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    English setters ETA- And English Pointers?

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    1 hour ago, Dogsfevr said:

    Slobber is a part ,the more flesh they are the more slobber you will get all through the house and your clothes .

    A lot of joe public hate the slobber 

     

    Yes! And in such unexpected places too. Like the cornices or the actual ceiling itself.  

     

    Mine actually know "I'm clean" means don't come near me. Generally because I am dressed for work or church and would like to arrive there in a reasonable state.

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    English setters ETA- And English Pointers?

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    In our house there are three dogs:

    - Mazda-  11 - ES

    - Choc - 7 - GSD - the brains of the pack :rofl:

    - Veli - 6 - ES

     

    Mazda came to  us from his breeder aged about 18 months. He had lived on a farm and never been inside a house. For the first two days he wouldn't come inside. Then he walked in and that was it. Somehow he was house trained from the get-go, even though the breeder said he wouldn't be. He is a real couch potato but very food motivated. He has learnt to sit and drop.  His only health issues have been food related. (Let's eat anything we find lying around.) Wouldn't describe him as sensitive or needy.

     

    Veli came to us from his breeder aged about 14 months. He is completely bird obsessed and spends most of his time trying to ensure there are no wild birds in our garden. We had to fence off the grevillea growing along our back fence because he kept breaking them. Veli will stay out in the rain (birds do after all); get really cold; come inside and climb into Mazda's crate with Mazda to dry off; and then go back outside again. Veli has never learnt to sit. And he is the fussiest eater I have ever met. From time to time he may get an ear infection. I blame the amount of time he spends diving onto the grass to catch a bird. Not particular sensitive or needy unless you count a thunder phobia.

     

    Maybe mine aren't needy/sensitive because there are three of them, and they calm each other down?

     

    If you like ,  message me your facebook link and I can invite you to the English Setter group.

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    English setters ETA- And English Pointers?

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    What would you like to know specifically?

     

    Like most dogs, your choice of breeder will affect the sort of dog you get. One of mine is a complete couch potato and the other is far more active.  (Neither were officially "working lines".)

    There is some grooming involved. You have to be prepared to deal with that feathering.

     

    And the slobber. :)  Again, that varies dog to dog. My couch potato slobbers. Mr Activity - hardly ever. 

     

    For me, they were a good mid-sized breed. I didn't want another GSD because of all the health problems associated with that breed. 

     

    Although walking them can be funny. I've had them called everything from cocker spaniels to afghans. 

    Home boarding in the Hiills

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    Well my Groodle loving colleague bought a Groodle. (Maybe she was just pretending to consider other dogs to keep me happy.) Now she wants a recommendation for home boarding for two weeks in July, preferably somewhere in the Hills.  

     

    Personally I'd be putting the dog into a boarding kennel. Home boarding sounds dodgy to me, but hey maybe I'm just getting older and more cynical! (waves at @Loving my Oldies)

     

    Would anyone care to recommend a home boarder. They got the puppy at Christmas so she must be about 8 months now.

     

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    Setters

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    On 18/05/2019 at 4:01 PM, Dogsfevr said:

    Not many breed working lines which is what the OP is wanting ,in Setters there is a big difference in working lines  & dual purpose show/working

    Yes but if you contact the breeders who are listed on DOL, maybe they can refer to you to someone else. 

    Recommended Vacuum for Pet Hair (Great Dane Shedding)?

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    We once had three German Shepherds at the same time - that's a lot of hair. Now we have one GSD and two English Setters. Still a fair bit of hair. We have two Dysons - a barrel and a stick. The barrel one would have to be 8 or 9 years old. At the time it seemed to be much better than anything else.

     

    But now I think things have changed. After all, his patent has expired. (This story is old, but gives some information https://www.ft.com/content/65d41ba2-9a9f-11e5-be4f-0abd1978acaa) 

     

    I'm not sure what I would buy now, but I would look around before automatically choosing Dyson.

     

    However, their customer service has been awesome. 

