Rhodesian ridgeback for foxing/rough shooting

pedroeibar1

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Poodle are a great gundog, .....
Although P will probably disagree !!

Nope. Only have a problem with BS, never disagree with fact. Look at http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/hunting/2010/04/chad-love-finest-gun-poodle-around

When Birdnuts mentioned 'giant poodle' I immediately thought of the Irish Water Spaniel as they are more frequently seen.

FWIW, Jeremy Clarkson has a labradoodle, but it is about as useful on a peg as he is:D:D
Rs
P.

John_Rambo

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

At times I wonder why I bother. :rolleyes:
I’ve not read such a BS thread in a long time. He to whom the Weimaraner is attributed per Tacklebud - (Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-) lived 1757 to 1828

You are right, you shouldn't bother, German East Africa 1885 had no Germans, and the Weimaraner dog simply ceased to exist then. They all disappeared and then came back again on Tuesday last week.

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

Anybody bringing an unmuzzled, unrestrained RR onto land is asking for trouble and they would deserve what they get.

Been there, done that, agility training, nothing happened, fun all round and we deserved all we got, that Kerry blue and the RR wrestled for ages while the Setter wagged it's tail... And... I didn't consult google before doing it!!! :eek:

Birdnuts

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

Nope. Only have a problem with BS, never disagree with fact. Look at http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/hunting/2010/04/chad-love-finest-gun-poodle-around

When Birdnuts mentioned 'giant poodle' I immediately thought of the Irish Water Spaniel as they are more frequently seen.

FWIW, Jeremy Clarkson has a labradoodle, but it is about as useful on a peg as he is:D:D
Rs
P.

Poodles comes in 3 sizes and different colors - I'm not sure how that affects their hunting prowess. Are there many Irish Water Spaniels in this country ATM??


PS: Isn't Obama's dog a labradoodle??:)

Tackleberrywho

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

Nope. Only have a problem with BS, never disagree with fact. Look at http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/hunting/2010/04/chad-love-finest-gun-poodle-around

When Birdnuts mentioned 'giant poodle' I immediately thought of the Irish Water Spaniel as they are more frequently seen.

FWIW, Jeremy Clarkson has a labradoodle, but it is about as useful on a peg as he is:D:D
Rs
P.

I'll get you a labadoodle if you want one
Jeremy clarkson would not have the patience to train a dog, he would just shout at it.


I'd like a RRB as when I saw it in Lough Boora Parklands it reminded me of a lion, it was perfectly blended in with the rushes and winter earthy colours.

John_Rambo

Birdnuts wrote: »

Poodles comes in 3 sizes and different colors - I'm not sure how that affects their hunting prowess.

Me neither, but they allegedly make good police and guard dogs, the big ones I mean, excellent for obedience too from what I have seen.

Birdnuts wrote: »

Are there many Irish Water Spaniels in this country ATM??

I meet a guy in his fifties with four in Dublin, he trains them for hunting and retrieving, little bags of sand that he hides and the dogs find them. I'm sure you guys know what he's at.

Birdnuts

John_Rambo wrote: »

I meet a guy in his fifties with four in Dublin, he trains them for hunting and retrieving, little bags of sand that he hides and the dogs find them. I'm sure you guys know what he's at.

Why aren't they more popular?? - I've heard there pretty headsrong and hard to handle ie. a bit mad;)

John_Rambo

Birdnuts wrote: »

Why aren't they more popular?? - I've heard there pretty headsrong and hard to handle ie. a bit mad;)

Dunno, I'd say pedroeibar knows though. He's like a computer encyclopedia that fella.

Grizzly 45

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

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Originally Posted by pedroeibar1
Not too many lions around Weimar

At times I wonder why I bother. :rolleyes:
I’ve not read such a BS thread in a long time. He to whom the Weimaraner is attributed per Tacklebud - (Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-) lived 1757 to 1828. At that era there were a few German installations in West Africa – roughly where Ghana is today - and those were shared with the Brits and Dutch. At that date most of Africa was a blank page, German expats were few and far between, and the few that were in West Africa were interested in trade, mainly slaves, not hunting. The Ridgeback was a much later development, late 1800’s.

Not quite P.
The place you are on about is Cameroon or Togo,only other places the Germans had was German SW Africa,now Namibia and German E Africa.The Germans got into the rush for Africa pretty late in the game so they didnt get the pick of the place like the Britis or French.They most certainly DID NOT share anything with the others. Nor would they have been into slavery,it was illegal in Germany since the 15th century.
But we digress...
Most definately the RR is a later creation,andit is highly unlikely that the Weirmarner was bred for lion hunting.It is certainly a component in a Dobermann[rottX weirmarner = Dobermann].Frankly the Germans arent sure what the Weimarner s ancestory is..But it is a lot older than the Wiki bit there.

Birdnuts

Didn't Germany have a colony in modern day Tanzania/Malawi around 1900

customrifle

Thanks for all the replies lads. Didnt mean to open such a can of worms. I was interested in a particular dog and enquired as to its abilities in hunting in this country, didnt intend starting a bs thread as one member commented. Also again im well aware of how a dog on the dangerous dog list should be handled and again its not the dog its the owner and how its trained and socialised. If you stick a dog in an enclosed space and not bother bring it out and get it used to different noises and enviroments and people it ll turn, be it a rottie or a poodle.
Ill prob go with a weimaraner bitch but ill keep bringing the dob aswell, exercise is good for him and hes showing an interest. Thanks for the positive comments

Cass

This thread has more than run its course and the OP has gotten his answer. Thread closed.