Dogs - how do you make it work?

[dan blocker]

19 hours ago, SussexHarry said:

Thanks,

 

I’m currently thinking along the lines of a working dog - cocker, or maybe a fox red lab - with the intention of actually working them.

 

 

 

 

I don’t know anyone who works a fox red lab? My sons got one and it’s definitely wired up wrong. Not sure where they’re from but not much is lab? Got so much surplus energy. It can spot a rabbit at 200 yards and wants to run it down like a lurcher and can run like one as well? It’s a lovely dog mind.

[PeteB]

I'm sure the chap around the corner has one for a gun dog, mad as a box of frogs as a pup and he nearly gave up but he is getting there. His old dog was supposed to help being a calming example but died early. 

[buffalo606]

Luckily I've been able to bring Rusty to work with me most days for the past 8 years.  He was a turbo-charged nutter of a wee shite for the first 4-5 years, but he's a bit more zen now and pretty happy chilling in the under the truck or finding a spot under a tree away from the noise.

 

[SussexHarry]

6 hours ago, dan blocker said:

I don’t know anyone who works a fox red lab? My sons got one and it’s definitely wired up wrong. Not sure where they’re from but not much is lab? Got so much surplus energy. It can spot a rabbit at 200 yards and wants to run it down like a lurcher and can run like one as well? It’s a lovely dog mind.

 A friend of mine has one and works it retrieving.
 

Bit of a toss-up. I prefer the way cockers work and the smaller size, but feel the temperament of a FRL would be better. It’s going to be a shot in the dark as, like you say, both breeds can be a handful. Will come down to the individual dog I think.

[PeteB]

2 hours ago, buffalo606 said:

Luckily I've been able to bring Rusty to work with me most days for the past 8 years.  He was a turbo-charged nutter of a wee shite for the first 4-5 years, but he's a bit more zen now and pretty happy chilling in the under the truck or finding a spot under a tree away from the noise.

 

What the hell colour is your LandRover!?!

[Stubby]

5 hours ago, PeteB said:

What the hell colour is your LandRover!?!

Looks a bit " Barbie " 🙂

[Rich Rule]

6 hours ago, PeteB said:

What the hell colour is your LandRover!?!

It is the Tiffany LE version.

 

 

[buffalo606]

8 hours ago, PeteB said:

What the hell colour is your LandRover!?!

Yep, pretty "brave" colour choice 😬 (it belonged to one of my customers) 

[AHPP]

Had a shocker climbing yesterday.

 

03:30 - Small walk. Big shits. Good. 
 

Who can see where this is going already?

 

04:40 - Get in van. 
07:30 - Arrive at site, urban residential. Quick walk round the block, pissing on things. 
09:00 - Check on him in the cab. OK. 
11:00 - Check on him in the cab. Far from OK. 
 

Poor bastard was caught short and shit al owa the passenger side. Or more to the point shit in one place, jumped in it and then jumped al owa the passenger side. Mercifully kept off the driver’s seat and my new coat. 
 

Spent the afternoon in the side of the van instead, door open. Uneasy with security but in fairness anyone going to nick anything would find an Alsatian first. A smelly Alsatian at that. 

Used loads of kit and was quite a busy day so everything just got thrown back in to be sorted another time. In the centre of that pile is a carrier bag of tremendous foulness that I need to throw in a pond for a few weeks. 
 

@kevinjohnsonmbe for the untidiness, the shepherd and the fact we haven’t seen you in a while. 

Edited December 5 by AHPP

[openspaceman]

52 minutes ago, AHPP said:

@kevinjohnsonmbe for the untidiness, the shepherd and the fact we haven’t seen you in a while. 

Did he just get tired of us?