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Hello - I'm just wondering how many members on this site have experience with working their setter in the field? What are the possibilities in your country?
Here in Switzerland it is very difficult to train your setter as it is not permitted by law to train the dog on live game... so when I have the time and money I travel to France, luckily no more than 2 hours, to work my dogs. They love it!
regards to all, Susan from wet & cold Switzerland

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Hey good to read there are members here intrested in fieldwork.

In my eyes fieldwork provides by far the best bonding with your redcoat. That was my inspiration to get a hunting license, do some falconry and training for trials. That way you revive breeds best literature: Big Red, Outlaw Red and Irish Red (Jim Kjelgaard) plus The Goshawk (T.H.White).

Even in densely populated areas like the Netherlands, you provide that way a network and eyes for good terrains with feathers. Maybe a long and winding road, but for sure inspiring. Together with sports (trials) it may provide you a year long working opportunities and some of lifes best memories.

Sports only is difficult here as well - to find yourself good training-terrains and ok of landowner. Most trials are second half of last month, only points on partridge count, autumn plus pheasant. Because partridge is scarce, some travel in groups to better areas like Poland, Denmark, France. The Irish Setter Club of the Netherlands starts this year again a small training group basics, followed by work on feathers in Roxheim (Germany). It is a healthy sport for setter and owner in nice landscapes.

If you are lucky enough to be a member of the pro fieldwork clubs like the Red Club France, you can also train in Ireland. That club programmed a training next weekend because of the Irish parentclub, celebrating its 125th anniversary. Scandinavian clubs did likewise before and their members are regular visitors of eachothers trials plus theres exchange of information.

By far the most adventurous trials are in the USA - on horseback. So you should try that as well.

Cheers,

Henk ten Klooster.

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