Wylanbriar Labradors

Est: 1994
Bred for Temperament, Type and Trainability

Picking up is a wonderful occupation.

I have always rated it, marginally, over any other part of gundog work, however, there are always a few grey areas. 😉  I hope seasoned pickers up will appreciate this: A Keeper says as a briefing to his pickers up….: ” Yes well you know… stick to the...

Al’s first trial with Fish!!

What a lovely day and a seriously encouraging start…. The SEGS Novice Stake for 14 AV Retrievers (Walked Up) Was held today at Knowle Game Farm – Ulcombe – Kent, By the kind permission of Mr Steve King and at the kind invitation of Mr Graham Roberts...

Ok some days are a bit of a turning point.

Today was one of those… 😉 You can raise a dog as well as you can. Put him through the health schemes and get all good results from those. Take him as part of the family and adore him. Have some working test and training days that give you a flicker of hope. But...

OK so we are home. ;-)

It was an amazing holiday and gave me FAR too much time to lay around and think, plan and dream, but its cemented many things  –  including the fact, most importantly, that Al must NEVER think of singing as a viable career – his Robbie Williams was...