Springer spaniel pups arrived

All the puppies have homes to go to.
One left Thursday heading for Fort George to be a sergeants dog.
3 more went today, all to family homes, 2 to family of friends and their friends and the other to a lovely young family who asked lots of questions.
One goes Tuesday to a family member, another Monday week to a friends sister in law and another Tuesday to a retired couple who travel a lot in their camper van- they had their lab PTS a couple of days before choosing their pup.
The last one is going to the only working home and he goes to a known local game keeper who knows the working dad and has spent time seeing him work.
The vet who id chipped the pups was very complementary about the health/size and conformity of the pups, also the fact they were not automatically docked was a big positive in his eyes. He was also against feeding puppy food stating in his opinion life stage diets are a money making racket, he prefers raw feeding.
It's great to find an independent vet who is on the same page as I am in relation to dogs- he is the last independent vet in the real and I can only assume it won't b long before he retires.
We had quite a chat about corporates and my opinion etc...
We have been very lucky with this litter our only concern has been the weight loss for the bitch as she had daihorrea from cleaning up after the pups, pups were fully weaned by 6 weeks and mum has not been with them since.
A local game keeper lost his bitch straight after whelping 8 pups and they only have 2 pups left now at about 3 weeks old.
 
Is she your bitch, or did you have her in to whelp? (You may have said and I missed it). Your last sentence is why I don't think I could ever breed, the trouble is if a dog is good enough to breed from they are too good to risk!
Well done on finding all the pups homes (why anyone would ever have a spaniel as a pet is beyond me, but plenty do!). I hope the new owners keep in touch and you can see how they grow.
Having had my labs tail amputated after a year of pain and misery caused by a dogging in injury I personally would never have a intended cover working dog with a tail, she went through hell. I know you are anti dockling, and I do see it can be done as the injuries occur rather than as a preventative measure, but just a POV. :-)
Are you glad to see the back of them!?
 
Clodagh said:
Is she your bitch, or did you have her in to whelp? (You may have said and I missed it). Your last sentence is why I don't think I could ever breed, the trouble is if a dog is good enough to breed from they are too good to risk!
Well done on finding all the pups homes (why anyone would ever have a spaniel as a pet is beyond me, but plenty do!). I hope the new owners keep in touch and you can see how they grow.
Having had my labs tail amputated after a year of pain and misery caused by a dogging in injury I personally would never have a intended cover working dog with a tail, she went through hell. I know you are anti dockling, and I do see it can be done as the injuries occur rather than as a preventative measure, but just a POV. :)
Are you glad to see the back of them!?
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She belings to the man who owns and lives in the house I moved to Scotland to live in-early days but now the other half 😁
His dog the father of the pups has had 2 inches of his tail docked due to an injury that did not heal and I appreciate it happens. I just see how much the tail is used for balance and communication and also that most dogs don't injure their tail (ime) so would only remove if needed.
The bitch belongs to other half too but I dealt with bitch and pups from before whelping.
To be honest if I had my way the bitch would be speyed and rehomed, she is not trained (she does not run off though and her recall is good- if the other spaniel is not about) and very little has been done with her, it is unlikely she will be rehomed for various reasons so I will put some time and work into her and as all dogs tend to she will grow on me when I do that.
It was tempting to keep one and train it to be useful but there are enough doggy demands here currently and a good hone has turned up for each and every pup so they are better off going.
All the people have said they will let us know how they get on and I have said to call me with any issues and they all know that training dog is my thing. We shall see though.
They were on the way before I moved here or a litter would not have happened this year but they have been a delight although being down to 4 is bliss and I am sure I will miss them when they are gone. Their mum will fill that void though I am sure.
 
Congratulations on the OH. I am happy for you. :)
I would have preferred it if the vet hadn't taken T's whole tail off but at least it doesn't hurt now. Have fun training the spanner - I have decided any day with a spaniel that is not a complete unmitigated disaster is to be regarded as a good day.
 
An update on the pups is that 6 out of the 8 new homes keep in regular contact, it's great to hear about them.
4 of them meet up for walks together as although they are 3 hrs form us they are within 2 miles of each other despite all the owners not having known each other before getting the pups.
Mum has been rehomed via a good rehoming charity as we had no work for her and work long hours so she was not getting the exercise or training she needed.
 
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