Gundog Training Forum

Thanks for all your replies clipped all the feathers off the cocker yesterday with scissors not an easy task and will try some of the sprays vegetable oil seems to be one recommended on google. Woke this morning and snow nearly all gone so problem solved until next time.

Has anybody any suggestions as to how to stop snow balling up on a cockers legs and body.

Thanks for all replies some interesting views amongst them.

Does anyone use the pemmikan energy bar, or is there a cheaper way to keep energy levels up?

I would say that is very good of skinners I feed 2 dogs on skinners crunch direct from from Amazon subscription monthly I think it was £15 a bag . I was on Csj hi lost for a few years but the dogs got itchy flakey skin lack of energy was sure it was the dog food as changed to skinners cured within 3...

Thanks for the advice given , he is steady to a thrown dummy I will try him with the thrown dummy whilst hunting he has so far only chased 3 pheasants and a duck flushed out a burn I have reprimanded him for disobeying the stop whistle by taking him back to where he disobeyed blowing the stop whistl...

As above I have a young cocker dog I bought when he was 13 months,he had little or no training but is a biddable clever dog who quarters naturally in range drops and recalls to the whistle now at 16 months but if he does flush game which I have been trying to avoid he will ignore whistle and chase f...

I was using hi lost/ that'll do food for years and was pleased
with it but 8 months ago the dogs got very itchy coats and lacked
energy,did email company but got no reply,so have been experimenting
with other dog foods currently on skinners crunch.

I have not fed the no grainer,but after feeding my dogs on my last bags of
Hi lost they lost coat condition and energy think it might of been a lack of oil
In feed. I also emailed csj but got no reply so am looking for a new source
Of dry dog food might try chudleys working crunch.