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General Cocker Spaniel Discussion / Re: Said goodbye
« Last post by Mudmagnets on March 23, 2024, 12:08:12 AM »
So sorry to read of your loss  :luv:

 :bigarmhug: :bigarmhug:
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General Cocker Spaniel Discussion / Re: Said goodbye
« Last post by MIN on March 22, 2024, 05:08:58 PM »
How awful to have to say goodbye at that age. Run free and fly high Mr Magic
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General Cocker Spaniel Discussion / Said goodbye
« Last post by Malvern Michael on March 22, 2024, 04:56:44 PM »
We are heart broken having said goodbye to Mr Magic at just 8 1/2 years young, our home is so empty and our hearts so broken 😢
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Rescue Cockers / Re: Lots of lovely cockers on Many Tears Rescue
« Last post by annG on March 20, 2024, 01:51:51 PM »
My first Cocker I Bought from a puppy years ago. He lived only two months. It cost over 2000 in vet fees, and he was so severely bred that he died. I then learned the correct way to buy a dog. All those lovely people who get those dogs and give them a beautiful home are fantastic. I would be so afraid—such a heartbreak.
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Puppies / Re: Miss Molly
« Last post by ejp on March 19, 2024, 09:40:13 PM »
Came home from vet check with Miss Molly weighing in at 7.2 kg. Also came home with a dreaded "pooh collection" bottle. Please pray for me as I have to scoop for 3days. Just can not get her belly sorted. The digestive plus helped ( would recommend) then put her on their daily digestive tablets.
Can just about put up with the poop but the farts are terrible.
Oh joy!  I think the vet should award a prize for good collection skills, it's not an easy task.
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Puppies / Re: Miss Molly
« Last post by MIN on March 19, 2024, 02:59:47 PM »
Came home from vet check with Miss Molly weighing in at 7.2 kg. Also came home with a dreaded "pooh collection" bottle. Please pray for me as I have to scoop for 3days. Just can not get her belly sorted. The digestive plus helped ( would recommend) then put her on their daily digestive tablets.
Can just about put up with the poop but the farts are terrible.
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Introductions / Re: Hello All
« Last post by Mudmagnets on March 19, 2024, 09:41:10 AM »
ha ha nothing so complicated here, I use it - mainly in the garden at night, this time of year so I can govern how much time we spend out there and at the moment because he has just been castrated to avoid him running and jumping about  :police: - he cannot play ball properly for a couple of weeks (but no one told him!)
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Introductions / Re: Hello All
« Last post by PeteQ60 on March 19, 2024, 08:01:27 AM »
Lots of trainers (and other people too) claim they hate retractable leads, but used properly I find them most useful .

I think the "used properly" bit is key too. First rule don't grab the cord with your other hand, if you want to keep all your fingers! I don't just let her run wherever I maintain contact when using the lead and am learning judicious use of the lock/unlock button, certainly at the football matches where she's really distracted by the ball and I have to avoid pitch invasions. She never wants to just sit and watch the matches we always head over to the perimeters and bushes undergrowth etc to "hunt" here again with the retractable lead it's useful in forcing me to use body language and hand signals to avoid tangling and winding it around trees with the stop whistle and clear hand direction a lot of time I can get her to untangle herself. Doing the perimeter hunt at the match last Sunday something the gun dog trainer told me clicked in place, as we were going round at one point she really wanted to pull in one direction and I was wondering why then it hit me, wind direction, she was really wanting to head into the wind where all the smells were coming from!
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When we got married and got our first pup, we had a lot of books, nearly all mine. OH had about six (he wasn't a reader then), football books. The pup unerringly picked his books off the shelf and chewed them, didn't touch mine. Guess he preferred rugby!
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Introductions / Re: Hello All
« Last post by Finvarra on March 18, 2024, 09:08:01 AM »
The leader of our puppy group was dead against retractable leads, but I have used the. For years with no problems. The ones with the 'tape, type lead are better than the thing cord type, less chance of a leg burn! I really can't see why some trainers don,t like them. If you are in a strange new place the dog can sniff about and you know they won't go off piste.
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