Author Topic: Anyone Got A Flat-Coated Retriever?  (Read 9634 times)

nutterly_uts

  • Joined Jul 2014
  • Jersey - for now :)
Re: Anyone Got A Flat-Coated Retriever?
« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2015, 07:41:13 pm »
I like the idea of going to a KC assured breeder - don't let a bitch breed until she's 2, no more than 3 litters in a lifetime and no more than two of those within a year.   The uplift in price could be a nasty shock, though!

Have a look at the Breed Club too - for some breeds, breed clubs ask for higher standards/more of their members than the KC does. Assured breeders are a step in the right direction but I wouldn't always discount a non assured breeder as plenty do more than the KC ask for (and for some people I know, its why they aren't assured members - they don't agree with the scheme)

Marches Farmer

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Herefordshire
Re: Anyone Got A Flat-Coated Retriever?
« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2015, 09:38:19 pm »
Yes, at Malvern, Doganjo.  And tell me, "Why do you like Brittanys?"

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: Anyone Got A Flat-Coated Retriever?
« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2015, 10:34:44 pm »
My website www.aberdon.org.uk explains a lot of how we got into them.  I find them a very exciting breed, ready for anything, but they are not for the faint hearted - if not properly trained they can become self employed.  Mine are hooligans because I let them off with too much  :innocent:
Our club website has more information - www.brittanyclub.co.uk
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

 

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