+104daysummervacation Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Hi Guys, I recently read a very funny log where a local cacher said he would have felt much less conspicious when he was cache hunting if he had had a dog to walk. Well, my two fantastic Chochlate Labradors would happily go caching during the week. My partner and I both work fulltime.Our Nanny and the super cool teenagers throw leftover foods to the dogs and use them as footwarmers when watching TV but sadly don't do dogwalks. The dogs come back when called and will respond well to firm handling(initially pull at the lead when excited) They are totally good natured overgrown 3 year old puppies. They do not get car sick and dont winge when travelling. I have trained them to remember coordinates of caches found with a greater accuracy then my i -phone.Thus, any caches you find with them they will then lead me to ! Looking forward to hearing from trustworthy dog-less cachers. P.S . as yet they do not have their own geocaching.com accounts, that could be easily fixed. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Perhaps you could say where in the world you're based? Your profile doesn't say. Just a friendly suggestion to help people who might be interested Quote
+104daysummervacation Posted December 16, 2009 Author Posted December 16, 2009 Oops! Warwickshire is pretty big Solihull but with a Coventry postcode and close to our currently disabled cache "sunny as" hopefully that is a bit more helpful Cheerio for now Quote
+smstext Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 wow well train obedient dogs, could you train mine to be like yours ? Quote
IainLee Posted December 17, 2009 Posted December 17, 2009 It sounds like your teenagers need more training. Good Luck. Quote
+adsandco Posted December 17, 2009 Posted December 17, 2009 The dogs come back when called and will respond well to firm handling(initially pull at the lead when excited) Are you sure they're chocolates and not just a bit muddy? Ours is 12 and despite much training is still just a loony puppy Quote
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted December 17, 2009 Posted December 17, 2009 The dogs come back when called and will respond well to firm handling(initially pull at the lead when excited) Are you sure they're chocolates and not just a bit muddy? Ours is 12 and despite much training is still just a loony puppy Not all choccies are mad, there are some very well trained and hard working ones about Quote
+Border Caz Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 My canine companions aren't geomutts; no amount of training, bribery, coercion, corruption, blackmail, threats, intimidation or similar has been successful in persuading them to help me in my endeavours to find metal or plastic containers hidden in woods, under stones, in ivy or anywhere else. However, they have certainly proved their worth as decoy dogs. Neither of them chases balls for fun - they don't even have a ball between them (inc the boy's mutts nuts) so why am I often to be found scrabbling around in the undergrowth shouting "No, I can't see your ball here". So Decoy Dogs rather than Geo Dogs they remain. But I love them really. Quote
+HouseOfDragons Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) wow well train obedient dogs, could you train mine to be like yours ? Yes, are you offering a reverse option where you take Disreputable Dogs out caching and return them as well trained Geo Dogs? Actually, mine is a fully trained cocker Spaniel with a keen nose for plastic. Pull his ears to programme in the coordinates and he's snapping and snarling at your hands off and hunting. Edited December 23, 2009 by HouseOfDragons Quote
+purple_pineapple Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 wow well train obedient dogs, could you train mine to be like yours ? Yes, are you offering a reverse option where you take Disreputable Dogs out caching and return them as well trained Geo Dogs? Actually, mine is a fully trained cocker Spaniel with a keen nose for plastic. Pull his ears to programme in the coordinates and he's snapping and snarling at your hands off and hunting. does it have a logging facility? sorry, couldn't resist! Quote
+HouseOfDragons Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 wow well train obedient dogs, could you train mine to be like yours ? Yes, are you offering a reverse option where you take Disreputable Dogs out caching and return them as well trained Geo Dogs? Actually, mine is a fully trained cocker Spaniel with a keen nose for plastic. Pull his ears to programme in the coordinates and he's snapping and snarling at your hands off and hunting. does it have a logging facility? sorry, couldn't resist! Naturally. Very naturally. Quote
+zarbi&zarbibird Posted December 24, 2009 Posted December 24, 2009 Well, I'm just fed up that we don't live anywhere near Warwickshire, cos I'd have loved to have taken your dogs caching Anyway, Happy Christmas everybody! Quote
GerritS Posted December 24, 2009 Posted December 24, 2009 wow well train obedient dogs, could you train mine to be like yours ? Yes, are you offering a reverse option where you take Disreputable Dogs out caching and return them as well trained Geo Dogs? Actually, mine is a fully trained cocker Spaniel with a keen nose for plastic. Pull his ears to programme in the coordinates and he's snapping and snarling at your hands off and hunting. I had a pair of Working Cockers, pointed in the right direction they did a pretty good job. The real party peice was in heavy Gorse, Nettles or other such Prickles Point out the Box they could get it out. I just could never train them to put it back! Sadly a divorce cost me my working dogs, you can got to court to get access to your daughter . Your dogs, its just far to complicated . I guess I will just have to wait till I can afford a house and start again In the mean time if any one has some Geo-Dogs in the New forest ish area that need some more caches .... Quote
+104daysummervacation Posted December 25, 2009 Author Posted December 25, 2009 Merry Christmas to all of you! Thank you for all your shaggy dog stories. Lovely walk today,a few small frozen ponds for the dogs to skate on. They didnt seem to mind breaking the ice and falling through but one was cow slurry so we had proper smelly companions. Quote
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