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Looking for dog suggestions
Posted on 5/10/20 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 5/10/20 at 2:55 pm
Alright guys. Looking to get my first dog thats “mine.” I’m looking for something to take on my outdoor adventures, retrieving waterfowl (mainly dry fields but some marsh), hiking, running, picking up chicks in the park, the usual.
My ideal dog would be somewhat small (I’m not looking for a 100lb lab. One of my friends has a small lab that is perfect), a retriever, can be left alone for 8-9 hours at a time, easy to groom and clean up after, and good with other dogs (at least won’t eat them).
Of course a lab is an option, it’s just they’re so ubiquitous and cliche, I guess with good reason. I like GWPs and GSPs, but they’re a little harder to get a hold of. Anything else I should be looking at?
My ideal dog would be somewhat small (I’m not looking for a 100lb lab. One of my friends has a small lab that is perfect), a retriever, can be left alone for 8-9 hours at a time, easy to groom and clean up after, and good with other dogs (at least won’t eat them).
Of course a lab is an option, it’s just they’re so ubiquitous and cliche, I guess with good reason. I like GWPs and GSPs, but they’re a little harder to get a hold of. Anything else I should be looking at?
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Posted on 5/10/20 at 2:58 pm to jimbeam
Labs shed like crazy, wouldn’t say easy to clean if inside dog. We have a standard poodle, he’s about 65 lbs at 1 yr 5 months. They can be trained to retrieve and don’t shed. Expensive though
Posted on 5/10/20 at 3:27 pm to jimbeam
Silver or fox red lab everyone on here loves them...
I don’t like to be “cool” so I have a plain Jane chocolate lab he does great at tracking deer shot by 6.5 cripplemores as well as any ducks that the flatbills two ponds over skyblast and fall in my pond.
Bad thing is you can’t brag about him like a labradoodle and say how great he is and that he’s “ just as good or better than any lab”
I don’t like to be “cool” so I have a plain Jane chocolate lab he does great at tracking deer shot by 6.5 cripplemores as well as any ducks that the flatbills two ponds over skyblast and fall in my pond.
Bad thing is you can’t brag about him like a labradoodle and say how great he is and that he’s “ just as good or better than any lab”
Posted on 5/10/20 at 3:30 pm to jimbeam
quote:
One of my friends has a small lab that is perfect
Sounds like you have an answer
Posted on 5/10/20 at 3:33 pm to jimbeam
I can barely look at any duck dog that’s not a black lab idk why. I have a black female reserved, second pick of the litter from a great bloodline, can’t wait for her to get here. I had a 6 year old black male that I trained myself and he recently became protective of his food out of no where and bit my daughter so he had to go, killed me but I know I made the right decision, he lived inside, still can’t believe he did that.
Posted on 5/10/20 at 3:45 pm to FowlGuy
Boykins
Posted on 5/10/20 at 4:01 pm to jimbeam
Pudelpointer
Posted on 5/10/20 at 5:06 pm to jimbeam
Flat coated retriever
Posted on 5/10/20 at 5:07 pm to jimbeam
I have a friend that is a GSP breeder. His dogs will retrieve geese, ducks, and point pheasants, quails, grouse, and chukars. No clue on the price. I'm sure its $1000+
In Washinton State though
In Washinton State though
Posted on 5/10/20 at 5:12 pm to jimbeam
Boykin
Posted on 5/10/20 at 6:09 pm to lv2bowhntAU
The boykins and pudels are very intriguing. What’s the energy level/exercise requirements of a Boykin? I know the pudels/GWP/GSP are super high or it gets problematic
Posted on 5/10/20 at 6:30 pm to i10Duck
I 2nd the pudelpointer. No shedding, driven, intelligent, great temperament.
Posted on 5/10/20 at 8:10 pm to jimbeam
Boykins sit on lap at home in the field they roll.
Posted on 5/10/20 at 8:11 pm to jimbeam
quote:
can be left alone for 8-9 hours at a time,
You don’t need a dog
Posted on 5/10/20 at 9:02 pm to jimbeam
Google Deutsch-Drahthaar. My buddy has one and it’s pretty cool, never heard of the breed before but it did well retrieving ducks the one time I hunted
With it.
With it.
Posted on 5/10/20 at 9:03 pm to jimbeam
Not a catahoula
Posted on 5/10/20 at 9:05 pm to jimbeam
I know someone who is giving away about a 2-3yr old GSP if your interested.
With that being said I’d still recommend a lab over any dog out there.
With that being said I’d still recommend a lab over any dog out there.
Posted on 5/10/20 at 9:50 pm to jimbeam
Another vote for a Standard poodle! After owning one, I'd never go back to a lab!
Posted on 5/10/20 at 9:52 pm to jimbeam
Black Mouth Cur
Posted on 5/11/20 at 5:46 am to jimbeam
Blue Lacy. Closest I know who sells them is a guy in Mississippi. He has one female Tri color left in a litter ready next week.
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