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We're on our 4th springer at the moment.
We had Rolo as a 13 week old puppy from the [url= http://www.englishspringerrescue.org.uk/ ]NWESSR[/url] (the 3rd we've had from them) and this is what he looked like a couple of hours after we picked him up
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He celebrated his 1st birthday last week and this is him from a couple of weeks ago
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You're never alone with a springer, they just seem to attract people when out walking.
It's worth spending some time training them as the rewards are well worth the effort
Paddy- our rescue springer- has a few issues but is a proper dog- will do anything to keep you happy.
Racks up the vet bills mind cus he crashes through all sorts without any thought to his health!
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/60449858@N07/5971012531/ ]Paddy[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/60449858@N07/ ]Larkin Pop[/url], on Flickr
Roxy
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She's been with us 12 days now. Found as stray in Ireland, now in Scotland. She was nervous of pretty much everything at first (including me), but is settling in well.
We bought her a new bed.
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It's still new.
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Here's Riley back in August when we first got him:
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Here he is now (8months):
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimbosussexmtb/8262663732/ ]PC120013[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/jimbosussexmtb/ ]www.sussex-mtb.com[/url], on Flickr
He's totally bonkers, wees on people's shoes when they visit! But is awesome with the kids, will run with a bike and is well behaved as long as he's had some exercise.
Proved to be a good escape artist from his crate when we're out. We had to beef up the security! Now he can open the front and back doors so we have to keep them locked.
Fabulous dogs guys, keep the pics coming!!
Absolutely love our Springer, his odd traits just make him more lovable. No sense of self preservation though, he'll jump off/over/through pretty much anything.
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[i]he can open the front and back doors so we have to keep them locked. [/i]
Yep. Last night the wife was complaining the house was cold, and Charlie had opened the front door...
Here is a picture of the springer, getting her 2 weeks today..
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We actually got one locally and got a bitch instead of a dog. Really need to get my finger out and get a list of things i need to buy - quickly! 😆
What size of cages do you guys use for the springers?
Cheers 🙂
Had 3 springers, 2 were great but the first one was the most useless dog ever - too highly bred, cost us a small fortune to buy, was allergic to everything including dust and human hair! She was the greediest dog I've ever seen and we couldn't get here to do anything. Cost us a fortune in various vet bills - in the end we eventually had to have her put down aged 9 as she went blind and deaf and various other issues which meant she was living a life of misery - was the saddest day of my life...
Other 2 were great dogs though - intelligent and gentle. Only issue we had with one was he managed to snag his tail in a barbed wire fence when out walking and we were unable to find him for 2 days. Hunted high and low for him and it was only when we took his brother out on the second day to look for him, he managed to locate him. He was really dehydrated but made a full recovery - wouldn't have happened if we were still allowed to dock their tales as pups!
Current dog is the first mongrel we've owned - bought from a farm and supposed to be a King Charles Cross, but she is the size of a Cocker, looks like one, but slightly longer legged. She's almost 4 and been the best dog ever - incredibly gentle. She hasn't missed a cross country run (3 x per week) with me since she was 5 or 6 months old. Never put her on the lead and she will run alongside me. If she stays behind to wee, when I hear her running behind me I put either the left or right hand out to tell her what side to overtake me on!
I never shut our driveway gates yet she never leaves the garden unless I tell her to. Started taking her out when biking to trail centers and she stays on my rear wheel the whole time without a lead. Haven't been more than about 15 miles on a bike run with her in case she gets too tired out, but I've yet to see her tire. Funny thing is she is quite happy to lounge about the house all day if I'm not in the mood for exercising too. My only criticism of her is she is a bit of a coward with other dogs - perhaps that's what comes with being so gentle. Maybe I've just been lucky with this one, but when I compare her lack of breeding and cheap price of £200 it makes you wonder what all the fuss about breeding is!
Managed to get Rachel Atherton cooing over her too at Fort William this year too - bonus 😀