Gundog Training at Ashburnham Gundog Group
The ONLY Gundog training in East Sussex with a Kennel Club Accredited Instructor (Working Gundogs Advanced).
Welcome to the page for our training group. Here I will be able to post up any news and achievements such as puppy assessments and KC Good Citizen awards as well as changes to training sessions or holidays etc.
The group meets each Wednesday and Saturday morning at 9.50 for 10am and train for 2 hours, with refreshment afterwards! Wednesday is a novice standard class pushing toward intermediate and onwards. On Saturday there are four teachers who operate a “round robin” routine.
There is a waiting list for those wishing to join. Please enquire through this site.
AGG Fundog Day
The weather was great, the turnout good and I hope you all had fun. Your generosity gave us a grand total of £482.30 to send to Raystede, our chosen charity. I am afraid there are no pictures of the scurries on my camera as I was too busy in the river!!!. If you are a member of our closed group Roytan Gundogs on Facebook, there are lots of pics and videos on there. Just ask to join if not. Below is a picture of some of the award winners. Thank you everyone who supported us, thank you to my helpers and thank you to all of our lovely dogs!
From left to right:-
Fiona with Bradley, Simon with Archie, Shaun with Luna, Gary with Sika, Talie with Absi, Heather with Bella, Adrian with Stan (Overall Puppy Winner) and John with Bilco (Overall Adult Winner)
KC Good Citizen Awards Saturday April 14th
A really good effort from all and hopefully enjoyable too! Thank you Lucy Surrage (KC Qualified GC Assessor List A), for assessing the whole morning!
Bronze awards to :- Laura with Pip, Fiona with Bradley, Michael with Beau and Anna with Dexter, and second picture Shani with Luna
Silver awards to:- Rachel with Max, Kim with Brecon and Talie with Absie
another 2 Gold awards post 12 pm! H with Lacey (Lacey sitting all on her own but not letting that certificate out of sight!) and Carol with Vinnie (black Lab). Carol with Kraken (yellow Lab) also gained SILVER with the other 3 silver awardees during the actual morning.
and last but certainly not least! John with Connor.
Happy Easter!
Just a reminder that we are closed for Easter Saturday March 31st….Happy Easter everyone!
Another KC Puppy Assessment Award
Receiving their KC Puppy Assessment Award on Saturday are Shaun and Luna, his lovely Weimaraner.
Bronze here we come!
KC Puppy Passes
Another 2 clever pups have made it through (outdoor) Puppy Assessment on Saturday March 10th! Pleased with their awards are Adrian with Stan and Heather with Bella. Very well done!!!
AGG TRAINING
AGG training is cancelled this Saturday March 3rd, due to potential difficulties with the weather!
Training Wednesday June 21st
Just in case you have not checked your emails…training is cancelled tomorrow due to the tortuous heat. Thank you.
AGG Fun Scurry for Charity
On Saturday April 29th we held our annual Fun Scurry for our nominated charity “Raystede”. The weather was not too unkind and I think we all had fun! The Bring & Buy silent auction was held during coffee afterwards and I am really pleased to tell you that you all raised a huge £287 in just 20 minutes!
Here are some pictures taken at the prize giving afterwards :-
Puppy winners Shani, who ran Luna, and Lee, who ran Mia. Both Mia and Luna are beautiful cocker spaniels.
Overall adult winner was John Grace with Bilco, who virtually “swept the board” Well done!!!!
One more picture for now of some of the card winners gathered afterwards.
I promise I have more to put up but it is late now and I have lots to do!
Left to right Vaughn who ran Vinnie, Lee with Mia, Shani with Luna, John with Bilco, Kim with Brecon, John with Finnegan, Charlotte with Sorrel and Gary with Sika
Kim who won the Water Scurry with Brecon and came second with the Jump
John who won the Alley run with Finnegan and also came third in Water
Charlotte got a third in the jump with Sorrel
Gary came second in the Alley Run with Sika
Vaughn came third in the Long Retrieve with Vinnie ….
and Ruth came second in the Long Retrieve with Wilma..really sorry
Ruth I don’t seem to have a picture so we will have to look twice at your Good Citizen piccy instead!!!
John Grace filled all the other places…1st Jump, 1st Long Retrieve, 2nd Water, and 3rd Alley Run.
Our running total has now reached £307 for Raystede and my belated thanks go to our helpers , Richard and Frances who threw dummies all morning!
KC Good Citizen spillover was a surprise for some of those who could not make our assessment day on April 1st and I am very pleased to say that Assessor Lucy, passed 3 Bronze, 2 Silver and 1 Gold
Mark with Merlin, Vicky with Ruby and Graeme with Merlin! gained Bronze..well done all!
Ruth with Wilma and Sue with Winston gained Silver..yippee you two!
and clever Izzy gained her GOLD with “H” !!! Hugely proud of all of you!!
Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme
On Saturday April 1st we held our annual Good Citizen Awards. I am very pleased to say that there were 6 passes at bronze level and 6 at Silver level.
Photos are below. The KC Accredited Assessor for the day was Lucy Surrage…thank you Lucy for such a good job! Those of you who received a NR (not ready) will have to have another go for sure!
Bronze Awards : from left to right: Karren with Rufus, Jules with Otis, Julie with Drake, Peter with Flash, Brian with Harvey and Carol with Kracken
Silver awards: from left to right, Carol with Vinnie, Tony with Scout, Frances with Ebony, Laura with Bruce, Ann with Connor and Gill with Rubie.
Well done everyone…onward to the next goal !
KC Puppy Passes
Congratulation to all today who passed their KC Puppy Assessment Awards:-
from left to right:
Lee with Mia, Keira with Poppy, James with Murphy, Michael with Beau and Mick with Clayton
Carry on the good work folks!
May 18th
Congratulations to Wendy Buckley and “Fred” her Welsh Springer Spaniel who both train here on Saturday mornings. They did their first working assessment day at their club on May 18th. Fred won Special Beginners as well as Puppy and came away with two trophies and two rosettes as well as a very happy handler! Well done both!
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Silly me in the Spring Newsletter, have put the wrong phone number for Rene and the URC Training Day on 27th April. Her correct number is 07901 857613. I had put the 7 and the 5 round the wrong way! SORRY!!!!!
KC Good Citizen Assessment Day, Saturday April 12th
Pleased to say that all participants passed today under KC Group B Assessor Sarah Jones.
Receiving Bronze are:- Carol with Ace
Nikki with Barney
SJ with Sapphire
Ken with Barney
Matt with Reuben
Camilla with Boris
Penny with Jed
Receiving SILVER were:-
Ali with Bailey
Jane with Twinkle
Kerry with Bunty
Receiving GOLD were:-
Tracie with Fern
and Pru with Kara
All the award winners together with Sarah Jones (Assessor) Vanessa Deacy (Instructor) and Lucy Surrage (Instructor). Very well done to all…now start thinking about the next step!
Puppy passes Saturday April 5th
Happy to say 4 KC Puppy Assessment Passes today at Agg
5 for the price of 1!! From left Kelly, Tania, Char, Julie, Claire & Matt
Well done all…keep up the good work!
Saturday March 29th
Don’t quite know how I managed to do this but below we seem to have a slide show of today’s AGG competitive training Day.
Best Puppy was Anne Owen with Bella , 2nd was Kelly with Ted and 3rd was Jemima’s mum Jean.
Best Novice was Debbie with Beau
Best Intermediate was John with Max
Best Advanced was Dave with Bentley
Very well done all of you and I hope everyone enjoyed the morning, and especially the wonderful weather!
Pleased to say we are ALL SYSTEMS GO! for this Saturday Feb 22nd!!
Saturday 15th Feb.
******NO TRAINING SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15th*********
At the moment with the horrendous weather we are playing it day by day. My internet has been on/off for the past 3 days and so if matters should get worse due to storms and trees etc. the line may come down again so if there is no up date about Saturday on here , please ring before coming training for the foreseeable future!!! We held Wednesday training this morning and apart from the wind..all was well. I do not publish my number but you will have it on your welcome packs! Thank you!
Wednesday Feb 12th, training as usual for those who wish to brave the weather!
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8th
******WE ARE SORRY BUT DUE TO EXTREME ABNORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS WE ARE CANCELLING TRAINING ON SATURDAY 8th FEBRUARY. WE HOPE TO RETURN TO NORMAL ON THE 15th BUT PLEASE CHECK THIS SITE FOR UPDATES*****
2014 February 1st
Despite the weather Vicky turned up for her puppy class with her black working cocker, Myles, and they finished the morning with their Kennel Club Puppy Assessment pass. Well done both!
We are now closed for Christmas…shame about the weather! All of us at AGG wish all of you a wonderful holiday time and look forward to seeing you in the New Year….Saturday starts Jan 4th….Weds starts Jan 8th.
Saturday December 7th
Wendy and her Welsh Springer Spaniel Sara passed the KC Puppy Assessment
Well done!
Saturday November 2nd.
Sally and her lovely little spaniel “Jack”, passed their KC Puppy Assessment today..so very well done…and he is doing well with the gundog work too.
Saturday October 5th
Two more puppy passes. Hollie with Sika and Debbie with Beau, both regular attendees, passed their KC Puppy Assessments…well done to both!
Sunday September 8th
The London Bus syndrome! Two more pupils have gained awards over the weekend! At UGS East Sussex ND/NH Gundog Working Test, “H” and her black Lab bitch “Izzey” came 2nd, and Anne Owen with her black Lab bitch “Lucy” were in a run off for 3rd place but were eventually placed 4th. Extremely good results all round!
