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Dec 11 11 5:47 PM
mangopie wrote:nola wrote:mangopie wrote:goflippr wrote:I wouldn't really consider a chessie a high energy dog. We had all kinds of hunting dogs - several german shorthairs, labs, english setter, gordon setter, a chessie, some kind of spaniel. I'd say the chessie was at the low end of the energy scale of these dogs. More like a lab but a little more hard headed. The german shorthairs were psycho. I tend to agree with this, Flip. I bred them (as showdogs) for over 15 years, and wound down because they paced, and whined, and cried all the time. Bored to snores when not actually DOING something. I was not interested in going hunting, although I did dosome obedience, and Gundog obedience with them. Not enough. We want to HUNT. Whippets were so much easier, and laid back and QUIET.You are gross. Really? You bred a hunting dog and weren't into it? Gross.Pish tish, nola. They were never shot with a shotgun to make them run further out, they were never burned with cigarette butts to make them "give" on retrieve, they were never kicked in the ribs to make them sit closer to their "trainer" (I saw this last) and was told about the cigarette butts.I have never owned a gun, have no co-ordination, and poor eyesight. My dogs were properly fed, wormed, vaccinated, were taken on daily free running in bushland, and were part of my family. I bite my thumb at you.
nola wrote:mangopie wrote:goflippr wrote:I wouldn't really consider a chessie a high energy dog. We had all kinds of hunting dogs - several german shorthairs, labs, english setter, gordon setter, a chessie, some kind of spaniel. I'd say the chessie was at the low end of the energy scale of these dogs. More like a lab but a little more hard headed. The german shorthairs were psycho. I tend to agree with this, Flip. I bred them (as showdogs) for over 15 years, and wound down because they paced, and whined, and cried all the time. Bored to snores when not actually DOING something. I was not interested in going hunting, although I did dosome obedience, and Gundog obedience with them. Not enough. We want to HUNT. Whippets were so much easier, and laid back and QUIET.You are gross. Really? You bred a hunting dog and weren't into it? Gross.
mangopie wrote:goflippr wrote:I wouldn't really consider a chessie a high energy dog. We had all kinds of hunting dogs - several german shorthairs, labs, english setter, gordon setter, a chessie, some kind of spaniel. I'd say the chessie was at the low end of the energy scale of these dogs. More like a lab but a little more hard headed. The german shorthairs were psycho. I tend to agree with this, Flip. I bred them (as showdogs) for over 15 years, and wound down because they paced, and whined, and cried all the time. Bored to snores when not actually DOING something. I was not interested in going hunting, although I did dosome obedience, and Gundog obedience with them. Not enough. We want to HUNT. Whippets were so much easier, and laid back and QUIET.
goflippr wrote:I wouldn't really consider a chessie a high energy dog. We had all kinds of hunting dogs - several german shorthairs, labs, english setter, gordon setter, a chessie, some kind of spaniel. I'd say the chessie was at the low end of the energy scale of these dogs. More like a lab but a little more hard headed. The german shorthairs were psycho.
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