B725 Posted April 25, 2022 Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 My new dog is coming up to 6 months old now he is quartering quite well with less input from the whistle, retrieving is progressing as is sit and stay and also stopping to the dummy being thrown well most of the time ๐ not the best picture as it's difficult on my own to capture exactly where he comes back.ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 25, 2022 Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 lovely pic... having had spandangals for many years....i tried where possible NOT to train them on short grass.....spanners hunt by nose and sight and if they cant see anything they start to speed up and range further and further out.....and they will get skylark fever train them in ditches and bush and long grass...then they will have more to occupy them and wont get into the habit of ranging out uncontrollably if you want to tell me to **** off and mind my own buis ...please do so just something to think about.........remember where they come from and what they were bred to do....ranging far out to put birds up for hawks in spain....hence espaniol..(spaniel) ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted April 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 The only time I use short grass is as in the picture learning to jump its easy for the dog to see and when I start to use directional retrieves , if the dog can see both or more dummies it adds an extra thing for the dog to think about plus I don't loose the dummies. All the hunting is in tall grass to start until the recall and stop have been perfected. I know some may say he's too young but I've always done it this way so him working is fun and engrained whilst young. I only do short sessions gradually building up to longer sessions but only at the dogs pace or ability to absorb what is being asked of him,the rest of the time he can have as much puppy play as he wants. My last few spanner's have been a joy to take shooting unfortunately I don't think anyone on here as seen any of them working so I can only write a few words to give people an idea of what they turn out like. I also like my dog to hunt close i.e 10 to 20 foot infront because if you cannot control him at that distance you would have no chanceย 100 metres away. By the way I would have no intention of telling you to foff ๐๐ ย ย ย , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted April 25, 2022 Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 Nahhh!!!ย Brilliant picture. Nice to know the dog is coming along nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozrob Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 great picture . my new pup Millie is 6 months old and is still chewing my slippers. ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted May 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 The dog has took to the starter pistol so much so he is dropping to shot, the odd time he will just stop rather than sit like I prefer but it early day's . Two new dummies being delivered tomorrow so he can be taught left and right retrieves or stop on one and go for the other, going back is progressing but no more than 20 yard's at the moment, the only problem is I want short grass to start off but that attracts other people with their mutt's asking if the dog's can play. He's come on so well I can mix and match his training so he doesn't second guess what's going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted June 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 The dog is coming along nicely so I took the shotgun out today just fired a couple of shots the first one I sat him up but fired away from him and the second shot as he was quartering and he dropped to shot perfectly. The next few weeks he has to learn to sit still as if we are pigeon shooting. I will extend the time sat each time and hopefully shoot one pigeon each time but I will retrieve it.ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 24/06/2022 at 15:22, B725 said: The dog is coming along nicely so I took the shotgun out today just fired a couple of shots the first one I sat him up but fired away from him and the second shot as he was quartering and he dropped to shot perfectly. The next few weeks he has to learn to sit still as if we are pigeon shooting. I will extend the time sat each time and hopefully shoot one pigeon each time but I will retrieve it.ย ย Coming on a cracker ย Going to be good fun he is!ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted June 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 He can be at time's how shall I say be a little monkey ๐ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 Heโs got big shoes to fill, looks like heโs nearly done it!! โค๏ธโค๏ธ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted June 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 Hi BBย Wether or not I can get him to be as good as little Stan remains to be seen it won't be for the want of trying. ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2022 Properly chilled out pup not up and down every 2 seconds just after that I shot a pigeon but he never saw it. Must try harder ๐ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 Makes my 5 month old rescue look like he is still 8 weeks old.. cracking looking dog, enjoy the good times you'll have with him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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