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I didn’t realise that anyone would get narked at a dog being described as a rescue. Two of mine are rescues and I do use the term when I talk about them. I will have to watch what I say in future :scared::mmm:

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It’s alcohol based and contains boric acid and Gentian Violet

I have posted this in my Clumber spaniel Facebook group and there are lots of comments from people who have also found Quistel really effective.

It is like any ear cleaner and a lot depends on how co-operative your dog is. The instructions say to stand the bottle in a jug of warm water for a while. It won’t be quite so unpleasant when it’s not cold when poured into the ear. Luckily Amy is really good and let’s me get on with it without...

I had almost forgotten how good this stuff is! I have used it before but not for a long time. Amy got quite mucky ears over the winter. She has got very dainty and narrow ear canals plus her floppy spaniel ears don’t allow much air flow. The drops I got from the vets seemed to make matters even...

Ah no, don’t!

Yes, this is very true. In a field with a dummy thrower or guns ahead of us Amy would be busy scanning for anything falling rather than look up at me.

I think it depends on what you want from your dog. Because of the work my dogs do in the field it doesn’t bother me that they frequently look up at me when at heel. If I had labradors and did a lot of walked up shooting or field trials / working test with them I would have to rethink my...

A little bit of off lead heel work with Amy. She is quite distracted by my iPhone filming her and keeps looking up at me, but she is generally a very attentive dog and looks up at me often. I threw in a bit of distraction with one of my other dogs, Caddie is doing some free running in front of...

I often lay a trail for my dogs to follow by dragging a dummy or cold game through longish grass. They love putting their noses to the ground following the scent. The more multiple turns and changes of directions the better as far as they are concerned. The sense of smell will still be strong in...

Alice will be 12 in a couple of months time and I still take her gundog training. But I agree with @snowbunny, simple retrieves would bore her to tears. She might not be quite as fast as she once was in her youth but experience more than makes up for that. And she still is a bramble basher par...

I’m in the same boat Helen. Alice will be 12 in a couple of months and Caddie is just a year younger. The years have gone way too quickly!!

I have several of those small but heavy dummies. They are very good for teaching the dog to get its nose down and hunt rather than finding the dummy with his eyes.

I see plenty of other breeds mainly gundog breeds but it is always the spaniels that draw me in like a magnet. I don’t think that is ever going to change.

I can’t see myself with anything other than spaniels.

Hope he makes a speedy recovery! So pleased the vet got to the bottom of it.

What a complete nightmare! Hope your boy is better soon. xx

Thinking of you. Run free Leo. xx

That is still my favourite clicker and I have tried plenty.