Thread: Why mixing headers and pointers?

If you go back through the posts on the pics of your dog thread, you will see our GSP /header Kelpy X ,the father is a mates fantastic Gun Dog that got over his best Farm dog, that itself came from a $10 Grand Kelpie imported from Oz ,jumping a fence .

Basically was only ever meant to be a companion to our old Lab (herself a great gun dog) & my wife while l was in the paddocks as the Lab is getting to old jumping in & out of Farm vehicles & pulls up sore after spending a day in our hilly back blocks ,the Lab got all broody & took it on as her own .

We only did basic training to start ,but the pup became obsessed with retrieving, after l would spend time playing & making a fuss of the Lab after l got home, at six months it was retrieving ducks next to the Lab . One of the Labs party tricks was while spot lighting ,she use to love riding the back of the ute or SXS & retrieve shot rabbits & drop them in a pile in the back ,all while we never had to leave the warmth of the cab. The pup started chasing the Lab out to the rabbit & hassling her all the way back ,after a few goes it started doing it as well .

After taking it into the field Deer hunting with the Lab & Vizsla ,it soon twigged onto what was wanted & now has 18 deer under its belt & from memory is not 14 months ,easily one of the easiest dogs l have ever trained which l put down to the Kelpie/Header work ethic & always wanting to please the owner ,being put to use in a hunting environment .