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Friday: Today's sessions focused on staying when commanded to hup. I blew or told him to hup and kept my hand up while I walked around the room before going back to praise him. The first 3 times he would run to me as soon as I moved but I calmly picked him up placed him back in position where he sta...

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CDN_Cocker and ruffshooter- Thanks for the advice. I will try getting her excitement level up and limit her retrieves and hope that helps. Like I said, I am hoping one day we'll go outside and she has flipped the switch. I just need to be consistent and patient. Is there somewhere I can order live ...

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Well I'm back on board with a springer now. The same breeder is doing a second litter with his other female out of the same male. I will have to wait until late July now though but these dogs are coming out of good pedigrees and I trust this breeder. The other springer breeders I spoke to didn't im...

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I generally go for the premium brands. However, I recently switched the old dog to grain free and started the pup on it as well and I must say I'm not impressed. It goes right through them both. I'm going to finish the bag since I bought a 30 lb one, but after that I'm going back to just a high qual...

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Apparently not. There are no substitions for live birds. Bird wings and frozen birds are not comparable to live birds. I always scratch my head when someone puts retrieving emphasis ahead of building prey drive. Even if you are heck bent to have titles on your dog, the birds later on approach is pu...

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Sounds like maybe you're giving her too many retrieves. You say she'll do one or 2... Throw her 1 and call it a day. By limiting her retrieves it will build her drive. As long as her recall is strong you shouldn't have any issues at her age. Just limit your retrieves. My 12 week old ECS is obsessed ...

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2 at a time as everyone has said, and they'll continue to lay as long as they have long daylight hours and good food.

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That post was a bit harsh now that I read it. Sorry about that and did not intend to be as blunt as that came out. I used to go shooting by myself growing up in Louisiana and just hate to see a young man discouraged from shooting. You never know he may be the next Chris Kyle. Sounds like he just ne...

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Double Shot Banks wrote:Personally i would get a lab, they dont get any more loving and caring
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You need to get yourself a spaniel then my friend hahaha

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It's linebreeding and inbreeding happen quite often, its how lines stay strong. I picked my newest dog because it was the result of a linebreeding (sire's grandfather and dam's father are the same dog). Some of the best dogs out there come from these breedings. I had a choice between 2 litters but c...

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Sharon wrote:Your obvious pleasure with your pup, makes me wamt to have a new pup.

"The last few days I've cooled it on the retrieves as he laid down the last time with 2 of them." quote

That's what I do too when I've had enough.

Don't get carried away Sharon.. They pee and poop everywhere lmao

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Well thought I'd give an update today on Jake. The last few days I've cooled it on the retrieves as he laid down the last time with 2 of them. So I did a session today in the hallway, just a couple short retrieves and he was fired up about it because he hasn't had it in a few days. I threw him 4 (mo...

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I don't think it is to much. But 30 birds isn't a lot for a puppy 9 months old which isn't enough to call her a started bird dog in my opinion. I think it boils down to pedigree? I think "started" is a large grey area. It could have seen a bird, or hunted hundreds. Regardless, 1000 is a very fair p...

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Get him obsessed with retrieving and throw retrieves into the water. I have a mini dachshund (not know for loving water) that goes nuts for it just because she's focused on the retrieve. I plan to do the same this summer with my ECS.

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I'm with Josie. Not super common.

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There's my boy! 12 weeks now.

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I am a little over a week with my PP, just turned 10 weeks on Sunday. All of this advice is great, so I'm just piling on. We watch him like a hawk unless he is in the crate or laying down, and if we go outside we don't go back inside unless he drains. I have kept a close eye on his average volume s...

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Happy Easter everyone! This morning after I got home from work I took Jake for a walk and stopped at a field here in town for a quick training session. Again, just the basics, hup and here and he did very well with both. I left his leash off (usually he drags it but I thought I'd let him have some m...

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When is the right time to start introducing birds? And should the initial ones be dead for him to just retrieve or should they be live so he can flush?

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Well here's an update. Instead of going for a walk and doing our session along the way this morning I just went to the back yard (worked all night and I'm not too ambitious, almost bed time lol). I expected him to not be focused as he generally runs around like a mad man in the back yard when i take...

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So how do you make them retrieving fanatics Bill? I plan on using Jake in the duck blind (hopefully even this fall in a no pressure environment if he is accustomed to the gun by then) so retrieving is very important to me. I have only been giving him 3-5 retrieves at a time and not every day. Is thi...

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Well just took a walk to the park and did a training session. I let him run around free dragging the leash in case I needed to grab him to enforce something. So first off I just let him run off and when he got a distance away from him I would blow the Here whistle. He was bang on every time and rush...

