spanielboy Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Does anyone on here work a spinone? if so can they provide more info on the breed? Is it possible to use them as a peg dog/wildfowling in place of a lab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth W Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 My Step father, is currently training his as a replacement for his Springers, she will be used for formal peg shooting, rough shooting and wildfowling. Having grown up around Spanials and seen how they work and behave, I'd say at the moment the Spinone is streets ahead. If you have any specific questions I can pass them onto my parents and then give you their answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanielboy Posted July 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 thanks for the reply. at the moment i have a springer who works well etc but doesnt have the patience yet to sit for hours decoying/picking up on the shoot. he is too small for wildfowling but is a great rough shooting dog! although i have found he tires much quicker than any hpr breed i have seen working. the original plan was to get a lab as i know someone who breeds top class labs. i wasnt going to go back to a springer once the current one stops working and was hoping a lab would fill the gap, however i will be doing more rough shooting than anything else, but with a good number or days beating/picking up on the estate, with the odd day wildfowling thrown in. In what ways is the spinone better than the spaniels? are there any bad points to the breed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 personally you probably have the best dog for rough shooting and picking up, a lab will also do well but IMHO HPR's are great but won't work in quite the same way on a rough shoot as a spaniel and also won't pick up as well as one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 personally you probably have the best dog for rough shooting and picking up, a lab will also do well but IMHO HPR's are great but won't work in quite the same way on a rough shoot as a spaniel and also won't pick up as well as one It does depend how much ground you have to cover, the nature of the ground, the amount of game about and amount of dogs available to work that ground. I shoot an open woodland with no reared game which would be ideal for shooting woodcock over an HPR, it is simply too big to cover with the spaniels we have available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 the beating and picking up bit would be my bigger concern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 get yourself another spaniel i happen to know sum1 with pups for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 the beating and picking up bit would be my bigger concern I do agree with that Alex, if that is a major part of the work for the dog an HPR is not the best tool for the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanielboy Posted July 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) i think we only have about 10 days on the estate this year and so more of my time wll be spent rough shooting. And i dont know if i could cope with another spaniel at the moment! but wouldnt mind coming to have a look at them... Edited July 24, 2009 by spanielboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 i think we only have about 10 days on the estate this year and so more of my time wll be spent rough shooting. And i dont know if i could cope with another spaniel at the moment! but wouldnt mind coming to have a look at them... aye mate you can take a look at them if you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 i think we only have about 10 days on the estate this year and so more of my time wll be spent rough shooting. And i dont know if i could cope with another spaniel at the moment! but wouldnt mind coming to have a look at them... if a spaniel has tried your patience then an HPR may not be the ideal dog, if anything more difficult than a springer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanielboy Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 its not that the springer has tried my patience... i got him at a year old without a huge amount of training before. he had a season working under his belt without enough guidance so it has been an uphill struggle. iv enjoyed retraining the dog. but the question still remains... lab or spinone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I am on a hpr training course with a Spinone. It's a pleasure to watch her work. She is very good but very slow and steady. A really lovley dog. I would go for the Spinone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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