Sentences with phrase «working gundog»

There is a lot of misinformation within the working gundog community as to the prevalence of some cocker health conditions and a misconception that working cockers are somehow unaffected.

(It is illegal to dock the tail of a spaniel not bred to be a working gundog.)

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Especially within the working gundog community.

This is why, in the working gundog community where traditional training still dominates, puppies are often not trained until they are over six months old.

The American Water Spaniel is little known outside its country of origin, where it has found great favour as a working gundog.

As working gundogs the Springer can work for hours at a time in rough conditions, happily beating the thorns, bristles, hills and heavy rain to find what he is looking for.

After the second world war, the popularity of cockers as working gundogs waned considerably, and they were all but replaced by the all purpose Springer Spaniel.

Not exact matches

Dr. Ness has a diverse animal background including training field bred gundogs with her family, working as a zoo keeper, and participating in a grant funded field research study on wild ring - tailed lemurs in southern Madagascar.

Even though other breeds had specific occupations in the service of man, they are not known as working breeds: sighthounds running down prey or predators, gundogs flushing food for the table, terriers and toys terrorizing vermin — these were more or less doing what they would do without human ownership, anyway, so their jobs were considered less like «work.»

The Cocker Spaniel is a Gundog and as bred to work in the fields.

Several of our popular dog breeds, including many of the gundog, sheepdog, and terrier breeds, have become divided into those that are bred for the show ring, and those that are bred for work.

Some groups of dog, the herding and gundog groups in particular, have been bred for hundreds of years to work in close partnership with people.

You stand a better chance of training a dog as a shooting companion for example if you buy a pedigree gundog from working lines, than if you purchase a mongrel of unknown origin.

Often referred to as gundogs and bird dogs, dogs in this classification are grouped into the kind of work they do: pointers, retrievers, spaniels and setters.

For example, dogs which are working (gundogs, hounds, terriers, police, sheepdogs, sled dogs etc) have higher energy needs than pet dogs of the same breed type, size, sex and age.

The American Cocker Spaniel is equally suited to life as a gundog (bold and keen to work) or as a household pet.

If you have an English Springer in your life, especially one from working lines, you might want to consider getting involved in gundog style training via The Gundoggundog style training via The GundogGundog Club.

Dogs from working lines will often enjoy agility and flyball and of course their raison d'être, gundog fieldwork.

If you want a quiet life and are not heavily into training or gundog work, the show springer is probably a better dog for you.

Six of the fifteen high profile BOBs failed their veterinary checks and were not represented in the group judging — bulldog (utility group), Pekingese (toy), Clumber spaniel (gundog) mastiff (working), Neapolitan mastiff (working) and Bassett hound (hound).

However, forward thinking gundog trainers are now beginning to realise the opportunities and benefits offered by positive reinforcement training, especially in basic training and working with puppies.

They are increasingly keen to work on the unique challenges facing positive reinforcement gundog trainers in the field.

Unlike many service dogs, gundogs work entirely off lead and in close contact with live game.

She has participated in obedience, flyball, agility, search - and — rescue, scentwork, tracking and gundog work, and is always looking to try out new dog activities whenever the opportunity arises.

If you want to try out activities like flyable, gundog training or agility then a working cocker might be your preference.

If you are attending an Open Gundog Working Test then you can go to either an Open (ESS) Test or an Open Any Variety (AV) Spaniel Test.

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There are 7 breed groups of dog, which are Gundog, Hound, Terrier, Pastoral, Toy, Utility and Working Breed Groups.