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  1. IKC

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    My opinion is that as your bitch is Irish Kennel Club registered then any pups she has (irrespective of sires registration origins) will be registered with the IKC. Sires details will just be added to the pups pedigree and identified with either Irish KC details or Royal Kennel Club (as they are known now)

    Hope this helps

     

    Jangles

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  7. Labrador Pegging Birds - How To Stop This?

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    If you allow the dog to run amok in a situation like this then you are teaching him to ignore you. If he thinks he can get away with it (which he does) he will eventually start to run in on other drives.You have already answered your own question - put him back on a lead ! Wait until all the excitement has subsided then quietly give him just a 'few' retrieves.

     

    Jangles

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  9. Gun Shy Spanner

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    Assuming she retrieves why not get hold of some cold game then take her out for a training session - start with hunting her up then get a friend to clap their hands together to simulate a shot. Friend tosses bird ahead - blow your stop/sit whistle.then give her the retrieve - after a few sessions if all goes well substitute the hand clap with a starting pistol shot (gun well away from the dog) do same as before with the stop/sit - throw - command to retrieve. Watch your dog at this stage make sure she is happy and keen to retrieve - if she is feeling the pressure (lip licking/yawning) go back to hand claps. It may take a while but if you get her keen on retrieving she may start to associate shot = retrieve.

     

    Hope you can turn things around with her.... :thumbs:

     

    Jangles

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  11. Early Stages Of Gun-Shyness

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    Tip No 1 --- Throw the launcher in a river

     

    Tip No 2 ... Do not go and look for it - ever !

     

    Tip No 3 ... Give yourself a proper kick up the a**** for not putting your dog away in the car the first time you saw him 'fold' You do not take a young inexperienced dog beside somebody with a shotgun :icon_eek::censored: A gentle introduction to Shot is a crucial stage in a dogs training.

     

    Suggestion .. Stand well away from any Gun line and let him only retrieve during the lulls in the shooting (ask that nobody fires a shot when he is close bye) Once (hopefully) he shows no adverse reaction to the shots then slowly move closer - if this takes weeks then let it take weeks.

     

    Jangles

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  15. Spaniel/ Lurcher Team

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    If you have trained or are training your dog to stop to a flush (be it fur or feather) then it wouldn't matter if your lurcher was to chase and catch. If you also intent going to the beating this training will help in keeping your dog steady when there are lots of birds running ahead/flushing. Once it's 100% steady then I think the dog deserves to get a few retrieves whether you do the shooting or somebody else does it - steadiness has to come first or else all your months of hard work will be gone in a few minutes :cray:

     

    Jangles

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  21. Training Cocker

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    Cockers v Springers ? Depends on your luck when you get your pup - modern bred Springers I think are a much 'softer' dog to train than they were years ago whereas Cockers can be more 'hard wired' but its all about how you go about training them - take time to train them, then practise what you train. If they are not ready for work leave them at home until they are- no point in spending weeks/days training then go and ruin them by letting them run riot on your first day out :thumbs:

     

    Jangles

  22. Training Cocker

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    Introduce your whistle commands from an early age .... the 'sit/stop/drop to flush can be started when you go to feed it - begin with holding the dish above the pups head and it will probably sit - just as it begins to sit down give a little 'peep' with the whistle ... it will soon learn to sit when it hears the whistle else its going to have to wait for its dinner. It takes patience and practise - move from inside the house to outside and start again in different places and at different times. When the pup is playing around peep the whistle (only when the dog is close to you so you can gently remind it what it should be doing i.e. SIT- coz if you start to blow 'sit' when its far away it will probably ignore your command so all you'll do is end up training the dog to ignore the whistle)

     

    The 'turn' whislte is fairly easy to teach - let the dog have a little run about. Soon as the pup is a few yards from you give 2 peeps to 'turn' the dog back towards you You set off in the other directing clapping your hands and encouraging the pup to follow. Once it gets to you set it off again to explore and repeat the 'turn' whistle command as you zig-zag, again coaxing the pup to follow you.

     

    The recall again is easy when they are pups - let the pup go off and start to blow your whistle with 3-4 short pips - again encourage the dog back to you . Even run off and have the pup chase you - once its at your feet praise the life out of it because they thrive on human contact. Get on the ground with the youngster and really bond close because cockers can be tricky little beggers at times.

     

    Do not try and mix retrieving and hunting together until you have done the training with it first. Its got to be able retrieve and handle well then hunt with stopping when peeped all within the pattern you teach it (keep them tight and close to you and dont let them bore ahead so they can chase game) - then you can carefully blend the 2 together you'll have a great wee dog

     

    Do your training where there are very few distractions ie kids - other dogs - cars - game scents once the dog is doing as you ask then introduce small distractions stage by stage.

     

    Skimp on your training and all you'll end up with is a wild dog - no fun for the dog or you. Its all fun fun fun ! :hmm::icon_eek::whistling:

     

    Jangles

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  23. Training Cocker

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    As it is with all Pups retrieving is to be a fun game - set your pup up so that it gets channelled back to you with its retrieve in its early retrieving days, make a fuss with the pup and dont be in a hurry to take the retrieve from it - train simple stuff in the hallway, outside using a narrow passageway(rolled up sock, soft toy etc will do) Dont bore the dog with too much else it will start spitting it out.

     

    Training it to retrieve first and not the hunting else you will end up with just a hunting machine - oh and if you want to train heel walking leave that until last :victory:

     

    Jangles

  25. Price Of Pups

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    That's just greed, all this "breeding" is bullshit. All this trailing is a big scam, where the folk judging also run dogs and are just judging each other. So they can make FTC and put an extra 0 on the price of their pups.

     

    Worst dog I ever had was from a FTC. Best was a Springer pup from pet parents. If people stop paying stupid money they will stop charging it. Paying more money won't get you a better dog, it's the training that counts.

     

    Hit the nail on the head :thumbs:

     

    Jangles

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