Re: Hard Mouth

In article <1137108316.891545.323220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
steve.callander@xxxxxxxxx (Millbay) says...
> I just finished my second hunting season with my 2nd Springer Spanial
> (She is coming up 3 years old). Right out of the gate she has been
> really keen, good nose, and retrieived from the time she first picked
> up a bird. The problem is she now squeezes so hard on the bird it
> crushes the bones and the guts. I think I created the problem by making
> her tennis ball crazy. Anyone got any ideas as to the best way to cure
> this problem?

Try getting her to retrieve the brush-type hair curlers, the ones that
are about an inch and a half in diameter.

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