Nova just got some new toys.... well really they are meant for work, but she LOVES them. We got yesterday in the post some pheasant wings and some rabbit skin covered disc and ball. 
After a LOT of sniffing and a few attempts at nibbling at them, we got into training and practise some "hold".
With the help of the clicker, it wasn't long until she knew exactly what she had to do and here are a few shots of her holding her trophies:


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Today we went to the NSDTR club of UK gundog training session in the New Forest. It was testing day and we took both our beginner gundog test and the KCGCS Silver award test. 
The weather was gorgeous and we saw some wild ponies and foals. 
Nova was very focused and did superbly. She made barely any mistake at all and I was really pleased with how she did. That's 2 new qualifications under her belt!  
Here she is very proud of herself:

 After all that, she was very tired and did not move at all a...
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The NSDTR UK club met this weekend in the New Forest for their monthly training session. We had a lovely time and Nova did really well. We faced some new challenges and have a lot to work on for next month. It was a great day and we really enjoyed ourselves, the sun was out and we have taken some nice pictures! 
 
If you want to have a look, I posted them on my flickr page : 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vero_london/sets/72157623369784134

 

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