[Misc] Official NSC Dog Bore Thread

[Mr Bridger]

As this will be a place for dog lovers, may as well ask the opinion of whether the wife should take up pet portraits as a living?
She’s always been fantastic at art and dabbled now and then, but during lockdown she had a bit more time on her hands so started drawing a few of our friends dogs.
Personally, I think she’s smashed it. Thoughts?

 

[Mr Putdown]

As this will be a place for dog lovers, may as well ask the opinion of whether the wife should take up pet portraits as a living?
She’s always been fantastic at art and dabbled now and then, but during lockdown she had a bit more time on her hands so started drawing a few of our friends dogs.
Personally, I think she’s smashed it. Thoughts?

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Those are genuinely stunning, yes she should definitely give it a go, she’s very talented.

I’ve got a mate who makes a tidy living doing this.

 

[Mr Bridger]

Those are genuinely stunning, yes she should definitely give it a go, she’s very talented.

I’ve got a mate who makes a tidy living doing this.

Thanks for the compliment!
Does your mate do pet portrait’s, If so would you mind if I ask how much they charge?

 

[Timbo]

I’ve had and trained working dogs all my life, these days it’s ESS. Probably my favourite breed, so easy to train and wonderful temperaments.

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[the latter photo is in a friends boot room, I’ve never allowed my dogs onto chairs]

Love a springer. We got a lockdown dog and I always wanted a springer but wasn’t sure I could train it well enough, we decided on a Springador as it was a toss up between the two! It’s the best thing we’ve ever done.

 

[Chicken Run]

Thanks for the compliment!
Does your mate do pet portrait’s, If so would you mind if I ask how much they charge?

Incredible work, she has real talent, check this guy out he does similar commissions

https://paulsart.uk/

He charges

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[Mr Putdown]

Thanks for the compliment!
Does your mate do pet portrait’s, If so would you mind if I ask how much they charge?

Yes, most of his commissions are pet or horse portraits.

I’ll check what he currently charges and let you know. (I was looking on his website to see if he published his prices and if I’m honest, your wife’s pictures are better!)

 

[BN9 BHA]

As this will be a place for dog lovers, may as well ask the opinion of whether the wife should take up pet portraits as a living?
She’s always been fantastic at art and dabbled now and then, but during lockdown she had a bit more time on her hands so started drawing a few of our friends dogs.
Personally, I think she’s smashed it. Thoughts?

Yes 100%, these drawings are very, very good, I’m surprised your wife doesn’t already do pet portraits for a living seeing the quality of these.

 

[Return of the Rev]

 

[Guinness Boy]

As this will be a place for dog lovers, may as well ask the opinion of whether the wife should take up pet portraits as a living?
She’s always been fantastic at art and dabbled now and then, but during lockdown she had a bit more time on her hands so started drawing a few of our friends dogs.
Personally, I think she’s smashed it. Thoughts?

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Those are incredible. She’s really talented


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[South Stand Bonfire]

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As this will be a place for dog lovers, may as well ask the opinion of whether the wife should take up pet portraits as a living?
She’s always been fantastic at art and dabbled now and then, but during lockdown she had a bit more time on her hands so started drawing a few of our friends dogs.
Personally, I think she’s smashed it. Thoughts?



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Thoughts? Wow! I think she should definitely do it. How much would she charge? Only asking as my daughter paid £30 foe essentially a look a like framed “portrait” of our dog for Mother’s Day, produced electronically from a photo.

 

[Mr Putdown]

Love a springer. We got a lockdown dog and I always wanted a springer but wasn’t sure I could train it well enough, we decided on a Springador as it was a toss up between the two! It’s the best thing we’ve ever done.
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Brilliant that you’ve ended up with a dog that clearly fits with you and your family. My experience of training other people’s springador’s is that some have the best bits of both breeds and are stunning in the field, whilst others have the dominant lab food drive coupled with the excessive energy of the maddest spaniel and are bloody hard work!

Honestly, working strains of springer’s are the easiest dogs to train out there. I’ve currently got one bitch that, besides being a wonderful worker, will go behind the bar and pay for my drinks by cash or card and wait for the card or change and bring it back. I’m one of life’s outcast’s, as I’m still a smoker, but this bitch will go and fetch me an ashtray, she’ll give me a pack of cigarettes on command, take one out of the pack and then hand me a lighter. She’ll go back, forward, left or right on hand, voice or whistle. She will go and pick up, on command, wallets, mobiles, keys, money, my glasses and god knows what else.

She’s a bit of a local celebrity, but all the ‘tricks’ are just extensions of her training. It’s quite funny when people see her do something clever and then ask her for a paw, she hasn’t a clue what there on about, she’s not been trained to do pointless stuff.

 

[wehatepalace]

He’s really nice, my favourite breed of dog and hopefully will get one in the next couple of years.

They really are the most biddable and affectionate gundog, he works his socks off for me, always willing to learn but the best dog to have around the house too, I know it’s a cliché but he really is my best friend, I’ve got another one from the same bitch, he’s slightly more highly strung, but a real character !
The Labrador is great too, probably easier to train as they learn so fast, but everyone’s got a lab in the gundog world, that’s why when you meet a really good HWV people really take notice !
But ultimately if you want a nice loving and loyal dog that’s a bit different to the rest then a Wire is a great choice

 

[wehatepalace]

I love watching the spaniels hunting, I’ve trained with a lot over the last few years and met some really decent ones, but they are all mad a March hare !

I’ve had and trained working dogs all my life, these days it’s ESS. Probably my favourite breed, so easy to train and wonderful temperaments.

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[jakarta]

Due to Mrs Jakarta's Cancer we were told getting a Dog would be very bad news while she was on Chemo.

