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I had a cocker spaniel that would go through hell for a pheasant, but literally stepped over a freshly shot roe like it wasn't there, gave zero f***s about deer.
 
I’ve got a pointer /lab cross and he’s hard work , the friendliest mutt you’ll ever meet but mental and tough on foxes and deer , at 1year old I let him go on a sika stag after a guy wounded it to see how brave he was and I was totally shocked how he handled it and had it down immediately . They need a lot of work . Had a cross breed 15year ago and she was a cross lab and not once in all the years I had her did she let me down , very easy trained and finding multiple foxes at 8 months and she cost me 5p luck money to the guy because he couldn’t get rid of her . Absolute bargain . I’ve always thought that the W in GWP stood for ā€œ wired wrongā€ 😁
 
I Only use labs now ! They don't 100% need deer hunting in their lines , take them out and the dog will learn what you want it to do and not do - you just show it what you want . The breed I prefer now started retrieving lost fishing gear in frozen sea , yet also the favoured choice in just about anything and a burning desire to help in most tasks . Downsides ? If they cant eat it they want to f*** it !
I take pups from the best working Gun Dog kennels / breeders and must come from shooting lines , I don't need birds picking but i need a good nose and drive
Previous i had a GWP , never ever again ! IMHO they swing from dangerous killers to dopy kids
 
Firstly I said stop, not hold.
Secondly the deer is wounded, not fully functional.
Many spaniels can catch and kill wounded roe, fallow does, prickets, sika hinds and then stop and harass wounded stags enough that you can get up to them. A lot of labs are in the low 20kgs now, my spaniel dog is just over 20kg. I have seen some very good labs track and work deer, but I have also seen spaniels that are harder than 90% of labs
 
I Only use labs now ! They don't 100% need deer hunting in their lines , take them out and the dog will learn what you want it to do and not do - you just show it what you want . The breed I prefer now started retrieving lost fishing gear in frozen sea , yet also the favoured choice in just about anything and a burning desire to help in most tasks . Downsides ? If they cant eat it they want to f*** it !
I take pups from the best working Gun Dog kennels / breeders and must come from shooting lines , I don't need birds picking but i need a good nose and drive
Previous i had a GWP , never ever again ! IMHO they swing from dangerous killers to dopy kids
Seen some mental GWPs over the years lol but also some not so mental ones they do make me smile though 🤣
 
Run past us what type of spanner and what species of deer please I can get the harasment but the stopping - How does a cocker or modern springer hold a stag ?
My Spaniel is a 4 year old ESS bitch big set and brave but I need to just get her a little bit steadier as she loves hunting lol
 
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