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They call it puppy love

This is the time of the year that people will be breeding or getting a new gundog puppy. For many, it may well be their first time training any dog, let alone a gundog.

There will be questions that the novice owner will want to know the answers to, ranging from housing (house or kennel), feeding and, last but not least, when to start training and what to do in the early stages.

As with all things relating to training gundogs, nothing is set in stone. However, when you bring a new puppy home you should set some ground rules, especially if the dog is going to live in

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