Some doggy advice

cantona1111

Hi guys, i posted a thread here months ago about my first dog, i got it for free and he was in bad nick, I spent months working on the dogs confidence, walking, feeding, worming, training.

On the last day of the season i took him out and was amazed how good he was, i couldnt wait for next season to begin.

To cut a long story short, he broke out of his run last week, and got knocked down and died on the road, Im absolutley sickened, all that time and all that work down the fricken drain, not to mention that he was a very friendly sort of dog,

My question now is, What do i do?

Buy a pup?
Buy a an older dog?
Buy a trained dog?

Money is a little bit of an obsticle, i will be doing very little shooting without a dog for next season
All comments greatfully recieved

pullandbang

Sorry to hear that. It's always the same, a stupid mutt can run riot and never get hit by a car, but a good dog gets run over :mad:

If you buy a pup, you'll not use him next season but you'll have him ready for next year. If you put the same amount of work in to him as you did with the other one, you'll get a lot of satisfaction from your own efforts.

Buying a trained dog is not cheap but you're nearly guaranteed you'll have a good one.

The older dog may be pricey enough too, especially if he's part trained, but you'd have him for this season.

I suppose it's really down to yourself, do you want to shoot this coming season or are you prepared to wait?

The important thing is - get the pen fixed so he can't escape again.

homerhop

Always prefered a pup. You will get to know one and others traits and it always makes for better satisfaction over the years seeing it hunt well.

cantona1111

pullandbang wrote: »

Sorry to hear that. It's always the same, a stupid mutt can run riot and never get hit by a car, but a good dog gets run over :mad:

If you buy a pup, you'll not use him next season but you'll have him ready for next year. If you put the same amount of work in to him as you did with the other one, you'll get a lot of satisfaction from your own efforts.

Buying a trained dog is not cheap but you're nearly guaranteed you'll have a good one.

The older dog may be pricey enough too, especially if he's part trained, but you'd have him for this season.

I suppose it's really down to yourself, do you want to shoot this coming season or are you prepared to wait?

The important thing is - get the pen fixed so he can't escape again.

Point taken on the run, it was my own bloody fault. I would really like to have a dog in place for this year, myself and my friend do a fair bit, its mostly open ground, so i dont need a dog to be seriously well trained, just flush out birds and come back, thats really all i need, i see what your saying bout getting a pup and training it, but i dont think i will have as much time to in vest in a pup (Due to work changes)

If anyone has a dog that would be trainable for next year, and was willing to part for a reasonable fee, please let me know (If this is breaking forum rules, please remove)?

foxhunter

cantona1111 wrote: »

Hi guys, i posted a thread here months ago about my first dog, i got it for free and he was in bad nick, I spent months working on the dogs confidence, walking, feeding, worming, training.

On the last day of the season i took him out and was amazed how good he was, i couldnt wait for next season to begin.

To cut a long story short, he broke out of his run last week, and got knocked down and died on the road, Im absolutley sickened, all that time and all that work down the fricken drain, not to mention that he was a very friendly sort of dog,

My question now is, What do i do?

Buy a pup?
Buy a an older dog?
Buy a trained dog?

Money is a little bit of an obsticle, i will be doing very little shooting without a dog for next season
All comments greatfully recieved

Go to the local pound and see whats available you could find the perfect partner and free of charge.
Try to get something a year old or similar spend the summer working with it .
There are a lot of dogs in the pounds now because people are droppin them like flies because the dont want to feed them in the current recession .
You might pick up a nice springador or sprocker even:D

cantona1111

foxhunter wrote: »

Go to the local pound and see whats available you could find the perfect partner and free of charge.
Try to get something a year old or similar spend the summer working with it .
There are a lot of dogs in the pounds now because people are droppin them like flies because the dont want to feed them in the current recession .
You might pick up a nice springador or sprocker even:D

I like this suggestion very much, but how would you know if the dog was from a hunting strain, i would say you probably could pick something up, but someone hardly likely to drop a working dog into the pound.

But definatley worth a look, cheers

EPointer=Birdss

Go for the Pup mate. If you get a pup of 8 weeks or so now he'll be 8 months hiting the season. Nice age to start working on birds, he'll be well on the way then for next season & it gives you a long off season to work on his weaknesses!

What type of dog? Springer type could easily work at this age. Setting dog you would be better a bit older. My dog was 9 months & a bit mad but if he wasn't I wouldn't have him. A lot easier to work on a dog with drive than put drive into one!

As for the run, thats just a tough break. Heart breaking but all you can do is fix it up & start over!

cantona1111

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

Go for the Pup mate. If you get a pup of 8 weeks or so now he'll be 8 months hiting the season. Nice age to start working on birds, he'll be well on the way then for next season & it gives you a long off season to work on his weaknesses!

What type of dog? Springer type could easily work at this age. Setting dog you would be better a bit older. My dog was 9 months & a bit mad but if he wasn't I wouldn't have him. A lot easier to work on a dog with drive than put drive into one!

As for the run, thats just a tough break. Heart breaking but all you can do is fix it up & start over!

The dog was a pointer, as i said i got him cause he was free, but was very naturally inclined to hunt, i have no preference on what dog i get, wouldnt mind a springer, mighten have as much trouble keeping them in

jwshooter

cantona1111 wrote: »

Hi guys, i posted a thread here months ago about my first dog, i got it for free and he was in bad nick, I spent months working on the dogs confidence, walking, feeding, worming, training.

On the last day of the season i took him out and was amazed how good he was, i couldnt wait for next season to begin.

To cut a long story short, he broke out of his run last week, and got knocked down and died on the road, Im absolutley sickened, all that time and all that work down the fricken drain, not to mention that he was a very friendly sort of dog,

My question now is, What do i do?

Buy a pup?
Buy a an older dog?
Buy a trained dog?

Money is a little bit of an obsticle, i will be doing very little shooting without a dog for next season
All comments greatfully recieved

buy a new run

cantona1111

jwshooter wrote: »

buy a new run

That advice has been duely noted.

I know it was my fault, dont rub it in:(

like to hunt

i have 3 springers
the cheapest 1 is the best of them he only had a bit of training
other 2 over trained
i will ask the man dose he have any of the other dogs left. they wud be 14 months old now. ill let u know:cool: