Silver trophies on a blue tablecloth. In pride of place at the front is the working setter silver prize, in the shape of an English setter on a wood mount. — The trophies are many at the Hampshire Gundog Society’s open shows, which take place at Penns Place, Petersfield in the summer.

The new episode of Dogs with Jobs is a throwback to summer… recorded at the Hampshire Gun Dog Show at Penns Place in August, which featured around 30 gun dog breeds, from golden retrievers and springer spaniels to rare European gun dog breeds.

Joy Venturi Rose of the Hampshire Gun Dog Society describes the various events put on by the society, which include open shows, working tests, field trials and training classes.

Joy touches on working breed standards in this succinct, but excellent overview of gun dog breeds, and shares some ideas for keeping your working breed pet happy and stimulated.

She explains how working breeds need stimulation in their life that uses their brain, and ideally mirrors the sort of work they would have done many dog generations previously.

More about the Hampshire Gun Dog Society.

Other porting dog episodes:

Gundogs galore at the Hampshire Country Sports Day (October 2024)
Echo, Delta and Polar, the gun dog trio (September 2024)
Oberon the working Clumber spaniel (September 2023)
Alfie, the waterfowling retreiver (October 2022)
Who’s winning at the South of England Hound Show? (August 2022)
The Sealyham terrier Rat Pack (July 2023)
Meet the Beagles! (October 2022)
Clover, the accidental gundog (September, 2022)
Debit and Dervish, the hunting hound pups (November 2021)
An insight into the breeding of hounds (November 2021)
Drake, the gun dog champion (September 2021)

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