Gun Dog Forum

My dogs are all house dogs, crate trained and house broken, so I ALWAYS hire a dog-walker when I have a puppy. They come twice a day in the beginning (around 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.), and then once a day (around noon) after a couple months. The other option is an outdoor kennel when you're not home. The...

Ideas/Questions: Do you have a trustworthy friend that can help? Actually, yes. Adult working a different shift or telecommuting Retired neighbor An adult dog? Talk to breeders. Contact GWP rescue I'd hate to end up with an adult dog that has serious separation anxiety issues, but it's worth a look...

Bigg Redd Everything sounded good until you said you are gone for a minimum of 10 hours per day and 16 to 18 on occasion. That may work for an adult dog but I would worry about a puppy of any breed if you have to leave it home alone that much. No reason that a wirehair/DD wouldn't work as well as a...

. . . and I need some input. Me: 34, no kids, live alone, lots of time and energy for a dog, within walking distance of salt water, quite active, plenty of dog training/raising experience. What I want: a partner in crime (running, riding bikes, hunting, tennis ball therapy) and a dog that will bite ...

Rilly?

I just put my old guy down after 13 years. He was Brit/Golden Retriever mix. I got him because he was free and I was broke at the time and I thought he'd hunt, which he did. But honestly I love all dogs. If they hunt, chase a tennis ball, and bite the sh_t out of a lowlife trying to make off with my...

I voted GWP but I'm a big fan of all the wirehaireds.

Hi All, I'll be getting my first gundog, a shorthair, in a few months and I am wondering about the pros and cons of free feeding him. Does free feeding have any negative affects on training or anything else? Anything good about free feeding beyond the convenience? TIA. --shinbone Feed him/her yours...

I think it depends on how hard you hunt. I think 10 years of hard hunting is reasonable to expect from a healthy dog of any breed.

Thanks Charlie.

I'm in a new (to me) place in desperate need of fencing and kennel facilities so it'll be a bit before I start shopping. I'll not be dogless for long.

After 13 years of being my best good buddy Bruiser breathed his last. Bruiser was an accidental mix of Brittany and Golden Retriever. I picked him up on Jan 4 1997. I was a senior in college and didn't have the cabbage for a "real" hunting dog but I figured I could make a Brit/GR mix hunt. And I was...

I have a friend who is looking for his first dog. It will live in the house. He is not a hunter right now , but being the person i am, i am recommending a hunting (pointing) dog. All he is asking is it be a smaller dog. 30-40 pounds. he grew up with cocker spaniels. So my immediate thoughts are Bri...

Hunted with a friend yesterday who has a 1.5 year old Britt. The dog just didn't want to hunt. I have seen the dog in training situations and he really gets jacked up around birds but when hunting it just seems like he doesn't have any drive. I believe he may be cover shy but I have seen him run th...

Benny wrote:Get a basset hound and grossly overfeed it. Should be calm as clay in about 8 months. If you want to hunt it, just place it in a bicycle basket and ride downwind of cover. Pause when it lifts its head.

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The wife won't let me buy a GSP. This is going to be my first bird dog, however I have hunted over them and assisted with training for several years now. I can buy any breed but a GSP. Her friends have a couple and they're pretty wild I guess, so she won't budge on it. I am leaning towards an engli...

I thought that was pretty good info on the poodle--with the 3 links. Being they aren't considered a sporting group, I had no idea what their original purpose was as a breed and it looks like they could get the job done... There used to be a guy around here (western WA) who hunted a pair of standard...

My old boy is an unpapered Brittany. He was a strong hunter in his day (now all he hunts are milkbones and tennis balls) and he was easy to train. What's not easy is the 8 vacuum cleaners I've gone through in the last 12 years. Ok, it wasn't 8 but this dog never stops shedding. Ever. Call me lazy bu...