Hello All Right/ Dog Or Puppy :|

[Borntohuntbow 8]

hello all i wanting a springer for bushing and fetching would it be a good idea to buy one trained or start from a pup as i have never had a gun dog like this i have had running dogs and i cannie get them to fetch stuff to me lol and if all ready trained where do i look ? thanks joe

[Ideation 8,216]

If already decently trained. . . . . it's going to cost you!

[The one 8,477]

Depends on you are you capable of teaching a head strong springer pup or do you want to pay for somebody else to do it for you

[Borntohuntbow 8]

Dunno see I have a bull x he is head strong he will fetch a tennis ball dummy but when he gets a rabbit he will not bring it back I don't want this to happen to a springer :/

[maggot 29]

i have a spinger dog for sale pal, he is 14 months old he has 43 ftc in his breeding he is very well bred, he will bush and fetch, i used him the backend of last season for beating he was very sensible and didnt run in, he has a very good nose on him, i am after £350 for him. for more info call me on 07933636446

[Nik_B 3,790]

If already decently trained. . . . . it's going to cost you!

 

I was thinking about this but I'm not sure if it would be that more expensive. Since a pup cost 500 quid and a trained dog 1500-2000. But there's a years worth of food, all the vets bills etc and the training that's gone in to it. I bet I've spent more than 2000 grand on my dog with training classes etc and I still buggered it all up. The only good thing about training my own is I learned all the things not to do for the next time

[Ideation 8,216]

 

If already decently trained. . . . . it's going to cost you!

 

I was thinking about this but I'm not sure if it would be that more expensive. Since a pup cost 500 quid and a trained dog 1500-2000. But there's a years worth of food, all the vets bills etc and the training that's gone in to it. I bet I've spent more than 2000 grand on my dog with training classes etc and I still buggered it all up. The only good thing about training my own is I learned all the things not to do for the next time

 

 

That's the thing though pal, you are right in many regards, but i have seen plenty of folk buy in a fully trained dog, and 12 months later, it's a fecking idiot. Because, whilst the dog has been trained . . . . the handler dont know shit!

[Nik_B 3,790]

Yhe best make all the mistakes and get that out of the way...I think it's a good idea to just accept you'll screw up your first dog (unlike me that had illusions of grandeur ) and then take that experience on to the next one. It would be nice to just experience working a dog for a change rather than trying to fix a broken one but that's dog training I guess

[Ideation 8,216]

Aye very true.

 

And there is nowt worse than seeing someone turn up at the start of the season with a half decent gun dog, and finish the season with a liability