Originally Posted by howard
Originally Posted by sospan
Springer Spaniels. Has anyone managed to completely suppress the mad gene? Alfie was our typical lunatic Springer. Our Cocker, Monty, spent his first four years learning from him. Not quite as mad but part way down the road.They are very intelligent dogs. They learn how to control you.


Certainly we are failing. At 2 1/2 Max has all the powers of concentration that you might expect of any teenager so he wil;l do what you tell him in the house and in the garden, but anywhere else ;life is all about smells, birds, and cats. Goes absolutely nuts if he sees a cat and I havent a clue what we can do about it.


Maybe try encouraging Max to develop other interests.

Such as Scrabble, for example

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