A throwback to summer... this episode of Dogs with Jobs was recorded at the Hampshire Gun Dog Show in August, which featured around 30 gun dog breeds, from golden retrievers and springer spaniels to rare European gun dog breeds. 

Joy Venturi Rose of the Hampshire Gun Dog Society describes the various events put on by the society, which include open shows, working tests, field trials and training classes.

Joy touches on working breed standards in this succinct, but excellent overview of gun dog breeds, and shares some ideas for keeping your working breed pet happy and stimulated. 

She explains how working breeds need stimulation in their life that uses their brain, and ideally mirrors the sort of work they would have done many dog generations previously. 

More about the Hampshire Gun Dog Society.

Other porting dog episodes:

• Gundogs galore at the Hampshire Country Sports Day (October 2024)
• Echo, Delta and Polar, the gun dog trio (September 2024)
• Oberon the working Clumber spaniel (September 2023)
• Alfie, the waterfowling retreiver (October 2022)
• Who's winning at the South of England Hound Show? (August 2022)
• The Sealyham terrier Rat Pack (July 2023)
• Meet the Beagles! (October 2022)
• Clover, the accidental gundog (September, 2022)
• Debit and Dervish, the hunting hound pups (November 2021)
• An insight into the breeding of hounds (November 2021)
• Drake, the gun dog champion (September 2021)

Dogs with Jobs features the full range of working dogs, therapy dogs, military and service dogs, assistance dogs, bio detection dogs and other, random occupations such as truffle hunting, modelling and more. Browse more dogs with interesting jobs.

Do you work your dog or dog? 

Get in touch with Kate Fairweather if you're interested in coming on the show on team@shineradio.uk.  Kate is always at the Countryside Alliance country sports show and the Alresford Agricultural Show, both in September in Hampshire.

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