We breed working German Shorthaired Pointers and our homebred dogs bring together some of the very best Show Lines with our own top Working Dogs.
Run by Lucie Hustler in Scotland, UK.
The Dual Purpose Dog is always our goal.
We have genuine working dogs. They pick up at local shoots every week during the season. They have soft mouths, they swim well, they have great game finding ability and importantly they are carefully bred from showing as well as working lines. Our family have owned and bred, shown, worked and field trialled German Shorthaired Pointers since the 1970's and we started our small kennel in 1980 (AYTEE). In showing, our GSP's have taken us to Crufts and we have bred a Show Champion. In the field they have won many awards. We have bred one Full Champion (Sh Ch & FT Winner) 2 UK Field Trial Champions, one Irish KC FT Champion, the Irish Kennel Club 2016 HPR Dog of the Year and the Winner of the Kennel Club HPR Championship in 2015, 2018 and 2019.
That was lovely to watch, thank you! Looks like you have a fantastic young dog in the making there. She is as keen as mustard without being OTT. That looked like the Perthshire moors around Gleneagles with the Lomond Hills in the far distance.
Thanks Colin, just a bit further south at Lauder, but definately a similar bit of terrain and you are right, Mavis has plenty of drive but is careful too :)
Why dont you have collars on your dogs ? Nice work on the backing and pointing . You can see the younger one is excited(tail flagging just a touch )He is well on his way to be a rockstar on birds .😊
Hi, thanks for that, yes young Mavis is learning well. No collars because there is really no need. I might put a dayglo one on if the visibility is very poor and have done when guns are working but apart from that 🤷♀
the two youngest dogs, Dora and Jerzi competed a lot over the years and are now field trial champions but they are retired from long days of work and mainly surf the sofa :)
Sad to see! The curlew’s call is one of the finest sounds of the British countryside 🇬🇧. I’d be inclined to say that a raptor of some sort is the guilty party…… Peregrine perhaps???
I’d be really interested to see how you would deal with a dog running along the bank before entering the water. The way Mavis goes straight across the water and back at 1 year old is so impressive.
I am afraid that because of time do just give advice now to handlers working on our training manuals that can be found here www.aytee.co.uk/training , but good luck I hope the vids are helpful
Nice, you know you can't hide from a GPS it is impossible :) I use to run 1 mile from my dog and climb a tree, 3 minutes later the dog galloped up and looked staight up in the tree. it was a waste of time trying. They are the most versitle dog breed out there, they can do anything. I hide 10 small chunks of cheese around the house and telll my dog Hawkeye to find them, he makes short work of it. I just laugh. Nice looking dog and cool video.
I love this, you are right they read the book before we did I think! Keeping one step ahead of them is the joy of it. Hawkeye is probably counting the cheeses 😀. Btw you cant hide from a GPS either 🤣
Hi Linor, I would find a shallow river with stony floor and wade out and encourage him/her in, simply calling him to you. Stay close, and once he is swimming throw the dummy a short distances. You will see in this video I got into the river for Mavis's retrieve at about 1.10 to help give her confidence. Good Luck !
Hard headed??? I don't believe that of a GSP...No just joking. I had a GSP for six years until he died suddenly one day. He never told me a lie and was my best freind for those six years. Your video brings back many happy memories. Thank you.
Hiya, a good recall from play on 1st ask. Obedient stop whistle within 15m. Starting to heel free. Walk to heel on lead with little pulling. Retrieve to hand 8/10 times. Hunt enthusiastically on open ground (no game). Learning left and right direction work. All the above without distractions, but starting to put them in. It is impossible to state this as a norm however. Your dogs progress will depend on your facilities, time and experience. Dog should definately be house trained, reasonably obedient and be well controlled about the home.
It is fantastic to watch how you give Mavis the space to learn in her individual way. Your guidelines are there, you know what you are doing. And that is a wonderful basis for Mavis to flourish.
