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Originally Posted by el borracho

Im sure we will talk further about this in person at a later date .I have decided "never" to only take my own advice as much as it hurts to be humble hahaha

Bring a bottle, let's make it a good one.....

On a slight side note, I recently read an interesting article in NZHunter about the importance of having a dog hunt for YOU not, for them. Quite a cool article. I know that authour will be slandered for promoting not caring what breed he has or what his dog looks like, but what it does for him. I really appreciated his honesty and to be honest absolute courage!

Originally Posted by Dougie

On a slight side note, I recently read an interesting article in NZHunter about the importance of having a dog hunt for YOU not, for them. Quite a cool article. I know that authour will be slandered for promoting not caring what breed he has or what his dog looks like, but what it does for him. I really appreciated his honesty and to be honest absolute courage!

Why would he be slagged for that? He has to hunt over it.... his choice.

Originally Posted by Dougie

On a slight side note, I recently read an interesting article in NZHunter about the importance of having a dog hunt for YOU not, for them. Quite a cool article. I know that authour will be slandered for promoting not caring what breed he has or what his dog looks like, but what it does for him. I really appreciated his honesty and to be honest absolute courage!

Dougie, the writer shouldnt be slandered for anything about which or what breed...the controls, the connection, the desire in the dog to please you, the team work is the same for all breeds...

Originally Posted by EeeBees

Dougie, the writer shouldnt be slandered for anything about which or what breed...the controls, the connection, the desire in the dog to please you, the team work is the same for all breeds...

Imagine someone rocking up to a trail with an SPCA special.....I think the poor man will be slandered! Not by me of course.

Originally Posted by Dougie

Imagine someone rocking up to a trail with an SPCA special.....I think the poor man will be slandered! Not by me of course.

It is highly unlikely one would rock up with a SPCA special given its hard enough to get a pure bred dog owners to attend ---some people dont like to expose their weaknesses I presume

Ruff, thanks for posting the vid, very educational. I've seen some of your other vids in the past, and it's always fun to watch the dogs relax and be happy doing what they're told to.

Tussock,
I used to be an ROV Pilot in the Oil industry. Now if you like the tuna that comes in tins caught by purseiners , I most likely had a a hand in fitting the electronic stuff the fisherman used to find it and nab it.

By the way, I think the "sixth sense" dogs appear to possess is a combination of reading body language and smell. You can act like you are not pissed off, as pointed out, but you can;t hide the smell of the adrenlin surge that went through you when you got mad... with a dog's sense of smell, anger would be a very tangible smell to them, and nothing you can do will hide that.

it would be great to hook up and ill bring a bottle of fine single malt -not that ill drink to much of it as the booooze gives me depression -I still like getting fucd up tho

Originally Posted by el borracho

it would be great to hook up and ill bring a bottle of fine single malt -not that ill drink to much of it as the booooze gives me depression -I still like getting fucd up tho

Depression... Blues... We'll play some appropriate music, talk dogs, call each other dickheads and have a ball... all good mate!

I know what it costs for a horse, I work with them for a living. I was asking what it costs for a dog.

QUOTE=RCGSP;77367]I know what it costs for a horse, I work with them for a living. I was asking what it costs for a dog.[/QUOTE]

Well based on what I have seen charged for trained dogs in the US, I don't think 5-6k for training would be too much to pay, after all the rest of my hunting gear is not cheap. However for that kind of coin you would expect some kind of std to be reached irrespective of the ability of the owner
See here
GSPs
Pointers, not quite english!!

English Setters
Labs, you won't believe how much they go for!!!!!!!!
Britneys

I know what it costs in the states as I'm from there.

I'm asking what it costs here.

Buying a finished dog isn't really the same as getting a pup and having it trained up as when you buy a finished dog you get it straight away and the trainer has laid out for the pup/time to get it to where it is. Buying a pup and having it trained up requires a long wait and you are committing to it and laying out the cash at the start.

Anyway the question stands, what's it cost to get a finished dog trained up here as Ruff is suggesting.

I would suspect so