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On 30/12/2019 at 22:29, Born Hunter said:
I thought that they were banned in England?
Nope they aren’t. Not yet anyway. Very unclear if they will be made illegal or not.
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2 hours ago, Born Hunter said:
I remember taking my cocker along on a shoot day when I'd just got him at 10 month old. He looked very timid and lifeless and another spaniel man on there was a bit dubious if he'd make anything. I just said "how many spaniels do you know that have too little 'hunt' in them?". He's f***ing flying now.
It's really simple, keep putting game infront of it! You'll have too much dog in no time if ya not careful.
Let's hope so
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Kibble seems to give mine bad stomach, I even tried grain free and expensive ones ... currently feed BARF which he is better on ... suppose you have to weigh up convenience and performance.
Proper diet of meat, fish and eggs, with some filler for a good going dog.
My mate feeds something called Power for sled dogs and his spaniels are flying.
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3 hours ago, Balaur said:
Balls don't compare to game, get it out somewhere where there's pheasants or rabbits or whatever you're wanting the dog to find . Get yourself some books on training , Joe Irving is decent. Some good advice in this topic, be good to find a mentor within trialling, not something I'm familiar with, couple of mates had part trained trail dogs , bit too robotic for me. I've always got pups out in cover playing from get go after my first dog a sealyham Russell had an aversion to cover due to my teenage failings and ignorance. As said find some easier cover like bracken , reeds, privet with a few pheasants knocking about , atb Joe
First dog I’ve trained mate suppose we learn as we go along eh.
What did you do with your old dog and what you do with your new ones?
I think I own every training book going lol. I can take my dog out to places with cover but not always game. Gamekeepers / shoots don’t always like you flushing their birds on the shoot
but I have had the the dog out lately and will get him onto more game as we progress.
I have spoken to a bloke who has a rabbit pen with varying cover in it so am planning to take the dog down for a run
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11 hours ago, C.green said:
I hate to see a dog needlessly beating cover ive gave away very keen dogs for doing just that.
Why? A good field trial judge told me he’d be worried about a dog that just smashes cover for no reward... he would doubt its intelligence ... however the dog does need to face cover and at pace and with drive if it is going to trial.
A good test dog will need to hit cover at times with no scent.
I took mine up the woods today and threw several balls into cover where he could see, then kept adding balls to different spots, giving him the prompt to get in. He was going in and hunting round however many times he went in then stopped and stood still just stood there, but with some prompts hunted on.
If I keep doing that over and over hopefully he will think cover is full of full stuff to find and be keener to get through it.
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7 minutes ago, Elchapo said:
How old is it , unbelievable to some but some spaniels will just not smash cover unless there is sent in there bitch I had was bred out some cracking stuff but she will not hit cover hard unless scent is about , then she turns it on and will smash through , some people over face there dogs getting* them in tight cover to soon or trying to get 5hem to enter cover pointing at hole and telling them get in which doesn’t do dog any good , try chucking dummy in to light cover then working it’s way up in to thicker stuff but don’t over face it , try getting the dog with the wind in its face so scent blowing through the cover but sometimes dogs just won’t enter unless scent about
He’s coming up 20 months mate, I haven’t over faced him with cover.
Previously he wouldn’t run into longer grass etc but now he flys through it.
But I now need to progress onto thicker stuff again if he is going to trial or even do well at tests then he needs to get in and through it, instead of stopping and standing still when he gets to it.
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Any tips you lads have to get a spaniel (springer) very keen to hit cover ... mine will absolutely fly across grass, reedy ground and recently some light bracken but he can be running flat out, gets to cover and stops flat. Ideally I would want him to charge through like he was the reeds etc and not stop at all.
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Just wondering, when not on shoot days what kind of exercise and fitness work your gundogs (spaniels ideally) are getting?
Are they walked on lead or all free running?
How long and how many times a day?
I want to get my dog as fit as possible before next season now.
Living in the city it’s a bit of a pain as you can’t just jump on the bike with the dog running loose behind.
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On 23/12/2019 at 21:32, terryd said:
Good job your in england over in sunnywales they are illegal. Another law made up by ignorant muppets
Yes and in Scotland.
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On 11/12/2019 at 23:35, Elchapo said:
First time I ever used a shock collar of any sort I used it on my self to see how bad it was and to be fair can’t see how people call them cruel if used correctly
how bad was it?
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On 07/10/2019 at 19:22, Wideboy said:
My mate bought one for a GWP he had. It made him lazy in the end never really trained a dog after that because he would just stick the collar on a new pup!
Your mates a prick, that's not how they work.
The dog needs to be basically trained before using one, so it 100,000,000% knows the command so you can re-inforce it. The collar aint for training a dog.
