recomend a pointing dog

Kieron854

im probably going to have to rehome my dog a spinone due to fits hes on meds ect but is unpredictable after a fit and ive young kids at home who would be all over him. so taking that as it is and looking forward iwould like another pointer/hpr but the spinone is very slow to mature ,my lad is still abig pup at 2 .so any recomendations for a quick maturing dog that will be working by 12-18 months,im not looking to buy now just thinking still and im not looking for top lines either just a resonable working dog

deerhunter1

Kieron854 wrote: »

im probably going to have to rehome my dog a spinone due to fits hes on meds ect but is unpredictable after a fit and ive young kids at home who would be all over him. so taking that as it is and looking forward iwould like another pointer/hpr but the spinone is very slow to mature ,my lad is still abig pup at 2 .so any recomendations for a quick maturing dog that will be working by 12-18 months,im not looking to buy now just thinking still and im not looking for top lines either just a resonable working dog

springer,in that space of time to work, pointers take a lot more time to mature and hunt,then you can be lucky

Kieron854

yea i know im looking for the holy grail an easy to train dog that does every thing i want prefably free and only poos in packages

deerhunter1

Kieron854 wrote: »

yea i know im looking for the holy grail an easy to train dog that does every thing i want prefably free and only poos in packages

Ha wishful thinking if you find one and there is a spare let me know:rolleyes::D

Glensman

I bought my German Pointer at 16 weeks.
She was hunting at 11 months, now at 13months she's hunting well

Saying that my friend had his Springer shooting after 4 months :eek:

tipppet

very steady on point 10.5 months old.old type heavy pointer

session savage

I think a german or english pointer is your best bet if you want it to point. you be lucky to get a springer to point, they better for flushing no?

EPointer=Birdss

session savage wrote: »

you be lucky to get a springer to point, they better for flushing no?

Pointers by nature take 3-4 years to calm but once they do they are great.
There's nothing to say you wouldnt be shooting over a pup bought now come the end of next season

session savage

Does it have to be a pup? there are working pointers for sale out there.

tipppet

springers only flush game.pointers and setters lock on game.setters are harder to train.

dclarke1977

german pointer will start working from about six months and will be well settled by two years old and are great around children very good temprament have mine over six years and am currently one the look out for a pup so if you come across any let me know would be interested

Alchemist2

I would imagine the type of terrain you are hunting would dictate the type of pointing dog you choose lots may disagree but have seen my fair share of pointers and setters turn their nose up at medium to heavy cover take your time choose once and choose right

Double Barrel

Kieron
Why not another Spinone ?
German Wirehair, or a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. Wires are house dogs at heart, gentle with children, a very good family dog.

Mr.Woodcock

try a german wirehared pointer:D, best of gun dogs higly intellagant, but mine took til 3 to settle and died at 5, she had a heart murmer and it gave out on her one day, but i stand by her as the best gun dog ive had! only had to look at me to know what i wanted her to do! am currently lookin at replacing her but dont think i will find anything that will really replace her!

pigeon shooter

Kieron854 wrote: »

im probably going to have to rehome my dog a spinone due to fits hes on meds ect but is unpredictable after a fit and ive young kids at home who would be all over him. so taking that as it is and looking forward iwould like another pointer/hpr but the spinone is very slow to mature ,my lad is still abig pup at 2 .so any recomendations for a quick maturing dog that will be working by 12-18 months,im not looking to buy now just thinking still and im not looking for top lines either just a resonable working dog

Go for a german pointer. I got one 10 weeks old, started doing a bit at 6 months old. Hes 1yr 9mnths old now and realy has come into his own. He is pointing solid now and is retreiving verily well. In my opinion very easy dog to train and much better than a setter. Setters are very slow when they get on a bird!!

pigeon shooter

Alchemist2 wrote: »

I would imagine the type of terrain you are hunting would dictate the type of pointing dog you choose lots may disagree but have seen my fair share of pointers and setters turn their nose up at medium to heavy cover take your time choose once and choose right

Not my lad anyway!! Hes a shorthaired german pointer and if there's a bird in heavy cover he'll go into it!! If there is no bird in there he simply wont go into heavy cover!!! 90% of the time if i see my lad going into heavy cover there is a bird in it!! Now in saying that I know of a setter that simply wont go into heavy cover bird or no bird the dog will just lock up solid outside the cover and wont budge you have to flush the bird yourselve by walking into the cover and getting the legs scratched off ya!! Theres no two dogs the same I suppose!!

EPointer=Birdss

pigeon shooter wrote: »

Not my lad anyway!! Hes a shorthaired german pointer and if there's a bird in heavy cover he'll go into it!! If there is no bird in there he simply wont go into heavy cover!!! 90% of the time if i see my lad going into heavy cover there is a bird in it!! Now in saying that I know of a setter that simply wont go into heavy cover!! Theres no two dogs the same I suppose!!

I don't think that was his intention in the post. Any pointer worth his salt will burst cover if there's a bird in there & your right if a pointer starts shaping at a ditch or cover odds are it's a bird. I think his point was they wont generally hunt cover in the sense of a Spaniel type approach of 'in it' whether bird or not. Pointers definately hunt cover in that they will scent from the outside of it not venturing in unless required or I find they get notions now & then to run through it.
Give me a pointer over a setter anyday. Just personal taste.

pigeon shooter

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

I don't think that was his intention in the post. Any pointer worth his salt will burst cover if there's a bird in there & your right if a pointer starts shaping at a ditch or cover odds are it's a bird. I think his point was they wont generally hunt cover in the sense of a Spaniel type approach of 'in it' whether bird or not. Pointers definately hunt cover in that they will scent from the outside of it not venturing in unless required or I find they get notions now & then to run through it.
Give me a pointer over a setter anyday. Just personal taste.

Yes I 100% agree with you! That was the exact point I was trying to get across! Yeh I find setters very slow when they come on scent of a bird! Rather a pointer anyday!

TriggerPL

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

I don't think that was his intention in the post. Any pointer worth his salt will burst cover if there's a bird in there & your right if a pointer starts shaping at a ditch or cover odds are it's a bird. I think his point was they wont generally hunt cover in the sense of a Spaniel type approach of 'in it' whether bird or not. Pointers definately hunt cover in that they will scent from the outside of it not venturing in unless required or I find they get notions now & then to run through it.
Give me a pointer over a setter anyday. Just personal taste.

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