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Do a google search on Braque Francais Pyrenees. Might be what your after.

The issue and I should have said this before is most spaniels are "too small". She grew up with Bernese Mt Dogs. So to her a retriever is a "medium sized dog" and spaniels are "small dogs". Just a matter of perspective and one I respect. Knowing this I would gladly have a other field bred Golden no ...

Our dogs live indoors and are family members so I'm not going to say she has to live with a certain dog or breed either. So we compromise. It's more important for me to have a dog than can do what I want than a specific breed. I reallybenjoy my Golden so another one trained like a spaniel would defi...

They can differentiate just like they understand different voice commands. Dogs don't speak English or Portuguese, they associate a sound we make with a behavior we teach them. Retriever folks teach a whistle sit but a hand gesture to take a cast. 2 very different forms of communication why wouldn't...

Why not just buy an RV and go where you want and the numbers are? SD one year, ND another or Iowa, Kansas. That also opens up lots of options too.....maybe a trip to the desert for quail? Maybe head to the northeast for grouse? Yes it's paid for itself in 7 years but lot can happen in 7 years as man...

Crackerd the description of your Toller is what I was thinking of trying to accomplish with a potential future Golden (as it's a breed I know I could have again). If I went that route is it better to focus on the flushing aspects first before switching gears and working on the more controlled retrie...

Hello, I'm a father of a young family looking at a possible future dog. I currently have a field bred 9yo Golden Retriever who is a solid waterfowl dog and upland bird dog. Lately though I haven't been doing much upland bird hunting. Focus has been on waterfowl and honestly rabbits because it's just...