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  2. UPDATE ON MILLIE THE COCKER

    in Dogs and Dog Training

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    i have been reading about everbodys new puppies with loads of interest, reading about their failures and wins.

    Millie  is a working cocker spaniel bitch , and about as mad as a box of frogs as you can get . 

    training has been a really frustrating time , almost to the point of giving up.

    but i kept on , a little bit every day , just the basics though, 

    she is now 12 months old and only just starting to walk nice , let alone retrieve a dead bird .

    she still finds my slippers much more interesting than anything else.

    i joined the CAMBRIDESHIRE GUNDOG CLUB --puppy classes .

    it was such hard work to get millie to do anything she was supposed to. she loves to poss about with the other  dogs . not nasty in any way though.

    then after six months of going to the saturday morning events , the club tell me its time for the "working gundog puppy test "

    **** , i think to myself , theres no way we are going to pass that , anyway we went.

    by this time , me and millie are the only ones still going on saturday mornings as the others had givern up.

    got to the test area and there were 3 adult  gundogs with their trainers in a row , we had to join the line . **** i thought theres no way she will sit still.

    then from there we had to weave around the other 3 dogs , nightmare because millie just wanted to say hello to her new best friends,

    do a couple of  sit and stays  , walk to heel , retrieve a dummy back to hand  twice. recall on the whistle , stop on the whistle.

    it took a lot of patience and a few loud growls from me  , but we did mange to complete the tasks , not very cleanly but complete.

    then the judges asked me if there was anything i would like to do with millie before i finish , 

    so we did a memory retrieve , i walked her out from the line about 40 yards and dropped a dummy ,then both walked back  , and then sent her out for the dummy.

    she went straight out , and straight back , no messing about, 

    even the other 3 gundog owners clapped us.

    needless to say we passed the test.

    we are still doing the basics with dummys and some times a long line to try and get the message across before she flicks about.

     

    speak soon.

    loz.

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  6. Ooops I've done it again

    in Dogs and Dog Training

    Posted

    hi ya .

    im having the same thing with mine , shes 13 weeks old  and im nearlly 60 , 

    shes off like a steam train . millie found something out on the lawn at work yesterday , it looked like a wet sock , no way was dad going to take it off her ,

    when i finally prised it from her jaws , it was a dead rat that had been turned inside out and still sticky.

    yuck.

    :)

     

  9. F1 Challenge - Sporting Targets

    in Clay Pigeon Shooting

    Posted

    hi.

    discobob , i attended the F1 challenge also , ended up with 73 , you beat me by one :) , we were in the same situation as you , we came into the room late , missed the raffle .and prizes . but on that note my squad reaaly enjoyed it.

    i think our squad came third overall.

    i just hope they sort it better next time. 

     

  11. Urgent advice needed please

    in Dogs and Dog Training

    Posted

    i had a spaniel with cocker rage , if resting somewhere , ( always late at night ) if any of the family disturbed her she would attack.

    she bit me hard one day and i had the same thoughts as you in what to do , i decided to keep her outside in a kennel , putting her away for the night at 8pm.

    we managed to control this aggression thing for 3 years .

    no one got hurt.

    then one day late at night she was with my daughter , we missed the curfew , she bit my daughter hard on the hand.

    the decision in what to do was then very easy to make.

    sorry for the essay but i agree with everybody else.

     

  17. new seat box / trolley

    in Pigeon Decoying Equipment

    Posted

    im getting older and everything seems to be getting heavier , so thinking i need a new something to get my gear to my chosen spot rather than my two new metal knees.

    so got  busy in the garage , and just knocked this up , made from ally sheet , 360 mm dia wheels , it has a lid with a sponge seat attached , and fits nicely in the back of my truck .

    handle comes off or can be used as an extra hide pole .

    800mm high just high enough to " perch on "  i just cant hit anything sitting down . :) 

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  23. Pigeon shooting

    in Shooting/Ferreting/Beating Wanted

    Posted · Edited by lozrob

    Hi everyone.

    pigeon shooting wanted in cambridgeshire and surrounding area for 2 guns.

    Fully insured with NGO .  All our own kit with transport ,, respectful for our surroundings, 

    Young gundog in training.

    Weekends at the moment only. ( run out of work holiday ) 

    hope someone can help.

    thanks.

     

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