My New Dog!

[Hawkmaster]

I well after spending a year hawking without a dog and not being able to find enough quarry, I really started to push my wife to let us get another dog.

There were so many conditions:
It must be pretty.
It must be small.
It must not poo all over.
It must not stink.
It must not, MUST not, must not . . . .

And then she saw him and not he can **** where ever he likes.

I also wanted a dog that could point. After loads of research I got Duggy, the Dog.

He is 10 months old and in the last 3 days Phil and I have put up at least 20 to 30 pheasants and partridge with him.

[Steve L]

Nice dog youve got paul is he trained??

[GlennB]

What a cutie mate!!!

[Shaun Byrne]

Nice one Paul, the new season will seem ages away now mate lol!! Has he worked before and with hawks?

What does the Gos think?

[CastleFalconry]

Wahey, another Brittany convert!!!!!!

[BrianM]

awwwww hes bonny

[Hawkmaster]

Yes he was going to be used to become a Field Trial Champion but unfortunately for the gent I got him from he let out a small yelp before 'working it on' and therefore would be out of a FT event immediately.

Good for me. He wanted £500 and this was because he was part trained, well mostly trained really or at least it feels that way. He sits, recalls, sort of stops all to the whistle and I have started to hone his quartering and pointing skills. Right now he flushes, but boy we are find game already.

In 3 days we have turned Phil's pursuit hawk into a game hawk, just because we are putting game under her and she is now waiting on well and getting the idea of height too?

He came from a man that flies hawks, but never worked him with them yet. He did 5 to 15minutes per day training, which was all the basics and working scent on flat stubble fields at PACE!

NOW he is mixing it up all over the shop, here is his first GOOD sort of point we got on a cock pheasant, it was only about two foot under his nose at the time of the picture.

The Gos is about the only bird that has not given him a hard time, but then she is just interested in showing me her panties at the minute, I feel lucky this year, now I just need to find some Gos semen close to me. :lol:

[Hawkmaster]

Thanks Guys! I will keep his progress up I am sure.

Today we started off with two pigeons dizzied at Phil's field and he done well. We also worked his wood for rabbit but found zilch.

This afternoon was the best! We walked into a field to slip the Pere/Saker at a seagull on the opposite bank , had an awesome flight. Let Duggy off and the bird was then on the fist. He flushed a pheasant and then we were really looking and trusting his inexperienced nose and ended up with about 6 to 8 peasants flushed.

[Chris S]

nice one :finga:

[Chris S]

sorry mate clicked on the wrong smile :oops: :lol:

[Finnish]

You cant beat a Brittany there the best.Are you going to join the Brittany club.??????????

[Hawkmaster]

Mmmm not my thing really, but tell me why you think it is a good idea and I would maybe do so? :wink:

[Finnish]

I dont go to any club meet,s or any thing like that.I just read the news letters and it's a good thing to no who eles has got Brittanys.Cause in six moths time i want to breed mine.As for your case you could use your dog as a stud dog.GOT ME :)

[Hawkmaster]

Fair enough! I think the chap I got him from would like me to anyway.

Has anyone seen this famous dog work before?

[North East Harris Hawker]

is that martin's dog?

oh BTW paul i like the look of your new dog! its lugs look lovely and soft :?

[Hawkmaster]

is that martin's dog?

No mate the is Bestobel Hiver or Jay the only UK living Field Trial Champion Brittany. I got my dog from the people that own him.

NEHH I get people asking me all the time if I have crimped his ears like that? :lol:

[Hawkmaster]

Here he is on point, turned out to only be pippets but hey it thrilled me, just wish he would do it more often.

The second one is just a "I'm too pretty" one! Taken at Meadfoot Beach

[Coedhirion]

Brits are best !!! tired but still eager, even the 6 month old bitch

[Coedhirion]

only 6 months but learnin fast

[Jay]

Brits are best !!! tired but still eager, even the 6 month old bitch mmmm and what kind of colar is that the old stinker has on :?: frightly so distastfull , aw are we all just beconing down to modern tec or are we just .scared of hard work and companionship !!!!! get a dog from a pup and rear it yourself you lasy basterds , :wink: .....................

[Varmint]

Wise words Jay, wise words.........................................

[Falconry Equipment International]

thanks
Jay :rolleyes:

[Falconry Equipment International]

Paul Good looking Brit
Ones I have seen are either brilliant or c@*p. Hope yours is the 1st
J

[GriffMJ]

Hi Hawmaster

Great looking hound, I have worked with the Brittany before .... a friend of mine in Northampton has one ....she is getting on a bit now....but she never stops always keen (even at her age, 12 ) and when she is on point there is ALWAYS sumthin there...we go out with his Gos's occasionally. His Britt bitch is second to none....pitty she wont be here for much longer :(

[Finnish]

Hi Griff that would not happen to be Ray's dog would it :?: :?:

[Finnish]

Thanks for your PM Griff i thought so by the way you were going on about her brillant dog.A good friend of mine bred her.

