Gundog Training Forum

A lot of GWP tend to be hard wired into hating cats too. Not sure if still the case but in the past a GWP had to kill a cat as 1 of the working tests before breeding with them in Germany as a test for 'hardness'' With the GWP's the more german orientated lines do tend to be harder than more UK/danis...

Alright folks. Been a while since i've been on here, but looking for a bit of advice about kennel building esp the size. I was just about to set out my founds for a new kennel block but even after a few years of thinking/dreaming about it i can't just figure out wot size i should build. At the minua...

Just be careful when u actually come to start working ur dog in the picking up line, u can very easily ruin a yound dog picking up esp if u have no older dogs to do the more difficult retrieves and runners.

Ex-layers are not easy and very much a marmite bird, most would not touch 1 yet the odd minority swear by them. A few i know who swear by them also boundry large shoots thou, lucky gits Thoose that get the best results tend to keep them in a roof netted release pen for as long as possible, would ima...

Will depend wot ur weeds are? If u want all vegetation plus the roots killed ur Roundup (Glycophoshate) type would bbe ur best bet. But u can also get others that will only kill broad leaved weeds (Grazon, Headland flail etc) but leave the grass, mibee handy if u've got a netal/dock problem but want...

Duck eggs are those white (sometimes other colours too, to be fair) insulator things u put at the ends of a piece of wire, u'll see them near to strainers, if u check Rutland online should see wot i'm talking about Probably easier to pull each side individually and put a butterfly/radisuer in middle...

Just looked at ur photo again (tidy job) with ur posts being on the outside shoud make it a lot easier, i would just put insulators on the posts which should give u 3" clearance to net, use 2.5mm HT wire pull nice and tight. Either use duck eggs at corners or buy some lengths off insulator pipe...

We built a few very large laying pens for fancy ducks, the owner then added electric wores every where, it was a nightmare to try and fix. think he had 4 spaced up the vertical wire He had used thin electric wire and the insulators were only sitting about 1" proud of the wire so were getting bl...

I know i'm a bit late to the party, but have u considered a fleece coat for ur cocker. Spaniels are bad to dry properly with a towel, but mud will dry on below fleece and just give it a rub down outside later on when dry and all the mud should just flake off I think there brilliant put it on my spri...

Nonehpets just noticed ur line about individually wrappping poo,

My dogs are kennelled which makes it easier but i just put any into old 20kg dog food bags and just put a fullish bag in the bin every week or 2.