My new hunting patrner!!

[ryan robert]

Well persistence paid off, i got a new buddy last night, she is 6 months old, pure bred lab father and pure bred beagle mother, that makes her a Beagador or a Labbe as some would say, house trained and crate trained,she loves to swim and fetch, last night i introduced her to the smell of mallard wings and she went nuts!!!Looking forward to next fall!!!!

 

[rustysdream]

Congratulations on your new hunting buddy.

Beagador... New Spanish breed?

 

[dumbdawg]

nice looking dog hope she trains well for you

 

[Jay]

On the furniture already! Ryan, your in so much trouble with that little one, ha ha ha. Sounds like your next fall will be adventure filled! Congrats!

Cheers
Jay

 

[Alberta Bigbore]

thats a little different. will it get as big as a lab?

 

[604shooter]

Beautiful dog!! How big do you expect her to get?

 

[15567]

Beautiful new buddy, I am jealous. How did you teach her to be house/crate trained?

 

[ryan robert]

When i got her she was already house broke and crate trained, I am working on reinforcing the crate training part, im not really sure how big she will be, from all ive been ready , they saw,either a small lab or a big beagle, lol, roughly 40-50 pounds.

 

[John Spartan]

No reason to not take her out this fall grouse hunting. Both you and her will have fun.

 

[pharaoh2]

Wow is she beautiful. I like the pic on the right. Big smiles. Congradulations.

Oh, and judging from the middle picture, take the crayons away from the kids.

 

[bruteman]

Nice looking pup.

 

[beretta boy]

Can swim with a duck in her mouth and give tongue chasing rabbitts ...
beauty !

 

[sherlockbonez]

OMG...that's super cute. Time to convince the old lady that I need another dog.

 

[Glyn]

She is beautiful, a real looker. Go and get a few grouse wings and put them in Zip Loc bags in the freezer now so as you can start training her to "play" during the long and boring nights of the winter...or duck wings if they are easy to come across.

 

[ryan robert]

yup got the duck wings in the freezer right now, in a few weeks once all the normal commands are dealt with i will move on to proper training!!

 

[Glyn]

Another useful thing to do is to teach your girl to have a soft mouth. This'll stop her from mangling the birds. I did this by putting my hand in my puppies mouth all the time and letting him chew on it, but keeping on with "Gently" instructions all the time.

He is now 7 and has never bitten anyone and releases his grip on any toy when a hand comes close. Other people who know what they are doing will tell you better ways, but remember the end result you want any way.

 

[Curt]

I had a springer spaniel with a really hard mouth. He actually destroyed the first few birds that he retreived. I wraped partridge wings around a dowel with nails driven through it and played some fetch. We used that wing/nail dummy for a few days of training and then went out hunting again. The birds he retreived then had hardly a feather ruffled. Fixed him right up.

 

[gitrdun]

Who can resist a face like that? Good luck to you and her.

 

[dan belisle]

Beautiful new buddy, I am jealous. How did you teach her to be house/crate trained?

Put them in a crate at night, and as soon as you get up rush them outside. Watch them (closely) during the day and rush them out again. Repeat until trained. Really, it's a full time job at first. - dan

 

[ryan robert]

Im still having a bit of trouble with the hard mouth aspect, she listens, but still wants to nip the kids and chew my hands, any ideas guys, ive read about 50 web pages, lol, but what works for you guys?