[Coedhirion]

OY HAY...Call yourselvs dog knowledgeable...an me a lazy b...d would you :lol: :shock: Never seen a pointing collar before?????????????
Dog goes on point collar bleeps, bird hears an comes in over, give command to flush an another goes in the bag!!!!!!!!!!!
Pups collar is a dummy...you dummies :lol: :lol: you dont just shove a full weight collar on a young dog an expect it to work. Collar on, dog works, collar off, dog knows work has finished and if its an eager Brit. its a real good 'switch off' or they would work all the way back to the car unless you keep em close to heal ALL the time, an we all like to relax somwhen dont we???? :shock:

[Varmint]

I think you have probably got the wrong end of the stick mate!

I use a Dogtra System.

My last post (wise words) was reffering to Jay, obviously an officianado of training dogs?

I was being sarcastic, chill..

Plus i agree wholeheartedly with what you say about their use, superb!

[Coedhirion]

Hawkmaster, some where in this lot did you say how your dog is bred, it looks the spittin image of my friends. think the only pic I posted of hers was the two Brits in a basket and he was under a year old then. His breeding is pretty similar to my pup, but just distant enough to breed from in a few years time. I do prefer the stockier type like yours, I have seen some real weedy examples at game fairs. Hope mine grows up to be as good looking (in a more feminine way as she's a bitch :lol: )

[Hawkmaster]

I thought he was small to be honest but he was bred in Ireland, from the Cliathan Pedigree Kennels. The ower is David Hayes who is the Chairman of the Club de l'Epagneul Breton of Ireland.

[Coedhirion]

thought he was small
small fits thro those wood piles, under fallen trees and through the gorse an blackthorne a whole lot quicker and easier i think he looks great !

[Hawkmaster]

Cheers

[Hawkmaster]

Here is Duggy on his first REAL good point on a pigeon.

[Spudy]

nice dog h.m this is my pup and my old hound(passed away last november) wish she would train up as good as the old girl did but with her if she runs ten feet she sleeps 20 mins so would take ages to use out in the feild lol

[Hawkmaster]

Cheers Mate!

[Gaz]

Countryways Lily :!:

[Gaz]

What you doing :?:

[BFC 007]

do u wanna buy a lawnmower gaz :lol: :lol:

[Finnish]

She looks alright Gaz. :roll:

[Gaz]

do u wanna buy a lawnmower gaz
:mrgreen: Mates house dude..the breeding aviary"s to the left of the dog,so hell leave it till shes full cluched

[BFC 007]

only jesting :lol:

[Coedhirion]

If your new dog turns out half as good as this one you will have some great hunting
NB the collar IS a pointing one :lol:

[Gaz]

Shes proven dude,fully trained,20 mths

[Coedhirion]

Thats proven too...around 170 bunny this season an 7 yrs. plus pheasant hare duck an even a fox. plus a few more that i dont know about

[Coedhirion]

you never stop trainin a good working dog... re-post this..how many dogs could you trust enough to go off an leave with one of these bed fellows

[Finnish]

Here is a picture of Natch,es Brittany one of the best working dog,s i have ever seen.But she is getting very old now so he dose not work her much.

[Hawkmaster]

Below is a shot of me training Duggy.

[OutFlying]

is that a fag or whistle ?

[Hawkmaster]

No, I don't smoke, it is a Staghorn whistle to stop the dog on the flush. :lol:

[OutFlying]

only joking :lol:

[Goldie]

what you gonna do with the spear hawkmaster? :lol:

[Hawkmaster]

Proding around in the barley for pigeons :lol:

[Jiff]

H.M. do i need a stick as big as that before i start my training with warren,
are them white partridge easier to find? theres so much i need to know, joking aside h.m. i've trained plenty of dogs in the past but none to the standared expected with warren i've heard the brittany's are very inteligent are they easy to train?

[Hawkmaster]

They seem easy, but at the same time, I do not have a clue, but still feel like I am winning.

I was told by the guy I got him from they are and become perfect dogs for falconers and will do everything we as falconers want from them, but if left to do this and not restrained will become wild and unruley in the field, so control needs to be excersised all the time.

[Jiff]

i'm doing alot of swatting at the minute and most books agree,as with all spaniels control is paramount they will become un-ruley if not satisfied with the work in hand.one book infact emphasises that with the brittany basic obediance has to homed before proper training can commence.

[Gaz]

Proding around in the barley for pigeons
Blimey..new they were nutritious...didn"t relise they were THAT nutritious :!:

[Coedhirion]

Pigeons??? That looks suspiciously like one of my white fan tails?? did you just find it sitting there ??? :lol: :lol: didn't happen on it in one of those pockets in that large coat your wearing ??? :lol: :lol:
See what you mean about you finding a horse to fit, but I recon it could be managed :!: :!: :!: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Hawkmaster]

Yea' that barley is so nutritious I gain 2 stone just walking in it! Hence the reason now for a bigger horse. :lol:

[Coedhirion]

But what is the white fan tail doin there??? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :!:

[Hawkmaster]

Not a fantail, but there are loads of them feeding in the field. :wink:

[Coedhirion]

well it sure looks a jolly white pigeon or somthing. catch em alive an they make £20 a pair down the market for the posh garden dovecoats :lol: :yawinkle: :lol: