english pointer or spaniel

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Im thinking of getting a english pointer or a spaniel manly for beating and the odd rough shoot.

i was wondering if you could offer advice or your opinon

 

cheers PGED

[j davies 8]

Im thinking of getting a english pointer or a spaniel manly for beating and the odd rough shoot.

i was wondering if you could offer advice or your opinon

 

cheers PGED

 

cocker spaniel for me they wrok better than a springer i find them easy to train wil retreve any thing and are very hard.

 

i have had springers and other dogs but find them the best mate

[PGED 0]

Im thinking of getting a english pointer or a spaniel manly for beating and the odd rough shoot.

i was wondering if you could offer advice or your opinon

 

cheers PGED

 

cocker spaniel for me they wrok better than a springer i find them easy to train wil retreve any thing and are very hard.

 

i have had springers and other dogs but find them the best mate

 

cheers mate i been looking into getting a cocker for a while but then my mate said i should get a pointer and what to get more people opions on them but i agree and think cockers would be best. thanks again

[Marty O Hare 3]

I have an english pointer, he's getting on a bit now tho.

He has an excellent nose and points then flushes well, but does not go pounding through the cover like a spaniel would, tending more to use his nose before rushing in and if he does'nt smell anything then he moves on.

 

English pointers are more suited to open fields and mooreland than say working thick brambles wear a spaniel would be better suited.

However english pointers can and do work brambles well but i recon a spaniel is better for this.

 

I have used mine for beating out a mixture of cover and ground over the years and he's done his job, but if you would be working through loads of thick cover I would probably go for a spaniel.

 

Also depends which of the two types you fancy owning, both will do the job but each specialising in different ways.

 

Cheers

[00taz11 39]

i would prefer an english pointer mate i have seen them work along my two gsp's a great nose on them the guy also uses his on deer and geese hope you make a gd decision

[Guest lurchers n lamps]

open gorund english pointer

 

thik cover spaniel

 

[Garypco 2]

open gorund english pointer

 

thik cover spaniel

 

inbetween a hpr the difference in an english pointer and a spaniel is immense [bANNED TEXT] wich kinda makes me think you havent reasearched the breeds... have a look at the vizsla gwp gsp before getting anything else if you live on open moorland then a ponter is the dog however thse dogs are not for the novice handler....

[00taz11 39]

Garypco is right my gsp's cover slot of ground they could work the whole hill and last long enough for the whole day

[kiwi 4]

for the odd bit of rough shooting the english pointer is overkill, bit like using a top racehorse for kids rides at the beach.

they belong in the job they were bred for not in a spaniel role.