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Is the whining a problem because they scare the game away with it or is it more of an annoyance than something that has a major affect on the hunt?

Originally Posted by phillipgr

Is the whining a problem because they scare the game away with it or is it more of an annoyance than something that has a major affect on the hunt?

They are not a problem when hunting ,stalking and so on , it's when they are not ,they don't like sitting round They are fine when pointing too . Mine is not as bad as some ,but he goes to town when I hit shingle roads now( he knows he's going hunting) Drives me nuts .

Originally Posted by Munsey

They are not a problem when hunting ,stalking and so on , it's when they are not ,they don't like sitting round They are fine when pointing too . Mine is not as bad as some ,but he goes to town when I hit shingle roads now( he knows he's going hunting) Drives me nuts .

On a similar note, anyone running labs on deer have trouble with them panting quite loudly and scaring the game? I'm not sure if this trait is widespread but the labs I've come across (pets, not gundogs) pant pretty loudly. I don't really suppose that if I deer couldn't smell you/your dog it would be a huge problem but I'm just curious.

Originally Posted by phillipgr

On a similar note, anyone running labs on deer have trouble with them panting quite loudly and scaring the game? I'm not sure if this trait is widespread but the labs I've come across (pets, not gundogs) pant pretty loudly. I don't really suppose that if I deer couldn't smell you/your dog it would be a huge problem but I'm just curious.

Maybe more of a couch potato fitness issue Phil?

Originally Posted by Gibo

Maybe more of a couch potato fitness issue Phil?

Yeah that probably has a lot to do with it

Originally Posted by Munsey

They are not a problem when hunting ,stalking and so on , it's when they are not ,they don't like sitting round They are fine when pointing too . Mine is not as bad as some ,but he goes to town when I hit shingle roads now( he knows he's going hunting) Drives me nuts .

that brings back memories. My dog would get excited when he could hear the gunsafe being opened, see the wife or I put on sandshoes, start the Hilux, hook on the jetboat or travel gravel roads.
I used to let him out a km or 2 before a hunt if I could, and he would be off. The amount of times I have come around a corner on a back road to see him squeezing one out in the middle of the road, just so you couldnt pass him was unreal. He drove me nuts at times.
He simmered down heaps as he got older.

Originally Posted by R93

that brings back memories. My dog would get excited when he could hear the gunsafe being opened, see the wife or I put on sandshoes, start the Hilux, hook on the jetboat or travel gravel roads.
I used to let him out a km or 2 before a hunt if I could, and he would be off. The amount of times I have come around a corner on a back road to see him squeezing one out in the middle of the road, just so you couldnt pass him was unreal. He drove me nuts at times.
He simmered down heaps as he got older.

The problem with that can be as they get fitter you have to let them out earlier and earlier... in the end you just open the kennel and meet them at the parking point!