Thread: First hunting dog

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

Funny thing Tahr, straight lab's have their own gully. The breed is becoming a fucking mess. Ergo outcrossing. Years ago I would have said get a straight lab.

Good question Phil. It comes down have you done enough training that it should know what you want. Is it doing what you expect it should do with the training you've done.

Thanks for the answer mate.

I like Pip but I wont be getting another lab. She kinda put me off with how clumsy she is.

cool thread have a proper reAD tomorrow as hasving a few

Got a lab hunterwaAY x he is good but the barking is a bastard when leave the house and get to the job

for all their faults (and mine as a trainer) once they are part of our family thats where they stay until its time. As long as they are good company thats all that matters

This is a good discussion . My first pup, but not first dog has been my best so far, worked cattle and a great finder

Put pig's in front of it.

2 ways I would suggest to someone starting out

Start hunting with a guy that will teach you the ropes and let you run a suitable pup with his dogs, in turn that dog will help bring on the next

Or go and buy an older dog suited to starting some young dogs with, plenty of guys out there will gift an older dog to the right person also

you need to do a lot of hunting, and get pig numbers into those young dogs

If ya dogs root around they are free.My huntador is my third dog but was a blessing as now I have a dog that moves stock with the bark as well as the chase. He is a mongrel in the mornings barking his friggen head off from the time I let him off to the time we move the stock.

Can take him hunting or fishing and just like Tussock said I reckon this dog has split personality,he is quiet and and moves with stealth waiting for what ever is landed or shot.

But he did have a few dramas tonight near the river.

He lept of the sandy track to meet me below when his legs parted and his head was buried in the sand.

On the way home he fucked up again. If he gets wet balls the water will be over my gummies. Yep he missed the crossing.

I always let him cross the rivers in front off me

Good looking dog that, a lot like my main bitch. And man is she driven!!

there are always going to be great crossbred hunting dogs,conversely there will be some poor ones too. but if you look at the big picture and see how we have improved livestock breeds,the same principle applies to hunting dogs. if you want a gundog, look for proper working lines, not show bred.there are not too many about,but if you ask questions you will get pointed in the right direction, then use your nouse. the longer i have been around dogs,the more importance i place on genetics as to being the basis for temperment,character and behaviour.you can only develop the potential you have at the start, you cannot make honey from dogshit as the saying goes.

Wirehunt what cross do you think she could have been?

The people I got her of reckoned she was a lab-springer but the vet said she definitely had vizsla and that all he'd guarantee. She looks a lot like this though.

If you do not have the time to put into a dog, then you should think seriously about having one. They are going to be with you for hopefully 12 plus years...that is no small commitment... I do believe that every dog owner should have a back up plan...if personal circumstances change is there a plan for the dog's future should things really go pear shaped.

Most of us cannot be hunting our dogs all the time...what with work, family etc...so the dog we do have has to be of a temperament and conduct that will allow him to be part of everything that is going on because the nature of the beast dictates this.

I am personally not interested in cross bred dogs of any cross...but I am passionate about a gundog with prey drive that will take your breath away, beauty in its structure, conformation which will allow him to work as his breed was intended, to be amicable around the house, biddable and fun to be with.

well said EeeBees,