Novice dog trail 16 sept 2012

TriggerPL

Mohill gun club will be running our first retriver trail of the year on 16 sept 2012 on our grounds . This will be a. Novice test and a gud way to see the dogs coming through the ranks .

Meeting up at the church car park at 8. 30

All spectators welcome .

snipe02

are you running a dog yourself

TriggerPL

snipe02 wrote: »

are you running a dog yourself

No lad , taking a pup this January so hopefully all going right il be running a dog next year

dev110

Is it on all weekend as you have the 16th in the title but 15th in the post.

TriggerPL

dev110 wrote: »

Is it on all weekend as you have the 16th in the title but 15th in the post.

Edited cheers for that , it just on Sunday

Brian728

Hi Trigger. New to this and looking for answers to some basic questions if you can.
What age would a novice dog normally be?
Would they be expected to retreive blinds as a matter of course?
What distance would a typical retreive be?
Can anyone enter a dog?
Are novice competitions ran fairly often around the country?

I have a 15 month old black lab I trained myself, delighted with him so far, but have nothing to comapre him to, so I may be delusional!
Any info would be greatly appreciated
Cheers

TriggerPL

Brian728 wrote: »

Hi Trigger. New to this and looking for answers to some basic questions if you can.
What age would a novice dog normally be?
Would they be expected to retreive blinds as a matter of course?
What distance would a typical retreive be?
Can anyone enter a dog?
Are novice competitions ran fairly often around the country?

I have a 15 month old black lab I trained myself, delighted with him so far, but have nothing to comapre him to, so I may be delusional!
Any info would be greatly appreciated
Cheers

I think you should make the trip up and see for your self if possible . You can enter your dog at nine months from what I know .

Retrives can be any distance normally depend on where the bird land along with the judge . We run two novice and three open stakes between now and January .

One been a derby for dogs under 2 which qualifies you for the championship .

Blind retrives would be common along with lining your dog up with the other while shooting is taken place to see how steady your dog is . If it breaks from the line your out .

I'm only getting into the trailing side of it this year so I don't have all the ans on rules I'm still picking them up .

Mayb working test is a gud place to start . Held all summer on dummies .

And check with ikc for info on all trials in the country .

Where you from our of interest

Brian728

Thanks for the info. I'm in Limerick area but will be working w/end of 16th. Have the dog doing left/right/back. Will stop and return on the whistle. He delivers to hand and is steady to shot. Have a problem with blinds alright in that when I cast him off he will begin to wander instead of staying on the line I cast him. So I'm trying to fix it by doing blinds in boreens etc where he can't veer left or right.
He's the first dog I've tried to train and really enjoy it, though I made a good few boo boos along the way. This will be his and my first season hunting so hopefully good days ahead

TriggerPL

Brian728 wrote: »

Thanks for the info. I'm in Limerick area but will be working w/end of 16th. Have the dog doing left/right/back. Will stop and return on the whistle. He delivers to hand and is steady to shot. Have a problem with blinds alright in that when I cast him off he will begin to wander instead of staying on the line I cast him. So I'm trying to fix it by doing blinds in boreens etc where he can't veer left or right.
He's the first dog I've tried to train and really enjoy it, though I made a good few boo boos along the way. This will be his and my first season hunting so hopefully good days ahead

Find out club on Facebook mohill gundog club , there are a few guys close to you that would help no problem if your serious about trailing

Pm me you name so I know it you to accept you . That goes for anyone else to that interest in dates of trails and the likes

Brian728

PM sent

charlie10

Brian728 wrote: »

Thanks for the info. I'm in Limerick area but will be working w/end of 16th. Have the dog doing left/right/back. Will stop and return on the whistle. He delivers to hand and is steady to shot. Have a problem with blinds alright in that when I cast him off he will begin to wander instead of staying on the line I cast him. So I'm trying to fix it by doing blinds in boreens etc where he can't veer left or right.
He's the first dog I've tried to train and really enjoy it, though I made a good few boo boos along the way. This will be his and my first season hunting so hopefully good days ahead

if the dog has a memory walk him up to a focal point maybe a stick with a flag,with the dog on lead drop 3-4 dummies and turn and walk the dog back then cast him "BACK!!" if he has a memory he should run to them .then when he is hitting them .try without showing the dummy but have dummy there before taking dog out, the best dogs dont run straight lines .i was at a trial last week when the field was rushy with spots of cover ,the dog was cast but weaved in and out till he made his way back 100 yards or so.striaght lines arent everything once the dog gets into the intended area

Brian728

Thanks Charlie, I'll work on that

garyc007

mite pop up for the look!

TriggerPL

garyc007 wrote: »

mite pop up for the look!

No problem Gary give me a text and we will organise it

charlie10

gonna go myself might try borrow my buds lab might run him

TriggerPL

charlie10 wrote: »

gonna go myself might try borrow my buds lab might run him

Great if ya can make it up Charlie but you can't run a dog , entry's were in last week and we had a draw for the 12 dogs for the day , if I had of knowing in time I could of got you a run .

Trails arnt like working test on dummys where ya can just turn up and run

Let me know if ya making the trip up

TriggerPL

Will I see any of ye tomorrow ?

TriggerPL

Congrats to Micheal corr in winning the novice today , 3 eye wipe made home clear winner

garyc007

Great day out and a very well run club! Thanks paul