Adventures of Nick & Ted Age 64 months

There is a saying in the gundog world that dogs “are a great leveller”. Recent experience means I can vouch for that. You will remember in the last edition of Sporting Gun I was bathing in the reflected glory of gaining a Certificate of Merit in Percy’s first working test, followed by a third place in an online virtual test. These experiences are a learning curve for the little dog, and it was with no small degree of confidence that a couple of weeks later I headed off to Leicestershire to run Percy in another test. In fact, I had entered him for a couple that weekend. My