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Had mine for 26 years still keeps a good edge and has never missed a beat in any weather.

I use this works purfectly. Ive had no problems for 2 years now and I have reccommened this to many others and its worked for them too. http://www.zimfamilycockers.com/EarCleaner.html P.S. follow all instructions Ben

Thanks for all your help Ben

Anyone know where I can buy Skinners dog food in the north west UK

""good point, but should other people be able to stop my dog if he is being a pain?"" Yes but you dont want him to become unsure if he hears a barage of contradictory comands else he will start to ignore your commands thinking they are just noise or worse that they must be for someone else. When I first started training my dog I was told by many people to think ahead so you can avoid situations that would be detrimental (ie minimising the chance of your dog to disobey) in your training. This has been cofirmed again by the books that Ive reccommened.

i have 2 cocker spainels mate what i use is 2 slow blasts to stop one long one to sit and 2 fast ones to come back they seam to work well if you go to game fairs and that you will see they ues the same hope this helps. its not easy training a dog but if you be a member of the field tral clubs they is people on there that can train your dogs for freee Why would you want to have 2 commands to do the same job? If your dog sits it's stopped!!!. Get a book / dvd and make the effort to learn. You can use what ever commands you want but just make sure you stick to them & do them

I just cut em off and threw em on top of the combi boiler and after a few days they were bone dry and there was no smell either

Going a bit off the subject Ive got two pointer/retrever books for sale Bill Tarrent Problem Gundogs and Best Way to Train your Gun Dog The Delmar Smith Method. If you want them PM me Ben

Ive been breeding English Springers for 23 yrs, the two acros the middle of the photo look like theyre well bred, the dog at the back looks like a springer x setter and the bitch sitting at the front looks more like a sprocker than a springer i wouldnt be proud to own those 2, just my opinion P Smith BOLLOCKS Good looking DOGS and a cracking picture

You can choose any command signal you want but if you want to beat with your dog I would reccommend selecting different commands because if there are half a dozen dog all with the same or similar whistle commands it just confuses the dogs, seen it happen more than a few times. The norm is: 1 short blast = sit/stop 2 short blast = return to you 3 short blast = change direction There is then hand signals for left, right, go back, heel. Personally Ive got my own signals on the whistle Joe Irving Their Learning Chain and Trianing Spaniels: PRA Moxon

My BSA S10 doesnt like them, arc like f**k only good side is if the suns behind you, you can see them go

hi all, thanks very much to everyone replying, it sounds like patience is the way to go with a cocker, can anyone recommend some good reading regarding training, thanks again. Joe Irving "their learning chain" the best book of the 30 odd that Ive read

Joe Irving books are the better ones esp "the Learning Chain"

I just throw em on top the boiler for a couple of days no smells, no falling to bits except when used a lot, no problems

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