What breed of gun dog and why

[scotch_egg]

Labs are born half trained.

Cockers die half trained.

 

[mudman]

Wirehaired Viszla.

ticks all the boxes, great pets, totally soft, great in the field, easy to train

 

[LarryLightFoot]

I'm very fond of cocker spaniels and Patterdales, especially black ones.
Regards
JCS

Had Lakies & Patt’s in my youth great wee dogs…

 

[glasshalffull]

What is an aspo ( I ask without google)

Jack Russell X Lhasa Apso

aspo was a typo

 

[scotch_egg]

Jack Russell X Lhasa Apso

aspo was a typo

Does it stop the Jack side from shedding? Looks like a nice terrier.

 

[splash]

Cocker is my choice, had two cockers and then two springers and loved working them.
But prefer to size of a cocker in the house

 

[glasshalffull]

Does it stop the Jack side from shedding? Looks like a nice terrier.

Nope, you could stuff a pillow with hair from the kitchen floor once a week .

 

[potshotpat]

I've found with cockers not to raise your voice to them. They take it personal and won't talk to you for the rest of the day. They also sh1t in front of the pen gate so you have to do a double quick step to get their dishes. There a breed that'll keep a smile on your face even when your chomping on the whistle. Cocker owners will always get in conversation with other cocker owners if only for them to tell you how much their little bastards have tried to break them. What's not to like about the little f@?ckers. The big bonus is when working cocker owners die they go straight to heaven because god knows you've served hell on earth. Cockers yes please.

 

[One on top of two]

I've found with cockers not to raise your voice to them. They take it personal and won't talk to you for the rest of the day. They also sh1t in front of the pen gate so you have to do a double quick step to get their dishes. There a breed that'll keep a smile on your face even when your chomping on the whistle. Cocker owners will always get in conversation with other cocker owners if only for them to tell you how much their little bastards have tried to break them. What's not to like about the little f@?ckers. The big bonus is when working cocker owners die they go straight to heaven because god knows you've served hell on earth. Cockers yes please.

Haha when you know ,you know …….just Brilliant .

 

[glasshalffull]

Labs are born half trained.

Cockers die half trained.

Aye but cockers and spaniels have to do sooo much more than labradors, not many lab's used for beating too posh for thick cover and they'd be knackered by the third drive .

 

[potshotpat]

Aye but cockers and spaniels have to do sooo much more than labradors, not many lab's used for beating too posh for thick cover and they'd be knackered by the third drive .

I would never knock a good Labrador but was told a good Lab shouldn't be less than 31 inches long. At that length when they lay at the back door it's perfect for stopping the draft getting through.

 

[Bo Diddley]

I'm on my 1st Cocker, she's done 4 days beating so far this year and is a sweetie, a few decent dog men have commented that she's an easy little worker, I'd go for another Cocker if I was in your shoes.

 

[glasshalffull]

Love watching little cockers work when they feel like it but all the beater's I know that use them have two or more with them, it's true and them that know know .

 

[glasshalffull]

A good spaniel like Murphy here will work all day long and we're beating tomorrow, Wednesday and Saturday this week, he'll also sit patiently whilst his master shoots at several ducks over a flight pond and only hit's a teal and an unlucky woodcock after doing 5 pheasant drives earlier the same day

 

[Bo Diddley]

A good spaniel like Murphy here will work all day long and we're beating tomorrow, Wednesday and Saturday this week .

He looks like a nice type , hopefully when I slow down with work I'll be able to do a lot more than every Saturday and an odd weekday

 

[potshotpat]

When you get to a fence or wall and you pick up a cocker in each hand and get them over. You can't do that with a Labrador.

 

[jall55]

I have 3 cockers no wonder im a bit cuckoo !
Wake up everday with one on my middle
One on my head
and one on my feet

Would not change a thing - or hang on going to pup one next year so maybe have 4 or even 5 !

 

[wytonpjs]

Vizsla and a Teckel - that almost all aspects well covered

 

[Malxwal]

You don't have much time to train the dog; a cocker is hardly an ideal option then.
Screams lab all day. They don't have to be big lumps.

 

[sika]

chesapeake bay retriever for me i’m on my 10th only thing to remember about them they are not labs!!!