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Cocker Activities => Working => Topic started by: *jean* on April 28, 2009, 08:11:55 PM
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am VERY unhappy? displeased / disappointed in Pepper
pepper is 11 and an a half.
to those not in the know she is half working cocker half springer.
Ive been very busy all week lambing . and ok she hasnt had daily marathons but she has been on the hill day in day out. today I went to work on an early at 7am. no probs. picked her up when I finished work and went to sheep separated lambs etc la la la had tea then on way home she shot off.... after a nuclear powered rabbit.
she took liath and rolo with her...
they went into empty neighbour's fields full of rabbits and gave chase.
I went ballistic whistle nearly lost its peep the blasts I gave. lee and rolo straight back ( working cocker's) the springer effin mix cocker totally ignored whistle she carried on into next crofts fields,. hens ducks and all sorts. I jumped in car to go and get her. she was back before I left the croft. I really really am peed off at her. ok shes a hunter la la la . shes now on a long line forever If I'm worried about her. she would never look at sheep but I cannot afford to have her ignore me and rabbit in a sheep field.
now all I have to say is .. my working cockers are a doddle... A DODDLE to pepper. I had to have a lubricant as Id dash near lost my vocal cords.
you have no idea how wild I was at her tonight!! all I could hear was my OH going on In an inneffectual way ... oh I hope she hasnt got into XX XXXXXXs hens or hogs ( last years lambs no none near.. thank g !)
oh i so wanted to shoot her myself, yet at the same time was so afraid for her. and where were the working cockers??..,. by my side.
pleas e let me never ever hear again of how unruly workers are. I will send them the 11 and a half year old and let them see what life in the working gundog world is really about. Basically, training never ever stops and just because they do it perfectly for 5 days in a row does not guarantee day 6.
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So sorry to hear Pepper was a little >:D for you.
It is so frustrating and scary when they do something like that.
I hope she makes up for it by being an :angel: tomorrow. Have a glass of vino to chill out :-*
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So sorry to hear Pepper was a little >:D for you.
It is so frustrating and scary when they do something like that.
I hope she makes up for it by being an :angel: tomorrow. Have a glass of vino to chill out :-*
I cant.. im having an exam from 9 am til 1 pm and =should be studying not dog obsessing!
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So sorry to hear Pepper was a little >:D for you.
It is so frustrating and scary when they do something like that.
I hope she makes up for it by being an :angel: tomorrow. Have a glass of vino to chill out :-*
I cant.. im having an exam from 9 am til 1 pm and =should be studying not dog obsessing!
She must have known about the exam and thought you needed just a little bit more stress to deal with >:D
Good luck with the exam, what is it for?
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So sorry to hear Pepper was a little >:D for you.
It is so frustrating and scary when they do something like that.
I hope she makes up for it by being an :angel: tomorrow. Have a glass of vino to chill out :-*
I cant.. im having an exam from 9 am til 1 pm and =should be studying not dog obsessing!
She must have known about the exam and thought you needed just a little bit more stress to deal with >:D
Good luck with the exam, what is it for?
diabetes (In humans)
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I can totally empathise with you. When Millie does a bunk I spend half the time worried sick and the other half wanting to get her back just so I can wring her neck ph34r :005:. And now you've totally dashed my hopes that she'll calm down by the time she's about 10 years old >:(.
Good luck with the exam :-*.
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Oh dear Jean - I am sorry that little minx has stressed you out ::) You are soooo right, the training never ever stops and they will always do something to keep you on your toes/at the end of your tether. >:( Coco is my first ever dog and I was convinced that before she was one, I would have a well-trained, calm, obedient dog that I could take anywhere and who I could trust never to let me down :luv: How flippin' deluded was I?? - well I have had a very rude awakening >:( She will be 4 this year and still embarrasses me on a daily basis - I may just get a t-shirt printed with "I am so sorry about my dog's appalling behaviour" ::)
Hope you have calmed down a bit and your exam goes well tomorrow ;) Stiff drink tomorrow night I think ;)
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Aww Jean, i can so sympathise, Molly frequently lulls me into a false sense of security and bogs off just when I am feeling confident >:( Good luck with the exam and try to enjoy the next 5 'good dog' days ;)
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oh doG Jean, I would be beside myself - norty girl >:D (but amazing at her age nevertheless :luv: :luv:)
If it's any consolation when Nic was here I didn't take my whistle out on a walk, and Mr Usually-not-too-bad took off very embarrassingly after a fezzie ph34r
GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR EXAM :luv:
Actually Joules is on to a winner there - we should market some t-shirts for cocker owners with 'I'm really sorry' on the front and on the back a list of things we could possibly be sorry for...
I'm sorry that my dog...
