News and Events
 May 18, 2010 -
Ian has been invited to judge the Jakts Spaniel Klubben, 2010 Championships near Malmo Southern Sweden on the 11th - 12th December 2010. Ian’s co-judge is Bill Johnstone who is an experienced spaniel trainer and handler. Bill is on the UK "B" panel of Spaniel Judges at the moment. This will be Ian’s third visit to Sweden on judging appointments and it has proved very enjoyable on each occasion so far. |
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Welcome to Squareclose Gundogs
 My interest in gundogs began as a 12 year old boy who used to watch the local wildfowlers returning ashore after a morning flight on the River Tay in Scotland. I was always interested to know how they were able to train their Labradors and Spaniels to retrieve geese and ducks from the fast flowing river in the middle of winter. After listening to their accounts of amazing retrieves made by their dogs I was determined that I would ask for a Labrador for my next Christmas present.
My request wasn’t granted, but my wish became true about six months later when friends of our family decided to emigrate to Australia and they asked my parents if it was ok to give me their 10 month old Labrador dog puppy (Storm) as a gift when they departed, I took the dog to training classes which were run by the Tayvalley Wildfowlers Association and eventually he was good enough...
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