Slightly on topic -Spaniels

A long time ago a good fishing friend had a Springer Spaniel -
Real cute - loved the water- and she knew her place perfectly as ballast for
a canoe.
We fished Squam Lake in NH
The three of us in the canoe - the dog was up front Gary in the rear and me
in the middle - just paddes
Salmon - we got a few

So
Just thinking of a resucue dog Brittany or Springer Spaniel...
.............

All of our animals are real happy and friendly so... I do not want to upset
that

Has anyone had experience or ever have one of these cute critters?
And more to the point has anyone gone fishing with one?

Thanks
Fred

"Fred" wrote in message
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A long time ago a good fishing friend had a Springer Spaniel -
Real cute - loved the water- and she knew her place perfectly as ballast
for
a canoe.
We fished Squam Lake in NH
The three of us in the canoe - the dog was up front Gary in the rear and
me
in the middle - just paddes
Salmon - we got a few

So
Just thinking of a resucue dog Brittany or Springer Spaniel...
............

All of our animals are real happy and friendly so... I do not want to
upset
that

Has anyone had experience or ever have one of these cute critters?
And more to the point has anyone gone fishing with one?

Thanks
Fred

A suppose a Newfoundland is too big - but a great resuce dog.

In Swansea, Wales there was a famous character - "Swansea Jack" - a black
Labrador dog, who reputedly rescued several people who had fallen into the
dock. So much so is his fame that there is a statue to his memory in
Swansea.

Bill

See:- http://www.cymfishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=2161

On Jan 24, 2:23*pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
"Fred" wrote in message

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A long time ago a good fishing friend had a Springer Spaniel -
Real cute - loved the water- and she knew her place perfectly as ballast
for
a canoe.
We fished Squam Lake in NH
The three of us in the canoe - the dog was up front Gary in the rear and
me
in the middle - just paddes
Salmon - we *got a few

So
Just thinking of a resucue dog Brittany or Springer Spaniel...
............

All of our animals are real happy and friendly so... I do not want to
upset
that

Has anyone had experience or ever have one of these cute critters?
And more to the point has anyone gone fishing with one?

Thanks
Fred

A suppose a Newfoundland is too big - but a great resuce dog.

In *Swansea, Wales there was a famous character - "Swansea Jack" - a black
Labrador dog, who reputedly rescued several people who had fallen into the
dock. *So much so is his fame that there is a statue to his memory in
Swansea.

Bill

See:- *http://www.cymfishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=2161

I'm afraid, Bill, that "rescue dog" has a different meaning here than
there. Here, it usually means that the person rescues the dog, not
vice versa. Whether Fred intended it that way I'm not sure, but I
expect he did.

As someone once said, we're two countries separated by a common
language.

On 24-Jan-2010, " wrote:

I'm afraid, Bill, that "rescue dog" has a different meaning here than
there. Here, it usually means that the person rescues the dog, not
vice versa. Whether Fred intended it that way I'm not sure, but I
expect he did.

Thanks for the clarification and rw is correct - We would give a home to a
distressed animal
So we would rescue the dog
and give a good home w 6 other dogs in the pack running loose all the time

Fred

"Fred" wrote in message
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On 24-Jan-2010, " wrote:

I'm afraid, Bill, that "rescue dog" has a different meaning here than
there. Here, it usually means that the person rescues the dog, not
vice versa. Whether Fred intended it that way I'm not sure, but I
expect he did.

Thanks for the clarification and rw is correct - We would give a home to a
distressed animal
So we would rescue the dog
and give a good home w 6 other dogs in the pack running loose all the time

Fred

Anyway, I tiought it would make a good read.

Bill

On 26-Jan-2010, "Bill Grey" wrote:

Anyway, I tiought it would make a good read.

Bill

It does & thanks for your post.

I would not want to get in a canoe w a Newfoundland
We had a 150 lb English Foxhound (Kokomo)
We lived in NH and I took him to Maine, to slow rivers & lakes, as a pup to
teach him about the canoe.
He was fine - but...
As he grew I knew there was no way I would get in a canoe w him

Fred

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On Jan 24, 2:23 pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
"Fred" wrote in message

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A long time ago a good fishing friend had a Springer Spaniel -
Real cute - loved the water- and she knew her place perfectly as ballast
for
a canoe.
We fished Squam Lake in NH
The three of us in the canoe - the dog was up front Gary in the rear and
me
in the middle - just paddes
Salmon - we got a few

So
Just thinking of a resucue dog Brittany or Springer Spaniel...
............

All of our animals are real happy and friendly so... I do not want to
upset
that

Has anyone had experience or ever have one of these cute critters?
And more to the point has anyone gone fishing with one?

Thanks
Fred

A suppose a Newfoundland is too big - but a great resuce dog.

In Swansea, Wales there was a famous character - "Swansea Jack" - a black
Labrador dog, who reputedly rescued several people who had fallen into the
dock. So much so is his fame that there is a statue to his memory in
Swansea.

