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Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:19 pm
by Dominic
Great looking dog.
Got to love a spaniel
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:22 pm
by douglasgdmw
Sanjoy,
Looks really lovely. You are going to have years of fun ahead
Once all the vaccination are done then feel free to give us a shout for some local Spaniel walks with our 2 cockers
George
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:23 pm
by Sanjøy
douglasgdmw wrote:Sanjoy,
Looks really lovely. You are going to have years of fun ahead
Once all the vaccination are done then feel free to give us a shout for some local Spaniel walks with our 2 cockers
George
Where are you based George? Am new to dogging but give anything a shot once.
S
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:27 pm
by douglasgdmw
We have just leant our puppy books to a friend but would recommend "The pet gundog" book
https://www.thepetgundog.co.uk/
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:31 pm
by douglasgdmw
Sanjoy,
We are a couple of miles west of Balerno so possibly pretty local but we are often in Edinburgh.
If you have not had a "dogged" before then lots of advice here )
Geirge
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:32 pm
by Dominic
douglasgdmw wrote:Sanjoy,
Looks really lovely. You are going to have years of fun ahead
Once all the vaccination are done then feel free to give us a shout for some local Spaniel walks with our 2 cockers
George
Great idea. Give us a shout too!
Let us know if you need any pointers or tips Sanjoy. (Another working cocker owner here).
P.S. first tip... probably best not to refer to dog ownership as "dogging" too often. You wouldn't want the use of the expression to become habit and, erm, slip out at an inappropriate occasion.
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:41 pm
by douglasgdmw
Sanjoy,
For your puppy classes I would recommend "Karens Dogs".
We used her for Skye and she was very good and does classes in Edinburgh. She used to walk our 2 before she went into the training/behaviour side.
Dom's Zoe is definitely a model dog and proof you get out what you put in.
Couple of bits of initial advice:
1) Consistency is key
2) For toilet training, as soon as you think its time to take them out, do so. Many time we thought, I will just put the kettle on 1st and you turn around with them weeing.
George
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:57 am
by rossybee
Gorgeous pooch Sanjoy!
Another Spaniel owner and lover (ESS in my case
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Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:25 pm
by mik
If we are talking about trainers, Ian at
http://www.eshielsgundogs.com is very good.
We took both our Labs to him - not because we ever planned to do gun dog work - just to get basic steadiness/ control. Half of the training is of course training the owners, and ensuring other family members dont undo your good work. Gun dogs won't fart unless they request and receive permission....
About 7 yrs since we needed his services, but at the time we joined a couple of group days which were very good value, and had a couple of 1:1 sessions also. Fantastic knowledge with training based around the carrot rather than the stick....
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:31 pm
by Dominic
mik wrote: Half of the training is of course training the owners, ..
Most important part IMHO. That, and consistency.
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:52 pm
by rossybee
Dominic wrote:mik wrote: Half of the training is of course training the owners, ..
Most important part IMHO. That, and consistency.
Agreed. My old pal Harvey is now about 80-90% deaf, but knows now to look at me and understands hand motions for instruction. Works a treat
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:50 pm
by jamie
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:29 pm
by Dominic
Great looking dog Jamie. SE, puppies, working cockers forum! Meet up could be good.
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:40 pm
by douglasgdmw
She looks absolutely georgous.
Cocker meet up would be good. May be a bit of a blast trying to tell which is which when I add 2 black cockers to the mix.
George
Re: Yet another "puppy pic" thread... NLC
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:53 pm
by jamie
I recently experienced that!