Baaheeduk
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I don't agree with that. For a start my labrador wont retrieve for love nor money! And my dad has trained 3 gun dogs.
I used to go shooting and have taken part in training of gun dogs, my mates stepdad had 2 labs and we used to fire .410 single barrel shotguns above the dogs then get them to retreive dummies out of water and on land. One of them was useless and consequently sold.....lol, no doubt someone cooshy pet.
All his dogs lived outside in kennels, 2 x labs & 1 Jack Russel as they were working dogs. They were never treated like pets!
I'm by no means a dog lover, I'd never own one in a month of Sundays but don't agree with the way some owners treat them! For example some Husky breeds need loads of exercise! They can run 25 to 30 miles per day so for an owner of a Husky to take it for a 20min walk a day is cruelty.
I've got strong views on dogs jumping around my kids but at the end of the day my kids should never be put in that situation, dogs should always be on a leash in public areas, thats the law!
As far as Staffy's go, we have 2 in our area and they seem pretty dosile! I only hear one of them bark and it only does that to let the owner know he wants back in the house.