Which dog?

crackcrack30

Hi guys,

Thinking of getting a dog, Haven't had one of my own in about 10yrs

What i want is,

1, A Retriever (water and land in that order)
2, A Guard dog, (or at least bark at strangers/ tresspassers:rolleyes:)
3, A Good temperment with children.

What type of Dog would tick these 3 boxes?

Greatful for suggestions.......cc30.

Spunk84

Springer or Lab

crackcrack30

Are the springers good to 'anounce visitors'?

deeksofdoom

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Hi guys,

Thinking of getting a dog, Haven't had one of my own in about 10yrs

What i want is,

1, A Retriever (water and land in that order)
2, A Guard dog, (or at least bark at strangers/ tresspassers:rolleyes:)
3, A Good temperment with children.

What type of Dog would tick these 3 boxes?

Greatful for suggestions.......cc30.

Well I normally recommend the springer spaniel as a hunting dog I have 2, but I also have a German Wirehaired Pointer and all the dogs bark at strangers but the GWP is the Guard Dog of the three. She is also great with my 2 year old daughter, but gundogs in general are good with kids.

Birdnuts

Best dog I ever had and ticked all those boxes was a lab/retreiver cross.

crackcrack30

Great dog, had one before defo all rounder.......
looking at terriers on net (watchdog side of the coin)
getting interested in the Airedales. Anyone have any knowledge of them?
mixed reviews on net............

pheasntstalker

springer for the shooting/gaurd dog duties ,my one does both,if just for guarddog alone,get a terrier great little dog ,little jack russell an springer for shooting side off business great on land an water:D:D

teckel

Lab all the way...

quicko

teckel wrote: »

Lab all the way...

Gwp will tick the boxes for you, nice dogs as well

TriggerPL

lab def and wwwboof is selling a black lab bitch 12 weeks old with excellent breeding , would be half sister of the irish retriver champion this year . price is right to for the lines your getting .

Ronnie Beck

I go for a lab on to tick those three boxes. It's not guaranteed a springer will retrieve well over water. A dropper maybe lab x pointer.

rabbit assassin

German wirehaired pointer !

Great guard dog , I was a springer man since I started shooting and I swear ill never buy a springer again.
He is an intimidating dog to anyone he doesnt know and anyone coming into the yard thats a stranger but I have 2 nieces (3 and 11) and he is a right softie with them, loves attention !!

Great dog for beating, like a bulldozer when he's flushing birds in a ditch or any cover, loves retrieving over water as well as flushing !

I have to say he is spoiled rotten here in the yard but when you take him out with the gun he's a different dog altogether. All he wants to do is hunt and please ! Get a wirehaired pointer, you wont regret it !

hardybuck

I have a top class springer and a great little Jack Russell Terrier which are ticking two of those boxes since I'm not hunting. Both would be excellent for hunting, it is very evident from their natural traits and both their bloodlines. Have had terriers and springers for donkeys years, as have many other members of my family - all worked really well.

We live in an urban area with a very large garden. My springer watches the front fence, the terrier watches the back. Both are trained to bark when the doorbell rings, and are pretty intimidating until they are told to calm down.

They've chased down Travellers from my wall, chased UPC repairmen out of my garden while I wasn't there, and one night they caught an intruder in the back garden. The Gardai found a few shreds off trousers when they had a look around. Brilliant.

I've adult children, a teenager and grandchildren, and they are both excellent with each age group. The springer already has two one year olds throwing balls to it, while the terrier becomes a teddy bear whenever they arrive.

Mr.Woodcock

german wirehaied pointer all the way!

i have the ultimate gaurd dog, a german shepered, but she was equally matched by the pointer! there the best all round gun dog out there, and they are a real family dog, they absolutely love kids!

crackcrack30

Will defo have to look into the gwp........:)

Any takers on the airedale? no ?

sonofthegun

i have a pure breed golden retriever will swim the biggest of waters and take a ditch away with him to retrieve anything you care to shoot.he is reared with my kids and the young lad rides him around like a pony they have a beautiful temperment .
sotg

Spunk84

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Will defo have to look into the gwp........:)

Any takers on the airedale? no ?

their natural instinct for land/water retrieving has been lost over the years.Not saying you cant get them to hunt/land its just they havent been used for what they were breed for in years. I think they are a lovely dog

thekevin4540

spinger for hunting i have a mini jack and she would wake the dead she would hear the grass growing

furandfeather

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Will defo have to look into the gwp........:)

Any takers on the airedale? no ?

If you can find a airedale from working lines in this country then your some man;). And if you do then let me know:)

cavan shooter

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Are the springers good to 'anounce visitors'?

My Springer will bark if a car drives up the drive or he hears or sees someone, some cat, some bird or even yes a spider:D Great noise maker, and he has a gutteral bark that if you didnt see him youd swear he was massive, the type of bark that starts with a rolling growl

kemen

sorry to hi jack the thread but its kinda on topic.. any of ya's know of any1 breeding Lab X Setters?? mate of mine is looking for 1

cheers

sako75 hunter

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Great dog, had one before defo all rounder.......
looking at terriers on net (watchdog side of the coin)
getting interested in the Airedales. Anyone have any knowledge of them?
mixed reviews on net............

Kerry Blue, Great as family pet but deadly guard dog Trained mine to retreive from water, great swimmer and + they dont shed!

crackcrack30

Nice ....Is yours hardy? are they prone to health issues?(wiki.) was it hard to get him to take to the water?...smashing looking dog ...will have to read up on them more,
thanks cc30

sako75 hunter

Yeh she the finest, used to dig with her but went to eng for a year when she was 2. when i came back i just used her for retrieving, great swimmer. Even better guard dog. Its a pity the breeding is gone outa most of them now due to people keeping them for how they look and not how they work! Up my area years ago a friend of mine who is now passed on use to tell me stories of badger trials and dog fighting up in a quarry. Men from all over the south used to travel to put there dogs up again each other and up again the brock. He told me that a auld man from wexford had he own line of kerry blues and would travel up every year on a horse and cart and for years there wasnt a dog could beat his. Well them was the good auld days and thats where all there proper dogs are left, in the past .

sako75 hunter

O yeh and the older biitch we have in the family is prone to getting sists, nothing major but just to let ya know.