Spaniels

Mine was about two before the "puppy" sprinkles stopped. So yeah, they grow out of it eventually! :lol: To be fair he stopped doing it out of sheer excitement at home much much earlier but for tall people with big boots saying hello to him out on walks it took a bit longer. :lol: tall people with big boots are either terrifying or really exciting...
 
Clodagh said:
She is so funny, although we are/were not planning on her being a retriver she loves picking things up and bringing them to you, she is all wiggly and excited. When you bend down to take them, and say 'dead', she does a waggle of the bum and a little wee. I am not sure if it is because I am bending down over her or the whole 'Gosh I'm so clever' is too much for her little spaniel brain.
I am glad to hear it does get grown out of though, my kitchen floor has never been so clean!
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Don't bend over her, drop to one knee and allow her to come into the space by your legs, almost encourage her to put her paws on your legs to help this. I spent many months with one very soggy knee from constantly dropping. Really helped though.
 
Clodagh said:
She is so funny, although we are/were not planning on her being a retriver she loves picking things up and bringing them to you, she is all wiggly and excited. When you bend down to take them, and say 'dead', she does a waggle of the bum and a little wee. I am not sure if it is because I am bending down over her or the whole 'Gosh I'm so clever' is too much for her little spaniel brain.
I am glad to hear it does get grown out of though, my kitchen floor has never been so clean!
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Don't bend over her, drop to one knee and allow her to come into the space by your legs, almost encourage her to put her paws on your legs to help this. I spent many months with one very soggy knee from constantly dropping. Really helped though.
 
Thistle said:
Don't bend over her, drop to one knee and allow her to come into the space by your legs, almost encourage her to put her paws on your legs to help this. I spent many months with one very soggy knee from constantly dropping. Really helped though.
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It works really well, she still 'sprinkles' but climbs all over me with the dummy, which should help in the future. Thank you.

She is a delight to train but I have NEVER had a labrador puppy vanish after a rabbit!! I have stepped up my recall training, we will get there!
 
Good to know it works, it was Angie who taught me. Next step is to step back with your right leg to create a space when you want the dog to present in front, then when you ask for heel step the left leg back and right in front, again to create a space. Gets the dog in really nice and close.
 
Some interesting comments as had three labs before having a springet x collie and a springer, they have been so much easier than the labs, an absolute joy in every way without the slober and the desire to eat anything and everything ni matter how disgusting. Will only have springers from now on.
 
Crugeran Celt said:
Some interesting comments as had three labs before having a springet x collie and a springer, they have been so much easier than the labs, an absolute joy in every way without the slober and the desire to eat anything and everything ni matter how disgusting. Will only have springers from now on.
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LOL! This springer pup is as greedy as any lab and hoovers chicken poo all day. Gross!
 
My lot are all terrible scavengers and eat anything, although big dog is more discerning. One memorable day, the youngsters hoovered up all the dandelion flowers from the lawn! I could hire them out! Even now, when weeding, Bear nicks the dandelions.
 
Clodagh said:
Here she is today.
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Look at those eyes
 
Also wanted to say a guy down our local pub has just got a spaniel he is blonde in colour and is the prettiest little dog, when he walks in every female in the pub goes to see the dog even the bar staff I have threatened to take him home a few times I just don't want to put him down.

The guy that has him is now retired and has just split with his wife so he bought the dog for company mainly and he says it's the best thing his ever done, not sure if that's down to all the female attention he gets but he says the dog has been fairly easy so maybe his been lucky.
 
She is very cute. She is no more hard work than a trials bred labrador, she likes to be busy but when we sit down she goes to sleep. I don't think that either a trials bred lab or a spaniel would suit a very sedentary home. She has been learning the finer points of mousing from Tawny this morning and is now watching me ice a cake.
She is steady to puffin. :-)
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she looks super, after being a Working Cocker family and sadly losing two of ours in space of a year, we now have my cocker, a springer and a Labrador bitch and my goodness they are all quite different, my little springer is a complete live wire but soo intelligent and so fast, recall is going well but I need to be so quick to ensure she stays focussed on me, so very different to my little cocker. The Lab, well I never really wanted a lab, but she is just a poppet, she is gamekeeper bred and more streamline fox-red labrador shape than the traditional heavier set types. both her and the springer are still quite young both will be 2 this year, but they did a few drives on the shoot this year and I am really pleased how everything went.. bound to go wrong next season .. LOL will try to post photos if it will work

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Can see the cocker. :-) He looks like a bear!
She will be a year old in November so won't be out much this year, I may take her out just on our small shoot in January for beaters day, if all is going well. Do they mature physically quicker than labs? Mentally I don't think they mature at all!
 
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