Re: What an Absolute Nightmare ;(;( Big hugs from me, Helen. Hope your hand is ok. x
Re: Reluctant to Walk It could be work related, David. Mine usually have a duvet day after a heavy working day.
Re: Forward rolls My Clumber does it when he is very pleased with him self after a particularly good retrieve. A bit like a football player...
Re: Ball Chucker Success :) I am a secret ball chucker user ( don't tell any of my gundog training friends :P) and all four of mine love it but...
Re: Hattie has been attacked ;( ;( ;( Poor Hattie! Luckily she is such a well adjusted dog, I'm sure she will be fine. Horrible experience though.
Re: Poorly lad Oh, poor lad. Hope he feels better soon. xx
Re: Aggressive puppy Hello and welcome to the crazy world of spaniels. ;D I have four spaniels, two of them springers. One of my girls was a very...
Re: Myasthenia gravis? A few years ago my elderly springer was prescribed Vivitonin when she started to go a little bit 'forgetful'. It made a...
Re: On chicken & rice diet - can I give raw chicken??? Cooked if he has a funny tummy. :)
Re: My Training - tell us yours! At the beginning of training the back cast the distance of the retrieve is pretty much limited by how far I can...
Re: Woods or Open Ground? Helen, I think I understand more than most people here on the forum how very difficult it is to train a hard hunting...
Re: Woods or Open Ground? He will always have a need to run and to hunt, just like my spaniels have a need to hunt. That desire can't be squashed...
Re: Woods or Open Ground? He is behaving exactly like I would expect a hunting bred dog to behave. You have already said that he is far more...
Re: Interesting Behaviour in the Dark Yes, you could do that, you can also try putting out more than one ball to increase the chances of him...
Re: Interesting Behaviour in the Dark You can try it but you might lose some tennis balls. I do something very similar to you and throw tennis...
Re: Interesting Behaviour in the Dark Murffi does some of his best retrieving in complete darkness. ;D No idea why, possibly because of the lack...
Re: This Morning In an emergency I don't care what it takes and, yes, I will repeat a whistle command to get a dog back. In Angela's situation I...
Re: This Morning God forbid, but if you should ever find yourself in that situation again, Angela, there are a couple of things you could do to...
Re: Teaching an old dog new tricks.. My approach would be to take him out on his own for training sessions without Benson to get a bond...
Re: Introducing Flintwood Focus Take him into the garden. While he is still this little you can carry him if you like, put the feed bowl down and...
