Blummin Dogs

[jpbeaver]

good looking spaniels dean. do you just work them during the season? how old are they? im hoping to take my 11 month old lab this season depending how she comes on. just need to find a syndicate to join now.

[kevwrenn]

not sure what to do with my old boy this season, he was struggling with a days shooting towards the end of last season, he is 12 now and starting to slow down. he is also a bit deaf so recalls are much more difficult. such a shame as he was a natural in his day. never really got him to his full potential which i feel a bit guilty about. Think its time to pension him off though unless i get a nice steady day somewhere. I just need to be careful when i try to sneak out of the house without him. if he sees me in shooting clothes i stand no chance.

[Dean Lofthouse]

good looking spaniels dean. do you just work them during the season? how old are they? im hoping to take my 11 month old lab this season depending how she comes on. just need to find a syndicate to join now.

 

They work quite hard during season and the rest of the time I do a bit of pigeons, but I just like to keep them really fit through summer when they tend to pile on the pounds.

 

They are 7 and 8 years old, if they dont get excercise I cant feed them much and I feel as though I am starving them, so I feed them as normal and excercise them loads.

 

They've just been out again down the wood with me.

 

If you want to get in with a syndicate, there's a bloke called Winnie from the market weighton area, he organises days where he needs 20 guns which split into two groups stand one walk one.

 

He advertises in the yorkshire post or something and might get 15 people so needs other people to make up numbers sometimes, if he has your number he just rings you to see if you want to fill in for the day which is good if you dont want commitment.

 

Someone on here must know him.

 

If your really interested I can get hold of his number for you if no-one on here has it.

 

Just pm me your interested and I'll dig it out when I see my mate

[tommer9]

if you have two dogs it "CAN" calm them down BUT NOT if they are the same age and brother sister,,, they can egg each other on and be double trouble,,,

 

 

just look at kids for reference,,,, then add 2 more legs and teeth..

 

Not sure i agree ady. I know of a few people who have brother and sister from the same litter, and invariably there is one mental thin one, and one lazy chubby one. I have noticed this with collies, border terriers, and in redruth a couple of weeks back in jack russels. I do admit that there are a few more dogs out there thanm that though:001_rolleyes:

[tommer9]

They are 7 and 8 years old, if they dont get excercise I cant feed them much and I feel as though I am starving them, so I feed them as normal and excercise them loads.

 

 

Do you feed your dogs every day Dean? We dont feed ours on at least 2 days of the week. It is a little more like their natural feeding habit. They are scavengers/ hunters in the wild, and would regularly go without food for 24- 48 hrs in season, and longer out of season, and often gorge and then go without.

 

Its only a theory, but it seems to work, and they are out running around all day every day. What do you reckon?

[ad15]

Not sure i agree ady. I know of a few people who have brother and sister from the same litter, and invariably there is one mental thin one, and one lazy chubby one. I have noticed this with collies, border terriers, and in redruth a couple of weeks back in jack russels. I do admit that there are a few more dogs out there thanm that though:001_rolleyes:

 

 

ok,, maybe it's just a husky thing..

[tommer9]

Haha- could be- but like i say- there are more than those 6 dogs i mentioned in the world LOL!!

[Dean Lofthouse]

Do you feed your dogs every day Dean?

 

Hahaha

 

If I didn't feed one of them every day he would cry all day and all night then start eating his leg

[Peter]

Do you feed your dogs every day Dean? We dont feed ours on at least 2 days of the week. It is a little more like their natural feeding habit. They are scavengers/ hunters in the wild, and would regularly go without food for 24- 48 hrs in season, and longer out of season, and often gorge and then go without.

 

Its only a theory, but it seems to work, and they are out running around all day every day. What do you reckon?

 

I'v heard similar theories before, emulating natural conditions. Not eating regular meals might well be closer to nature, so is scavenging rotting carcasses, worms, ticks and fleas, and other infections. No-one seems to want to emulate those in their own pack!

 

Regular feeding is part of the routine for a domesticated dog, changing that must be done with care to avoid distress. Having said that, if it works for you, then great!

[tommer9]

I'v heard similar theories before, emulating natural conditions. Not eating regular meals might well be closer to nature, so is scavenging rotting carcasses, worms, ticks and fleas, and other infections. No-one seems to want to emulate those in their own pack!

 

Regular feeding is part of the routine for a domesticated dog, changing that must be done with care to avoid distress. Having said that, if it works for you, then great!

 

You are right- but all our dogs have been brought up like that, but have the added advantage of free run over 35 acres. They regularly catch rabbits/ rats and other small cute furry things, or rob them off the cat too (who NEVER gets fed catfood ) so are fairly self sufficient. We alternate the days on which they arent fed too, so there is no regularity......and its not unheard of for them to scavenge rotten stuff either.......heres one of them looking rather pleased with himself for finding this

 

....which he later ate, after snoozing on it for a while.

 

I remember at our last farm our landlord left a dead sheep lying about for a few days one summer, and our (now deceased) bloodhound x was found head and shoulders inside the putrefying carcass which by then had been put on top of a stack of round bales...creating a nice green 'water' feature......yuk!