Cocker Spaniel Puppy Training

[happyclappy]

Actually feeling quite depressed after reading the later posts here. I think buying him was the worst decision I have made, mainly for his sake.
I adore him, but....not the right breed for me.

Many times I have said, already, I want to let him go, but hubby says not. Give me another Irish Setter any day

I do appreciate all your posts though.

 

[Cinnamontoast]

I would still happily donate her to a puppy farm!! (OK, maybe not...). I did demand an easy one from the breeder, her difficult ones went to the police.

Liar! I’m afraid I ignored all advice about asking the breeder. I picked up every puppy, dismissed the bitches, poked and prodded the boys and chose the most cuddly one. He can be wild, but boy, is he bonded and affectionate!

I disliked my two at first, took me quite a while to like them, but it’s so worth it, they’re amazing now (took til they were about 4!)

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Actually feeling quite depressed after reading the later posts here. I think buying him was the worst decision I have made, mainly for his sake.
I adore him, but....not the right breed for me.

Many times I have said, already, I want to let him go, but hubby says not. Give me another Irish Setter any day

I do appreciate all your posts though.

Honestly, like I said, I really didn’t like mine for quite a while, but now they’re the best dogs.

I think changing breeds is very hard on you psychologically, you expect certain behaviours and when they don’t appear, it’s surprising, maybe even disappointing. Is he your only dog? Maybe he can be your husband’s and you get another setter? Two dogs are definitely better than one.

I think it often just takes time, I was the same with the horse, wondered what the hell id done going from a warm blood to a cob, took me ages to reconcile that one!

Once he develops and shows you his true personality, you might be amazed at what a great dog he is. Keep us updated, maybe find a gundog trainer to help you realise his potential?

A poster on here has 3 springers, she’s in Cornwall, do you want me to ask for recommendations?

 

[Clodagh]

Actually feeling quite depressed after reading the later posts here. I think buying him was the worst decision I have made, mainly for his sake.
I adore him, but....not the right breed for me.

Many times I have said, already, I want to let him go, but hubby says not. Give me another Irish Setter any day

I do appreciate all your posts though.

Re read mine, HC, I would much prefer not to have her, but have to deal as OH says no to rehoming. It will improve. (CT keeps telling me!). Look, only 3 and a half more years and you might like him.

 

[Abi90]

This is Boots. He is 2 now. When he was a puppy I very nearly sent him back to the breeder several times. He had limited recall (although I could control his direction with “this way”) and he never ever went to sleep. I had to put him in his crate to get him to sleep so I could eat or have a cup of tea as he was go go go go all the time.

He was relatively easy to train, but even now we said he’s a fully trained dog... half the time.

But he’s gone from bonkers non stop to this

He will not move from that position until I go home from work, he will then resume the nap on the sofa... he’s only had 40 minutes walking so far today.

It does get better!