1. Took off and pretended to lose all sense of hearing and forgot every bit of training he/she's had
2. jumped up on you and left muddy paw prints on your nice clean clothes
3. joined in on your families picnic without a formal invitation
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please all add - we could probably get to 50 without trying too hard ph34r :luv:
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- I may just get a t-shirt printed with "I am so sorry about my dog's appalling behaviour" ::)
I Print t-shirts for a living, I could always run one of them off for you :005:
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Aw Jean HUGE hugs... I lost count of the number of times that happened to me with my Weim when I first re-homed her.. I got to the point I just wanted to run away from her ph34r but she was 2.5 and fortunately is a lot steadier now (apart from when she wants to eat other dogs ::)) I'm impressed with Pepper's tenacity at her age though :o
Really hope your exam went ok and you get to chill out tonight :-* :-*
Hannah x
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Aww Jean, I can totally understand your frustration, norty pepper, she seems to think she's still a teenager ;)
Hope the exam goes well (and the lambing isn't too stressful ;))
Am loving the t-shirt idea :005:
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Actually Joules is on to a winner there - we should market some t-shirts for cocker owners with 'I'm really sorry' on the front and on the back a list of things we could possibly be sorry for...
I'm sorry that my dog...
1. Took off and pretended to lose all sense of hearing and forgot every bit of training he/she's had
2. jumped up on you and left muddy paw prints on your nice clean clothes
3. joined in on your families picnic without a formal invitation
please all add - we could probably get to 50 without trying too hard ph34r :luv:
4. stole the sock from your shoe while you were drying your feet
5. deliberately tangled my lead with yours whilst saying hello to your dog
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2 and 3 definitely apply to William, as does -
6. shredded the important letter that you sent to me.
7. jumped into your car when you left the door open
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I am sorry that my dog......
8. just rearranged your makeup and mascara with his tongue.
9. attempted to inter-breed with your leg.
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10 Threw up something unmentionable on the carpet.
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11 assumed that your laundry was fair game
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12. Stole the bread your child was about to feed to the ducks
13. Jumped into your car and ate your sandwiches
14. Nicked the chicken off your barbecue
........there is a theme here ::) ph34r
15. Presented you with a cat turd from the litter tray when you came round for supper :020: :lol2:
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16. Chased your cat up the nearest tree.
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17, Licked your face immediately after snacking on horse poo :P
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15. Presented you with a cat turd from the litter tray when you came round for supper
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I love this one!!!
Jean, was it worse because she is usually well behaved?
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16. Jumped onto your dining room table on our very first visit to your house.
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17...attempted to join in your intimate embrace whilst you were sunbathing with your lover on the beach
(Pepper is an angel, just likes the bunnies is all :D)
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15. Presented you with a cat turd from the litter tray when you came round for supper
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I love this one!!!
Jean, was it worse because she is usually well behaved?
she has her moments,... ( plenty of them!) and she always takes advantage of relaxed attention. the day before she had helped me move a ewe and a rabbit sprung out of the rashes and she came back after a few feet. I got complacent.
serves me right. she is hard work and would run rings around me given half a chance. :luv:
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18. Ate the flapjack you stupidly put down between bites
19. Scooted across your cream carpet, just for the visual effect.
Sorry Jean.
Hope the exam went well.
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20) jumped in your septic tank overflow then tried to jump in your car / give you a big welcome!
remember this one... from yesteryear!
Rolo is a little turd.. literally..
it was his birthday, I was on a hike with a friend rolos breeder and her posse and my lot. she and I were going to a garden party so we took the dogs out before we went.. we were up on a rock in a forrest and we got stuck as so many trees were down with the gales so we had to turn back. got back to her place with plenty time to spare and I was going home to have a bath and get ready to party when she asked me to have a look at her hedge she had just clipped..
... so down I sauntered and rolo raced ahead leapt the dyke and dissapeared.. Oh no she gasps hes gone into the septic tank!!!
with all the rain we'd had and flooding, her tank soakaway thing had overflowed and the little turd was up to his eyes in kack!
aw noooo ... I was roaring at the little turd to get out of it which he did and then came gaily romping back to me just deelighted with himself.......
gerrroffame Im skirling as I waggle my wellied foot at him ..he gets the idea all is not well and decides to take his stenchy ar$e back to the car WHICH I REALISE IS OPEN!!
well... you lot wont believe this but yelling like a fishwife to get the bleepity bleep away from the car I ran as fast as i could and I beat the little turd to the car... thank the lawd, I slam the boot shut just as he hurls himself towards the car.. so he bounces off the door leaving a rolo sized turdy stain and he then slinks underneath the car.
by this time my "friend" I use this term loosely .. caught up and was apologising profusley for the fact that her over efficient bowel happy family, family products are all over my dog.
her husband was coming with the dungsucker from the farm she promised me ( he uses it for the slurry tank) "not bleepity bleep soon enough" Im roaring... anyway with her assistance .. well it was her excrement.. she helped me catch the little beast and with a bottle of fairy liquid and a garden hose he was power washed.
well I flung the lad and co into the car and skeddadled home. took dogs to croft and stuck them in run just as heavens opened..
great for giving the boy another shower not so great for the garden party anyway we went, I got stuck into the gin and tried to de traumatise myself!
and do you know? with all that fertiliser he didnt grow an inch!! he should be 6ft tall by now.
and pepper is not a goodie goodie either..
okay... I actually think this may have been the worst...
