When did the trouble with springers come out?
The trouble with springers and was originally published on the Gundog Club website in February 2010. You can also support the Gundog Trust and its work by purchasing the Gundog Club’s Training Books. All proceeds from products and services purchased from the Gundog Club go to the Gundog Trust (Registered charity no.1147407).
Can a springer spaniel be a working dog?
As a result, some people that have bought working bred Springers as pets, will phone the Gundog Club towards the end of their pup’s first year. They are ringing to inform the GC, they say, that they are about to do the working gundog community a big favour by offering their wild and talented little hunter up as a working dog.
How old does a springer spaniel have to be to run away?
Out of control! “ I have a Springer Spaniel, and he is 8 months old”. Sometimes it is 10 months or 12 months but you get the picture. In most cases, what is happening is that the dog is being taken for a walk in the countryside and he is ‘running away’.
The trouble with springers and was originally published on the Gundog Club website in February 2010. You can also support the Gundog Trust and its work by purchasing the Gundog Club’s Training Books. All proceeds from products and services purchased from the Gundog Club go to the Gundog Trust (Registered charity no.1147407).
Why are so many Springer Spaniels in trouble?
The fact is that for a lot of inexperienced dog owners, Springers are ‘trouble’. And all to often they are ‘ in trouble’ too. For many working bred springer pups end up in rescue centres. This series of articles about Springers takes a hard look at the working Springer Spaniel’s place in society. It asks why we let so many working Springers down.
How old do you have to be to have a springer spaniel?
On the contrary, the people in trouble, over 90% of them, are the owners of English Springer Spaniels. Out of control! “ I have a Springer Spaniel, and he is 8 months old”.