WGD Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 A Labrador. A simple answer, and in this case simple is best. A Labrador, just get yourself a labrador. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 A simple answer, and in this case simple is best. A Labrador, just get yourself a labrador. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyatt Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) Lab has appeared frequently! Another forum has mentioned a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (Toller). Is this a bread that anyone has any experience of? Edit: Looks like whilst they're good dogs, they deserve someone with experience to get the best out of them! Edited July 16, 2015 by wyatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Lab has appeared frequently! Another forum has mentioned a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (Toller). Is this a bread that anyone has any experience of? Edit: Looks like whilst they're good dogs, they deserve someone with experience to get the best out of them! Never heard of them before. Lovely looking dogs though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Lab has appeared frequently! Another forum has mentioned a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (Toller). Is this a bread that anyone has any experience of? Edit: Looks like whilst they're good dogs, they deserve someone with experience to get the best out of them! Don't go exotic, exotic is bad when you need sucess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Lovely dogs, the ones I have infrequently met. Always fancied a Toller myself, but not sure they would be a good choice as a first dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Lab has appeared frequently! Another forum has mentioned a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (Toller). Is this a bread that anyone has any experience of? Edit: Looks like whilst they're good dogs, they deserve someone with experience to get the best out of them! I have had dealings with 2 over the years - both were inclined to be "grumpy" and although trainable were somewhat "difficult" at times. But as it has been said good looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 We have a male 1 year old Springer and the most common problem we have is him playing with the young kids down our road-soon as someone gets out a ball he is unstoppable. He will chase the ball till he drops and whoever hits it gets it back everytime-he will run up to any child then walk round them till he faces them then gives them the ball back-they all adore him and often come round to play with him in the garden-he has had no training whatsoever but will come to call and never runs off more than a few yards when we go out for a walk. He was "done" a couple of months back but our female Springer is about to have 6+ puppies so we may have left the operation a little late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) He said he wants a calm dog. Not sure a Bigbird bred, manic spaniel fits that bill. LOL!!!! They're not ALL manic you know!! I definitely also would +1 everyone who has suggested a Labrador Edited July 17, 2015 by bigbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazbev Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Well I can only speak from my experience of having an ESS with five and six year old girls. He is well bred and high octane and now he is 13 months old he is just starting to behave with regards training, with a long road ahead. I have put a lot of time into him, reading books watching DVDs and seeing a trainer,goodness knows how many hours I have put in, you will need to find time for this but most people are out in the day that have dogs anyway unless they work from home or don't work. He has grown up with the kids and because it is a busy house have is very well socialised, my plan was to kennel him but didn't, that was a mistake from the point of view that is a dog would rather be in one if he was left alone,I have recently had a base put down for one. If you were going to trail it to any standard I would have to agree with fanboy but you can train a shooting dog in your environment to a good standard, some of the beating /shooting dogs I see are good most are shocking anyway. The commands I use ( get out-lost- etc) are never used in front of my kids because they would mimic me as soon as I went out, likewise the whistle goes from around my neck into my bag when I come home so the only rules for the kids are never throw anything for the dog and leave him alone when he is resting.he has never knocked one over or showed any aggression towards them apart from play biting when he was very young (personally I get little enjoyment out of pups they are a PITA) Whatever breed you choose, pets are good for kids and you will have a good shooting companion if you put the time in but you can times the number of hours I thought I would need to train him x10,easy, and even experienced handlers pay for professional help. Go for it and enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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