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thank you I did take her in she checked out ok. All pups are doing great as is momma . quess i was just a little gunshy. Adam

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I have a lab bitch at home she has 13 pups they are 8 days old. The last litter she developed a mastitis and i had to wean the pups at 2 weeks. She seems to be acting funny her teats feal like there are large firm spots through out her teats. All of them. She doesnt have a fever and is eating and dr...

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www.Ballysgundogs.com

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Yes a navhda club does interest me.

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Hey guys I am looking for some help. I live and have grown up in northern il my wife and I are now moving to austin mn for her job.. I was looking for any local lab or gsp clubs. along with places to run birds. public lands or good hunt clubs nearby. Maybe some training companions. Being brand new t...

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i hate to say this but that is common in labs usually starts around a year or just before. you will think they forgot everything you taught them. go back to retrieving on a long line and dont let them get away with it. or it will develop into a bigger problem later. and as mentioned before continue ...

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I finally built one of my own about a month and a half ago thanks for the ideas. mine is 4 x 8 with 4 dog holes divided in between with 3/4 pvc pipe for ventilation it is all aluminum skinned with white coilstock aluminum and aluminum trim all around it has 2 fold down doors for holding guns and tra...

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the richard wolters videos are good too a little old but good

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to answer your original ? you have to train them like both. I start with the retriver training then progress to the upland training. You want to find a pup that is naturaully pointing at a young age. I have a litter and most where pointing pigeons at 5 weeks with no training. The build of most point...

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This lastmonth has been very good to me. I got three akc passes on both my male and female earned a wcx on both of them passed to hrc tests and got back two ofas of excellent. along with putting some beautiful pups on the ground that are all doing well. Just wanted to share in my good fortune. Adam

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Wow Thanks for all the replies it great to see all the non anti lab people. I is funny how the positive posts show up were everyone can see them and the others come either email or pm. like I said DUNGOG FORUM RULES

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I would agree with ezzy s question. I think it would be a few years before you could do that. On the other hand I have hunted my labs with plenty of pointers and mine would honor thier point or i could call them to a heal without any problems. But it is something to think about. Those labs busting i...

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There are numerous hormone drugs for cattle swine aand horses that are perfectly safe to bring animals into heat. I dont know of any for dogs but there could be.

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I am a proud lab owner and I have met several other lab owners on the forum. Lateley we have been recieving alot of crap about being on this site. We are told labs are not gundogs and do not belong in the upland field. Therefore saying we have no place on this forum. I also view a mainly retriever f...

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i called and talked to scott today. told me he would ship it monday. same thing he told me 3 weeks ago. which was a month after i oredered it so over 2 months to get and it was advertised next day shipping on his website. and with shipping charges of about 30 - 40 i should have bought a different on...

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I have actually come across this problem.. You usually want a lead on your dog for correction for instance he turns right on a left back vise versa. sometimes you can get away with small tugs on the check cord but usually the dog will come to you. another that i have had the most luck with is wait h...

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i ordered 1 a well over a month ago but still have yet to recieve it. i called about 2weeks after i ordered he said it would ship in a week. 2 weeks after that week no launcher. kinda was hoping the ship next day advertised would hold true but wish i would have gotten a different one.

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Just last night I was bored cruising through gdf. So i went all the way back to some of the first posts. Man there was alot of good info back there pages and pages. I would stop and read the ones that interested me so into the wee morning hours i feel im now a qaulified vet / dog god :lol: It was ve...

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i ordered the ones from tracks and treads and its been 5 weeks and im still waiting for it to ship. so unless you want to wait a good couple months for the cheaper one i would go with another.

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I will do my best I started out with 4 4 ft pieces of 3/4 pvc and 4 2ft of 1/2 pvc. then slide a piece of 3/4 over the half so that the 2 tees touch the 1/2 90s on the 2 ft piece of 1/2 inch do the same with the other side only with 3 1/2 inch pieces of 3/4 in the ends of the tees. then glue the 2 f...

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Im getting to the point were I need a dog trailer. I wanted to build one after seeing the costs of them. Was wondering if anybody had ideas I was thinking wood or aluminium but wasnt sure. Was hoping somebody had some ideas or some pics of differnt ones others had built. Thanks Adam

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by the sounds of it you are looking for retrieving videos. although the perfect start/finish are great pointing dog videos. the best i have found for retievers is the water dog but you have to get the one with Richard wolters not the one with Charlie Jurney.

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Today I took a litter of 13 lab puppies over to a shallow pool, instantly took of swimming about the pool. Later some people came to pick out theier pup and i put a pigeon out in the grass for them. Of went a bunch of 5 week old labs after it. Many of them were even showing a good natural point some...

