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HPR

Updated 26.02.21


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FIELD TRIALS      /     GWT     /   POINTING TESTS    /   TRAINING

Field Trial Results
 2021 TBA    
     
            2021 TBA                  
             Spring/Summer              programme:
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CORONAVIRUS:
Due to Covid-19 we are following Government & Kennel Guidelines for your safety. All additional instructions are contained in the BWWGS HPR Standing Instruction which is available to download and MUST be read. Handlers must provide their own numbers, face masks sanitisers and any other additional PPE e
​A Covid Safety Officer will be appointed and present on the day. Please be aware, if a situation arises resulting in cancellation 24hrs before, it will be out of our control. 

NOTES FROM RAY:

HI EVERYONE
MANY WOULD HAVE SEEN ON FACE BOOK THAT 'ALAMABA ROT 'HAS RISEN ITS HEAD AS  IT IS FATAL CONDITION WITH NO REAL CURE. DUE TO OUR VERY WET CONDITIONS. IT  BREEDS IN BOGGY WATER GROUND AND IF DOGS AS USUAL LICK THEMSELVES WHEN BACK AT HOME/KENNEL CAN DIGEST AND EVENTUALLY SORES APPEAR ON PAWS AND UNDER NETHER ON  BARE SKIN. SO ACTION  TO VETS IF SUSPECTED.  SO: IF POSSIBLE  WHEN BACK FORM WALK OF SHOOTING DAYS OUT, WASH DOWN EITHER AT VEHICLE OR LOCATION OR HOME, THOROUGHLY DRY OFF. PLEASE BE CAREFUL TO WASH TOWELS IN DISINFECTANT WATER. SO STAY SAFE. ​
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       HPR FT sec.  Ray Davies                                         
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​       Happy dogs & handlers.


Field Trials 2020/21 TBA

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Before entering a Field Trial please familiarize yourself with Kennel Club J Rules and Regulations for Field Trials, the BWWGS Standing Instructions and our Risk Assessment and Government Guidelines on Coronavirus at the time of entry.
Schedule 2021/22

TBA

Standing Instructions
RISK ASSESSMENT
New 2020 Entry by Fossedata system ONLY 
 http://www.fossedata.co.uk/fdft.  

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NOTE: Paper entry forms are discouraged this season to lesson the risk of cross contamination during the Coronavirus pandemic.
(Entry in accordance with KC guidelines during Coronavirus pandemic)  
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Courtesy of Clair Lister Huckle Photography
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GUNDOG WORKING TEST 2021 tba

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Schedule: tba
Entry form: not available




POINTING TESTS 2021: tba

 Schedule: tba
Entry: not available
Pointing test Guidelines:


POINTING TEST RESULTS

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​HPR TRAINING Programme:  

Training Programme
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Water Training: TBA


Basic Gundog Training

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Shoot-Over Day
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Monthly Training 2021
Contact FT sec. Ray Davies
 


 

 


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LENCHES LAKES Water Training: ​

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                             Images from the training day on the 23rd April 2017 courtesy of  NCB Photography
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HUNT POINT RETRIEVERS:

After the Second World War this sub-group of gundogs known as Hunt Point Retrieve breeds were imported into Great Britain. At the present time there are just thirteen of the many continental breeds recognised by the Kennel Club in the UK. These are the Bracco Italiano, Brittany, German Shorthaired Pointer, German Longhaired Pointer, German Wirehaired Pointer, Hungarian Vizsla, Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla, Korthals Griffon, Italian Spinone, Large Munsterlander, Small Munsterlander, Slovakian Roughhaired Pointer and the Weimaraner.

These breeds today are mainly used for rough shooting on game, falconry and deerstalking but can adapt to make a useful peg dog or beater’s dog. If used for deer stalking they would be expected to point unseen deer, track to dead deer or track and hold wounded deer at bay and then inform the stalker when it is located by giving tongue.

The different breeds within the group were originally bred to work the game or terrain of their specific region and therefore developed different styles of working, but basically they all perform to the same outcome. Some were originally used for boar or deer; others for fur and feather. Now, they are all expected to hunt any terrain put before them: moorland, wetland, scrub, woodland; and adapt their pace accordingly. Apart from the Brittany, they are all basically the same in structure but not necessarily the same in character.
When hunting open ground, the dog would be expected to quarter into the wind taking in ground from 50 to 150 metres either side of the gun. When working woodland they adapt to a closer pattern and keep in touch with the gun. They are expected, on locating game, to point and hold that point until required to flush. These dogs are air scenting and have a higher head carriage thus they have less need to enter thick cover. By using the wind, these dogs have the ability to pick up scent at a distance.
As in other breeds, game is expected to be retrieved gently to hand. They are for the most part keen swimmers once they overcome any initial reluctance.

HPR ARCHIVE
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