Clodagh
Playing chess with pigeons
Thankfully the working type filter does seem to work. (I’ve never actually bought a pup off there but I do like window shopping).
Puppy hunting
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druid
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Lots seem to like putting dual purpose now so you've to wade through those too.
There's less crossover in the spaniels interestingly
Clodagh
Playing chess with pigeons
Sometimes I disagree as a reflex ! I agree there were a lot of suitable for both.
I did look on GD as well.
All being well the pup I hope to get is unadvertised bar word of mouth.
Pearlsacarolsinger
Up in the clouds
Really that's what Labs should be. They always used to be bred to be dual purpose. We have old pedigrees with a lot of Dual Champions in them. The divergence between the extremes of the 2 types saddens me.
Thistle
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Champ dogs only allow ads from verified health tested litters, not everyone knows enough people who need a new puppy to sell a whole litter!
Clodagh
Playing chess with pigeons
I love Red very much and she’s a type that you would recognise and like. She’s stocky and short legged (compared to my others). But for work ethic and drive give me a trials bred whippety thing.
No off switch is a plus at the end of a long day where you need them to work as hard for the last bird as for the first.
For your normal busy pet, bit of shooting home any lab will do but for bottomless drive you need a bit more.
Fully accepting that you get both sorts doing both jobs. Also accepting Red didn’t have the best start.
Flowerofthefen
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Clodagh, where abouts are you in the country? I know of a chap that breeds labs, they are top class.
druid
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Depends what you are buying for. Very few show x working litters make the grade for a trial dog or have the drive for big commercial shoots, although there are always exceptions. Many are fine as working dogs of course.
I don't know when the last dual champion was in labs but so many of the show types sadly look unable to lumber over a fence with a big cock bird these days
Clodagh
Playing chess with pigeons
I’m Devon but I think I’m sorted, thank you.
Pearlsacarolsinger
Up in the clouds
I agree re the show types, they really don't look fit for anything much. It is very sad and often made worse by the dogs being overweight, too.
CinnamonChristmasCookie
Fais pas chier!
At least they often have health tests, so for people without connections, it’s not a bad place to start.
My lot have matching purple collars. My favourite colour.
It’s where we found Milo, but the current from working parents in North Yorkshire pup was on Champdogs.
At one point, I was interested in show types, but they seem very few and far between in England. A friend took one on from Spaniel Aid, lovely looking but the grooming!
Not all parents on there are health tested. I’ve seen one parent with various tests, not necessarily the full range on lots of litters. I admit, not always spaniels!
druid
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At one point, I was interested in show types, but they seem very few and far between in England. A friend took one on from Spaniel Aid, lovely looking but the grooming!
Roughly 5-8% of the registrations annually with KC are show type for Springers.
CinnamonChristmasCookie
Fais pas chier!
Teeny, but I bet a lot of working bred are never registered for multiple reasons.