Lab x GWP

[Nelson]

There is a litter in the Scottish Borders . Gamekeeper friend of mine has them . Ready now or very soon. Big chunky pups.

 

[marrajack]

Many thanks for the input all
at risk of looking like I don't know what I want - which would be valid ha, I have put my name down on a GWP pup due NY ish, talked to a top lad, and I now can not wait

good sport all

 

[highland stalker]

Good choice!

 

[Cupar]

Pleased you got fixed up mate!

I also have 2 GWP dog pups still available. 10 weeks old. Kc reg, Liver and white, fully wormed and had 1st inoculations. Both parents full time deer dogs. Pm for more info. Cheers.

 

[swatty]

Thanks C01. I picked one of two that were already wirery at 7 weeks old. Mine was the steadiest of those two, for which I am glad has resulted in her growing up pretty steady. I purposely made a point of praising her when she did well but not letting her get silly with the praise. She had a ball or stick thrown when she completes a track rather than loads of verbal excitement etc.
1kevb. I didn't know you had one of the same litter. Have you done any tracking with her at all?

i picked the other one which rightly isn't so steady but only only when I'm picking up with her which she is getting pretty damn good at and is wiping a few eyes of older dogs as for stalking she has been with me on every trip out since she was four month old and is a joy to stalk with and has certainly put deer in the larder due to her exceptional nose

 

[woodmaster]

i picked the other one which rightly isn't so steady but only only when I'm picking up with her which she is getting pretty damn good at and is wiping a few eyes of older dogs as for stalking she has been with me on every trip out since she was four month old and is a joy to stalk with and has certainly put deer in the larder due to her exceptional nose

Glad yours is doing so good swatty. Like you I took mine stalking within weeks of picking her up. She loves to get out and soon goes straight into work mode. She will air scent when deer are very close and has pointed 2 that I hadn't seen. Didn't manage to get either as out of season but still very good for a young dog. Yours looks a good bit bigger than mine when scaling off the roe.View attachment 64359

 

[swatty]

She's a fairly big dog scale may be better with this pic she's out with me in the morning looking for a hind that was shot tonight and lost in cover she sort of points but certainly tells me when there's deer about whilst stalking with time she will make a cracking alround dog with enough brains to tell the difference between small and large game ps she's abit of a bugger with foxes I'm pretty sure with half a chance she would kill them

 

[bigoak]

Is there a name for the cross. Something scottish or similar?
Like a Pendleton Retreiver or similar?

 

[woodmaster]

I thought they called them Pennine pointers? I might well be wrong though.

 

[Wrens Mews]

Mongrels; -)

 

[swatty]

Occasionally mine get called you f ing big black mongrelly bar steward not sure that's there real name but on the odd occasion it certainly suits

 

[camodog]

I've got one, 50/50 but looks more like a GWP in coat and stature.
Been very easy to train, has a very good nose and tracking ability (don't start all you pure breed guys I know they're better) but mine has tracked over a mile on slots only and has more than proven herself on more than one occasion. She is biddable and calm. Loves to play and is very attached to me, as am I to her.
99% of the time she makes stalking more enjoyable rather than less.
Just what you're looking for, and if you've got enough money I'll sell her. But I hope you've won the lottery cause she ain't cheap!!!

