Purbeck & District Gundog Club

SPANIEL AND RETRIEVER WORKING TESTS - 19th February held at Bere Wood

Spaniel Puppy - 1st Matt Esterling  2nd Bob Stanley                       3rd Graham Ball  4th Andrew Mitchener

Spaniel Novice - 1st Del Bower  2nd Katy Bower  3rd Andy Perry  4th Bob Stanley

Spaniel Open - 1st Del Bower  2nd Cliff Espin  3rd Andy Perry  4th Katy Bower

Retriever Puppy - 1st Barbara Keene  2nd Richard Downton         3rd Jenny Beard  4th Tracey Turner

Retriever Novice - 1st Wendy Bardsley  2nd Sarah Smith               3rd Mark Edmonds  4th Tracey Turner

Retriever Open - 1st Liz Palmer  2nd Graham Fisher Pearson       3rd Sarah Smith  4th Mark Edmonds

Congratulations to all the winners and well done to everyone who took part. A big thank you to our judges Neil, Peter and Bill and to everyone who helped the day run so successfully.

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MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON PURBECK GUNDOG SCHOOL

Purbeck Gundog School is featured in the December issue of Dorset magazine with a fantastic full page photo! On sale now

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WORKING DOGS ON A SHOOT - a novice beater's report 

October sees the beginning of the pheasant shooting season and a group of gundog trainees had their first experience of working their dogs.

Here Liz Palmer sums up her experience:

'The shoot last week was great fun. Having not been on one before I did not know what to expect but everyone was very friendly and helpful in explaining what was required. The day consisted of 6 drives, with breaks in between. For the first drive I kept Clover my Labrador on a lead just to be sure she was under control and was not fazed by the gun shot and birds running around. The remaining 5 drives she was off lead which was great experience for her and I am sure the training we had done in steadiness helped immensely. We came home from the day covered in scratches and absolutely exhausted, but can't wait for the next one!' 

Shoot pictures on 'photos' page
 

GUNDOG WORKING TESTS 10th July 2011 - Results

    Test winners with judges

Spaniel Puppy Test:  1st  Andy Perry    2nd  Kevin Ivey

Spaniel Novice Test:  1st Geraint Williams   2nd Del Bower   3rd Cliff Espin           4th James Elliott

Spaniel Open Test:    1st Cliff Espin   2nd Geraint Williams  3rd James Elliott        4th Louise Kavanagh

Retriever Novice Test:  1st Brian Watson   2nd G. Fisher Pearson   3rd Richard Downton   4th Martyn Kavanagh

Retriever Open Test:  1st Liz Palmer   2nd G. Fisher Pearson   3rd Wendy Bardsley   4th Brian Watson

Congratulations to all the winners and well done to everyone who took part. We would also like to thank our judges Peter and Selwyn who gave up their time to help us and also to everyone else who helped to make the day a success by helping to run the tests and the bbq.

Saturday and Sunday 6/7th August - POOLE TOWN AND COUNTRY FAIR

After our success at this show last year we are back again and will be hoping for volunteers for helping run the scurry. This show is a great day out for all the family so please let us know if you available to help on either day.

Sunday 5th June - Spetisbury Country Fair.   Purbeck Gundog School will be staging a gundog demonstration and running scurries. Saturday 11th June - Dorset Dogs Doggy Festival at Upton Country Park. Purbeck Gundog School will be staging a gundog demonstration and running a scurry.  Saturday 18th June - Holton Lee Summer Fair. Purbeck Gundog School will be staging a gundog demonstration and running scurries.  

*The above events were again a great success and huge thanks to all who came along and lent a hand*

NEWS 2010

Sandra's dog Gem has given birth to a litter of 8 pups on 26th August. She has had 4 dogs and 4 bitches - Mum and babies doing well!

PHOTOS NOW ON PHOTOS PAGE - A diary - Pictures 1-3 just a few hours old. Pictures 4-6 1 week old and almost double their birth weight. Pictures 7-9 2 weeks old and starting to open their eyes! Picture 10 shows the pups at 3 weeks old and starting to walk and play! Picture 11 - their 1st step towards independance from mum, lapping milk from a bowl at just over 3wks! Pictures 12 and 13 at 4 weeks old and trying to escape from the whelping box! Pictures 14-16 at 5weeks and exploring the garden. Final picture is a last one of them all coming up to 7 wks old and they will soon be off to their new homes.

 Poole Town and Country Show - Upton Country Park  7th and 8th August

Purbeck Gundog School had a huge success at this show - the first time we've appeared there - putting on gundog demonstrations in the main arena, running a scurry which was very popular with the general public and manning a stand which attracted lots of attention.   We have had very positive feedback from the organisers who have invited us to appear again next year and one of the most encouraging comments from them was about the friendliness and good atmosphere generated by the club and it's members

 Ellingham Show - Somerley Estate, Ringwood  14 August

Another great day out - the weather was very kind to us there! - and another success. We had our own arena where we were able to put on demonstrations with the dogs and again ran a very popular scurry. If you click on the following link you can play a video about the show, which features an interview with Sandra promoting the gundog school!

 http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/video/videonews/103532/

Hamptworth Country Fayre - Hamptworth Estate  15th August

Club members helped run two quite challenging scurries at this lovely little country fayre and some of them competed and did very well with their dogs - nice to see that all that training has paid off!

Photos from the above events are now on the photos page.

**Christine and Sandra would like to say a huge thank you to all those who helped with the above events - we really couldn't have done it without you. We both appreciate the fact that you gave up some of your valuable spare time to help us. A special mention to Mick and Julie who as ever were brilliant, thanks Liz and Ros for the cakes and to Derek who was a saviour with a jug of Pimms! Thanks to all those who lent their dogs in the demos and to everyone else who worked hard on the scurries and stand**

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