    I need to stop my dog eating stuff while out walking

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    @mymatejack Yes, I can SO relate to what you are saying. In our suburb there seem to be people that dump their food scraps onto the nature strip. There is also a local  KFC, and the amount of chicken bones that get discarded along the foot paths is staggering.

     

    My dog once managed to sniff out a packet of sandwiches that some kid had stuffed into a hedge. By the time I realised what was going on, they were consumed cling wrap and all. 

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    Harness or Collar, what do you use for walks?

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    @Malamum  Interesting. I have three prongs from Steve - K9.pro.  The first one I bought before he had the Sprenger brand. It comes undone in random places. Then I have two Sprengers. One also comes undone. Always at the same place even when I rearrange the links. That does my head in.  And the third one is absolutely fine. 

     

    My three dogs are walked in a prong, a necktech and a flat collar.  As Steve always said to me - use the tool that works for you and your dogs. In my case I'm walking dogs with a combined weight of over 100 kgs so I like the extra safety of a prong in case we meet say a pussy cat.

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    Is Mita still on this forum?  Here is some information she gave me back in 2005. And I'm guessing it is still valid. I don't know exactly who the vet was.

     

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    The 3 main things the uni vet told us to do were:

    1. set up a place where the dog would spend time alone (or with the other dogs) even when we were home, with water, toys, kongs, whatever. And we had to put items that strongly had our scent on them there.

    This was so the dog could learn to be confident & happy not having its owner in its presence.

    2. ignore the dog, only give attention when it was quiet & not trying to make demands by screaming, whining, barking, being physically pushy.

    This was so the dog could learn that the 'bad' behaviours did not bring what it wanted...good things from the owners. But 'good' behaviour would.

    3. specially ignore the dog for 5-10 minutes before leaving home....& 5-10 minutes on arriving home.

    This was to hose down the owner's coming & going being a big emotional thing.

    4. teach the dog basic obedience of obeying 'Sit' to get all good things (food, treats, pats etc) & make it stay & wait when a person was going thro' a doorway or gate.

    This was so the dog could learn who was the boss...which helps relieve anxiety. And also learn what the 'good' behaviours were, that would earn good things from its owner.

    We were told to be consistent doing these things....& all people coming in contact with the dogs had to do the same.

    A lot ....like the big doses of ignoring... were like an intensive program...& gradually could get more relaxed as the dogs' behaviour changed.

    We were also told that the dog would notice the changes in interaction with its owner....& MIGHT try the demanding behaviours even harder at first. But to hang in there...because that showed the dog was noticing something different was happening.

    With time & consistency & practice... new learning would kick in. And it did.

     

    The tib will still sometimes give screaming, glass-shattering shrieks as we come home up the deck stairs. But we turn our backs, totally ignore & don't open the door....& immediately her learning kicks in....screaming doesn't get good things. Her voice trails off, there's quiet, we open the door & she gets her cuddle.

     

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    @HunterDoggy different breeders may have different processes. I've had dogs with very little asked in advance by the breeder, and no contact afterwards.  After all, breeders are people too!

     

    And mine have been found from the DOL mature dogs page Diva linked to.

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    Dog coats - where to buy

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    My dogs need new coats to wear inside at night. They currently have polar fleece coats, with velcro straps at the chest and belly. 

    The two English Setters have coats. And tonight the GSD looked so miserable I put a coat on her too!  Whether it will survive the night remains to be seen.  (She hasn't always lived with us.)

     

    It seems the company that made these coats may no longer exist. Does anyone have any suggestions?

     

    Would waterproof coats be OK inside, or get too hot?  And I'm not keen on the "pyjama" style of coat. I think we are better off with straps of some sort.

     

    Alternative to a "groodle"

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     I don't think she is being unreasonable saying she doesn't like the thought of a pure poodle.  Poodles have a different shape of face to a groodle. And they do seem to have different temperaments to the groodles. 

     

    @Dame Danny's Darling Styles Dog Grooming comes up as being in Pennsylvania. Somehow I don't think that is the one you mean?

     

    @mingaling thank you. That advice was really helpful.

     

    @grizabella somehow I don't think a long wait is on the cards. 

     

    @Thistle the dog interesting. I'll look into the Murray retrievers

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