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Article – Self help

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Late last summer I was lucky enough to be asked if I would like to come ‘up north’ once a month and join in with a small group of people who enjoy training their HPRs. For me this entailed a round trip of approx 4 hrs but as I found out it is well worth the trip each month. Having heard how this group was formed I approached Ingrid Moyser and Marie Holt to see if they would like to share their experience of setting up and running this training group. Between them they have a very interesting story to tell.

 Colin Elliott

Boswells first gundog training

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He may look dumb but….

 

 

Last weekend (Sunday 6th April) i took Boswell aka Ozzy to his first gundog training day with the GSP club. ( I got Ozzy via the rehoming scheme 4 months ago). 

Very unsure how he would be, i was prepared for the embarrasment of him running off and finding something more fun to play with, but to my surprise he was very good.  “The makings of an excellent hunting dog”, said the trainer.  

So after a hard day of ‘sit and stay’, ‘walk to heel’ and ‘fetch’ we decided to call it a day and went home with homework for the next lesson,  Whistle recall and sit-stay.

He seems to be coping with the recall (due to the fact that there is a biscuit at the end), but sit and stay is a bit more long-winded, any ideas???

Also we are looking for training classes closer to home, this class is in Bournemouth, any one that knows of a class closer to Winchester would be grateful….

The Working Standard (2)

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The Working Standard
 
The Spinone’s gait is a long, tidy trot, alternating occasionally with something of the rhythm of a gallop (back legs only), so that he is a little swifter than the Italian Bracco, but the required gait when engaged in the act of sniffing is the trot. It is a lively and economical gait which works in diagonals which are nearly always straight, a hundred metres long and sometimes more, well spaced out and determined by the excellent sense of smell which this great pointer always shows provided he does not overdo it in gaits which are contrary to his nature:Clearly for him, as for all other trotters, concentration on the smelling job is of foremost importance and finding a solution to the various problems, which comes almost by instinct in a lightning flash to the gallopers, demands of the Spinone a complex mental process which can easily be read in his lovely facial expression as a “thinker”.

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The Working Standard

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The Working Standard
 
 
The Spinone’s gait is a long, tidy trot, alternating occasionally with something of the rhythm of a gallop (back legs only), so that he is a little swifter than the Italian Bracco, but the required gait when engaged in the act of sniffing is the trot. It is a lively and economical gait which works in diagonals which are nearly always straight, a hundred metres long and sometimes more, well spaced out and determined by the excellent sense of smell which this great pointer always shows provided he does not overdo it in gaits which are contrary to his nature:Clearly for him, as for all other trotters, concentration on the smelling job is of foremost importance and finding a solution to the various problems, which comes almost by instinct in a lightning flash to the gallopers, demands of the Spinone a complex mental process which can easily be read in his lovely facial expression as a “thinker”.

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About The Working Spinone

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The Italian Spinone is a very ancient hunting breed, and is part of the Gundog Group.

Within this group there are sub groups made up of Retrievers, Spaniels, Pointers & Setters and HPR (Hunt, Point & Retrieve). The sub groups are designed to group the dogs into the type of work they are mainly bred for.

The Italian Spinone comes under the sub group of HPR (Hunt, Point & Retrieve). As you can see by the name of the sub group the Italian Spinone has been bred to be an all round gundog.

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March AHT Update

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March Update from the AHT Research Study into Idopathic Epilepsy. Please help the Animal Heath Trust tackle Epilepsy in the Italian Spinone.

As you

 know, the collaborative research project between our clinical neurology and canine genetics services to investigate idiopathic epilepsy in the Italian Spinone is progressing well.

The AHT neurology team have been working extremely hard on the initial phases of this project to identify suitable cases.  Now, during the first half of 2014, Dr Cathryn Mellersh and her genetics team are collecting DNA samples from the identified cases.  They will then use sophisticated DNA technologies to identify mutations likely to be causative of the disease.

Cathryn will be at Crufts (6 – 9 March) on the Kennel Club Health Stand in Hall 3 and will be happy to answer your questions on the development of this research project and to discuss what you can do to help.  You can also talk to members of the Fundraising Department on the adjacent AHT stand to discuss how your club and Italian Spinone owners can raise further funds to support the fight against this distressing disease in the Italian Spinone.

Please circulate this letter to your members as widely as possible as we would very much like to meet as many Italian Spinone owners as possible at Crufts.  We hope to see you there and, to those who may be showing or exhibiting, the very best of luck!

Yours sincerely

 

Andrew Simmonds

Head of Development.

 

Epilepsy Research Study

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We’ve been asked by a researcher at the Clinical Investigations Centre at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) to help recruit for a food trial looking into the treatment of epilepsy.  A new diet has been developed with the aim of improving the management of epileptic dogs, not only by reducing seizure frequency, but also by decreasing the level of side-effects seen with standard antiepileptic drugs.

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2012 Annual Trophy Winners

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ISCGB 2012 Awards – AGM 2013

Top Show Spinone

  • Sh Ch Alfigio Amelia (19)

 

Top Show Bitch

  • Sh Ch Alfigio Amelia

 

Top Show Dog

  • Sh Ch Bannonbrig Al Fresco (17)

 

Top Show Puppy

  • Liatch Mister Mister at Bessalone (6)

 

Breeder of Top Show Puppy

  • Lindsey Malcolm

 

Top Breeder

  • Carole, Mike and Nicola Spencer (22)

 

Top White and Orange Dog

  • Sh Ch Bannonbrig Al Fresco

 

Top White and Orange Bitch

  • Sh Ch Alfigio Amelia

 

Top Brown Roan Dog

  • Sh Ch Calvenace Ted Baker at Dalvenza

 

Top Brown Roan Bitch

  • Sh Ch Inostricani Meda at Gradevole

 

Top Stud Dog

Sh Ch Fernando Laerzio by Inostricani (34)

 

Top Brood Bitch

  • Sh Ch Wynsett Dress to Kill for Bannonbrig (18)

 

Top Open Show Bitch

  • 1. Sh Ch Wynsett Ruby Tuesday at Lucoru ShCM (8) 2. Darrowdale Delight (6) Joint 3. Darrowdale Devotion (3) Darrowdale Fieldfare (3)

 

Top Open Show Dog

  • Bannonbrig Bruce Almighty (13)

 

Top Field Trial Dog

  • Rossaway Akita – Ray Davies

 

Top Working Test

  • Not Awarded

 

Special Achievement

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Junior Handler of the Year

  • 1. Heather Baddiley(139)
  • 2. Harrison Henshaw-Stanley (91)