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  1. http://www.doglost.co.uk/poster.php?dogId=36250
  2. goggle "groomit deshedding tool"
  3. BASC have at least four female coaches to my knowledge. There is no bar to ldies becoming coaches - you just need the time and dedication to do it.
  4. I can double up on that - howabout "Try googling force fetch"
  5. If you like reading about spaying try this one Long term effects
  6. Treat water as an obstacle to the retrieve, not as a different type of retrieve and so always send the dog over the water not into it. After all you didn't learn to swim by being asked to jump into the deep end of the pool. Start with a marked retrieve over small shallow stream then gradually increase the width and depth alternating with blinds and marks. Do not over face the dog as it may start to squeak or, if the water is deep, to shake before it presents so be prepared to go back to the shallow bit. Always keep in mind that it is the retrieve itself that is paramount and do not accept poor
  7. just seeing if people still worked them. see this recent thread
  8. And the point of this thread is???????
  9. Are spaniels good with wildfowl? He wants a retriever. If he is going to use ferrets for rabbits and shoot them why would he need a spniel to hunt them up? I think the clues are in the original post.......
  10. Sorry Turk this thread is going off on one...... Your don't want multi-discipline dogs as a first dog so go for a straight forward retriever - there are masses of perfectly good labs and sensible prices start with. Spaniels are not the easiest to train for a novice and there ar all sorts of pitfalls, worse still would to be to consider an HPR as you first dog. Nothing wrong with either spaniels or HPRs but not under your circumstances and not as a first dog.
  11. There is a good line of goldens called EVAL based in Cornwall although the owner has really slowed down a bit now. There is another chap that runs his goldens at a shoot just north of Bodmin. The Williams family at Werrington Park are well known for their goldens. I am heavily involved with the Cornwall Field Trial Society and at 2 out of the 3 retriever trials this year goldens have taken first place. There are many more well know breeders just over the border in Devon.
  12. This is not the most recent one but does give a good idea of what are dogs are like.
  13. Oh and btw I do test and trial with my goldens but I aslo pick up with them all the time, I run a picking up team and regularly shoot over my dogs. The OH and I have eight goldens between us.
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