Dave C

I agree with wgd, there is plenty of time to drum training into them, i have a 4.5 month old Lab, she sits and comes back when told but the rest of the time she is just enjoying being a pup. Give your pup another month or 2 before moving to the next level. Dave.

Hello Jen, Holland & Holland do a good easy to follow DVD by Stan Harvey, called the Young Labrador. I have used it to train mine and with 10 minuets a day you soon see results. Good luck Dave.

Hello Mate, I know it sounds basic, but when you feed her dry food do you soak it for a time, if its not soaked long enough it makes the pup drink more as it makes them dehidrated they then drink more, so they pee more, if it is soaked long enough it is absorbed into the body slower, so the peeing is more controled. Dave.

Nice Shooting mate. Dave.

Smart looking Harris mate, good luck with the training. Dave.

Have been off line for 10 days mate, carnt believe the size of them, looking real good. Dave.

Smart looking pair, good luck with the pups. Dave.

Handy Looking Terriers mate. Dave.

Nice pup, good luck with her training. Dave.

Cracking post Speedy, well done mate. Dave.

I have a Border Lakeland spot on with the rats mate. You want a Hunter not a Fighter though. Dave.

Thanks Stephen, I follow hounds as well as shooting mate, The top few are Beagles that hunt Hare (pre ban of course) and then there is the Blencathra Fox hounds, the bottom few pics is where i rough shoot. You got some cracking land Stephen and that wirehair is one smart dog, had one myself a few years ago and still shoot over my mates real good alrounders. Dave.

Looking good LW keep us updated. Dave.

Some pics of where i hunt. And of where i shoot. I have even more land where i work the lurcher but its mainly pasture. With loads of good Hunting, shooting and dog land i am a little spoilt. Dave.

Nice pup, good luck with her training. Dave.

Cracking pup, good luck with his training. Dave.

Been out twice since last post and got 16. New Total 8019. Dave.

Nice pics, how olds the dog. Dave.

I like a nice bold pup, but not to bold and a good strong pup but not with to much bone, when you get there 1 will stand out for you and then compaire all the others to that, if it looks the best to you go for it. Good luck and nice choice of breed. Dave.

Welcome to the crazy gang mate, my black lab bitch is 14 weeks old and chewing everything in sight. Good luck with the pup. Dave.

Nice pup mate, good luck with her. Dave.

Had a quick Mooch round with Steve and his Wirehair at the week end (and thats not his hair style ) Steve was a bit worried that the young dog may loose his head at the number of rabbits around at the moment, as he has mainly been ratting with him recently, but the heavy rain as we arrived seemed to put most of them down. He needent have worried as he settled down to hunt steadily like a pro, more to the surprise of steve who was ready with his harness and 30ft lead, but it wasnt needed. We started at the Gorse and Alfie the Wirehair hit it like it wasnt there, sending the rabbits bolting (pity about my shooting only hiting 1) I also hit a daydreaming Crow which landed right in the Gorse bushes, Alfie was reluctent to retrieve it at first but after some incurragement from steve made his first Crow retrieve. As we got upto the Reedbeds the sun came out and it was red hot, but the big dog stuck to task and was a pleasure to shoot over and making another nice retrieve. Alfie Pointing a Rabbit in the wall, we walked about a mile round the field, he then pointed it from the otherside. Not a record bag, but an enjoyable walk out with good crack and good to see the young Wirehair coming on well. Dave.

Was well worth getting up at 3am mate, well done. Dave.

New Apprentice Fern. Dave.

2 are Border Lakeland and 1 Pure Border. Thanks for the comments. Dave.