green springer!

charlie10

so the neighbour called in this evening and wanted to know did i want to take her young fellas springer bitch who is ikc reg and well bred from hunting lines for free?
now no shots or anything hunting related and ever been done with this bitch and to be honest i have no interest in her but what are u lads thinking have ye ever taken on older dogs that were that green and had positive results. he is gone back to school and she will be locked up otherwise

djflawless

You could ask if you could just have a walk with the dog
Have a mate set up in a field somewhere to fire a shot and see how the dog goes from maybe 200-300 yards.
After that, if reactions are good, start moving closer to 1 shot, then 2 continuos till the dog knows not to be worried about a loud bang.then take the dog along and start training

that would be my opinion anyway.
No point in months training for the dog to bolt as soon as the 1st shots fired

TriggerPL

charlie10 wrote: »

so the neighbour called in this evening and wanted to know did i want to take her young fellas springer bitch who is ikc reg and well bred from hunting lines for free?
now no shots or anything hunting related and ever been done with this bitch and to be honest i have no interest in her but what are u lads thinking have ye ever taken on older dogs that were that green and had positive results. he is gone back to school and she will be locked up otherwise[/

Goneski!

jap gt

How old is she

charlie10

TriggerPL wrote: »

How many dogs have you got at the moment ?

10 why ?

dodderangler

charlie10 wrote: »

10 why ?

10 :O
How do you manage. I've just the one and she's nuts

TriggerPL

charlie10 wrote: »

10 why ?

I take it that's a smart ans ! Sorry I asked!

Wind and Wave

Definitely see if the dog is gun shy first. I just spent the last six month training a springer only to find out hes gun shy.

dicky82

Wind and Wave wrote: »

Definitely see if the dog is gun shy first. I just spent the last six month training a springer only to find out hes gun shy.

is he only young?

deeksofdoom

TriggerPL wrote: »

I take it that's a smart ans ! Sorry I asked!

I thought it was funny!:D

charlie10

I didn't think i needed to answer that question trigger i didn't see it of significance to the original question.any way i didn't take her i gave her to a lad tat might hunt her next year

TriggerPL

charlie10 wrote: »

I didn't think i needed to answer that question trigger i didn't see it of significance to the original question.any way i didn't take her i gave her to a lad tat might hunt her next year

The impression you give is ya have a few dogs and young ones at that , pretty much hands full with the career as you put it , and training youngs dogs .

So the question you had to ask your self is would you be able to give the dog , all the time YOU'D have to spend with that dog , ya could be spending with your own .

Dogs you hand pick ye self . Lads get into to many dogs and then dogs get neglected training wise .

But like I said I don't even know why I bothered replying !

djflawless

TriggerPL wrote: »

The impression you give is ya have a few dogs and young ones at that , pretty much hands full with the career as you put it , and training youngs dogs .

So the question you had to ask your self is would you be able to give the dog , all the time I'd have to spend with that dog , ya could be spending with your own .

Dogs you hand pick ye self . Lads get into to many dogs and then dogs get neglected training wise .

Ya id strongly agree with you trigger
mate of mine was mad into springers up untill a year ago...it was springer this spaniel that.he owned 3 of them at the time
he has now, all of a smack, taken a fascination with labs and now owns 3 of them

The poor springers are now haltered up full time as the labs are getting all the training and runs.

Having time for a new dog is very underlooked nowadays

charlie10

TriggerPL wrote: »

The impression you give is ya have a few dogs and young ones at that , pretty much hands full with the career as you put it , and training youngs dogs .

So the question you had to ask your self is would you be able to give the dog , all the time I'd have to spend with that dog , ya could be spending with your own .

Dogs you hand pick ye self . Lads get into to many dogs and then dogs get neglected training wise .

But like I said I don't even know why I bothered replying !

i have one older dog and one young springer pup,and one working terrier i dont think thats too many dogs in fairness and i didnt ask you trigger for your opinion on wether i should own another dog or not i asked the qquestion was she worth taking a gamble on so i dont know why the hell you came out with reply "how many dogs do u own" and what do u mean about "would you be able to to give the dog all the time I'd have " are u implying you spend more time than i do with our dogs cause the last time i checked you were in yabby creek having OJ's in the diner :pac:

TriggerPL

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djflawless

Feckin shooting sections turning into after hours

TriggerPL

Unfortunately that the **** ya get , when trying to offer advice

charlie10

no trigger thats what happens when u offer irrelevant advice like how many dogs i can own or train ,your not even in the country so how much time are u giving your dogs ,at least other lads said try the gun over her first as to save time and dissapointment down the road ,you didnt even want me to go get her as u thought i didnt even have time for her . and i see there was a post removed why dont u pm it .every thread i put up it ends with me trying to tell you to **** off in the nicest way possible

deeksofdoom

TriggerPL wrote: »

Unfortunately that the **** ya get , when trying to offer advice

Poor ould TriggerPL the angriest man on the internet.

shotie

id give her a go if was me. as lads said above try her out see what shes like to a few shots ,bit trainning etc shes not costing anything only bit of time so deff be worth a try she might just be a little cracker .

charlie10

shotie wrote: »

id give her a go if was me. as lads said above try her out see what shes like to a few shots ,bit trainning etc shes not costing anything only bit of time so deff be worth a try she might just be a little cracker .

cheers shotie i gave her to a lad that will give her a chance ,i put shots over her at distance and no problem,so if something becomes of her ill dig the thread up again