On behalf of the ECSCA and all of the handlers, owners and dogs I would like to thank the New York Club, Tom Calabrese Chairperson, for a fantastic National...
Hi Everyone! This information was forwarded to me by one of our club members. Thought some of the "newbies" out there might be interested. If you click on...
Hi. We are K and Paul. We live in northern California with a 10 year old Elkhound and a 4 year old field Springer. We'd like to add a third dog to the mix....
The November-December Issue is Online Inside This Issue of Spaniel Journal... Should field trial dogs be hunted? Jason Givens offers his viewpoint on the...
Thanks to the New York Club for such a good time. Really enjoyed seeing everyone at the trial. Congratulations to Fred Bradley and Jill on having such a good...
Hi everybody!!!! Just wanted to let you know that the DVD with all the photographs of the National will be out within the week. THere will be about 360...
Helen: Just to clarify my previous e-mail. I'd be interested in receiving copies of the "stills" from the Nationals. As one of the judges, I had a "birds eye...
Hi Andrew....I have the photographer's email address and he can assist you. He is trying to post thumbnails of all the pictures on this site, but has not yet...
I received this from Tom Calabrese... "We employed "Twodog" video productions to film the NCC 2004. The DVD includes all the field, woods and water work along...
The judges for the 2005 National English Springer Shooting Dog Championship will be Jason Givens and Gene Deveraux. Feb 5th and 6th. Cockers are welcome and...
I ordered the DVD at the trial but to date I have not received a copy. Has anyone else received a copy? If so when did it arrive? A note of thanks to the...
Hello, I'm new and am interested in training my cocker spaniel puppy. I've been working with him for close to two months and have him sitting and coming and...
... I dont think there are any spaniel clubs in the Southern VA area, perhaps other bird dog or retriever clubs may be in that area and may be helpful to you. ...
You could try contacting Melissa Frye. She breeds American Cocker Spaniels for show and field (mixed lines) and is very active in AKC events. Her kennel is...
It sounds like you are asking how to get your young spaniel "hunting". You need to put something out there for him to find. Does he like tennis balls? Roll...
You may be able to find a book by Richard Wolters named Field Dog, it will give you a good start on working with your cocker. It sounds like the dog already...
Those of you who are ECSCA members should have recently (or will in the next day or so) received your membership renewal/dues form in the mail from Karen...
I have a 5 month old male Cocker that I need to work with, but it's dark before I go to work and dark when I get home. I work for short times with him, but in...
Marty; when they are this age everything can be training, it doesn't have to be formalized. So if you throw a toy for him tell him fetch or whatever command...
Whereabouts are you in Southern Virginia? I live in Newport News and I have self trained my cocker for the last 2-1/2 years. I use my cocker to hunt dove,...
As of the FEC meeting on Oct. 28 2004 we have only received 1 nomination but we have 2 positions open on the committee for 2005. Because of this, we have...
Hello. I am interested in obtaining a cocker puppy with hunting/field background. My husband currently runs hunt tests with our lab. I have a cocker spaniel...
Hopefully the hunting season has been exciting for everyone! Attached are the minutes from the Field Events Committee meeting held at the NCC on 10/28/04. ...
Bethann, Thanks for the time and energy to represent the ECSCA. My day job finds me managing and handling at least 40 people with a human resource budget of ...
Thanks so much for your input! This is what we want to hear so we all have a direction to go....:) North Dakota is going to put on a wonderful Championship and...