Bill

See:- http://www.cymfishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=2161

I'm afraid, Bill, that "rescue dog" has a different meaning here than
there. Here, it usually means that the person rescues the dog, not
vice versa. Whether Fred intended it that way I'm not sure, but I
expect he did.

As someone once said, we're two countries separated by a common
language.

No confusion at all really. It was ther context of the requirement of the
dog - !in the canoe" that made me think of rescue ( to save someone) rather
than rescuing a dog from a fate worse than death.

Our languages do tend to diverge at times, it's too much to ask you to get
in line I suppose :-)

Thanks all the same.

Bill

On Jan 26, 1:45*pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
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On Jan 24, 2:23 pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:





"Fred" wrote in message

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A long time ago a good fishing friend had a Springer Spaniel -
Real cute - loved the water- and she knew her place perfectly as ballast
for
a canoe.
We fished Squam Lake in NH
The three of us in the canoe - the dog was up front Gary in the rear and
me
in the middle - just paddes
Salmon - we got a few

So
Just thinking of a resucue dog Brittany or Springer Spaniel...
............

All of our animals are real happy and friendly so... I do not want to
upset
that

Has anyone had experience or ever have one of these cute critters?
And more to the point has anyone gone fishing with one?

Thanks
Fred

A suppose a Newfoundland is too big - but a great resuce dog.

In Swansea, Wales there was a famous character - "Swansea Jack" - a black
Labrador dog, who reputedly rescued several people who had fallen into the
dock. So much so is his fame that there is a statue to his memory in
Swansea.

Bill

See:-http://www.cymfishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=2161

I'm afraid, Bill, that "rescue dog" has a different meaning here than
there. Here, it usually means that the person rescues the dog, not
vice versa. Whether Fred intended it that way I'm not sure, but I
expect he did.

As someone once said, we're two countries separated by a common
language.

No confusion at all really. It was ther context of the requirement of the
dog - !in the canoe" that made me think of rescue ( to save someone) rather
than rescuing a dog from a fate worse than death.

Our languages do tend to diverge at times, it's too much to ask you to get
in line I suppose :-)

"Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?"--Enry
Iggins.

giles

"Fred" wrote in message
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A long time ago a good fishing friend had a Springer Spaniel -
Real cute - loved the water- and she knew her place perfectly as ballast
for
a canoe.
We fished Squam Lake in NH
The three of us in the canoe - the dog was up front Gary in the rear and
me
in the middle - just paddes
Salmon - we got a few

So
Just thinking of a resucue dog Brittany or Springer Spaniel...
............

All of our animals are real happy and friendly so... I do not want to
upset
that

Has anyone had experience or ever have one of these cute critters?
And more to the point has anyone gone fishing with one?

Thanks
Fred

Hi Fred,
Our first dog was a Collie cross Border Collie. Indi was her name and she
was treated as part of the family... slept inside, ate good food, loved
chocolate, etc. Drew the line at her pinching the roast beef tho.

We used to take her every where - even on our honeymoon in a pretty country
town where incidentally the rivers held a good stock of wild trout! For the
best part Indi was well behaved - on the leash walking, sitting quietly as
we enjoyed a meal at a sidewalk cafe, all was good.

Indi loved the water, hail, rain or shine. She'd even retrieve sodden
sticks that sank to the bottom of the stream. We all had a ball and she'd be
yelping and prancing and always be reluctant to leave.

Here's one story.
We decided to have a romantic picnic by the river, set up the blanket, food,
etc. Enjoying our time together. After an acceptable time with the Missus I
got the spinning rod and she(Indi, not the Missus) thought all her
Christmases came at once! She chased every cast, couldn't even fool her with
a false cast and the cast in the opposite direction. Gave up casting in the
pools and went to try the faster water thinking she'd have enough sense not
to jump in. Hmmmmm, she did have alot of blonde fur, the playful yelps
suddenly stopped and she gave me one of those "Oh-ohh" looks as she was
carried down stream at a great rate of knots. The Missus was in a panic (to
this day I'm still not sure how, but it was my fault.), dropped my rod, ran
down stream catching up to her then passing her but running out of bank,
crossed the river, filling my thigh waders, turned round, took the Sumo
Wrestler stance and plucked her out before she went down a big rough
stretch.

We got back to the car ok. As the Missus was still reeling from the shock of
it all telling me how dangerous that was and how irresponsible I was etc,
Indi was ready to go again bringing sticks to throw and my thoughts started
to wander (as they do) - it was then that I realised Indi may not be the
best fishing companion.

Indi lived to a ripe old age of 15 and was a great old pooch.

Rob.

On 25-Jan-2010, "Robert from Oz" wrote:

Our first dog was a Collie cross Border Collie. Indi was her name


Thanks
We have a border collie now - Tweed
A smart helpful, cute, faithful, loving and wonderful dog and part of our
family and "pack"
He is great w our horses but I do not want to take him off our property
He has his borders .

Fred