Thread: Springer Spaniel

Hey iv had a couple of springers excellent natured dogs the first 1 i had a bitch was a machine was really good with hand signals and was a very steady type of dog she was the real deal on all of the above though i never tried her on deer the second springer a male when i got him he was around 16 months old which with some dogs is less than ideal if they have already picked up bad habits...after around 7 months of training and many beatings all i wanted to do is shoot it! lucky for the dog someone wanted to breed with it so i happily dropped it off and never returned to pic it back up .
For a first dog my money would be on a lab or lab x cattle easy to train "theyl do anything for a sausage" and great nature im a little bias when it comes to cross breeds as that has been what i use for pig dogs for many years and when you get a good line they become very versatile ...a mate of my,n had a GSP and it was a total mutt it was about as bad a deer dog as you could get if it had of been my,n i would have gotten rid of it long ago but he persevered then one day we went wallaby shooting and all of sudden this crazy dog found its purpose it was brilliant and im sure on pheasants etc as well but deer tits on a bull.
some fallas get a dog and only take them out 1c or twice a month and wonder why they can not get it to go ! to really get the ball rolling take it out 2 or 3+ times a week in the field .
Cheers.