Rogue (Chesepi Taholah at Stormbay (Imp-UK)QC).

Hunting pheasants with Muddy and Hoppy.

Some of the team, from left to right, Muddy, Ship, Hoppy, Breeze, Bosun and Dylan

Muddy pups - 6 weeks old - almost all of them caught on film

Muddy pup 6 weeks old

Muddy pup 7 weeks

Wave pup 6 weeks old

Wave pups 6 weeks old

Penrose Grasshopper at Stormbay (Imp-UK) "Hoppy" with parrie

Chesepi Taholah at Stormbay (Imp-UK)QC "Rogue" with parrie

Penrose Open Fire at Stormbay (Imp-UK) "Dylan" with parrie on maize stubble

Chesepi Taholah at Stormbay (Imp-UK) QC with black swan

CH Stormbay Boatswains Buoy "Bosun" with parrie in swamp

CH Stormbay Boatswains Buoy "Bosun" with duck

CH Penrose Mucky Duck at Stormbay (Imp-UK) "Muddy" with black swan

CH Penrose Mucky Duck at Stormbay (Imp-UK) "Muddy" with parrie

Stormbay Amidships "Ship" with black swan

Stormbay Amidships "Ship" after a successful upland hunt

Chessie Express. Off to a gundog trial with the team on board.

Bosun (CH Stormbay Boatswain's Buoy) with a Paradise Shelduck

Bosun with a mallard duck

Bosun with a black swan

Drift (Stormbay Following Sea) starting the hunting season.

Left to right is Ship, Foehn, Hoppy and Bosun after a swan hunt.

Dylan (Penrose Open Fire at Stormbay (Imp-UK))

Foehn (Stormbay Fair Winds) at the start of the hunting season.

Ship brings back a Paradise Shelduck across wind swept grass.

Ship with a pheasant

Wave (Arnac Bay Sway at Stormbay (Imp-UK)QC) in the foreground with Storm (Stormbraka of Shandanah).

Ship (left) and Bosun outside the maimai waiting for ducks.

Drift and Fathom ready to learn their next hunting lesson.

Fathom (Stormbay Full Fathom Five) bringing back a Pukeko.

Foehn with a Paradise Shelduck

Hoppy (Penrose Grasshopper at Stormbay (Imp-UK) waits for her turn.

Hoppy with black swan.

Hoppy with large black swan.

Bosun with black swan.

Bosun follows Hoppy who is retrieving a paradise shelduck.

Fathom learning about diving ducks.

Foehn bring back a Pukeko.

Ship with a mallard and a perfect reflection.

Ship with mallard duck.

Rogue with a mallard who might not be enjoying the ride.

Ship looking for ducks at dusk.

Rogue brings back a paradise shelduck.

Hoppy with paradise shelduck.

Ship and Bosun still waiting for ducks.

Rogue with paradise shelduck.

Bosun after a hunt.

Hoppy and Bosun.

Chessies going hunting

Catch learning young to retrieve pigeons

Hard work on the Northern Wairoa River retrieving ducks through the mud

Chessies love big water entries

Keeler learns on bumpers

Ship with a dokken bumper in training

Keeper goes through his paces on bumpers

Puppies getting water experiance

Pilot learns early about ducks

Ship shows enthusiasm retrieving

Chase brings in his pigeon

Drift stretches his legs on a long retrieve

Rogue marks the fall of a duck

In thier element in the water

Bosun loves swan hunting

Take me hunting

Hoppy comes out of the mud with her duck

Parries on maize stubble is no problem. Long legs are an advantage in this country.

Bosun

Captain hard at work looking for ducks.

Keeler strikes the classic Chessie look as she retrieves a parrie

Foehn at work on a pond.

Fathom with a pheasant.

Bosun waits on the back of the truck for his turn.

Bosun in action in a field trial retrieving a pigeon.

Captain coming home with his duck.

Pilot.

Drift brings me home a goose.

Captain at a field trial.

Drift on the geese again.

Keeler with parrie.

Bosun ploughs home through the mud with a duck.