Hello 'woodmaster'. I've used a labrador X alsation for all my hunting. My father before me always used them too. I am 57, and known 5 in total, all long-lived healthy dogs! Your sentiments re 'pure breeds been better', don't undersell yours! Pure breeds are not necessarily any better than cross breeds. Much has to do with the training. Providing the dog has good sense, just about any dog can be trained to HPR and do more besides. Cross-breeds are inherently more robust and healthier than pure breeds (no in-breeding, which has been responsible for much damage been done to a great many breeds of dog) and as you say yours is calm and bidable. I've no doubt these are but only a few of it's wonderful traits! I'm sure your 'cross' is just as good as any 'pure-breed'. Like you say she has tracked 'slots' for a mile, mine has too! He performs equally well at driven/walked-up game, wildfowling, sitting all day in a pigeon hide...etc etc!
Be proud of your cross-breed. don't let anyone tell you otherwise......much of the criticism levelled at them is bourne out of ignorance and snobbery. I was once asked not to bring mine on a pheasant shoot because he was a 'cross'.....I didn't go! It was thought he would 'upset' the line/pickers-up.....whatever that meant?! I know the game-dealer that picks-up the game from this shoot, and much of the game collected has been mauled and minced and unfit for processing by the hard-mouthed 'pure-breeds' used there! My dog (always had dogs) is as soft mouthed as they come, as I'm sure yours is.....that is simply down to the training!
May have caused a whole new debate here methinks? All I'm saying is pure-breeds are neither better nor worse necessarily, If the dog 'has it in them', then they can be trained. Fine if you wish to own a pure-breed, but don't denigrate the cross-breed!
She looks a fine animal you have there!

 

[toad]

I've got one, 50/50 but looks more like a GWP in coat and stature.
Been very easy to train, has a very good nose and tracking ability (don't start all you pure breed guys I know they're better) but mine has tracked over a mile on slots only and has more than proven herself on more than one occasion. She is biddable and calm. Loves to play and is very attached to me, as am I to her.
99% of the time she makes stalking more enjoyable rather than less.
Just what you're looking for, and if you've got enough money I'll sell her. But I hope you've won the lottery cause she ain't cheap!!!
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she looks stunning .what way is she bred was the dam the pointer and lab the sire ?

 

[woodmaster]

Toad. Thanks for the compliment. Sire was GWP and mother was Lab. (the smaller, lighter type). A good match was made by MiKe and I think all the pups came out well.

 

[toad]

Toad. Thanks for the compliment. Sire was GWP and mother was Lab. (the smaller, lighter type). A good match was made by MiKe and I think all the pups came out well.

My lab now 10 years old.I need to start thinking of a pup I like the thought of this cross.

 

[Tamar]

Ours is a Lab x GSP cross. Now 7 years old, she has been great as both a working dog (picking up) and a family pet with 2 babies. She has the additional benefit of a lovely short coat that cleans and dries easily and doesn't shed much. My wife, a vet, wanted a cross as this greatly reduces heritable health issues, and so far we have had no health costs beyond routine vaccinations etc. Apparently such crosses are popular in the US and known as 'Pointadors'. She had natural pointing in her from early life, but I've not maintained or trained for that as I just want her to get in and get the bird and bring it back, but I suspect that could be reinforced easily if required. If I ad the opportunity, I think she'd be great for walked up grouse. Her main problem as a picking dog and I guess as a deer tracker is that she ranges extensively. Good recall, but you've got to be quick and on her all the time!

She was a 'mistake' when the dog got into the bitch's kennel, and so reasonable for £200. Obviously, she can't compete, but I'm not interested in that, and her breeding value would be minimal, so we speyed her ASAP to reduce later health problems. I do regret this now having seen how she's turned out, but I agree with my wife that there are already far too many dogs around.

Still, a fantastic dog and a cross that I highly recommend.

 

[toad]

There was a litter on Scottish roe stalking group on Facebook, the rifle instructor Bradley Bourner had them, don't know if any left .


Might be able to get hold of him via here

His webpage for rifle tuition

Professional firearm Training courses for novice and experienced users

Paul

Hi safer are you sure he has lab GWP cross think they are full gwp

 

[toad]

sorry sauer he has two litters .very nice lookers aswell.

 

[Wrens Mews]

Thanks for all the enquiries folks, but I do not currently have any plans to repeat this mating.
I currently have a lab litter and am extremely busy with my large calibre shooting.
All the pups from the first litter have turned out well by the sounds of it.
I may look at this again later in 2016 after I return from the US.

 

[marrajack]

I am now the proud owner of my second and hopefully better trained GWP
I bought her from Bradley Bourner and I am delighted with her
My terrier and her are best mates already, and she is a calm confident little girl

think he may have a couple left if anyone is looking

cheers for the interest in the post