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Steadiness is like obedience, but much, much more. Here's how top gundog trainer Ricky
Moloney keeps his gundogs steady on a shoot day.
For steadiness we are going back to what we have been doing really from eight to ten months
of age. So I have laid my foundations. Coming out into the shooting field now I am expecting
such likes as Den, Cuba to actually at this stage know the job. Den did run in today,
he did actually go. I have been sending him quickly for wounded birds, as a side effect
he decided that he was going to go before the command was issued. Not a problem with
that. As soon as I growled he knew he had done wrong, he stopped and he looked at me.
That is my side effects, I have created that, I will overcome that. I want him to be sharp
on marked game. The quicker I have the dog off on a bird especially when it is running,
the quicker I am going to put it into the bag. The longer you delay the more chance
that bird has.
So you let Gemma pick that bird.
The dead bird on the side of the wall wasn't going anywhere. I said to Gemma is it dead.
It was so really it was an opportunity for me to show my dogs they can hang on and wait
because there is another dog. Not every retrieve is going to be theirs.
Ricky Moloney runs Ribblesdale Labradors. This series on gundog training tips is brought
to you by Skinners Petfoods, maker of the Field & Trial range of gundog feeds. Visit
SkinnersPetfoods.co.uk