Recent content by chrokeva

I have learned quite a bit from this thread! It is now clear to me that my belief that a pointer should range out is not correct and many times you want to keep them within the same range as we want our spaniels to work. I was always of the impression that most pointers were bred to range out...

Not sure why you would want a pointing dog to only range 40 yards? I have a little cocker and I want her going out about 40 yards in a downwind and she is a flusher! If the dog is pointing why would you need to keep it within that 40 yards? To be fair I have seen many pointing dogs at hunt...

Sounds like another spaniel that would rather hunt than retrieve. Pretty common problem. Most trainers I know recommend you do many marks and retrieving drills and get the pup addicted to the retrieve before letting the pup do too much hunting as this type of problem tends to show up easily...

I think a well bred dog with health clearances would be at least 1K the price would go up to closer to 2K if the sire/dam are titled. If the breeder has large dogs such as labs which notoriously have big litters then I imagine a profit can be made but for breeds like mine (cockers) where 4-6...

I went with the .22 because I can buy different size loads. I use the small loads for young puppy. Just gave me more flexibility.

$1,500 there are two males available (one liver and one black) Born on Aug. 7th available after October 3rd.

Exceptional litter of field bred English Cocker Spaniel puppies located in California Field Champion/Master Hunter Sire and Dam. These pups should be outstanding hunting dogs and field trial prospects.

Piles set at about 100 yards....after 20 or so she starts to get pretty tired. Also lucky launchers to spice things up.

I think it is important to know the differences in how these two groups train. I was playing the spaniel game for a few years and still thinking I could transfer over to the retriever game without realizing how different those two venues were. It was not until some experienced spaniel people...

Good to hear from someone with experience on both sides (retriever and spaniel). After finishing my cockers FC I had seriously considered training for retriever hunt tests but with quite a few nationals left in my girl I was talked into not going that route with her for the reasons you stated...

Do you feel that most retriever training groups out there train the same as you?

When you send on a line do you allow your retrievers to veer offline and downwind of the fall? I was told that retrievers do what is called "challenging the line" and they do not allow a dog to do that which is something that we really want to see in our spaniels. Perhaps only trial people...

I remember starting training with my little spaniel and the temptation to train with the retriever folks was very tempting as there just is so much more opportunity out there to train a spaniel as a non-slip retriever. The big thing you will loose when training a spaniel as a retriever is that...

I used Mushers this past winter when working in very wet brackish water soaked fields. It worked pretty good and I had no complaints.

I have used placeboards pretty extensively in training with my spaniel and they have helped immensely once I learned to use them correctly. There are many applications you can use them in. Jim Dobbs has some applications on use of placeboards on his site here...