I did think about getting a lunch time dog walker Mon-Thurs to come in but thats just another cost… Ive been thinking about getting a dog for the last 3 years!! The only thing holding me back is leaving it((

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tonyd – Member

There is a liver and white 14 week old springer for sale not far from me. Tempted…

Do it.

[spoilsport] Please don’t do it unless you have seriously looked into everything about dog ownership and know you are ready.[/spoilsport]

Please don’t do it unless you have seriously looked into everything about dog ownership and know you are ready.

The OP suggested to me that they’ve already done just that.

Am currently looking for a staff pup but the wife is suggesting a spaniel of some sort

Because of allergies again (my daughter’s) – we got a designer mongrel cocker cross – coming up a year and a half old.

Absolutely hatstand. Current favourite is barking at any sunlight / shadows interfaces on the walls or floor. And woe betide if the sun should reflect off a watch, or glass, or something, she’ll go beserk.

Pic with her walking friend Coco (at 11 months still very much a pup), whose favourite game is trying to corner Bonnie and then sit on her.

Here’s my 2 springers. Another Millie, ,now 9 1/2, and Wagtail who’s 4

We got Minsky just before Christmas. She is a 4 year old springer, but tiny. She is a rescue dog. She was a gun dog but had wrecked her cruciate and her owner couldn’t afford the surgery. She is doing rehab now for the second op, done correctly this time. She is brilliant. Happy to loaf about the house but LOVES being outside running about mad whatever the weather. Another month before she can be let off the lead again. She comes back instantly when called. She was well trained. As said above she can find mud in a desert, and until told not to one of her favourite delicacies was cow shit. It gave her really vile breath. I wouldn’t be without her now. On really bad days, I got made redundant a month ago, seeing her enthusiasm and zest for life perks me up no end. I love her to bits.

And she is great with our house cat, and the two ferals that live in the shed, and the sheep and horses in the fields next to us.

I’ve got a big black and white male springer and I’ve just had the pick of the litter from his first pups, I’ve chosen another black and white springer but female this time, so I should have a good pair of working dogs.

I’m stuck in Belgium at the moment and can’t get pictures off my face book onto here.

Excellent dogs with good temperament as I hate dogs that don’t socialise after my first border terrier who was a nightmare with other dogs!

OK nope didn’t work

Another mongrel cross owner here (hence the username) – Boxer X Sprocker. Fantastic cross – short coat so keeps nice and clean, has a mix of spaniel trainability and Boxer “screw you” indifference! Happy to sleep at home whilst we’re at work (I get home to walk him at lunch), comes to the yard and runs about daft whilst we ride horses, loves coming out with the bikes. Only destroys his toys, nothing else. OH and I fell asleep on the sofa last night with a plate of food on the floor – woke up to find it untouched! He’s definitely inherited the spaniel trait of being able to find the muddiest puddle in any given location..

We never drop food in our house. Or at least it never reaches the floor. Although she has to be in another room while we’re eating she can hear the air rush around a falling scrap of food and get from wherever she is to wherever we are before it hits the deck. It’s an impressive skill to watch. Think ‘Dash’ from The Incredibles.

Couldn’t resist one more photo, not the best quality but shows Poppy in her preferred location

tonyd – Member
Please don’t do it unless you have seriously looked into everything about dog ownership and know you are ready.
The OP suggested to me that they’ve already done just that.
Am currently looking for a staff pup but the wife is suggesting a spaniel of some sort

See… The OP suggests the opposite to me… Someone who says they want a staffy but their wife quite fancies a spaniel rings massive alarms bells to me… Dogs are not to be taken lightly, and as a dog trainer I get worried when people zone in on (breed of choice) because they like the look or idea of them, having seen the results…

I’d ask again what the OP’s dog experience is and what the home situation is… Which makes a huge difference to which dog might be appropriate… Alternatively: cats, gerbils and hamsters are apparently also available…

I have a snappy adolescent cocker right now.

The dirty bugger is dry humping everything he can at the moment and we’ve had to make some efforts to make sure he knows his place recently too. It’s just a phase though, he’s a loving, people focused boy and a total dickhead to boot.

He’s a bit older than this now.

I’d ask again what the OP’s dog experience is and what the home situation is… Which makes a huge difference to which dog might be appropriate… Alternatively: cats, gerbils and hamsters are apparently also available…

I appreciate your concern, however I am an adult and am able to make decisions without parental consent…

The 14 week old springer has gone now. Probably a bit too big of a dog for our household anyway tbh.

We’ve both, a working Cocker and a working Springer.

Top dogs the pair.

The Cocker we’ve had since a puppy whereas the Springer we got at 2 y/o from our local rescue centre who also happens to breed them. Ours came back as his owner moved jobs from working on an Estate to an office job.

While they will walk/run all day, they’ll also do bu99er all quite happily too – but we are lucky where we are as they can take themselves off for a walk if they want plus my folks live nearby (50yds) and we’ve a secure open area they’ve access too.

Our adopted Welsh Springer is a different dog entirely and very hard work.

We have had a rescue Sprocker for the last four years. He was abused prior to us getting him and the charity (CAESSR) clearly failed to diagnose his physiological and psychological issues. Subsequently he doesn’t like me, and pisses all over the floor daily, which is very wearing. I’m not prepared to give him back to the charity because of the state they allowed him to exist in, and he costs us over £100 per month on insurance and medication.

They are hardy, robust and mostly friendly dogs, but I’m not sure I’d get another, sadly…

Our pair

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Working Cocker here. Awesome dogs, just keep them entertained. Walks, gundog training, agility and now he’s 2 and a half running with the bike.

My Ozzy, several weeks old Cocker now going on 10 years