Sealpin and the Local Countryside

Edward and Elizabeth are lucky enough to have a small grass farm in the outstandingly beautiful countryside of the Scottish Borders, high on a hillside over looking the Teviot valley. They are close to the friendly town of Jedburgh, on the A68 roughly half way between Newcastle and Edinburgh. Surrounded by some of the finest shoots in the British Isles, ideal for the type of business they run. The training and experiencing of gun dogs could not be better situated. Edward is able to shoot rabbits on the hill, over his spaniels and to "pick up" on the large shooting estates nearby. The season starts with rabbiting for the young dogs in training here and progresses to picking up on the grouse moor in August and on to partridge and pheasant in September and October.

Different types of ground and cover are important to encompass every aspect of what a trained dog may be asked to manage during his hunting career. From white grass, rushes and whins(gorse) to heather, bracken, woodland and bramble, Sealpin's aim is to show the dogs every possible variety of cover during the dogs time with them. The river Teviot, below the farm in the valley, makes for a perfect introduction to water for the very young spaniels and retrievers alike and Sealpin make full use of the river from the early summer for all the dogs water training.