Hello

Sorry Caroline, as the forum is new I am making a few mistake playing around trying to get a feel for it, I tried to move your thread to "Welcome" and succeded in messing it right up ! I cant get it to go back either, sorry.

I will get there in the end I promise ;-)

Tim

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As I have registered - thought I would say hello

I'm Caroline and have one working cocker (unfortunately lost my lab in Nov and another working cocker in April, so not been a great time here)

When the time is right I would like to get another lab

hello and welcome to the forums Caroline, thanks for joining.

Sorry about the bad times

Nic

Hi Caroline,

Thanks for coming on and saying hello, sorry about your losses !

I got my first cocker over a year ago, I am a springer man, my god ! What dogs they are, if I had known what I know now I would have left him there ;-) Only joking ! He is actually a bit special but a real handful.

Nic, as soon as I know how I will change you to moderator if I may ? Hope you are well !

Tim

Tim

Planet Gundog

Hi Tim,

Yes no bother about the mods thing.

Problem with cockers is one is simply not enough they are very very addictive !!

Nic

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Problem with cockers is one is simply not enough they are very very addictive !!

Not so sure about that ! We have a Golden indoors with him, the golden is a saint compared to him

I do him an injustice really, he would probably do well in trials as he does not have any faults apart from being too keen, I may run him this year.

Tim

Planet Gundog

I have a Golden too! He is the light of my life

Hello all, thought I would join in the helloos.

Do you work your golden Tim? Mine is 3 now and is just maturing nicely, he is very steady even though he has to work the line as well as retrieve.

Hi Merlin,

Yes he is a working dog, very fast and stylish. Quite a shock how much he enjoys to work actually, as yours though just a young dog and still maturing.

Tim

Tim

Planet Gundog

Thanks for the welcome

Hi merlin - mmm is your golden a lab called Merlin?? if so do you live in Scotland

Hi Caroline,

You guessed it - he is called Merlin! But he is a Golden Retriever rather than lab - the snapshot shows him at just 12 weeks or so, and he looked like a rather fluffy lab! He is quite short coated and is now very dark compared to the pet goldens you see which are often almost white - he is almost fox red - fortunately the keeper where we beat has a no ground game rule!! I am considering getting another one as he is so good around both the house and when working - that is what led me here, but no goldens on offer yet

Merlin, further to your pm about blackberry browsing if you download opera mini you will be able to log in and post.

Tim

Planet Gundog

Thanks tim for the tip, that works well. Now if I can just get used to this blackberry storm I will be fine!

Hi Merlin

Nice to see you on the forum, and I have a blackberry storm too, !! I would be lost without mine, thanks for the tip tim, will have to check not tried my browser to see if the forum works on it yet

Nic

Hi....

Just thought I would say hello from Morayshire, superb site...

I was wondering if you might be adding an accommodation section to the site... as we run a dog and gun friendly self catering property in the Morayshire....


Dave

Hi Dave,

Sorry for the delay !

Welcome to the forum.

Thanks for the kind words !

No problem with a new category, just wondering how you think I should set it up, what to call it etc.

Tim

Tim

Planet Gundog

Hello folks,

Stumbled upon this nice looking site while researching/planning the purchase of a part/full trained ESS for my husband. We live near Brecon, Wales with a pig, some ferrets, many chickens, a pony and fluctuating numbers of kids and dogs, depending on whose we are babysitting at the time

We are Flat Coat lovers at heart, but even so sometimes a springer would be useful!

Also very interested to know if anyone has seen anyone in the UK with a Braque d'auverge. Old and now rare french pointing breed, black and white with ticking. Very sleek and much smaller than english or GSP's. Surely I can't be the only mad woman with a passion for them? If you want to check them out google some images. I hope to get a website built soon with some info and as a way of getting in touch with any other people hunting for them. Rumour has it that one was spotted many years ago on a grouse shoot in Scotland, but i've had no luck in pinning it down.

Look forward to reading up on the posts here..

Best wishes,

Sally

Hi Sally,

Welcome to the forum, we are very new but I am hopefull that more people will stop by and say hello in the next few months.

I must confess to never having heard of a Braque d'auvergne however having Googled it I have definitely seen them around, nice looking dogs !

Good luck with the hunt for a springer, once you have had a good one there is no substitute of any breed

Tim

Tim

Planet Gundog



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Hello,

My name is Jon Ballard. I'm from the United States were I run a business that helps US hunters find hunting guides and outfitters. This is a great looking site and I'm interested in hunting in your part of the world so I thought I would join up and introduce myself. I'm looking forward to meeting you!

Best Regards,

Jon B.