Thinly veiled you’re too old for a spaniel O’Dowd
No, I wouldn’t recommend a Springer Spaniel to someone unless they are going to use them as a gun dog or have at least a good half an acre completely fenced/walled and another dog to keep it company and expend its energy with. Otherwise first scent in the air or first sign of a gap in a ditch and the dog would be out through it and gone for the day
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My family home has had 3 generations of Springers. Absolutely gorgeous dogs. My auld lad has been in a wheelchair all thru this and each one of them has made his spare wheelchair when he’s away their bed. They hardly move till he comes home, its unbelievable.
My brother has a quad bike and tears around the fields with the present fella so he gets massive exercise and its rural so he’s got lots of freedom. Thats key i think. Really think you need quickish access to the fields or woods or wherever and have a love for walking yourself. They are high energy.
Not as incredibly smart as some dogs but still handy enough to train and loyal.
I got a German Shepard when i got back. Hard to see me ever getting another breed again. Unbelievable dogs. They’d nearly talk to ya. She opens and closes the back door. We have to turn the key to keep her out if we want them out (tgere is the cross beagle from Oz too)
I don’t know how i’d continue in life without dogs. Fact.
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We (the family at home) have a springer @Fagan_ODowd. She’s a bit atypical, she was supposed to be a hunting dog but she’s gun shy so we took her in from the farmer that owned her. She’s incredibly quiet, gentle and obedient with very minimal training, that’s just her nature a bit though, very timid. They are a bit obsessive and love toys. Our one collects all the balls and apples she can find in the house and keeps them in her bed and is almost never without a tennis ball or sliotar in her mouth. Also they’re mad for the water. By and large they’re very good natured dogs, but they’re bred to be very energetic work dogs and cover a lot of ground, so as said above, don’t get one unless you’re going to take it on a good long walk daily.
Does the German Shepherd need much exercise, Kev?
Rocko, the rugby lover, then rugby hater, named his kid after a rugby player.
Drico?
Burger.
Jesus dont go there. The wife and kids are badgering the shit out of me for the last six months. Am a dog lover myself but with the misses working as well, I feel it would be unfair on both the dog and the kids. Any advice would be appreciated as the pressure is mounting coming into Christmas
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Do not get a dog!!!
Unless you live on a farm, it will be just hardship for you and the family.
I had one for 13 years. He passed away about a year ago and I will not be replacing him for a long long time.
Don’t do it!!!
I hear ya
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Oh jesus ya. However you have to be super careful with them early on. You also have to buy good food for them. Their joints are precious enough for first 2 years. I brought her too far too early ine day and she had a limp for a few days.she is fine now.
They get 2-3 monster walks a week. They wrestle and play incessently as well out the back. They are extremely athletic and extremly strong even though they may not always look it.
Loyal as you’ll find though. The other fella goes galavanting down the fields for hours whereas she’ll sit at the back door. They are slobs really.
Well get an electric fence and train them on it young. We missed the boat with the beagle cross and he just takes the hit and runs thru it. The GS isn’t as interested in leaving GS and was trained early to be afraid of the fence.
They are unbelievable with kids though the Shepards
U talkin about the dog or the wife?
Haha.
Playboy recently announced a radical change which will eliminate nudity from the infamous print publication.
With the rise of online content, The New York Times writes that “pornographic magazines, even those as storied as Playboy, have lost their shock value, their commercial value and their cultural relevance.”
This is reflected in the statistics: Playboy’s circulation has dropped from 5.6 million in 1975 to about 800,000 today. Scott Flanders of Playboy notes that the times are changing, and that “you’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it’s just passé at this juncture.”
Now here’s the SPOILER: (The link to the article isn’t very sad)
I never thought the Hef would outlive the magazine. Sad news.
EDIT, Coco? Kardashian? Campbell? Ah here. There was far better they could have chosen for that. I’m seething.
My Dog Billy, who came from Oz, died overnight. Absolutely devestated. Picked up a liver/kidney disease maybe 5-6 days ago and is gone.
Found out he was NOT vaccinated for this particular issue (dog version of weils disease) when entering the country. You really cannot trust anyone anymore. Even the vet is fuming, he said its bananas he wasn’t or at worst we were not informed.
I suppose i’m in the angry phase.
Sorry chief
RIP Billy.
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