dannyboy

Where can I purchase some at £7 please ?

Sorry to hear that! hope they find their way back!

Any tips on making a fox grill ?

There is no way I can catch my 10 month old cocker!!

Thanks for the response Hedge, that is my next plan. Also Bigbird kind gave me a few tips over the phone. Much appreciated!

If I can chase him down, presumably a scruff would be appropriate. But if he does come back albeit after knackering him self out, I still need to praise this.

Yes I think going back to a long line could help, it would at least prevent the opportunity to run off. Just difficult for him to quarter in cover or do longer retrieves with a line on. Does anyone think getting him into a rabbit pen or the like would help to make scents more natural and not have this negative effect on occasion ?

yeh I have been trying to keep him that way over the past few weeks, on the lead walking to heal or training. The breeder says his Dad around 2 and half years old now, does this occasionally also, so seems it is in the genes too

I have let him free run before yes. This can happen at any time, when out training, on a walk, just going to the car, he might see a crow out in the field behind my house and go after it. :(

Thanks for the feedback. In terms of training going well, aside from this issue, what I meant is that, he sits on the whistle, comes back to the whistle, changes direction when quartering on the whistle. Marks and Retrieves well etc I can have him sit up, through a dummy out, send him off for it, stop/sit whistle then call him back, then send him out again. All really great. But this problem when he bolts off, he doesn't listen to anything, he just has his nose down and runs and runs until he tires himself out. It is like a different dog during these episodes. I can try and chase him down, but the chances of me catching a 10 month old cocker are slim. I am doing recall whistle with him a few times a day, just re-enforcing it around the house and on walks etc. So the advice is to carry on with that and hope he grows out of bolting off, or in time he may listen to the recall/stop whistle when in this mode ? Rather than shocking him when he runs off to get his attention and call him back ?

Hi Guys, just looking for some advice. Got a 10 month old cocker everything is going well training wise. The issue he has tho is that if something catches his attention - Deer Scent/bird flying overhead or getting up. He will chase it, typically a bird will out run him but he will then switch into a hunting mode with his nose down and will run rings around a field, ignores anything shouting/whistling (this is the main problem, nothing will change his attention) until he burns him self out of energy (this can be 10/15 minutes), is when he will stop and then listen to a call to come back. Lost him for a little while 3 times (chasing a deer scent across a few fields) because of this, which is the main worry. One trainer has suggested an electric collar would be the best bet to change his attention when he bolts off like that and then I can call him back or blow a stop whistle. What are your thoughts on this ?

Hi Guys, is this just on at the weekends ? or any week days ?

You can stick a pin into the squeaker, to break the squeaking bit and stop it squeaking, bit fiddly but doesn't take long. Did that for Finley's toy.

Thanks, I am not too worried he's a bold pup, not been scared of anything so far. Also, can sometimes hear the clay range in the garden. I just thought it seemed like not a bad idea, wondered about the name of the CD so I will have a look. Planning to take him back to the breeder and put him in the back of the truck with his mum dad and sister, and shoot a few clays with the .410 to get him used to it.

Hi Guys, when I was out shooting on Monday someone mentioned to me that they had used a CD with shooting noise etc on it to introduce their pup to gun fire. Just wondering if anyone else had done this and would recommend a particular CD to use ? Cheers, Dan

The 2,000,000 th Defender sold for £400k Crazy !!

Wasn't the autobiography the one with the two tone paint, black and silver ? LR used that in all the promotion material around the special editions. That's why I thought it wasn't, guess he just wanted it all black instead...

This arrived next day, it looks to be good quality and is big enough at the 50inches, perfect with a net in the front. There's enough space to sit in there out of the elements. Cheers to the OP for idea and Hamish for the product. Click on the picture for a bigger view, its come out the wrong way around, seems that image site is a bit ****..

Any one bought a camo net from Decathlon ? or recommend one to buy?

Nice, they did an autobiography version for the final ones, the black and grey, shame he did/she didn't get all three !!

I am local to Brook Bank, head down there all the time. Very friendly place, Wesley and Alison run it and have a few coaches they use, no doubt who your lessons will be with. Wesley is also a great gunsmith if you get any issues in the future.

Someone gave me some homemade blackberry whisky on my last outing, it was delicious!

Second Episode:

perfect, ordered that. Christmas treat ! The link didn't work at first for me, anyone else needs it, if you click 'quote' the link comes up in full and works.

Have you got a link for this ?