Springer spaniel
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I'm off today to be checked out by a gun dog breeder of cockers and springers. So looking forward to having a new pup to train and bring up. My last dogs were all big breeds so I've complimented the
Springer with a Bernese which we will be going to see hopefully next week. March is going to be fun with pups, calves and lambs all at the same time. I must be mad
Springer with a Bernese which we will be going to see hopefully next week. March is going to be fun with pups, calves and lambs all at the same time. I must be mad
Second from the left is the one we went for. More heavily marked than your usual working springer but ideal for us.
Just back from the breeder and what a lovely setting, dogs and owner. b
h was quite amazing with her soft nature at this delicate time. The dog was one hell of strong ESS. Looks like I'm getting a real box full of tricks.
Just back from the breeder and what a lovely setting, dogs and owner. b
h was quite amazing with her soft nature at this delicate time. The dog was one hell of strong ESS. Looks like I'm getting a real box full of tricks.
Spotted this on FB - great dogs buddy, though I've given up trying to get our brace of idiots on the gun for anything more than flushing on a rough shoot.
Our first (Bruce) is the perfect working dog, incredibly nice nature, soft bite, obedient etc. Then we got a second (Harry). Hyperactive isn't the word! Useless for anything shooting related. Great fun though, so I don't mind.
Our first (Bruce) is the perfect working dog, incredibly nice nature, soft bite, obedient etc. Then we got a second (Harry). Hyperactive isn't the word! Useless for anything shooting related. Great fun though, so I don't mind.
That's the deal with working springers. My brothers can flush a mouse at 100m but dear god it's batty but it's only young and needs some boundaries. I'm seriously going to put some time into this pup and the family are doing the Burmese. Part of its training will be bird work so that's going to be fun with the amount of pheasants kicking around lording it up around here.
Will the springer be living in the house with you?, much easier to train if you kennel them from 6 months onwards. This is due to them only having contact with you and keeps the training consistent avoiding your familly doing things which wont help your basic training duifferent commands etc. You'll also find you can reward it better with just praise rather that using treats, ie rewarding a recall with treats is OK, however whatever it brings to you will get spat out in anticipation of getting a treat.
The gundog club guides are very helpful - link below!
http://www.thegundogclub.co.uk/shop/index.html
The gundog club guides are very helpful - link below!
http://www.thegundogclub.co.uk/shop/index.html
boy said: Will the springer be living in the house with you?, much easier to train if you kennel them from 6 months onwards. This is due to them only having contact with you and keeps the training consistent avoiding your familly doing things which wont help your basic training duifferent commands etc. You'll also find you can reward it better with just praise rather that using treats, ie rewarding a recall with treats is OK, however whatever it brings to you will get spat out in anticipation of getting a treat.
The gundog club guides are very helpful - link below!
http://www.thegundogclub.co.uk/shop/index.html
With ours we trained the family to be consistent The gundog club guides are very helpful - link below!
http://www.thegundogclub.co.uk/shop/index.html
So far at 6 months she has been brilliant. She is soft mouthed with the children and and really good if a child slips up and does something that she doesn't like. She is highly intelligent and almost always does what she is asked to do. She is from working stock. She has endless amounts of energy and has a couple of miles of walking a day as a minimum (that's a couple of miles for the walker - but she's tracking scents all over the place and probably does four) but she doesn't jump up and push. She's a great combination of good character and good brain.
boy said: Will the springer be living in the house with you?, much easier to train if you kennel them from 6 months onwards. This is due to them only having contact with you and keeps the training consistent avoiding your familly doing things which wont help your basic training duifferent commands etc. You'll also find you can reward it better with just praise rather that using treats, ie rewarding a recall with treats is OK, however whatever it brings to you will get spat out in anticipation of getting a treat.
The gundog club guides are very helpful - link below!
http://www.thegundogclub.co.uk/shop/index.html
Might have grasped the wrong end of the stick, I thought the OP was going to work his new springer.The gundog club guides are very helpful - link below!
http://www.thegundogclub.co.uk/shop/index.html
In setting up rules for the family to follow in his training. I could keep him outside etc but the wife and kids would kill me. It truly is a matter of training the trainer and not the dog. Im going back to the breeder during the next few months to see how the fellow develops but I know he's in good hands. I will keep everybody up to date and if I can work out YouTube I'll post up some videos.
C3BER said:
Yes I'm going to work him and I know what you mean by keeping the dog away from the family whilst he's in training. Great link
Pleasure Edited by C3BER on Monday 16th January 10:56
, Good luck and I know what you mean about the familly not wanting it to live outside. Lots of good tips in those gundog club manuals, well worth getting.C3BER said:
Yes I'm going to work him and I know what you mean by keeping the dog away from the family whilst he's in training. Great link
Edited by C3BER on Monday 16th January 10:56
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