calton Moor range where the event was being held
Calton Moor Range
The day was being run by guest speakers and very experienced dog trackers themselves Alan ( Jagare) and Rudi who is Chairman of a Flemish tracking organisation
vlaamse zweethondengroep
with the usual meet and greet with some old friends who were booked in on the day, I also met a whole group of other interesting dog men which had brought with them a different array of dogs to work on the day
The day began with Rudi & Alan taking small groups around several different areas where they had set up simulated shot sites for us to examine, bit like crime scenes
It was upto us to try and determine the facts and suggest appropiate action on those facts
That prooved an instant hit with the guys I walked around with as it created good discussion and helped those with lesser experience see how much they miss at first glance
for me I was beginning to see that I had made the right decision to attend
some of the guys examining the scenes
our host and guest speaker setting a short drag trail
first dog up
A beautifull specimen of a Hannoverian that worked extremely well and you could see the owner had put some effort into the training
A nice young promising Visla
bit of classroom work where Rudi explained about his organisation and how they ran
also used a slide show to talk and point out about shot reaction and bullet placement mixed with what signs to look out for
some more pics of the guys and dogs on the day
This was an absolutely great day out which was well organised and made even more pleasurable by all those that attending
It was great to meet all those involved and to watch their dogs work
anyone else thinking of attending any futher NGO Dogs 4 Deer day
I would definately recommend it
best wishes
Stone