English Springer Spaniel Sports

[Mirg8101992]

Hey, i was just wondering, what all dog sports and ESS's do? I know they can do Obedience, Sledding, Agility, and Hunting (of course), but i was wonding what else they can do. I was wondering if they can do sports like Tracking or Protection Work. If someone could show me a list of what they can do and a list of what they probably couldnt do, it would help a lot! Or even just posting a link to a good site would help. Thanx!

P.S. Im not completely novice in this kind of stuff, i just would like to know exactly what they can do and what they might not be good at.

 

[SpringerLover]

I train mine in obedience, rally, agility, pulling me on my bike, field stuff, and conformation.

We show in obed, rally, agility, and occasionally conf. I'd love to get into field work and tracking.

They can do anything you ask of them... as long as you teach them how!

 

[stevinski]

O.M.G completely off subject

but your Sophie looks exactly like Lizmos Lizzie

 

[FoxyWench]

the only think spaniels arnt realy built for is protection work, while many will protect their people in times of need it wouldnt be a subject id like to see spaniels trained in, they are supposed to be outgoing and loving of people, i dont think theyd do any good at hearding trails either, there too much of a flusher lol. otherwise all spaniels are wonderfull all around dogs, ive seen springers run flyball, agility, obedience, confirmation, hunting, flushing and retrieving, tracking, search and rescue, therapy, the list goes on!

 

[Psyfalcon]

Tracking might be a bit tricky, I believe the Springers are natural quartering dogs. It might take a while to convince one to stay on track rather than quartering about.

I bet a Springer would to weight pull, some of them are very driven.

 

[Mirg8101992]

I train mine in obedience, rally, agility, pulling me on my bike, field stuff, and conformation.

We show in obed, rally, agility, and occasionally conf. I'd love to get into field work and tracking.

They can do anything you ask of them... as long as you teach them how!

Ok, thanx!

 

[Mirg8101992]

O.M.G completely off subject

but your Sophie looks exactly like Lizmos Lizzie

Lol, kool, ill have to good look at Lizmos Lizzie, then

 

[Mirg8101992]

the only think spaniels arnt realy built for is protection work, while many will protect their people in times of need it wouldnt be a subject id like to see spaniels trained in, they are supposed to be outgoing and loving of people, i dont think theyd do any good at hearding trails either, there too much of a flusher lol. otherwise all spaniels are wonderfull all around dogs, ive seen springers run flyball, agility, obedience, confirmation, hunting, flushing and retrieving, tracking, search and rescue, therapy, the list goes on!

Ok, thanx!

 

[Mirg8101992]

Tracking might be a bit tricky, I believe the Springers are natural quartering dogs. It might take a while to convince one to stay on track rather than quartering about.

I bet a Springer would to weight pull, some of them are very driven.

Ok, thanx! Yeah, A.j. is stong and really eager to please, Sophie has never been able to pull more than 5 logs very good, but at just 8 months, A.j. was able to pull 3 times as much as her without even slowing him down. I know, i shouldnt have put that much weight on him when he was under a year, but i only did it once to see how much he could pull. I never got to see how many logs he really could pull, i got to about 13 logs (our logs are about 3 pounds each) and decided i didnt want to put any more weight on him as a pup). Now he is 1 year, 2 months, and he can pull me with no problem (im about 95 pounds), and he can pull me and my cousin even though its kinda hard for him (together we are about 200 pounds).

Ok, i wrote a lot, lol, im in a good mood and just got a refreshing bath so im very talkative tonight!

Thanx for the info!

 

[Mirg8101992]

O.M.G completely off subject

but your Sophie looks exactly like Lizmos Lizzie

Wow! Yeah, they do look a lot alike! I think Lizzie is a little fuzzier, though.

 

[little liz]

Oh wow that is really interesting! I have joked about getting my Minn a cart to pull for ages LOL and here is your dog pulling logs and stuff for real. Maybe when she is a bit older... sounds like a heap of fun. She did go to agility once and although not the best behaved dog there (It was all very exciting to her with lots of people and dogs everywhere) she actually did the obstacles quite well. Maybe I should start takeing her again soon if springers are good at this stuff.

 

[Mirg8101992]

Yeah it is really fun! Ive been planning on building a cart for a while, i cant buy one cause of where i live, i would have to get it over the internet and the shipping would cost a lot. Sounds like she did good for it being the only time she went. I wouldnt even think of taking any of my dogs to an agility compentition yet, A.j. is good in agility, but is kind of freaked out by other dogs so i need to work with him more, and then Sophie is just plain aggressive towards strangers. So in my opinion, sounds like you dog did great! I think you should start taking her agian if she likes it, all my dogs love agility. Good luck!

 

[little liz]

Thank you for the encouragement! I think that is just the push I needed to give it another go. I did actually feel that Minnie did well with the different bridges tunnels and she had no problem with the weaving poles. her main problem was basic obedience I think. It was all just so exciting to her and I had to restrain her all the time. other dogs were just sat there all calm and good. I felt a bit silly. They had a bit of general obedience instruction first, then we all lined up and did each piece of apparatus with the help of the instructor. This was OK because he was offering lots of help when we were not sure how to do it but then we were left to just do our own thing! This for me was the worst part LOL. It was just not possible to get Minnie to sit at the end of the tunnel...wait for me to get to the other end to call her through. Tee hee she waited momentarily and then was distracted by the other dogs. She then realized that she was off the leash and free to run!! Uff!!! so she dirt tracked around the tunnel and me a couple of times before she would come back. I just had to put her lead back on and leave it on after that. All the other dogs there were just behaving impeccably. Even the other couple of very young pups who were there for the first time. I shall swallow my pride and go back again. I am sure that it will be great for Minn and teach me a lot about dog handling to. It is all a big learning curve because she is my first dog.

 

[Tracer Tong]

Your signature is Ginormous. Makes it hard to find the next post.

 

[Mirg8101992]

Thank you for the encouragement! I think that is just the push I needed to give it another go. I did actually feel that Minnie did well with the different bridges tunnels and she had no problem with the weaving poles. her main problem was basic obedience I think. It was all just so exciting to her and I had to restrain her all the time. other dogs were just sat there all calm and good. I felt a bit silly. They had a bit of general obedience instruction first, then we all lined up and did each piece of apparatus with the help of the instructor. This was OK because he was offering lots of help when we were not sure how to do it but then we were left to just do our own thing! This for me was the worst part LOL. It was just not possible to get Minnie to sit at the end of the tunnel...wait for me to get to the other end to call her through. Tee hee she waited momentarily and then was distracted by the other dogs. She then realized that she was off the leash and free to run!! Uff!!! so she dirt tracked around the tunnel and me a couple of times before she would come back. I just had to put her lead back on and leave it on after that. All the other dogs there were just behaving impeccably. Even the other couple of very young pups who were there for the first time. I shall swallow my pride and go back again. I am sure that it will be great for Minn and teach me a lot about dog handling to. It is all a big learning curve because she is my first dog.

Lol, you should have seen A.j. the first time i took him to a compentition, i felt like that, we werent competing, but A.j. was pulling on the leash and whining and everyone elses dogs were so well-behaved. Everyone thought A.j. was so cute though.

 

[Mirg8101992]

Your signature is Ginormous. Makes it hard to find the next post.

Sorry, i will take them down, im planning on getting some smaller ones.

 

[Mirg8101992]

Well, ill take Sophie's picture down for now, i like A.j.'s though.