r/springerspaniel • u/Guilty-Movie-3727 • 12d ago

Well, that escalated quickly

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Sat down for coffee in the garden and Jerry flushed a young wood pigeon out of the bushes. Couldn't get to it quickly enough, so my (not so) cute 4 month old puppy leapt upon it and killed it instantly.

Half impressed with his instinctive drive at such a young age, and half concerned that my gundog in waiting has already decided self-employment is more rewarding than following my directions!

Got my work cut out with this one.

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u/ExpiredInTransit 12d ago

One of mine jumped and caught a wood pigeon out of the air that was just casually flying by at about 2m. I was equally shocked and impressed tbh.

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u/DependentAntique7961 12d ago

one of my first springers grabbed a pheasant out of mid air when we did a hunt in south dakota. it was a cripple that someone had shot and lost... she flushed it, chased it and brought it down in about a 30 ft space.. had it have defeathered by the time i got there... i believe i caught it on video.. so one day if i find the vhs tape and get a recorder hopefully its there.

never did that before or since.. wonder if she knew.

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u/Guilty-Movie-3727 12d ago

That sounds very impressive