|  OUR STORY

Mordor Gundogs was founded in 2003 by Charlie Thorburn with the ambition to create a dog training school for family pets that work in the shooting field. What started as an individual endeavour, soon became a family business, and eventually an established company with a skilful team onboard. Since those early days, Mordor Gundogs has grown arms and legs, with an ever growing international reputation for quality dog training and breeding. Our dogs are now spread across the globe, from the South Island of New Zealand all the way to north of the Arctic circle in Alaska, and plenty of stops in between.

Charlie Thorburn was born into a British Army family, moving permanently to Scotland at the age of three. His childhood was spent surrounded by working gundogs and, later on, at university he acquired his first ‘trained’ dog – Moss, a springer spaniel. After an arduous first formal shoot together, Charlie expanded his gundog training interest into a serious hobby to ensure better results. Hours were spent watching videos, reading books, seeking advice, asking questions, watching other gundog trainers and handlers, then putting it into practice with Moss. After a great deal of trial and error “the Mordor way” started to be developed. Not long after, Charlie acquired a second working dog – Jasper, a cocker spaniel, then a gamekeeper friend offered him Rhum, a labrador puppy (which turned out, to this day, to be the best gundog he has ever had). These three dogs became the forefathers of all that Mordor Gundogs is today, so far stretching across twelve generations. Thanks to Charlie’s entrepreneurial spirit, vision and growth mindset, along with a lot of hard work and a great team, he built his business around his passion and has never looked back. Mordor Gundogs is a dream come true.

|  OUR EXPERTS

Meet our team of specialist professionals.

|  OUR FACILITIES

We pride ourselves on keeping all dogs in the highest standard of accommodation. Since 2006 we’ve invested in high quality, custom built facilities to house them, which more than meet the regulations set by the professional kennelling authorities. Our indoor kennels include eco heating from biomass boilers and underground drainage, to help maintain a comfortable and immaculately clean environment for the dogs. We ensure that they have plenty of human and canine company every day and, of course, that they enjoy the stunning Scottish countryside — a perfect place to raise and train them.