Makes me laugh she fine with gun shots going off in the field... But fireworks she is shit scared of lol.... So ended up with her in the bedroom last night

 

Ahh what a beaut mate

 

Cheers mate.

 

Got any more pics mate? What other pets have ya got? My missus has got 2 small dogs (a jack and jack cross) 2 cockatiels 2 hamsters a mouse 2 short haired guinea pigs 2 long haired guinea pigs 1 albino rabbit 2 baby rabbits and 4 ducks I think that's it lol but my fav is her beaver lol

 

She's a pedigree English pointer with 50+years bloodline in falconry I bought her 2.5 years ago as a 12 week old pup... For 3.5k... She a cracking working dog... She flushes points and ranges bang on for the falcons and hawks I've flown over the past year... This is my latest girl.. Sat here at 3lb 12oz... She will take here's for fun.. And is a really big girl..





Spreading her wings yesterday

 

Cooking hell fair shout mate I must admit tho I don't like birds I have a phobia of the wings flapping so if I saw that I would shit my pants lol I shit it when a budgie flew at me once when the missus took 1 in to rehome and it got out

 

Funny you should say that... A lot of people always say to me they have a phobia of birds because of wings flapping etc... It's a strange one lol

 

Lol I am a strange 1

 

Plenty of strange people mate... Nowt wrong with that.

 

Matt how on earth do you train a bird to come back?

 

With plenty of manning and food management mate...me and Shaun nailed a pheasant with the pere / praire on Saturday not the best filming but enjoy..

 

Nice looking dog Matt.

 

Cheers mate.

 

I think it must be a different type of bang. My lab is unsure of fireworks but awesome under the gun. Tricky one to answer.

 

It must be mate that's all I can put it down to... Sounds same to
Me but to the dog it might be a different pitch.

 

have the same problem with our ferret scared shitless of fireworks

 

nice dog!

guess to an extent its instinct. In the field id imagine the dogs learnt that the bangs associated with shotguns etc is just part of hunting and not a threat.

us humans are the same really, i was in the nuthouse over the period of fireworks night back in 2006 and being quite ill i was running on instinct and most of fireworks night i thought i was going to get blown up So it is survival instinct in a way be it natural or learned instinct.

I was afraid of dogs most my childhood as i got bitten twice.

animals are more similar to us psychologically than many of us think, they can feel trauma and fear in the same way and even suffer PTSD IMO! My friends labrador got shit kicked out of it when quite young by some cunt man and ever since every new male it meets, he is scared of and reacts just like a traumatised victim of domestic abuse suffering from PTSD. Its taken me 3 years to earn his trust to the point where he will now come up for hugs and cuddles. Although he still from time to time reacts instinctively and lays on the floor legs up whimpering just like we would cower from someone about to hit us.

 

love those dogs! i all ways had a fascination with birds off prey like that i hope to one day get into falconry!

 

You don't see many English pointers about... I love mine she does everything I require... She flushes stuff I'd only miss... A good dog like her is a assett to any falconer.