Slightly on topic -Spaniels

"Fred" wrote in message
...
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

"Fred" wrote in message
...
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,
My best advise is to forget a particular breed and go with the hound you
like best at the local animal control shelter. I got Bear for mother, after
I had to put down the love of my life for twelve years--Beau-re-Guard the
Wonder Hound. Beau was a shepherd/husky mix and a joy to hang with. Bear is
a 115 lb. Gernam Shepherd that was rescued from a Meth Lab. Bear was tied to
a deck and neglected fro approx. 2 years, before he came to live with
mother. He would run away from me when we first got him, but he and I went
thru Lenoir Police Dept.'s Citizen Canine Training for 8 weeks and now I am
the Alph male and Bear's personal driver, so we are best buddies. Bear goes
on virtually every campin' and fishin' I take, unless I know the stream
conditions will be a danger to Bear. He can be a danger to himself, because
he **must** be at my side at all times, when we are in the stream. He will
jump from the largest boulder to get to where I am, if he cannot follow the
same path that I have taken.

The only thing you have to do to make a great fishin' hound is to make him
your bestest buddy everyday! He will kill him/herself to stay by your side,
if he or she respects you as a leader. Just watch a few episodes of the Dog
Whisperer--Ceasar Milan to get the picture.

Jeff Miller can attest to Bear's love of fishin' trips and his loyalty to
me. He is by far the best fishin' hound on the face of the planet--bar none!

Op

On Jan 25, 3:02*pm, "Mark Bowen" wrote:

Fred,
My best advise is to forget a particular breed and go with the hound you
like best at the local animal control shelter.


Excellent advice ..... dogs and humans often get along, or don't,
in much the same way as human friends .... Often those of us on the
outside can't understand what they see in their choices, but it works
for them

On 25-Jan-2010, "Mark Bowen" wrote:

. Bear is
a 115 lb. Gernam Shepherd that was rescued from a Meth Lab. Bear was tied
to
a deck and neglected fro approx. 2 years, before he came to live with
mother. He would run away from me when we first got him, but he and I went

thru Lenoir Police Dept.'s Citizen Canine Training for 8 weeks and now I
am
the Alph male and Bear's personal driver, so we are best buddies. Bear
goes
on virtually every campin' and fishin' I take, unless I know the stream
conditions will be a danger to Bear. He can be a danger to himself,
because
he **must** be at my side at all times, when we are in the stream. He will

jump from the largest boulder to get to where I am, if he cannot follow
the
same path that I have taken.

The only thing you have to do to make a great fishin' hound is to make him

your bestest buddy everyday! He will kill him/herself to stay by your
side,
if he or she respects you as a leader. Just watch a few episodes of the
Dog
Whisperer--Ceasar Milan to get the picture.

Jeff Miller can attest to Bear's love of fishin' trips and his loyalty to
me. He is by far the best fishin' hound on the face of the planet--bar
none!

Op\

You are right about Bear
I have seen your photos and he looks like a beautiful, faithful and lovable
dog

We also watch Cesar MillanWe have no dog issues as all the humans who live
on our property are their unquestioned pack leaders

I never understood how someone can mistreat an animal??????
There are rottern human scumbags on this planet.

Fred