PurplePlumes specialist dog training

PurplePlumes specialist dog training If I'm not teaching, I'm training my owns dogs and learning as much as I can. classes available soon

My name is Natasha, I am the founder of PurplePlumes specialist dog training, I'm passionate about all things dog & Scent related this includes mantrailing and gundog.

I think these two may have found their thing!!Thank you for a cracking flyball session. We will be back.
22/05/2026

I think these two may have found their thing!!

Thank you for a cracking flyball session. We will be back.

29/04/2026

Incoming.

Love it when our Mispers capture their view on the trails, nothing better than an Incoming pup for cheese and parties.

25/04/2026

Love our 1-2-1's, this little cocker and her handler make a cracking team. Kati Sheerman

Always doing their homework and have come a long way since we started.

This exercise keeping a dog guessing and we get to practice some handling too.

Little Rizzi, likes the going back and was starting to assume she was going to be sent back so we mixed it up with a recall.

A little mention of as she was the person that enlightened me to this exercise. 😉

Side note, I believe this is the song that plays in a cockers head all day.

25/04/2026

Thursday was trailing night and it didn't disappoint.

The teams where on fire, the Bluebell where mist definitely Bluebelling.

The woods smelt amazing!! We did some long complex trails with plenty of junctions and body language reading opportunities.

Their second trail of the evening was a line up, love doing these as they test the dogs understanding of the game.

16/04/2026

Super session with the lovely Claire and Kez this evening.

Kez is an agility spanner, but still has the desire to hunt and find wildlife, so we worked on what to do when that happens.

They both did really well and have their homework, cant wait to hear and see their progress.

If you need help with wildlife chasing or smartening up your stop whistle drop me a message and let's get started.

14/04/2026

Coopers nailing his trails!!

He can be a hard one to read as he likes to switch from human scent to wildlife, he does this seamlessly too. Making it hard for his handler to read, but with time it has gotten better.

13/04/2026

Great morning being hosted. We love our monthly sessions with these lovely peeps at .

Photos from our Thursday night session. The dogs and handlers were awesome, taking scent from novel items and food.
11/04/2026

Photos from our Thursday night session.

The dogs and handlers were awesome, taking scent from novel items and food.

04/04/2026

Beginner Gundog session with these lovely ladies.

We covered alot in our session from some hunting progression to stops and retrieve lines.

Loads of improvements, can't wait to see you in a few weeks.

Yesterday was the last day of the positive gundog conference, and what a day to end on. A while day of spaniels. The mor...
12/05/2025

Yesterday was the last day of the positive gundog conference, and what a day to end on. A while day of spaniels. The morning watching beginner spaniels (non spaniel) and some older ones, troubleshoot and navigate though the world of hunting.

The afternoon was the time for my boys. I feel a sense of pride when I get to participate in an advance workshop ☺️ especially with my baby boy.

First up was Grouse and he was amazing, hunted so well with an audience, nice and close not bothered at all by the spiky stinging bank cracking deliveries, and some great self control. So proud of him this weekend, he has shown me that he may just beat his dad to maturity.

2nd up Quill the big man, and I was blown away by him. Yes I know he can hunt and retrieve pretty much away where any how. But he struggles with groups as it builds frustration and excitement. Yesterday he was pretty quiet 🤫 🥳🥳 and he hunted so nice with me it both settings which didn't have cover or scent really but he did exactly what I asked and how I asked him to do it, which 18 months ago I would have said was impossible because he would pull forward and then just run around with his head up.
So my next aim for Quill apart from pushing and being the best we can be together is to find an open charity test and go what the worst that could happen we go home without a prize but we had fun.

I truly love my boys. If I'm honest I have always love Grouse from the second said she would ask Gadget to make me one, but we had a few cocktails months during adolescents 🤨😏 but now I can see our hard work paying off. Dont get me wrong he is a challenge every day but I love that as it makes me a better handler and trainer.
As I'm sure everyone is aware I love Quill with every fibre of my being not just because he is handsome and fun and a cracking dog but he makes me feel close my old family ways and the amazing men that helped shape me.

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