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Well just an update on Jake. He's settling into his crate better now, still a bit of crying initially when he goes in but done within a minute or 2. I have been working mainly on that and housebreaking (boo to puppies!) and the Here and Hup. Jake being only 11 weeks old is very responsive to the Her...

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You aren't putting his breeder's kennel prefix ahead of it? That's normally what most people do, for respect and to trace lineage. My dog's registered name has nothing to do with his call name. He is registered as Columbia's Crosscheck (the breeder likes hockey and since he was a southern dog coming...

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Everyone is going to give you a different time and really its all up to personal preference. Blood is a pain but I like to let my dogs mature before getting them fixed (unless its male, which I don't see the point of fixing). I have a female dachshund who just had her first heat at 8 months and bled...

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Ya lost me Mike lol.

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UplandJim wrote:First off buy the book: Gun-Dog Training Spaniels and Retrievers by Kenneth C. Roebuck

Done! Just snagged it up for 3 bucks on Amazon lol.

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First off buy the book: Gun-Dog Training Spaniels and Retrievers by Kenneth C. Roebuck Then read chapters 2 - 6 before you try to train him anything gundog related. Second, pick an item that you plan to use to introduce him to retrieving and never let him play with it, ever. Also, never throw one o...

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Hey guys. Well today Jake is 11 weeks old. I haven't done much with him other than teaching him to sit, getting him out to see and experience lots, and try to get him crate trained (week and a half in of ignoring him and still barking and howling like a mad man every time he's in there, and he gets ...

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Thinks for the suggestions! I was in a.hurry and forgot to mention I would like something smaller than a.lab. I was thinking an English springer spaniel or a Britt but only 2 people have mentioned them.:p someone down the.road from me breeds English setters. I could talk to them but like I said I w...

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There's also a huge problem with iguanas down there, another non-native species. Too bad when those type of things happen as its always because of idiots.

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Sounds like you need to get yourself a spaniel!

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Sounds to me like you need a proper field-bred english cocker!

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royta wrote:My 8.5 week old Britt must be awesome. I'll put her down at 9 or so and she doesn't wake me up until 3 or 4. I'll get dressed and carry her down the stairs and let her out the back door and she'll race to the grass. I've had her since Friday evening and she's my first gun dog.

Count your blessings.

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Hoosierdaddy wrote:When you get your pup you will be busy with simple obidience.By the time he is 5 or 6 months old buy" Perfect Start",pricey but very good

Isn't Perfect Start and Perfect Finish for pointing dogs?

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I'm in a similar position as you - just got an english cocker pup and he is my first hunting dog. Like you I have another dog (a mini dachshund) and have had dogs in the past so have trained basic commands but never anything to do with hunting. Good luck and I look forward to hearing your experience...

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Welcome, good to see a fellow Canadian.

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I'm doing exactly as you right now with my 9 week old cocker and I must say, the whole experience is horrific. My other dog only whined the first 3 nights we had her and since then has been great. She is now 9 months old and chooses to spend most of her time in the crate. Jake on the other hand star...

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Ya our's is a constant talker and it drives me insane. Its so annoying. Its not really a growl, more of a "wah-ah-ah-ah" sound. Whiney-growl hybrid lol.

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Just a quick question as I've never had 2 dogs. Our older dog, the dachshund is very vocal when she plays or chews her bone. She always growls but not in an aggressive way, its just her. Before I got the new pup I never worried too much about it but now when they're playing or chewing on stuff toget...

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Pick the one you like the looks of or catches your eye. Its all a gamble at that age, no way to tell what will be.

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I think its super important. Not so much papers but knowing the dog's background. However, I'm sure your dog will do just fine if you're just lookin for a hunting companion. Dogs don't know whether they have a good pedigree or papers

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What makes a pointing lab point as opposed to a normal lab that flushes?

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As I sit here with my new pup screaming in the next room in his crate I can say confidently... BUY EARPLUGS AND A GOOD BOTTLE OF BOOZE.

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Well, just got back from my long trip to Ohio with my new pup! He's a little tank and super confident. Got to see his parents work a bit too and it was awesome! So excited for the potential this pup has! Just gotta figure out a name for him hahaha. Here's the first pics I have of him from my phone, ...

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Wow great replies!!!! Yes, I have the urban gundog book as well as the Simon Tyers dvd set. Both are great just trying to soak in as many different opinions and methods as possible. Mike has been quite helpful in opening my eyes to different ways to train spaniels and I like everyone else's opinions...

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DougB wrote:Run the dog a lot. A tired dog is a good dog. You can try running the wife. I never had much luck at that.

Me either... made problems worse hahahaha

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On a serious note, I use Revolution on both the cat and dog and never have had a problem with fleas since I switched to it. The cat is in and out constantly so he's the main perpetrator when it comes to fleas but they don't touch him with Revolution.

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...and the beers are good?

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Ship the kids outside - much easier.

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