I got sort of "Roped in" with a guy some years who had a couple of whippets and seemed a decent sort...He asked me to his permission one night and spent the entire night shouting and hassling a young fawn whippet that was only learning the ropes and a a little over a year old...Shouting and slapping the little dog was not required, he was a trier but the whole thing simply had not really clicked, but given time I feel he would have been fine.
He would retrieve but not at night...
The expert then decided that in order to teach the young dog to retrieve at night, while we were lamping, h