She is now in remission so we are now looking at a medium size Labradoodle later this year, anyone here have/had one?

I'm still working so all the hard work training it will be Mrs Jakarta's responsibility - good therapy I reckon!

 

[Mr Putdown]

I love watching the spaniels hunting, I’ve trained with a lot over the last few years and met some really decent ones, but they are all mad a March hare !

I know what you mean but I’ve never owned a nutter springer, this is three of the current team who came with me to visit one of my godson’s.



Waiting patiently at the bar..

 

[Timbo]

Brilliant that you’ve ended up with a dog that clearly fits with you and your family. My experience of training other people’s springador’s is that some have the best bits of both breeds and are stunning in the field, whilst others have the dominant lab food drive coupled with the excessive energy of the maddest spaniel and are bloody hard work!

Honestly, working strains of springer’s are the easiest dogs to train out there. I’ve currently got one bitch that, besides being a wonderful worker, will go behind the bar and pay for my drinks by cash or card and wait for the card or change and bring it back. I’m one of life’s outcast’s, as I’m still a smoker, but this bitch will go and fetch me an ashtray, she’ll give me a pack of cigarettes on command, take one out of the pack and then hand me a lighter. She’ll go back, forward, left or right on hand, voice or whistle. She will go and pick up, on command, wallets, mobiles, keys, money, my glasses and god knows what else.

She’s a bit of a local celebrity, but all the ‘tricks’ are just extensions of her training. It’s quite funny when people see her do something clever and then ask her for a paw, she hasn’t a clue what there on about, she’s not been trained to do pointless stuff.

He was always going to predominantly be a family dog, it's difficult to train a dog with an 8 and 6 year old obsessing over him and it would have been unfair to make them leave him alone. Also I wanted to trust him implicitly with them and them hanging onto him from 14 weeks old has ensured there's very much a mutual respect between them. He's good with the basics, he'll trot along next to me off the lead (but as soon as he goes on the lead he's flat to the floor pulling), he's good with his recall although he'll stop and sniff a few things on the way (he reminds me of a sub going off at 1 nil up in stoppage time who stops to shake the refs hand, wave at the fans, etc) and he's the most loving thing I've ever come across. He knows I won't make a fuss off him as soon as I walk in after work so he goes and lays on the floor shaking waiting for his turn. He has all the right instincts, they're just not particularly fine tuned.

Your springer sounds amazing! My dad was a gamekeeper so I grew up around some extremely well trained dogs especially one of his under keepers who had a superb springer but I saw the amount of time and effort he put into it (also he didn't have kids). I knew I didn't have the time to see it through properly so we just made sure he was the best family dog he could be,

 

[Easy 10]

I like dogs, but not enough to own one. Its like taking on another small child, and I can't really be arsed. A mate of mine has 4 huskies (but no sled). Their lives absolutely revolve around looking after those dogs. I just could not commit to that.

Some great pics on this thread though.

 

[Motogull]

We've got a 1 year old standard Dax. He's got arms like Popeye, starts fights in empty rooms and is the biggest gobshite on our manor by some distance. Really good with children though.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

This is Harry who will soon be 7 years old but sadly is unlikely to be around for much longer. Most of the time he is a lovely loving dog but he has issues and they are getting worse.

We picked him up as a rescue dog when he was about 6 months old but he has always had strange behavioural quirks. Over the years these have become steadily worse and we have tried all sorts of options, behaviourists, etc. We have always said we thought he was maybe autistic, very intelligent but with real social issues. Getting him to the vets has been a real problem as he got older - last time he needed some minor surgery, they struggled to sedate him with the strongest drugs they had.

More recently he has been having episodes which would best be described as schizophrenic or epileptic. He will suddenly decide to guard a cupboard in the kitchen for no reason and if you try to go near him he will growl and bark aggressively (he is not an aggressive dog normally). Once we are able to snap him out of this, usually with a hoover, he runs off and then comes back a few minutes later as if we have been out for a few hours and he is pleased to see us. He then usually goes to sleep for a while.

We have tried him on doggy prozac to try and limit these episodes but he suffered badly from side effects so we had to stop. The vet is sure he has some kind of brain aneurism which is growing and making these behaviours worse. He has never bitten us but he seems to be getting more aggressive now when these episodes happen (and they are becoming quite frequent) so we are due another consultation with the vet but options are running out and we cannot risk him attacking someone during an episode.

Seeing other pictures on here of people is great as it shows how much fun a dog can be but we don't get the good bits any more - we have to take him out when nobody is around, can't take him with us to a cafe or pub garden.

Honestly, it hurts just typing this as we know we don't want to lose him. We have given him a great life which he may not have had otherwise but also have to be responsible owners and there is a hard decision to be made soon.

We've always had dogs and when Harry goes, I'm sure - in time - we will get another.

 

[BN9 BHA]

They really are the most biddable and affectionate gundog, he works his socks off for me, always willing to learn but the best dog to have around the house too, I know it’s a cliché but he really is my best friend, I’ve got another one from the same bitch, he’s slightly more highly strung, but a real character !
The Labrador is great too, probably easier to train as they learn so fast, but everyone’s got a lab in the gundog world, that’s why when you meet a really good HWV people really take notice !
But ultimately if you want a nice loving and loyal dog that’s a bit different to the rest then a Wire is a great choice

This is a bit difficult for me to post, this week and next I was supposed to be looking after a friends HWV, unfortunately on the day of the Man Utd match we found out the dog had a big tumour on her liver. She had been ill on and off for about 4 weeks, one minute running around and happy and then having a day in her bed.
This dog had stayed with us many times and myself and my wife loved her to bits, she was 9 years old and very fit and lively up until she became ill.
Sounds silly but I didn’t think I would get so upset about losing a dog that wasn’t actually mine.