Well done all…keep up the good work!
Saturday September 7th
Wednesday pupil Fiona Milne and her black Lab bitch “Buffy” came 2nd in the UGS Novice Gundog Working Test today gaining 79/80 and dropping just 1 point for the heel work. How good is that?! Well done….we are all very proud of you and Buffy!
FUN SCURRY
Saturday June 29th
We all had great fun yesterday and held a fun scurry for all the handlers and dogs at AGG. The sun shone and the dogs enjoyed the water! Everyone was ultra generous and contributed to the raffle which raised £44. 50 for Hounds for Heroes as well as some donations that went straight in the tin and will be counted at the end of the year.
Winners were:-
Overall Puppy….Sika with Holly
Water Scurry….Digger with Peter
Jump Scurry, Pick’n’mix Scurry and Alley Run plus Overall Winner
Dexter with Simon!!!
Thank you everyone…shall we do it again next year?
Novice Gundog Working Test
Fiona Milne who comes to Wednesday training, tells about the Novice test in which she competed back in May.
“We couldn’t do worse than the week before, a humiliating training session with the legendary John Halstead Jr., but could we do better??? We were one of 40 dogs competing in the Novice Working Test of UGS (Kent and East Sussex branch) at Allington Farm outside Lewes. The first test for us was a marked retrieve along a track through the woods, with a distraction dummy in the lake. Second was a two person walk up through rough grass, one dummy per person in front; straight forward … except for the walkers who appeared as we lined up and took off leads. Five agonising minutes while we waited for them to move off …and I remembered to breathe! Still alive, no zeros. The third test was a mark over a fence wrapped with tape, the dummy close to the fence and easily overshot ; fourth was a blind with shot across a valley, a wide ditch to cross and the dummy thrower in full view. And finally a blind in a bluebell wood. So 40 dogs, 15 had zeros, and we came away with 93/100, three from first place and just off the run-off’s. Buffy didn’t put a paw wrong – perhaps a bit of humiliation was what we needed!!!
The judges were Diana Harrison, Richard Beckerleg, Graham Home, Gwen Butcher and Julia Smith.”
Saturday June 1st
Three more KC Puppy Assessment Passes!
Well done the three who stuck with it!
From left to right Denise with Purdey, Paul with Ruby and Sharon with Monty! Excellent.
Saturday April 13th
Kennel Club Good Citizen Awards & AGG Platinum Gundog
We all beat the rain by half an hour yesterday to hold the annual KCGC Awards, together , for the very first time, with the Platinum Working Gundog AGG Special!
Results and photos below.
Bronze
6 runners and 6 passes! From left to right
Steve with Bailey, Kieran with maddie, Kerry with Bunty, Darren with Woody, Assessor Sarah Jones, and Judi with Bertie. Not in the picture, Di Stead with Ry’ak
Silver
4 runners 3 passes
from left to right :- Pru with Kara, Julie with Mink & Sarah Jones. Missing from the picture is Sucy with Sapphira
Gold
4 runners 3 passes, from left to right Bev with Tucky, Dave with Jenson and Martyn with Nellie.
Platinum
9 runners 2 passes! (oh dear, nerves got the better of some good handlers and dogs) (a special thank you to Ian for giving up his morning to throw dummies etc.)
Assessor Chris Marshall, “H” with Izzey and Jill with Edith
Very well done to all!
Saturday April 6th
Delighted to say we had 3 more KC Good Citizen Puppy Assessment passes as in the photo below. Left to right Paul with Hattie, Ray with Indy and Jane with Twinkle
Well done all three
CRUFTS ! and quite a few members of AGG attended and two also went in the Gamekeepers Ring with their dogs ( Anne with Lucy and Sue with Clem) and others picked up their Working Gundog Certificate, ( Martyn with Nellie and Kerry with Dinky.) Congratulations!
Anne with Lucy receives her WGC
Sue Ellis with Clem and Anne Owen with Lucy. Sue and Clem made it into the cut so very well done! 2014 here we come!
Kerry and Martyn (with Nellie) showing their WG Certificates
Martyn receives Nellie’s Working Gundog Certificate
Proud Martyn with Nellie
Kerry receives her Working Gundog Certificate
Dinky at home with her well earned Working Gundog Certificate
2012
Saturday December 1st
AGG had 3 puppies pass their Kennel Club Puppy Assessments…all very well done especially to Bailey who only had a week to go before he reached his first birthday!
Steve & Ali with “Bailey” Teacher Lucy and Oliver with “Dougal”
Matt & Claire with Teacher Lucy and “Reuben”
Very well done all of you…start practising for Bronze now!!!!
October 20th
Four newcomers to AGG just happen to be four Roytan puppies all from the same litter! Welcome to (left to right)
Monty with Sharon, Reuben with Matt, Purdey with Denise and Barney with Nikki!
October 6th