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Is there anything you can do to stop a dog eating game? Twice last season my Labrador ate a brace of partridges laid to cool in the back of the pickup. The dog, a six-year-old, had never done this before. Would it help if I gave him a good feed after the shoot to last him on the trip back home?

Graham says: My advice is to avoid leaving the birds in the pickup with your dog, or put them in a container so that he can’t get to them. If you think he ate them out of hunger then, yes, once he is settled, give him half of his dinner to take the edge off his appetite for the trip home. To feed him a large meal after strenuous exercise isn’t a good idea, so give him the rest when you get home.