First duck retrieve

Jimy1971

Took my lab pup out for a run earlier. She rose 2 teal up off a drain. 1 dropped one of them the far side of the drain. Sent her across after it. Took a bit of time but she eventually found it. Couldn't be happier right now.

sikahuntejack

Well done the first of many cant beat a lab for retrieveing

Kinzig

many can beat a lab for retrieveing

Thats so true..theres lots of better retrievers out there!

sikahuntejack

Kinzig wrote: »

Thats so true..theres lots of better retrievers out there!

like what

Kinzig

sikahuntejack wrote: »

like what

well it was you that said many can beat a lab for retrieving, im just agreeing wit ye..

ach yeve went and edited your post to change what ye said..but i still say many can bate them..sure wasnt an Irish water spaniel the irish retriever champion for 3 years running?

sikahuntejack

Kinzig wrote: »

well it was you that said many can beat a lab for retrieving, im just agreeing wit ye..

ach yeve went and edited your post to change what ye said..but i still say many can bate them..sure wasnt an Irish water spaniel the irish retriever champion for 3 years running?

Ye sorry i wrote can instead of cant but when it comes down to getting a duck off a freezing cold lake mid december a lab is the dog ,springers are not able for it i dont not know anyone who owns a irish water spaniel but half the club im in owns labs

Kinzig

sikahuntejack wrote: »

Ye sorry i wrote can instead of cant but when it comes down to getting a duck off a freezing cold lake mid december a lab is the dog ,springers are not able for it i dont not know anyone who owns a irish water spaniel but half the club im in owns labs

sure whos talking aboot springers..IWS are a minority breed and they still outshone labs for 3 years running and everyone has an oul lab..

sikahuntejack

Dont know anyone who owns a irish water spaniel, but i know loads who have labs and when i go to the lakes for ducks i never see irish water spaniels but if you say its the top dog out there then u are right

Kinzig

sikahuntejack wrote: »

Dont know anyone who owns a irish water spaniel, but i know loads who have labs and when i go to the lakes for ducks i never see irish water spaniels but if you say its the top dog out there then u are right

ye see now yere gettin it..all it takes is wan oul water spaniel to put cartloads of labs in ther place..them labs is only for pulling toilet paper round the house:D..anyways im off..me and the water spaniel got a date wit ducks in the morn.

TriggerPL

Kinzig wrote: »

ye see now yere gettin it..all it takes is wan oul water spaniel to put cartloads of labs in ther place..them labs is only for pulling toilet paper round the house:D..anyways im off..me and the water spaniel got a date wit ducks in the morn.

Haha that's some dung to be preaching , one exceptional dog does not make up for all the years of Labrador winning these competitions , with the exception of a golden retriver called dorcus of mohill .

There is as far as I know only one man still trailing water spaniels today in Ireland .
For the most part Labrador have taken over .

At the end of the day once your quarry is retrieved it don't matter what gets it .

U took a spelling mistake that was clear to be seen and ran off with someone post . Instead of saying well don't lad the first retrieve is the hardest and congrats .

If ya want to start a thread about water spaniels please do , I'd love to hear about urs and a few pics too

Brazzill

Congrats on the retrieve lad, onwards and upwards. My Springer would retrieve outta HELL! Never let us down yet!

mikeyboo

nice one first of many to come

Stevegeraghty

Well done!!

I got my first water based retrieve from my springer the other morn,he swam across a pond and found a snipe in the reeds, I had a smile you could have seen on google maps!!

In saying that he is a pain in the hole inside a duck hide,he won't sit still, I have to keep him on a lead, he doesn't shut up whining either, he has givin up the game on us a few times!
Although if I didn't have him with me I don't think I'd bother with the sport of shooting

Ye gotta love a lab for water fowl, they do such a good job

gregers85

Congrats on the retrieve! first of many i hope!

My own lad (springer male) got his first about 2 weeks ago! great to watch and great feeling afterwards!!

garyc007

my springer bitch will retrieve off water all day long,and my other one is coming on the same way.id have one over a lab any day.but in saying that iv noticed some labs tend to mark a bird better,need less direction.i havent seen a water spaniel working,its one id like to see tho

Bogwoppit

I've only seen one water spaniel in the field, the fella has had it for a while.

I've never seen it actually manage to pick a bird, I'm not even sure it could pick it's own nose!

Bw