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JUSTN A. MURKAN View Drop Down
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JUSTN A. MURKAN Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 November 2010 at 14:23
maybe I will wait awhile more,,,do some more research,,,that's what I say instead of sayin' I am still not over loosin'(?) my last hound

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JUSTN A. MURKAN Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 December 2010 at 15:44
still thinkin',,am considerin' an English cocker,,,but am leanin' Brittany,,maybe one of the other mid sized Spaniels,,,my wife wants a collie for in the house!!!!,,,I said we might as well get an Irish wolfhound!!!,,,are they a hound breed?,for chasin' coyotes,,,I hear they are a good family dog but don't live too long,,and are a bit imposing to uninvited guests
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 December 2010 at 22:48

Collies...lots of hair in the house.  They are susceptible to brain tumors and some eye problems, possible to having been breed for narrow thin sculls.  Not a long lived breed.  their hair is course (not shiny like an Irish Setter) and get some briers when running afield.  Of course if she gets one you almost have to name it lassieLOL

I've hunted birds over English cockers, and at least the ones I've hunted with were fine bird dogs, here in the east.  Doubt they would be as wide ranging as a pointer.

Brittany  still sounds like the winner to me.  Especially if your wife would consider a collie, 'cause the indoor brit does shed, plenty, thin under coat hair.

 

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I was reading on RAGE SYNDROME in cockers,so now I am hinky about 'em,,,still leanin' Brittany.From what I have been thinkin',a flushing dog may be what I am after,,,I guess they can be trained to fetch ducks,,,maybe.
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