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| [2] A ranger and her dog | ||
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Tiff Browne a Pateke Ranger for the Department of Conservations
at Whangarei and Gyp |
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Tiff
studied Zoology and Wildlife Management in Dunedin before working for DOC on the Grand and Otago Skink project. Now she is a member of the DOC team in Whangarei. Dog lover Tiff is a novice hunter. "So to combine these two interests I looked for a dog I could train recreationally for hunting pheasants," she said. Gyp is a Brittany Spaniel, relatively rare in New Zealand but known for their energy, good nature and ability to set, flush & retrieve. "I had no experience training a dog specifically for hunting, but I am fortunate enough to work with several people who use their dogs for indicating Pateke and Kiwi, so I have been able to pick up tips from them. Gyp was a bit of a gamble as he didn't come from a registered breeder but has quickly shown himself to be a marvellous hunter, if a |
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strong willed and unruly! His favourite activity is flushing anything
with feathers, closely followed by eating (anything remotely smelly will do) and snoozing next to the fire with his buddy Molly, our Border Collie." Tiff has been fortunate to have her work closely aligned to her hobby, and said “Introduced predators such as cats and stoats and habitat loss are the biggest problems limiting pateke survival. DOC has extensive predator control in place to protect pateke on Northlands East Coast, which adjoins community predator control projects to cover a large area of habitat. “Part of my job is to monitor the pateke at Mimiwhangata Coastal Park by fitting them with transmitters to track their movements. The best way to catch pateke is by using a pateke -indicating dog, and this got me interested in hunting dogs and the amazing work they can do if trained properly.” Teaching Gyp to indicate pheasants has been good training for both of them. Bred
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