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  1. stroller
    I prefer soft dogs to hard dogs both of mine are easy dogs to work and train very little headstrong action with either, occasional deafness if a rabbit gets up and they know they are just that bit far for me to stop them but I can live with the occasional disgrace they aren't machines and im not the most consistent trainer
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    she is young yet. lovely strong looking type
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    cant see a problem in what your doing if he has a strong instinct he will take every chance to hunt so controlling him on line until your confident in his recall/stop isn't a bad thing
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    I like the look of the English pointer but heard they don't retrieve and that they tend to work miles from the handler anyone got any info on the breed?
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    I don't think this is curable mate, If you can live with it though then it doesn't matter
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    He will calm down when he starts to get the idea, they really do think about the job. But like us all they slip up from time to time
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    Dee i have a wire haired vizsla and in my experience they are a lot easier to train than any of the German HPRs. At 2 1/2 years old I still consider him really puppyish. He is working on the moor and will be on pheasants this year and he is going really well but i am waiting to get this season out of the way before I trial him so he will be 3 + They take a long time to grow up. The wait Is worth it
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    I have a 96 disco 1 that is upper 30s on fuel drives like a boat but is a great off road, a brilliant dog bus. I drive a little Peugeot 107 to work. I couldn't find a compromise but am tempted with the xtrail but it doesn't have separate diff lock
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    When you consider what you can pay for a days pheasant shoot that's very good value. just wish I could afford to go to South Africa!
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    Well said Levi .
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    labradoodle dog, solid, sensible and can go all day, Use him everywhere Grouse, pheasant partridge duck and rabbit
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    you will limit your training opportunity's if the dog wont pick up dummy's as he only wants game. by that I mean its easy to have a ball or a dummy in your pocket when out walking for blinds and memory retrieves. He has a long way to go before any sort of feather/game is introduced. Any pointer is an investment in a long training regime, good luck with the pup
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    lovely looking dog I hope you get the home you want for it. They are a lot of dog for the novice handler those German lines are noted for being tough dogs
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    Stop running it on game you will ruin it. 7 months for any hpr is way, way too young to be hunting. You will end up with a wild dog. The dog wont be the finished article until its 3 years old and it has a lot of basic training and control put in before its introduced to live game. Hunting/pointing isn't the problem with GSP. Stopping them is the problem
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    We never see quail up in the north of the UK More common to hunt grouse, partridge and pheasant and of course rabbit with pointers
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    I have used those electric heaters under the bench beds. Not sure what they are called but they are an encased metal tube that are low wattage and just keep the bed warm. obviously the cabling was encased in metal trunking. But to be honest as the above posts have said if they have enough bedding and my lot are all in together they should be warm enough. Its damp that makes dogs ill not particularly the cold
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    I keep two entire dogs one unsprayed bitch and one spayed bitch all in a big kennel block. We just take out the unsprayed bitch and she comes into the house when she is in season, She is exercised and crated until her season is over. That said she will be spayed this year as we have decided not to breed from her.
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    The dog is trained to drop to flush, sounds difficult but it isn't really
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    Yes I think my young dog prefers hunting and pointing rabbit than birds. Its all about the dog being given the opportunity to hunt fur and its always better if you have an older dog who can show the way, but if not their hunting instinct will be enough for them to work it out. I have never used a rifle hunting with a pointer always a shotgun because the prey animals are usually hidden from sight until they are flushed by the dog
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    They are usually used to find wounded animals and some will point deer. They aren't used to hunt and kill fur just hunt point and retrieve shot game. However they do kill fox easily enough especially the harder german short haired and wirehaired poointers
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    A lot of wire haired breeds don't show a coat until they are older and don't have a full coat until they are 4 years old
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    I would do the usual obedience and get them retrieving from 8 weeks old as most will hunt from day one but the retrieving needs to be in them early. spend time with it and get a good bond
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    I would be interested in see some pics of the pup growing up mate I know a grouse keeper with a line of these first cross types they should all be 2 this season so I will see how they go. I have a wirehaired viszla and to be honest he wipes the floor with everything ive seen on the moor he has turned 2 now and has a bit of growing up mentally to do but he is a working machine and the breed is not as soft as people make out
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    one of the spaniels?
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    Buy a book on training gundogs or/and there are some good dvds even you tube. What you are asking is a lot of info. Apart from the whistle tone just get one and use it consistently don't change it for another tone.
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