I am from Norfolk UK, I do a lot of rough shooting and beating locally. Usually I use a shot gun mainly but stalk(if you can call it stalking) rabbits and the such with the air rifle. I noticed this thread whilst researching the Fenlander when it came up next to it.
I am the breeder of the Fenlander, the one that someone early in this thread said 'Wouldn't touch with a barge pole!' and many others have laughed at and ridiculed. I am astounded that people who have not met me or my dogs, read my website fully or viewed the many Youtube videos hunting wild Fen pheasant or working them have the right to write such defamatory statements, which have damaged my business. They are not particularly bred for stalking but individuals in each litter would excel at it, like in most HPR Litters. This is over 20 years of careful breeding to get to a sturdy, larger than English springer size, bobtailed(Brittany) and wirecoated(Korthols) HPR, that will quarter out front and respond like a springer, to work my style of hunting, working ability first. Several other gun dog breeds and working lines have been explored and taken out of the gene pool, at some cost and time. The larger proportion of pups go as pets as the majority of gundogs generally do. I have many people coming back for second, third and even a fourth. I trade marked the Fenlander to protect the name from the same fate as the labradoodle's original breeder had with the openly abused, indiscriminate designer breeding craze. I wish to assure any of those considering a Fenlander for working disciplines or family life, there is one to fit most.
I am the breeder of the Fenlander, the one that someone early in this thread said 'Wouldn't touch with a barge pole!' and many others have laughed at and ridiculed. I am astounded that people who have not met me or my dogs, read my website fully or viewed the many Youtube videos hunting wild Fen pheasant or working them have the right to write such defamatory statements, which have damaged my business. They are not particularly bred for stalking but individuals in each litter would excel at it, like in most HPR Litters. This is over 20 years of careful breeding to get to a sturdy, larger than English springer size, bobtailed(Brittany) and wirecoated(Korthols) HPR, that will quarter out front and respond like a springer, to work my style of hunting, working ability first. Several other gun dog breeds and working lines have been explored and taken out of the gene pool, at some cost and time. The larger proportion of pups go as pets as the majority of gundogs generally do. I have many people coming back for second, third and even a fourth. I trade marked the Fenlander to protect the name from the same fate as the labradoodle's original breeder had with the openly abused, indiscriminate designer breeding craze. I wish to assure any of those considering a Fenlander for working disciplines or family life, there is one to fit most.
