Today was a last day of hunting for Aytee dogs on the UK Scottish grouse moors, before heading off to our new home in New Zealand later this week. Mavis our 18 month old pup has not been ready to trial before we go, because she has not had nearly enough live game retrieving experience, but she has learnt a lot of hunting skills this summer which she will take with her and be able adapt to wild partridge once in NZ. It made me think about the different skills our dogs learn and the time it takes for them to perfect, she helped me make this short training video.
PS I've reflected that while living in Scotland, Aytee dogs have worked for guns who had visited the UK from New Zealand to shoot grouse over GSPs ! I must let them know that next time they do not need to travel so far🐕🐾 🤣