B.P.R 2,798 Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 My mate down England wanted a dog so he went to the animal shelter. He got a very underweight, skinny looking thing which the vet said was a lab x collie. This dog was game for anything. It would retrieve from day one and drop the ball at my mates feet, no f*****g about like. He took her to a country show just for a look and there was a gundog event. There was loads of gamekeepers with their expensive, purebred dogs that have took years to train and then my mate stood in the que with his unwanted mongrel. Everybody there was laughing at him. When it was his turn the man thew the 'kong' and his dog sat dead still until his command and the timer started. His dog smashed it, in the water- back to him, back for the next one, back to him and my mate was thinking that these other dogs must be better. He finished the event and went round the show. Later in the afternoon they annoUnced the winner and my mate nearly passed out. He had won a year supply of sum special working dog food and the other people with their amazing gundogs were furious. Who would have guessed it eh? £40 from an animal rescue and it showed them how it's done. I've got the dog now as my mate was unwell and she's an absolute pearl. Love her to bits Quote Link to post
Mooch. 177 Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Love it! I own a lab x and feel like we're looked down on by some of the other members of our Gundog club yet he's often better at the training exercises than their dogs are. I helped out at a retriever trial last weekend and one of the judges told me that the Kennel Club had to ban cross breeds from it's trials because they are often more intelligent and were beating all the expensive pures! Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 My mate down England wanted a dog so he went to the animal shelter. He got a very underweight, skinny looking thing which the vet said was a lab x collie. This dog was game for anything. It would retrieve from day one and drop the ball at my mates feet, no f*****g about like. He took her to a country show just for a look and there was a gundog event. There was loads of gamekeepers with their expensive, purebred dogs that have took years to train and then my mate stood in the que with his unwanted mongrel. Everybody there was laughing at him. When it was his turn the man thew the 'kong' and his dog sat dead still until his command and the timer started. His dog smashed it, in the water- back to him, back for the next one, back to him and my mate was thinking that these other dogs must be better. He finished the event and went round the show. Later in the afternoon they annoUnced the winner and my mate nearly passed out. He had won a year supply of sum special working dog food and the other people with their amazing gundogs were furious. Who would have guessed it eh? £40 from an animal rescue and it showed them how it's done. I've got the dog now as my mate was unwell and she's an absolute pearl. Love her to bits Yes i too enjoy watching the scurries........ Quote Link to post
dogsbollocks58 36 Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 good for you mate can,t fault you matey Quote Link to post
spec 45 Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 nice one! goes to show, it doesn't always take ££ or 'the right breeding' to get a dog that'll do the job. saw a lurcher doing better than the majority of labs in the gundog stuff at a show yesterday, it was quality. Quote Link to post
B.P.R 2,798 Posted May 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 thanks for the replies. your are right, it doesnt matter how much money you spend on something, it has to have the heart to do it. lab x collies are brilliant dogs! hers a pic of here for yous, her name is roxy Quote Link to post
hily 379 Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 do you work the dog on a shoot as well as enter it for scurries there is more to gundogs than retrieving not knocking you or your friend and his dog but your post is taking a pop at the gundog world .ps i don't trial my dogs or anything but i do know how much time and work goes into training gundogs. Quote Link to post
B.P.R 2,798 Posted May 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 I've worked on shoots before and done the gamekeeping but no I've not worked her on a shoot. She's not a gundog and never will be, she's our pet and a family animal. I was just 'showing' off the fact that my dog won against other dogs that actually 'work' as gundogs and that she is a dog that was abused, scared and skinny and now she's living her life to the full and beating other dogs at their own 'sport' when she's really just playing. Quote Link to post
activeviii 8 Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 (edited) fair play to having a dog that will retrieve dummies. Edited June 1, 2011 by activeviii Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 thanks for the replies. your are right, it doesnt matter how much money you spend on something, it has to have the heart to do it. lab x collies are brilliant dogs! hers a pic of here for yous, her name is roxy How old is the dog now mate?...... Quote Link to post
judge2010 196 Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 thanks for the replies. your are right, it doesnt matter how much money you spend on something, it has to have the heart to do it. lab x collies are brilliant dogs! hers a pic of here for yous, her name is roxy How old is the dog now mate?...... ont lab mate that dog might be a better working dog then yours but yours has a KC reg number. Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 thanks for the replies. your are right, it doesnt matter how much money you spend on something, it has to have the heart to do it. lab x collies are brilliant dogs! hers a pic of here for yous, her name is roxy How old is the dog now mate?...... ont lab mate that dog might be a better working dog then yours but yours has a KC reg number. Mine aint KC reg mate........worker to worker......none of that other bullshit!!..... Oh and i very much doubt that.... Quote Link to post
B.P.R 2,798 Posted June 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 fair play to having a dog that will retrieve dummies. sarcasm? aye thanks but she retrieved the dummies better than all those posh c**ts dogs raving on about how their dog had come from such a person who breeds amazing gundogs and they had paid sooooo much for them to be at the standard they are . its was some sight watching their faces drop. Quote Link to post
B.P.R 2,798 Posted June 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 thanks for the replies. your are right, it doesnt matter how much money you spend on something, it has to have the heart to do it. lab x collies are brilliant dogs! hers a pic of here for yous, her name is roxy How old is the dog now mate?...... ont lab mate that dog might be a better working dog then yours but yours has a KC reg number. Mine aint KC reg mate........worker to worker......none of that other bullshit!!..... Oh and i very much doubt that.... nobody is saying shes a gundog or better than yours. get a grip like, shes s dog that we got from a shelter and she won a bloody trial. im not claiming shes an amizing worker or anything. kc registered? thats a load of shite, purebreed dogs are prone to ilness/desease and other hereditory conditions. my dads got 'kc' registered german shepherds and their hips are f****d at 7. i can name a handfull of people who have pure breed dogs that a f****d in some way or another. crossbreeds are more resiliant than pures. all some people care about is getting a dick enlargement for their dogs kc number. kind of like the way some arseholes wear a cap, trackies tucked into their socks and a staff which they pretend is a fukin pitbull. Quote Link to post
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