What I Wish I Knew About Owning A GSP
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Susan I’m headed out they got any new
burn so we’re gonna go
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dudes and I came out to do some
exploring and basically burn off their
energy which is what we’re always out
here for which is the benefit so I
brought their around there somewhere you
can see him back there brought them up
here if I would have known how to manage
them before I got them we’d have gotten
along much earlier so it took me a
little bit of time but we’re here and
now I’m pretty good at managing their
energy levels and dealing with their
personality so here we go
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managing a GSP energy level is probably
one of the hardest things that I had to
figure out but they have to be exercised
both mind and body and so with their
body exercise usually they need to run
at full speed for at least an hour and
that’s every single day so sometimes
that means we play fetch sometimes that
means I bring them out here we run all
over but usually it means I’m doing
something with them while they run
around and I just wander with them which
is actually kind of a perk because it
gets me out more than I maybe would have
otherwise but you also have to do their
mind too so we play a lot of fetch or a
lot of training things my husband will
do for hunting I’m just overall trying
to keep their mind going as well because
they have to be exercised in both ways
in order to keep them happy every single
day and happy GSP are happy owners I
think that’s how saying goes
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vinny company but he comes
when you come
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when I had just one GSP everybody always
told me that it would be easier if you
had to be easier if you had to
I heard that over and over so I got a
second and let me tell you it is not
easier to G ESPYs are not easier than
one so instead I just ended up with
twice the energy twice the crazy twice
the noise yes it’s true that they play
together which is really great
but that just means the playing can
sometimes be so loud that you can’t
carry out a conversation or watch TV or
whatever else is that you wanted to do
so to jsps not easier than one it’s just
double the crazy double fun so
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GSP s have such personalities that are
on polar opposite and I feel like
because they are such badass hunters in
the field and then they can be extreme
cuddlers when they are not hunting and
so they’re almost like borderline babies
when they’re not hunting they sleep by
our sides they always want to cuddle
when we only had Bentley he would
constantly nudge his nose underneath our
hands to be touched or cuddled or petted
they sleep in our bed every night which
probably isn’t the best thing to do what
they do and that’s just the way it is
and basically if you like to relax and
do something else while you’re relaxing
you may have to make sure that you can
do that thing with one hand because the
other hand will always be petting a dog
and then if you have two of them I’m
pretty sure that GSP is believed or at
least mind you that I have two hands
that I have two hands two pet two dogs
so I don’t know if that’s true or not
but they seem to think so and so I don’t
really get to do much else when I’m
relaxing if I’m ever relaxing because
well I have to Jay’s peas
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so when I decided to get a dog I always
knew that I deal with dog hair and
that’s fine that doesn’t really bother
me the GSP is that we have the color is
called liver and roan basically means
they have white and brown hair so if
you’re wearing white pants they have a
brown hair for that and if you’re
wearing brown or black pants they have a
white hair for that so basically you’re
always going to be covered in the hair
of your dogs which is super exciting so
something to deal with but I actually
really don’t mind
so it’s promoting a dog so if you come
over you are gonna end up with dog hair
on your outfit so sorry not sorry
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let’s beg there overall I would never
change my mind about owning a DSP I’m
glad that this is what we got they are
super good-looking breed and they are so
much fun to watch hunt when they’re out
in the field these are just a few things
I’ve had to figure out along the way in
order for us to get along
and overall I wouldn’t change these
little badass cuddlers for anything so
if you are considering a GSP just know
that it comes with a different level of
management and understanding and do your
research and have fun
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all right so I think I’m gonna get these
two packed up and we’re gonna head home
so come on boys
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