matthewb

I am not well up on rearing pups but i beleive if you are feeding the bitch a good quality dry puppy food she starts to regurgitate it for the pups and they more or less wean theirselves off the milk onto the dried food.

When the dog has flushed the rabbit and is sitting nicely send another dog (if you have one) for the retreive and hopefully the jealousy may encourage him to retreive. Good Luck

Your friend should be looking for a dog that is compatable with his bitches blood lines.

Look on deepfleet gundogs and toonarmy gundogs. They both have small B/W springers.

If you are looking to keep many of your bitches qaulites it might be an idea to consider FTCH Timsgary Barlow he is sired by Argyl Warrior and was also the 2007 cocker champion. I know this is close but you can outcross next time if you keep a bitch pup back.