A Gundog Handler's Guide to Picking Up

A guide to the initiation and management of successful 'picking up' in the field. It gives advice on choosing a suitable dog, the options available for training and the different environments the dog may have to work on, such as grouse and rough shoots. It also gives a useful insight into what shoot managers actually expect from their pickers up. AUTHOR: Veronica Heath owned her first gundog, a springer spaniel, over thirty years ago and has been picking up at pheasant shoots and grouse moors every season since then. She currently works two Labradors. She has been Country Diarist for the Northumberland region for The Guardian for 17 years and is also the author of numerous books and articles on horses, dogs and related field sports. She is married with four children and lives in Northumberland. Colour and b/w photos