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Spriner spaniel- Doc Holiday "Doc"

I was watching a show the other day and they were hunting hogs in Texas and they had a camera hooked to one of the dogs collars. It was pretty cool to watch.

Doing a little training with doc this afternoon. He's very calm inside the house for a 4 month old pup but once he gets in the field he flips a switch and it's go mode!!! He's my first bird dog and were having a blast!

Thanks Doug. We took the boys and the pup out in the field last night and let them play. He got much more comfortable with them and now he just wants to play with them.

I'm definitely going to keep a close eye on him and not going to let the kids be alone with him. I spoke tk the breeder yesterday and he has been around children just not many. He won't leave the boys alone now and just wants to play. Not sure if I over reacted yesterday or not I just wanted to get ...

Well in the last few hours he has lightened right up and acting like a puppy should with the kids! I had the boys feed him and give him a few treats out of there hands while petting him. Going to bring him everywhere I can and get him around as many people and kids as possible. He was moved around a...

I did try and contact him at the same time I posted this. I'm still waiting to hear back from him. I figured I would try to get as much help as fast as possible being this is a pretty important problem.

Thanks for the help. We just took him out to the field and he seemed to do much better with them. I'm going to give it a few days and if it doesn't improve he's gone. I can't have a dog that I can't trust.

Hi I just got my new 4 month old springer spaniel home last night and introduced him to my boys today and he's not taking to them to well. My boys are 5 and 7 and he just seems to not be comfortable with my 5 year old. He growls when he try's to pet him. Seems better with my 7 year old but still ner...

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Name: Tom Age: 31 Location: Warwick, NY Occupation: overhead power lineman Hi I'm new to the fourm and just picked up my first bird dog on sat 12/7/13. He is a 4 month old springer spaniel named Doc. I grew up with springers and figured it was time I get one of my own. My father got me into hunting ...

Congrats! Very good looking pup

I'm getting him from Doorcreek kennels out of Wisconsin. I'm sure it's probably not the best place to pick him up but it beats having to drive to Wisconsin or paying for shipping. They've been very helpfull in leading me in the right direction with people to help me train around my area.

Hey everyone, this is a great thread! I'm picking up my first pup on Saturday. He's a 4 month old springer. I'll be picking him up at the national in Maryland. I've never been to a feild trial before and can't wait to see how it's run and how the top dogs work. I'm sure I'll have a bunch of question...

Thanks for the help. I would have no problem continuing using the pride it's just that no one sells it around me. I'm sure I could order it online but if for some reason I had to pick it up I would like to be able to. I can get pro plan from the local feed store a quarter mile from my house. It's a ...

Thanks for the help this is all new to me! I would keep him on the pride it's just that it's not sold locally. There going to give me a bag so I can help switch him over to something else.

Hi I'm new to the fourm and picking up my first hunting pup this Saturday. He's a 4 month old springer and I'm getting him from doorcreek kennels in Wisconsin. The question I have is he is currently being feed pride food and I plan to switch him over to pro plan but not sure what type to get. Thanks...