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Not sure this is ethical but not looking to offend.
I'm looking for a young trail dog to accompany me and my 3yr old Harrier, Douglas on our rides. Looking for visla/pointer/Springer but any lively breed considered. Must have a playful and friendly temperament.
Does anyone know of a breeder or riders looking to part with a dog.
I consider myself a good owner( so does the dogs trust as I got Douglas from them). I've ridden with dogs for many years (mainly red setters) and have a good sized garden.Regards
I'm in the Midlands but will travel
Go to the dog charities/homes and keep looking till you find one with a dog you like, loads of ad's from charities on facebook, just stop adding to the £1000 price for 'branded' mongrels
Also, be aware you should not be riding with your dog seriously, until they are at least 1.5years old
Try one of the Vizla /Pointer Rescue groups - expect for some people their nice puppy once it hits adolescence turns into a bit of a hooligan
I'm not sure how it would work with the current Covid situation and restrictions in Wales but would he suit?
https://www.manytearsrescue.org/display_mtar_dog.php?id=29081
Or try here: https://sebpra.org/
I'd say any of their breeds would make good trail dogs.
We got GSP no.2 from the GSP Adoption group on Facebook. I’d imagine they’ll be overrun with pointers to rehome once people who bought them on a whim during lockdown realise what a lot of exercise they need to stay happy. Not a dog for town.
Thanks
Have contacted the gsp group yesterday. Hopefully they will reply. Thanks for the replies and suggestions. Will follow them up
Please no. There are already too many achingly trendy riders who think because they've a 'trail dog' its ok for the damn thing to get in everybody elses way.
It really isn't.
Don't think ive been called "achingly trendy" before, especially as I was riding around my local trails and Cannock (pre chasetrails) on my Proflex (you might need to Google it) 25 years ago with my two red setters.....Maybe we started the trend eh? and now i just ache.... Hell, we even did the original red bull trail at coed y brenin when this man-made trail malarkey was not even big enough to be trendy.....
Please no. There are already too many achingly trendy riders who think because they’ve a ‘trail dog’ its ok for the damn thing to get in everybody elses way.
It really isn’t.
I'd love a trail dog, trendy or not. But, I used to take a mate's dog riding - he was a strong, quick dog and good to ride with. Then one day, riding at Glentress (because he was obedient and stayed close) he was running slightly ahead on the first climb to Buzzard's, approaching the bridge which you ride under. Instead of going under the bridge, he went around and ran across the down slope. I shouted at him (bad idea) and he stopped dead on the down slope. FORTUNATELY there was no one coming down, if there had been I hate to think what might have ensued - riders at pace hitting a dog? No ifs, no buts, it would have been on me. So I'll never have a trail dog for the rare occasion when things could go wrong, it could be horribly wrong.
Be warned, some of the charities are a bit odd about properly exercising your new 4 legged friend as we found out a year ago when we were looking.
We wanted a mongrel so they were a bit more hardy & expected to be able to take her out trail running with us & on the bikes as we're fortunate enough to live in the woods - the few we spoke to deemed this as being a 'working dog' which they couldn't allow.
We ended up rehoming ours from a foster home - shes a collie/pointer/deer hound mix that can either sleep like a cat or run a marathon, thus needs a lot of exercise 🙂
I'm so 'achingly cool' I take her out with the eeb to wear her out. Thankfully the tourist punters tend to stick to the nursery slope trails round here, so we have free reign. The hunter in her makes it entertaining though with the sheer number of wild boar around.