Spiriteddawn Gundog Training

18/10/2025

Rounded the week off today with some live game training in Lincolnshire, all in all a good week, a minor blip on Friday, but as I said before, it happens and as long as you address the issue and don’t ignore it, it’s not a problem.

16/10/2025

After 2 days judging, we were on the other side of the fence today and ran Donnachaidh Vatten (Amy) in the Leicestershire Novice Cocker trial at Nosseley.
We were fortunate enough to get through and were called into a run off.
The final result was a second place for us today, congratulations to John Sexton on winning.
All in all a good start to the season.

15/10/2025

2 days judging, first at Powis Castle and then at Manton. Thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity of seeing some really nice dogs. Good luck everyone for the season

20/04/2025

Today saw the start of this years Advanced group training, a throughly enjoyable session, putting the dogs and handlers through their paces, with some testing scenarios.
All dogs and handlers did well and went away with something to work on. Look forward to seeing you next month.

19/01/2025

19/01/2025

Back by popular demand.

We will once again this year be running group training sessions, starting in April and run monthly.
Starting
20th April - Advanced group, for those with a basic trained gundog that wants to polish and finely hone skills, whether for the shooting field or trialling.
27th April- Basic training group, for those that are still on the journey, or just starting to train their Gundogs.

Anyone interested please go to Spiriteddawn Kennels website and enquire through the training booking request.

We will also be running monthly classes for pet dogs, watch this space for further details.

Located Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
With a proven trackable history, so you don’t just have to take our word for results.

18/01/2025

Don’t forget we also provide 1-2-1 training to help you achieve your goals with your dogs, whether it be trialling, beating, picking up or rough shooting.
All backed by a proven track record, going back many years.

17/01/2025

Although my passion is for trialling, all my dogs are trained to work in the beating line, or go picking up, and regularly do.
You won’t find them running the full length of the drive flushing birds out of control, if your having this sort of problem, give me a shout, and I’ll be happy to help you correct this.
We also train pet dogs for basic obedience.

15/01/2025

What a brilliant start to the year. A phone call yesterday from someone who attended our group training and then subsequently came for advise and 1-2-1. This lady had a lovely cocker, who I could see straight away had potential, only thing holding it back was the handlers lack of confidence.
That’s what we worked on more than anything else, and yesterday it all fell into place, with dog and handler winning an all aged any variety trial.
I didn’t train the dog, the handler did, I just gave support and advise where needed, and throughly enjoyed watching the partnership flourish, between the two of them.
It’s not all about being able to train a dog, but being able to communicate and get the handler to understand and believe in themselves.
Well done Brenda Atkins, you’re a ⭐️ ⭐️ .

28/09/2024

Working on delivering a retrieve today on a clients young dog

15/08/2024

Spiriteddawn Gundog training, run by Jon and Kathy Nightingale , between us we have well over 30 years proven history. Numerous working dogs of both retriever and spaniels, FTW’s and FTCH’s.
We offer 1-2-1 lessons from the most basic obedience all the way through to giving experience in the field. We also offer residential training, and pet dog training. Located just outside Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.