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they are labs it should be piece of cake. land an water marks by 3 months. might take lifetimes for those brittanys

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This past weekend a local lab club held a working certificate tect. There were about 33 dogs showed and it was a great time. I ran my 2 yr old choc male Ballys Stetson Hunter. He did great and ran harder than the rests (mainly a bunch of show labs walking to the birds) So all in all it was a fun tim...

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i made one last night like the kwiklabs link one it was easy took about 30 min and cost around 40 bucks. it works great. it will propably cost a little more and take a little longer for most as i am a plumber so i had the pvc and could assemble quick. made the cloth part out of an old tie down strap...

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I bought one 2 years ago for my waterfowl gun. I LOVE IT. Its light with low recoil and very reliable in th field. Right after I bought it we went to SD snow goose hunting for a week. It cycled over 7 cases of 3 1/2 inch shells in the mud without a problem. I was the only one of seven without a blac...

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Thanks. Where and when are the meetings?

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Thanks . It seems as though you need a sponsor to apply on the application. I really dont know anybody in the club. Do i have to have someone there or can i fill it out and mail it in without. Adam

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I am interested. I only have 1 young shorthair i usually run labs but would love to help out. i have land and birds in north central il. adam

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Hey that sounds great . I am from N IL I would love to join if anybody has any info on who I can contact.

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when it comes to decoys there is a ton of ideas and preferences and i do think it changes with the time of year the region of the country and the species of duck. i dont believe there is any set manual out there, i think alot of it has to do with your confidence in your spread. i do agree with more ...

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When i was growing up in northern Il my father got me into waterfowl and upland hunting. Its an afflication that to this day dominates my life. We had a choclate lab female by the name of dawn. she was mybe not the best but I sure thought she was. I remember not being old enough to hunt (about 5 0r ...

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your method is the same as most put down a pheasant. the only problem is they will usually throw up everytime and i have broke thier necks before. if you are reusing pigeons and you do that day in and day out they seem to fight being spun and thats when you spin harder and break their neck. plus thr...

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i have learned it is better to not train both dog and trainer do not have the attention span or patience when all they are thinking about is keeping cool. i did move my force fetch table inside and continue doing that even if they know it. i also teach kenneling in a groundblind or laydown blind( ma...

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I would have to agree with al. the diamond food is great for the price. i have used proplan black gold and most recently native. i recently switched because of price. ( i currently have 17 dogs eating) the pro plan i loved and the dogs did well on it, not that i had problems with any others but the ...

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my name is adam i live in northern il and hunt my labs on everthing. i do own 1 gsp as well but still partial to the pointing lab. i like doing hunt tests and doing run and gun events such as phu and bird dog challenge. any similiar intrests in the area let me know maybe we can help each other with ...

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gotta go with the pointing lab. waterfowl hunt the morning and upland hunt the afternoon with the same dog. plus they fetch a good beer by the fire and keep your feet warm in the house.

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if you are interssted in a pointing lab i will have pups available in about a month or there should be a litter coming out of a renos black ice x calumets wild card duece this fall check out chris smith website at www.blackiceretrievers.com or call him he is a wealth of knowledge and enjoys finding ...

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i would have to say a lab. being somewhat partial to labs i hunt both with mine. you may want to consider a smaller leaner lab. i would not get a 80 lbs lab but one around 60.. there is also alot to be said for pointing lab the recent breedings have developed labs with a more natural and stylish poi...

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i f you have only a few birds you only need to use 4 or 5 a day and when they return to the coop use them again the next day. didnt mean that hickock didnt use as many birds but if you follow the perfection video you will see them use 30 - 40 pigeons per day on a dog you can use a couple a day and r...

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i am not real familiar with the hickox. it has been my experience the number of birds builds repetition. although i believe there can be to many and you turn your dog into a robot. the number of birds in the video is not needed 4-5 birds a day is plenty there fore if you can keep 6-8 you will be fin...

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THAT WORKS BUT AFTER YOU HAVE DONE IT A NUMBER OF TIMES BIRDS WILL FIGHT IT. I USE THE SAME BIRDS EVERYDAY AND LIKE DOING IT FAST SO I DO THE SAME HEAD TUCK AND THEN SHAKE THEM LIKE A CAN OF SODA FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS THAT WAY I CAN DO 1 IN EACH HAND

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I WOULD AGREE SHE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO BASICS ALL DOGS NEED THEIR BASIC OBEDIENCE THEY ARE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR ALL OTHER WORK . GO BACK AND TEACH THE COME OR HERE COMMAND AND PROPABLY BE SURE SHE KNOWS THE HEAL AND WHOA AS WELL

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