Paul Rawlings

Paul Rawlings

Gundog expert and A-panel spaniel judge.

breeding cocker spaniels puppies

Deciding on what breed your four-legged companion should be isn’t an easy task. Labradors are always popular but then so are cocker spaniels. (Read would a working cocker spaniel be…

black labrador

Gundogs are controlled with slip leads but it’s rare that you’ll see one with any sort of collar. So do all dogs have to wear collars? Is it required by…

gundog puppies

If you're about to buy a dog, take a moment to consider the wider costs of ownership. Paul Rawlings does some basic sums to provide an idea of what it…

Black Labrador lying down

Spend a day out in the field on a shoot and the chances are that somebody, somewhere will have a Labrador. But despite being such a popular gundog, some think…

sprocker working dog

I have a two-year-old sprocker that stops and hunts on command, stays very close and is highly attentive - but in the field she refuses to retrieve.