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I think you honestly have to consider her working ability. Surprised no one has even mentioned it yet.
Is she working to a standard that exceed a lot of other dogs of her breed?
does she have any faults?
what will she contribute to the breed that you couldn’t find from buying a pup?
Don't take offence mate, it’s a serious consideration.
Almost everyone with a “working dog” will tell you it’s a great worker but it’s not always the case.
On top of that breeding isn’t without its risks.
Bitches losing pups, losing the bitch, complications, emergency Caesarians all happen and I personally know lads who’ve had the above. It soon turns the romance of a litter into a nightmare.
I honestly think the vast majority of people would be better off just buying a pup in.
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23 hours ago, shovel leaner said:
I’ve PM’d you
Thanks mate
was in rabbit pen yday and by the end was getting solid contact flushes and the dog sitting up and watching them away
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Can anyone advise me their method of getting a spaniel rock solid on the stop whistle even on the flush please?
I had mine out this week on a training day, birds were flushing either side of him, just a few feet away, and he sat and watched them shot and retrieved by other dogs no problem.
Issue is, when he gets a solid contact flush himself, such as pushing the bird off the end of his own nose, or right past his face, he will break and give chase.
So far I have just been running him down, dragging him back to the stop and scruffing him on the spot whilst blowing the stop whistle.
I cna throw dummies and balls past him all day long and he will stop, but in the field is another game.
thanks
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You don't need to add carbs you need to add more kcals, easiest from fat.
Crack an egg over the meals your already feeding.
Add a spoon of oil, add a tin of fish, add some beef dripping or goose fat.
Add salmon oil.
Just feed a larger quantity of what your already feeding.
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9 hours ago, micky said:
Rabbits will recover if left alone during the Breeding season which is between March and September if you do not want any Rabbits on your land then Kill them in the Breeding season it is as simple as that .
I accept that in some places Rabbit must be controlled but as all Farmers Know that Rabbits should be Killed in the colder Months when their numbers are at their lowest and access to their living areas is easier.
After a lot of years catching Rabbits on thousands of Acres of good Rabbiting land I have only been asked to help out of season twice , the first was an impossible situation and the second was a Television Personality who quickly realised how much she liked Rabbits when I told her the cost of fencing her Ten Acre Garden .
Where I live people tell me that the Fells were teeming with Rabbits and do not believe me when I tell them there are none but in an effort to redress this situation I have released a few Rabbits and 8 Months on I am seeing the odd one about including a half grown one in the Jaws of a Cat.
If all Sports men had this outlook [ and I know a few who do] released a few Rabbits over the season in barren areas what harm would it do ?,
A mate and I are trying to do just that, how did you find best to trap and transport them?
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3 hours ago, Baz2 said:
im lucky enough to live on the beach, so my dogs are all free walked, no need for leads..they get quick 15 minute walk before work, and of an evening, could be anything between 1-3hrs, depending How far I can be arsed walking,now that I'm getting them in condition, I'll do more intense stuff , I'll give them 1/2 mile memory retrieves, then few quick short ones, anything really, to get there lungs working, if I do bike work( once dark nights are in) I have them trotting along side bike for an hour
Jesus 1/2 mile memory... long walk back if the dog forgets Baz lol
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6 hours ago, Baz2 said:
i keep mine in fittish condition through out the summer, beginning of August I start putting more time in, longer walks, bit of running with them, do long memory retrieves on the beach with them, my main one is getting them retrieving dummies out of a fast flowing channel, gets there body working hard even if the temperature are high,
What type of thing you do mate? Just lead walking? What distance / time?
Ive not done much with mine previously but he’s coming up 15 months now and needs some more fitness.
I was up early this morning and we did a big walk round the block at a brisk pace and then did 3 separate bouts of stopping at some cover and hunting intensely for a bit.
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6 hours ago, jiggy said:
My dog is on an attachment behind bike and I do 25km a day and the Cnut still isn't losing any weight.
Your supposed to sit in the basket and put the dog on the bike you lemon!
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22 minutes ago, terryd said:
yea i got one works well
or use lead but attachment gives hands free
Thats the type I’m after mate what attachment is that?
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When cycling with dogs, do you use a specialist attachment that goes onto the seat post?
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Is this only for running dogs or can it be used for spaniels (or other gundogs) to get into top condition as well?
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What you guys doing to get your dogs really fit and ready to go for the season?
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On 19/07/2019 at 19:18, Born Hunter said:
What a f***ing mong I am!
I thought it was a bloody leggy cocker don’t worry
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Posted · Edited by Lloyd90
Took mine hunting this week. He was flushing birds and had several retrieves.