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RUPERT HILL
When I bought my first dog at the age of 16, my granddad taught me
the basics of training a gundog, because he insisted his dogs had to
be trained to an extremely high standard. 
I
spent many years learning his ways until one day he said to me I
cant teach you anymore Gary so you should now seek advice from the
best man you can find, so as you will become a better dog trainer
than me
This was when I introduced myself to Rupert Hill and thankfully he
took me under his wing, and has been a great friend ever since.
Over the years he has helped me with countless training problems and
has always been on the end of the phone if I needed him.
I
wanted to dedicate a page on my website to Rupert, to enlighten
people how successful this man has been over the years and why I
respect him so much.
He started training collies in the 1950s but soon become interested
in Gundogs, and to say he has been successful would be an
understatement. He soon began to make up his gundogs into Field
Trial Champions which most of us will never ever achieve in a
lifetime. Here is a list of his achievements as they happened.
1
Cocker Spaniel 6 English Springer Spaniels 3 Labrador Retrievers
1975
FTCH Sooty of Bellever Cocker Spaniel
1976 FTCH Nell of
Bellever English Springer Spaniel
1976 FTCH Widgeon of
Bellever English Springer Spaniel
1979 FTCH Teal of
Bellever - English Springer Spaniel
1982 FTCH Gwibernant
Rashleigh English Springer Spaniel
1985 FTCH Haretor
Abel of Bellever Labrador Retriever
1987 FTCH Rytex
Rocky of Bellever English Springer Spaniel
1993 FTCH Birdbrook
Aston of Bellever Labrador Retriever
1996 FTCH Birdrowe
Buzz of Bellever English Springer Spaniel
1999 FTCH Seasway
Sweep of Bellever Labrador Retriever
In 1983 he was 2nd in the Retriever Championship with
Haretor Abel of Bellever and went on to make him up to champion in
1985
He was also in charge of the dog section in Dartmoor prison and was
a top instructor for 25 years.
He won the Prison Service National Working Trials 3 times with a
German Shepherd called Flint which has never been bettered.
In 1980 he was asked to perform a prison service demonstration at
Crufts in Earls Court and was selected as the dog handling
personality of the show which he is very proud of.
He has represented England 4 times with 4 different English
Springer Spaniels in International competitions.
Rupert has judged The Retriever Championship once, The Any Variety
Spaniel Championship 3 times and The Cocker Championship 3 times
He has been an A Panel Judge for over 30 years and has conducted
training seminars and judged all over Europe, Scandinavia and as far
as South Africa. He has also judged European International Gundog
Tests in Belgium, Holland, Austria and France.
Rupert is extremely well respected in the gundog world and I am
proud to call him my friend. |
