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ISplashPuddles Fri 22-Mar-13 10:31:06

yep. I have a spaniel. thick as shit, but i love him

gymmummy64 Fri 22-Mar-13 10:57:31

There's a lot of leaping before looking over here too. We were on the Cornish coast recently (cliffy) and Gymdog was not let off the lead once. Far too risky.

Going after foxes is a worry. Fox runs seem to be in thick spiky brambley areas and Gymdog is bigger than a fox... Plus what on earth would happen if he managed to corner one? Doesn't bear thinking about but certainly doesn't deter him. I'm forever picking spines out of him.

Fast flowing rivers are another worry.. It's a minefield out there! <well, not literally obviously, do not live in actual battlefield>

ISplashPuddles Fri 22-Mar-13 11:03:57

DH had a right moan at me for 'being stupid' and not letting our spaniels off on a coastal walk. he just didnt get that i wasnt stupid but spaniel bollocks is and he would be off. - especially if he saw the sea!

God, yes. No way could I let my spaniel off near a cliff. He'd chase a bird, or a leaf...<shudder> He chased a cat up a tree yesterday, but can't work out 'up'. To him, the cat just disappeared. He ran around and around the tree, sniffing, then crying. The cat watched him from its branch with scorn.

I am always pulling thorns out of random spaniel parts here, too.

ISplashPuddles Fri 22-Mar-13 11:16:02

mine REALLY wants to play with my cat, just like biting and stuff, but doesnt like the end with teeth. He is obsessed with the cats arse. He will chase cats ( not mine tho because he is a psycho) but only if my other dog chases them also.

like wise with horses, on his own he doesnt give a hoot ( in fact he pays so little attention he actually run INTO a horse because he wasnt looking) but with my other dog they both want to eat horses!

gymmummy64 Fri 22-Mar-13 11:22:16

Chatting to English Heritage guy at Tintagel Castle (v v v cliffy) he said that a number of dogs were lost every year because owners didn't keep them on leads sad

My youngest daughter used to walk off the edges of play equipment when she was small, just assuming I would be there to catch her. Gymdog isn't a lot different really

ISplashPuddles Fri 22-Mar-13 11:29:35

really gummy? thats horrible! sad

People just dont think do they? my DH doesnt.

aliciaflorrick Fri 22-Mar-13 11:29:56

My spaniel once chased a squirrel over 6 feet up a tree and got stuck. We had to call the fire brigade to get her down.

Current dog is incredibly stupid, he can't be let off the lead at all because he runs around like a nut case and chases anything that moves, including the last time he escaped a very fast moving lorry.

Giant pup ran off the edge of a really rather tall seawall not long ago. We peered over the edge fully expecting dead or at least rather shaken dog. Nope, he retrieved the ball which had rolled off, brought it up the steps, demanded we throw it again!

digerd Fri 22-Mar-13 12:17:39

Only one of my little dogs couldn't resist attacking an aggressive hedgehog which frequented our garden. She got the worst of it always - spines sticking in her lips and bleeding < plus its flees jumping all over her head>

The hedgehog was stupid too, as I put my oven gloves on and picked it up with it kicking, hissing and growling and squirming aggressively and put it over the wire fence onto the dyke.

It immediately turned round and barged back into the garden! < frustrated face>

digerd Fri 22-Mar-13 12:27:25

I also had a young male dog who picked up a toad into his mouth.

He spat it out and then vomitted lots of horrible white GLUE type stuff, which stuck to the rag and couldn't be rinsed out. I was very worried, but thought that'll teach him not to do it again. He did do it again!!

littlewhitebag Fri 22-Mar-13 12:29:46

My pup is stupid too. Will crash through anything on her quest to chase a squirrel (or fox or deer). She is only 10 months and she a already a well known face at the vets as we get yet another set of injuries cleaned and looked at.

Strangely though she is very wary round deep water after the time she accidentally plunged into a deepish pool. There are endless hours of fun to be had throwing sticks into deepish (but safe) pools and watching her dance round the edge trying to figure out how to get them without going in. grin

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