Jamross suggested this so I'll kick it off
As a young keeper in my teens I had a black lab, great nose but could be a bit enthusiastic at times to say the least, the fact that we had a big rabbit problem at the time, and I used him for rabbiting probably did not help, his party piece was to jump on top of the heaps of branches left by the foresters, quickly jump of again and watch for the rabbit bolting which he invariably caught.
On a shoot day my game bag was always full, and it was a standing joke that me and my dog made up for any failing that a gun might have.
One day on a big commercial at the flush point he was hunting ten yards ahead and ignored me when I called him into heel.
I ran forward caught him and was pointing out the error of his ways to him, when an irate beater asked me what I thought I was doing to his dog, it was only then I realised mine was glued to my heel.
As a young keeper in my teens I had a black lab, great nose but could be a bit enthusiastic at times to say the least, the fact that we had a big rabbit problem at the time, and I used him for rabbiting probably did not help, his party piece was to jump on top of the heaps of branches left by the foresters, quickly jump of again and watch for the rabbit bolting which he invariably caught.
On a shoot day my game bag was always full, and it was a standing joke that me and my dog made up for any failing that a gun might have.
One day on a big commercial at the flush point he was hunting ten yards ahead and ignored me when I called him into heel.
I ran forward caught him and was pointing out the error of his ways to him, when an irate beater asked me what I thought I was doing to his dog, it was only then I realised mine was glued to my heel.