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| santiago |
Training with Anne Johnson in ScotlandI just spent six days training my Britt on grouse with Anne Johnson (close to Keith, Scotland). We were in the area for a family Easter holiday and were lucky enough to find Anne. Very special thanks to Dick (and indirectly to Lee!) for that.Although there probably exist other very experienced HPR trainers out there with grouse experience, Anne, in addition to being one of them, has the advantage of living surrounded by grouse moors (that hold grouse!). Anne has been working her GWPs for clients for many years and is also an A panel judge. She has a very interesting website here http://www.paintingsandpointers.co.uk/shootingoverpointers.htm. We came to Scotland having only three days of experience on grouse, with very little success (for different reasons). With Anne's help, we both left deeply in love with a bird and a landscape that in my view is the pinnacle of HPR/pointing dog work. I say this somewhat sadly as I used to put my native wild red partridge and quail in first place! Anne is very willing to take HPR handlers to train on grouse. If you want help on grouse, she is definitely someone very knowledgeable. Running with some intention... 
A good point 
Her Majesty the red grouse 
Dipper, Anne's GWP, who would hold on point forever if needed 
And Dipper again 
Good control in front of temptation... 
The stage 
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| weima |
Excellent 
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| josie |
I'm v jealous. | ||
| lagopuslagopus |
Sounds as though you had a really great time Santi. | ||
| kiwi |
that hare pic is pretty cool. | ||
| Helen |
Sounds like you had a fantastic time. I've heard lots of good things about Anne.
Gorgeous photos. Helen |
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| Claire |
Fabulous photographs! Anne is lovely, she was very kind to me at my first trial. Saw her yesterday and her young GWP is rather nice too
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| Bareve |
The GWP is "very, very" nice 
Fantastic photos and it sounds like you had a fab time. |
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| helenthomas |
Really fabulous photographs from what a appeared to be a great day. 
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| tashap |
me too looks fabulous, love the hare picture talk about temptation!! | ||
| Claire |
 Actually I can't disagree with that, very smart youngster indeed and Tommy thought the same too 
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| santiago |
Thanks! Glad you liked the pictures. It was definitely a great week for both of us.
Dipper, Anne's GWP, has a great working partnership with her. She completely trusts him knowing that Dipper would be very careful when around birds and wait for Anne on point as long as it takes. A real pleasure to watch! |
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| lagopuslagopus |
That sounds like my kind of holiday Santi . Did the wife and kids enjoy it 
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| Lisa |
Wow!  I'm jealous 
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| sashalgwps |
Wow fabulous photos sounds like you had a great time. I would be very tempted to do that myself
Dipper is fabulous looking and wow has he got the look of his dad on point Sharon! Sounds like he is a cracking worker too. Alex |
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| guy |
Fantastic pics and what a 'stage' Glad it is coming together with your 'boy' he is one lucky Brittany. i know a couple who -if they could read would be very jealous. | ||
| Greyghost |
Fantastic pics Santi. The picture with the hare is amazing.
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| terrier |
Anne was running maplehaze nightjar and maplehaze finnlagen when i went to a lot of hpr trials.Is dipper related? | ||
| Bareve |
Not really as he is sired by our German import Freddy and out of Roy Cullen's Bryantscroft bitch.
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