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General => Introductions => Topic started by: ips on February 15, 2017, 04:53:36 PM
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Hello, just joined the forum.
My name is Ian and I have a 2-1/2 year old working cocker bitch.
She is my first dog and I have trained her primarily for beating.
Look forward to future discussions as from what I have read so far you seem a friendly bunch :)
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JeffD brought the forum to my attention, so blame him :)
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Hi Ian and welcome! Yes, this is a great place for getting advice, support, a sounding post if you just feel like a rant now and again or just need cheering up!
I'm Jayne, live in Germany and have a show type cocker called Humphrey who's just over 18 months, COL has been a lifeline for me, cockers are a bit of a rarerity here and people just don't "understand" ;) what its like!! :005: :005: If I hadn't have had the support of people on here I think I'd have been taken away by now!!
WHat's your girl's name? We also loooove pictures!!
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Hello from me and the ginger ninja (aka Gemma red working girl) She is almost 6 and we have trained her ourselves to join us on the beating line. She is our first WCS and I do not think we did a bad job with her.
Look forward to hearing her stories and remember this Give them enough rope and they will hang you :012: or make you jump off the stool yourself
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Hi Jayne thank you for the warm welcome.
She is called "eze" pronounced "ezeey" kennel name "kidglove Macy moo"
Will have to work out how to upload pics, do they need to be hosted or will they upload straight from pc/phone
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Hi Jayne thank you for the warm welcome.
She is called "eze" pronounced "ezeey" kennel name "kidglove Macy moo"
Will have to work out how to upload pics, do they need to be hosted or will they upload straight from pc/phone
most of us use Photobucket and click on the copy thingy and then paste here
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Hi MIN.
Again thank you for warm welcome.
Yes they are a handful aren't they but we have got through two working seasons on two shoots without doing any damage as in not ruined any drives. Lol.
Neither myself or my wife have ever had a dog before so its been challenging to say the least. Lol
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(http://s1046.photobucket.com/user/i-p-s/media/WP_20160325_16_14_52_Pro_zpsrj5tiyjg.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1)
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We worried and still do about her having a rush of air through the ears and dashing through the cover right to the end and back. But when you see what some other dogs do :fear2: you realize that you have no need to worry.
We have been on some shoots where we are asked to keep dogs on lead until half way through. We have struggled on with Gemma pulling like a train until half way and looked up to find someone has let theirs off and it has shot off through the cover and is 2 fields away ph34r
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(http://s1046.photobucket.com/user/i-p-s/media/WP_20160325_16_14_52_Pro_zpsrj5tiyjg.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1)
(http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b465/i-p-s/WP_20160325_16_14_52_Pro_zpsrj5tiyjg.jpg) (http://s1046.photobucket.com/user/i-p-s/media/WP_20160325_16_14_52_Pro_zpsrj5tiyjg.jpg.html)
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:luv: :luv:
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(http://s1046.photobucket.com/user/i-p-s/media/WP_20160325_16_14_52_Pro_zpsrj5tiyjg.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1)
(http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b465/i-p-s/WP_20160325_16_14_52_Pro_zpsrj5tiyjg.jpg) (http://s1046.photobucket.com/user/i-p-s/media/WP_20160325_16_14_52_Pro_zpsrj5tiyjg.jpg.html)
hope you do not mind me finding her for all to see
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Thanks MIN, don't know what went wrong there. Lol
Yes same here, I thought we would be rubbish but it turns out that she has been one of the best there. Same problem with pulling, if I bottle it and pop a lead on if there are large numbers of birds in front she pulls like a train. This is one of the things I intend to work on this year.
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A cocker that pulls? never!! :005: :005:
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welcome - its great to have more folks and Jeff comes highly recommended :005:
Love the name too.
My dog is Ollie he was a rescue and was 6-7mths when we got him........24 hours of joy :lol2:
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Bizzylizzie. Indeed. Lol
Hi jaysmum, thank you
Ok I will try a pic again...
(http://s1046.photobucket.com/user/i-p-s/media/DSCN00241_zpsexmnhwue.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1)
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What am I doing wrong. Clicking the image icon top left then pasting the copy link from photobucket.
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pick your photo and hover over the left. A menu will appear. click on SHARE. Another menu will appear, click on the last box IMG. the word COPIED will appear. then on COL open a reply box as normal and right click PASTE as you would normally
Then something like this appears. A MUCKY young lady :rofl1:
(http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh589/lentonlo/DSCF1225_zpsprsuqvjt.jpg) (http://s1253.photobucket.com/user/lentonlo/media/DSCF1225_zpsprsuqvjt.jpg.html)
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Hello, just joined the forum.
My name is Ian and I have a 2-1/2 year old working cocker bitch.
She is my first dog and I have trained her primarily for beating.
Look forward to future discussions as from what I have read so far you seem a friendly bunch :)
Ps
JeffD brought the forum to my attention, so blame him :)
Nice to see you here on the friendliest forum around Ian
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Thanks Jeff, yes they seem a friendly bunch indeed.
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You have email mate 👍
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Welcome to the forum, that is a beautiful girl you have there. :luv:
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Thank you ejp
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Hi and welcome to the forum :D. We have 4 cockers, 3 workers and 1 show type who is my beating dog. All 4 have their challenges and appear to have taken over our lives!
Jayne
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Thanks pearly,
Have seen one and heard of a few other show type that work.
Out of interest do your workers work as well and do you see any difference in working style and or temperament??
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Welcome to col I have Penny a black and tan 8year old she always been a happy girl so laid back and friends think Im mad as would like her to be
more active Col is great we cry together a nd laugh together so enjoy your puppy ard werer here for advice
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Thanks pearly,
Have seen one and heard of a few other show type that work.
Out of interest do your workers work as well and do you see any difference in working style and or temperament??
Hi Ian,
Yes, completely different! All four are to be fair!
The show type isn't as brave but has a great nose and will go into cover if there is a bird (or deer) in there. She will work for 6 hours and 6-13 drives depending on which shoot we are on.....doesn't retrieve and doesn't chase. Has taken me almost 6 years to get her to stop at distance but the Gamekeepers love her as she just gets on with it (do have to untangle her from brambles :shades:). Pearl worked in excess of 20 days over the season.
The 6 year old working cocker is a bit of a pro, being rehomed to us in a June she's had a great season retrieving c 20 runners we wouldn't have had in the bag otherwise ;) on the local shoot. She's graceful and hard hunting although does it so quietly it's hard to tell where she is at times!
The other 2 are 2 years old and work in progress. One tends to self employ so not been out at all this season - she is starting to calm down so hopeful the summer will see her steady and reliable enough to work.
Then there is Coral. Hard hunting. Brave. Fast and bold. She now has a good stop but I'm not confident that there is game about she would listen so definitely a work in progress ;)
Jayne
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Pearly
Thanks, sounds like you have a brilliant bunch there. Isn't it a joy to watch your dog doing what it was bred for and getting through a shoot day without any issues. I have shot one way or another for fourty years but I now enjoy working the dog more than pulling the trigger. Funny how life turns out isn't it.
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Completely agree Ian - I don't shoot and Mark chooses not to, often, even though he has a full gun on the local shoot! These cockers seem to take over ;)