Getting A Dog

Sorry Dizzy but your wrong! I've lived with Springers for 36 years. A show ESS is totally different to a working one. Temprement, drive, looks, everything.

I would never have one from working lines and any good breeder wouldn't let one go as a family pet, thats why sooooo many get rehomed. Working Springers are wired to the moon, highly driven and just want to work non stop. I would never recommend one to anyone looking for a Spaniel, I'm guessing that's what you ended up with.

Show Springers are very laid back in comparison to these. They still need a good long walk just the same as most large breed dogs.

I'm don't mean this post to seem rude but I really do know what I'm talking about with this breed.

Ask me a question about a Lab and all I can tell you is they come in black brown and yellow

Bit late to the convo but id always go grayhound, there are loads around cos of the racing, they are just lovely, almost all of them have great temperaments, give them a bit of a walk and let them have a run and they are happy.

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Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Bit late to the convo but id always go grayhound, there are loads around cos of the racing, they are just lovely, almost all of them have great temperaments, give them a bit of a walk and let them have a run and they are happy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9_sX...response_watch

this was th eother breed we were looking at as we love them but our house is too small for a big ol greyhound, although after I have extended who knows?

Originally Posted by Jabba

Google "Labradoodle".........

Fantastic dogs, great with kids, one of the most intelligent dogs around and don't drop hairs

Got a friend with one, beautifully natured and mad as a hatter, couldn't fault it. I didn't mean it to sound like I'm dead set against mixing and matching breeds, after all, the dog breeds we have today are only around due to humans selecting for the best breed qualities. We're clearly still not happy even with the hundreds available today

Originally Posted by Jabba

Failing that, we had a poodle when we were kids. Not one of those nasty little "yapping rat" ones, but a bigger, somewhere between minature and standard. Best doggie ever, very gentle, great pet.

I've lived with 3 standards, absolutely bonkers breed. Like most highly intelligent breeds they have tons and tons of energy, you really have to know what they're about before owning one. (or 3 )

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Bit late to the convo but id always go grayhound, there are loads around cos of the racing, they are just lovely, almost all of them have great temperaments, give them a bit of a walk and let them have a run and they are happy.

If it's greyhounds you're after, there's always this place over our way http://www.tiagreyhounds.org.uk/



Numbers, just found this, might be worth a try

http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/se...d/Default.aspx

There's loads of helpful advice on there, and tips about finding a rescue dog. HTH

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by PoRk ChOp

I'm don't mean this post to seem rude but I really do know what I'm talking about with this breed.

Don't find you rude at all! You are obviously well into the breed and have vast experience Yes, I got a bad un, well not bad, just really no family pet. I wasn't doggy experienced at the time and didn't expect what I ended up with. I had little info, and expected a bit of work, but a family pet....oh how I was wrong Shame as the mother was an absolute peach, and she only lived over the road, which is why I wanted one of her pups.

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

If it's greyhounds you're after, there's always this place over our way http://www.tiagreyhounds.org.uk/

My sons god father has five greyhounds from Tia, Debs and her team are very knowledgeable, and are very tuned into both the dogs needs and future owner. They won't just put a dog in a good home, they know exactly what dog can go in which home, with each situation, even if you beg and plead for a particular dog, they won't home them with you unless the dog will definetly fit in with you.
Gary has had several foster dogs in amongst his own dogs, I am very very fond of greyhounds. In fact TBH if I didn't have cats they'd be the closest thing to them! In the way of, they eat, go for a stroll, sleep, sleep, move slightly, go for another stroll.....if you are lucky
People see a great big long dog and think they won't fit in, yes they are bloddy clumsy, howl as if you have cut off their toe when you stand on it by accident, as they put it there, very timid at first( from Tia at least) but when you have coaxed them off their new bed(which they curl into like a tiny cat) they are really colourful gentle charactors.
With Bob being half sight hound, Gary gave me a lot of advice with him when he was growing up, as one of his dogs Kerry is a Staff X whippet, and is a whole different kettle of fish to the rest of the pack he has. Kerry also came from Tia, but unlike Bob was already adult, had been mistreated used for baiting or something and was unpredictable.....so much different to this dopey sod here!


Tia really is a great place to approach for rescue. Can't believe I didn't think about it myself.

[madcockney]

Several people have mentioned Greyhounds here and I would endorse everything they say. I have always had dogs, except for almost the last five years. I have had various mongrels, cockers, lab, etc, and then my last one that came into my life by accident and was with me for well over 13 years. That was a 9 month old approx Greyhound, loose on the streets of a Flintshire town. I had never thought of having a greyhound but he was the most memorable dog I have ever had. He was fast, bloody fast. On one occasion he chased across the park after this moped on a road , caught up with it and then overtook it! Ended halfway up a tree on another occasion chasing a squirrel. They used to play Sunday League football and there was I walking past and he sees this ball at the feet of a player midfield. Before I knew what had happened he had shot across the pitch and taken the ball away to the far side. I think that I would have been hung, drawn and quartered if the players weren't laughing so much.

Had to watch him near food; he'd steal anything. Passed a girl one day sitting on a seat with a sandwich in her hand just about to eat it, though as we passed she suddenly only had half a sandwich. Had to be careful anywhere where traders put food out, especially of the meaty and cheesey kind as he would have it and did on more than one occasions.

Greyhounds can walk for miles, but don't need to. Very economic to feed, and very loving. Mine used to go out for walks in the middle of winter without a coat and never noticed it. Very good with children was mine, and the elderly. The local primary school children used to ask to walk him. You do need to make them, Greyhounds not the children, know who's boss though.

I used to take him everywhere with me. I make no secret of the fact that I cried when he died and still miss him to this day. Would I have another; certainly. Would he be the same as Mr Brindle, never, but hopefully would still be entertaining.

There a plenty of Greyhound rescue organisations on the Web, including the Retired Greyhound Trust, who seem to have a local association virtually everywhere. Most if not all have a web presence.