.rolo as yet unborn... pepper and liath and me visiting my kind farmer friend who always provides a gin and a solution to most problems. ( in this case he caused the problem)
he had a rabbit in the garden... not a pet... and he wanted rid of it.....
Pepper was called upon to sniff it out with her sidekick liath... mr farmer was poised with the popgun ready to shoot ...
pepper investigated every shrub, tree and plant.... this is a big garden they open to the public every so often for red cross... anyway .. back to the tale of woe...
no rabbit... like peter rabbit he was off after sampling mr macgregors cabbages..home to mummy....
But pepper found where he was coming in so triumphantly mr macgregor ( not real name) and myself blocked up entrance hole and decided to have congratulatory gin.. in garden in glorious sunshine.... popgun restored to gun cabinet securely locked away.
well we were sipping away listening to birdsong... this chappie also is a butterfly/moth and bird enthusiast so I get a nature lecture along with the gin...
bye the bye pepper and liath who had been lying panting at my feet decided to wander round the garden... its enclosed so I wasnt worried and just left them to bimble about.
then all hell broke loose ......another hole was found in the drystone dyke by the pepperoni wobble bottom with a wee cheeky rabbit popping back in for pudding!! the two dogs leapt the dyke to see if they could get it from the other side and landed on ...
the OUTFLOW FROM THE SEPTIC TANK!!!! AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaarrrrrrgh!!!
I watched in horror as dainty lil Lee pranced across without breaking the crust pepper went belting in after like a rhino after a poacher... straight through it .. down to her armpits in thick stinking sludge.....
my friend stood haplessly bye gaping in horror ( but still clutching his gin) as pepper then heaved herself out of the fatty clay like substance and launched herself back over the dyke to see if the rabbit was in the garden..
well we legged it as she kept running up to us .. the smell !!! indescribable. I was forced to catch her (PUKE PUKE )and tie her to the steading. we washed her with fairy liquid and the hose...IT WOULDNT COME OFF!! it was like fat it had stuck to her. home we marched and she had about 8 baths with warm water. still stinking. used tomato ketchup... still stinking! one week later she was still smelly .especially near radiators!! I eventually got shampoo from vets in a white bottle and after a few washes it eventually went away
they dont sell it now and I never got its name.
when we visit mr macgregors garden now I always make pepper lie under my seat..........the horror of it all still haunts me to this day..
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Oh yes! :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1:
That and the rotting porpoise, or was it a whale?
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Oh Jean, you have a way of telling a yarn! Absolutely brilliant...never a dull day with your little angels eh? Thank doG for gin ;)
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Oh yes! :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1:
That and the rotting porpoise, or was it a whale?
hmm it was BIIIIIIG!
that was this thread ph34r
http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/discuss/index.php?topic=22638.0
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Ha!
That was the "perfect" Rolo!!!!!!! :005: :005: :005:
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Ha!
That was the "perfect" Rolo!!!!!!! :005: :005: :005:
thats my boy!!
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http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/discuss/index.php?topic=22638.0
Sooooo funny :005: :005:
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21) my dog thinks hes an undertaker!
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21) my dog thinks hes an undertaker!
:rofl1: :rofl1:
Jean you really should write a book!!! I think its wonderful that we can laugh about these things (after the event!). WILCO and I spent 2 hours in hysterics this afternoon, discussing the antics of our dogs....the very things that reduce us to tears and rage at the time!
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21) my dog thinks hes an undertaker!
:rofl1: :rofl1:
Jean you really should write a book!!! I think its wonderful that we can laugh about these things (after the event!). WILCO and I spent 2 hours in hysterics this afternoon, discussing the antics of our dogs....the very things that reduce us to tears and rage at the time!
yes a sense of humour is essential I think... :005:
BTW I think I passed my exam but will know in 2 weeks. ;)
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BTW I think I passed my exam but will know in 2 weeks. ;)
Excellent ;) If you think you've passed, then there's every chance you will have done!
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she has her moments,... ( plenty of them!) and she always takes advantage of relaxed attention. the day before she had helped me move a ewe and a rabbit sprung out of the rashes and she came back after a few feet. I got complacent.
serves me right. she is hard work and would run rings around me given half a chance. :luv:
I think Pepper and Alfie are related somewhere along the line, everything you've said is just him all over, I'm sure Diane will agree with me!
And to the list I have to add...
22. Rolled in a decomposing whale carcass and then had to get back into your car to drive home (that one's for my Mum) ph34r
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23. Poohed in your shoe.
Gabby has actually done this very recently - must be a good aim!!!! :005: :005:
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and along the same theme....
Sorry that William peed all over your (newly shined RAF) shoes when you visited our home and he came to welcome you :police:
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Jean , you sure can tell a good yarn
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23. Woke you up at (6.00/6.30/2/30am/whenever) barking at a (delete as appropriate:rat/mouse/ hedgehog/fox/cat/pigeon/blackbird/wren)
24. Jumped over your garden fence after said creature
Spare a thought for the obsessive hunter cocker owner on the edge of suburbia. Flexi Comfort 2 long lead has saved my sanity on many occasions.
Thank you for starting this thread, despite the serious subject, it is very funny.