mattyg1086 52 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Advice needed from some more experienced people After losing a dog 2 years ago when we moved house my wife has finally relented and is letting me get another dog for company of our little staffy. Now i am torn between getting a lurcher or a gundog i love lurchers but have had no experience of them if i get a gundog it will be a springer or a lab my wife would prefer a lab or she keeps going on about getting a lurcher with saluki in it as friends of ours have a lurcher with saluki in it and she loves playing with its ears. I know i know. Anyway the dog will be a familly pet and come beating and rough shooting with me, part of me wants a gundog but part of me wants a lurcher because it will take me back to when i first got an air rifle and used to go out with my uncle and cousin poaching at night shooting out of his truck window. Confused is not the word and only one dog will be alowed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,187 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 labradoodle x cockerpoo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 If you go rough shooting then it's a no brainier get a gun dog ... Simples really ....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryaldinhio 4,141 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 If you go rough shooting then it's a no brainier get a gun dog ... Simples really ....... As socks said, if you mainly do beating and rough shooting its a spaniel or a lab. No proper shoot is guna want a lurcher tearin it up when you bush out a bit of fur! A dog for a job fella. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattyg1086 52 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 There are lurchers in the beating line ive said about a springer but she thinks it will be too hyper in the house Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil82 1,009 Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 There are lurchers in the beating line ive said about a springer but she thinks it will be too hyper in the house springers can be a bit hyper, if you can`t exercise it enough to burn off that energy then its the wrong dog for you, get a lab, they just get fat when sat on their arse all the time, bit like people lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peterhunter86 8,627 Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 It took you two years to talk her into letting you get a new dog man the fcuk up and get one of each Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VOON 1,313 Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 German pointer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silversnake 1,099 Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Get rid of the wife and get whatever dogs you want... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Seeker 3,048 Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 If it's to use whilet shooting Springer, put the time in and you'll have a cracking gun dog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattyg1086 52 Posted November 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 It took you two years to talk her into letting you get a new dog man the fcuk up and get one of each well not quite we moved into a new house and then a month after our second child was born so that kind of takes priority Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogFox123 1,379 Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Advice needed from some more experienced people After losing a dog 2 years ago when we moved house my wife has finally relented and is letting me get another dog for company of our little staffy. Now i am torn between getting a lurcher or a gundog i love lurchers but have had no experience of them if i get a gundog it will be a springer or a lab my wife would prefer a lab or she keeps going on about getting a lurcher with saluki in it as friends of ours have a lurcher with saluki in it and she loves playing with its ears. I know i know. Anyway the dog will be a familly pet and come beating and rough shooting with me, part of me wants a gundog but part of me wants a lurcher because it will take me back to when i first got an air rifle and used to go out with my uncle and cousin poaching at night shooting out of his truck window. Confused is not the word and only one dog will be alowed Get a Gundog or a Terrier, more work for them these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattyg1086 52 Posted November 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 It took you two years to talk her into letting you get a new dog man the fcuk up and get one of each Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Truther 1,579 Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 If you fancy something between a gundog and lurcher i'd go for a whippet x lab, or whippet x spaniel, neither are hyper, or the ones iv'e worked anyway, whippet seems to calm the spaniel down a bit, and gee the lab up a bit if that makes sense? Versatile dogs for beating/shooting/ferreting, first x not really fast enough to be a proper catch dog, but they do catch, hardest part is finding a pup, the rests a doddle. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neems 2,406 Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Gundogs are easy to train,especially labs,I'd get one of them in your position. very easy to live with too so your missus will be easier won over if you ever want another dog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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