sprocker??

andyh85

Hey guys, i have a springer allready but thinkin on gettin another dog for shootin and for company for my existing dog. Has anyone any experience with (first cross) sprockers,im thinkin on buyin one, the mother is a roan cocker and father a springer who are both hunting dogs.
Has anyone here used sprockers for shooting or would i just be better off gettin a springer???

Shoot2kill

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056398105

enough said!

andyh85

Shoot2kill wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056398105

enough said!

i was readin up on your post bout your dog the other day, jus out of intrest what is their temperment like, i know every dog can be different, but what are these cross breads like to train etc are they headstrong like some springers , are they good to beat cover etc etc??

djflawless

andyh85 wrote: »

i was readin up on your post bout your dog the other day, jus out of intrest what is their temperment like, i know every dog can be different, but what are these cross breads like to train etc are they headstrong like some springers , are they good to beat cover etc etc??

speaking on me own behalf here.
Very well meaning dogs.great pets also.2 year old child can feed her treats from the hand and not even get his fingers wet from her tounge.very calm and collective dog too. .
Until they get to cover.pure workhorse of a dog imo
and im sure if you ask shoot2kill what he made of his dog on the 1st of nov he'll praise it to hi heavens.
If you get a good 1 you'll never regret it

andyh85

djflawless wrote: »

speaking on me own behalf here.
Very well meaning dogs.great pets also.2 year old child can feed her treats from the hand and not even get his fingers wet from her tounge.very calm and collective dog too. .
Until they get to cover.pure workhorse of a dog imo
and im sure if you ask shoot2kill what he made of his dog on the 1st of nov he'll praise it to hi heavens.
If you get a good 1 you'll never regret it

Think it might be worth having a look at the pups and see what the parents are like in action,i have been told that they are both working dogs.
Thanks for the feedback lads

djflawless

best of luck and happy hunting.be sure to let us know how you get on

Shoot2kill

andyh85 wrote: »

i was readin up on your post bout your dog the other day, jus out of intrest what is their temperment like, i know every dog can be different, but what are these cross breads like to train etc are they headstrong like some springers , are they good to beat cover etc etc??

I have a 2yr old springer bitch which I would have rated up there with the best of them, and that's not just because she's mine. She' seriously hard hunting and has a top class nose, I don't think she's yet failed to bring a bird back to me including from fast flowing rivers.

When i got the sprocker i didn't really know what to expect, i was just going on what id been told about him. He's got a different style of hunting from the springer, he hunts just as hard as her but roars his head off when he's on scent. I literally couldn't believe it when i seen him lock onto the wounded fox. He's retrieving back to the hand but my guess is any bird he would bring back would be in ****e, it wouldn't be the dogs fault at all of course as he has been brought up more or less a fox dog & thats what ill continue to use him for. The springer bitch does the stuff when it comes to birds.

I have had the dogs out in the yard the last few evenings to get them used to each other and my niece(3) was out around the yard giving him nuts and what not, there wasn't a bother in the world with him so I'm very happy with him. I look forward to seeing what pups come off the two of them.

That's just my two cents and of course every dog is different, but my advice to you is go have a look at the mother & father of these pups and go with your gut instinct.

Shoot2kill

Just a little up date on the dog! Went out to do a bit of cover today with 4 of the lads. Dog blew a fox out of the first cover but no one got a shot, unfortunately! Afterwards we were hunting a bog which has 2 big ditches surrounding it. There was fcuk all showing itself in there but as we got to the end of it 2 crows flew over us, one of my mates dropped one. Bird fell about 80 yards out from us in heavy cover.

Off goes the sprocker and not a bother in him retrieves the bird & drops it into my buddies hand, alive! It relieves my previous worries about him being hard mouthed and I can not wait for the 1st!