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Thanks Cockercanuck - great and informative reply. You've really got me thinking now! My girls are fast and rangy unless I'm really on them with lots of attention to work a specific area. On the other hand Meg my fox red three year old lives to pick a 100 yd runner and not much gets away from us dur...

Have switched to Skinhers superior and happy to report that they love it. Thanks for all your comments and suggestions.

Great advice Judy. Many thanks.

Appreciate all your inputs! This is obviously a big decision - I reckon I'll seek as much guidance as I can. My girls are all a bit mad so I'm sort of half way to a crazy cocker anyway!

Agree Naj. Mine are lovely trim girls. However their weight drops by about 2-3 kg over the season and I'd prefer to feed them to perform rather than them slowly eating themselves!

Thanks Judy. They still scare the life out of me!

Thanks - plan to switch to Superior this week!

Thanks Judy. I like the idea of more fatty meat - that makes sense. They are in great shape, healthy and happy - but just a little bit lean. We worm regularly with Milbemax. I was looking at Skinners Superior online earlier and think I might switch to that during the season. The hell withe the expen...

I pick up with three young female labs on a big estate, a big partrdge manor and a smallish farm shoot - geberally around 3-4 days a week. It's a mix of picking runners during drives, hoovering after the whistle, working hedges and woods for pricked birds etc etc. I want to add a fourth team member ...

I have three young labs (all spayed bitches). We pick up two to three days a week. They are on Skinners Crunchy (24% protein) twice a day and I increase their "resting" rations by 50% more than the makers recommended amount. I also add 100g of cooked chicken to their evening meal after a w...