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On November 7th the Susquehanna Valley Chapter of PA hosted its annual youth pheasant hunt at Central Penn Sporting Clays. It was a full day for 10 young hunters and their families. The day included a brief history of pheasants, the work of PF, our chapter work, hunting laws, hunting with dogs and s...

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I hit a few different areas Wednesday morning and had the fields to myself. The dogs worked great with many points, a retrieve on a winged bird and another fine retrieve. Champ made both retrieves today and is doing great in his first year. We put up close to 15 pheasants but no woodcock that I hunt...

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On October 23rd the 4th and 6th grade class from Annunciation BVM School in McSherrystown travelled to the McSherrystown Fish and Game to take part in a Youth Pollinator Habitat Project that was sponsored by the Susquehanna Valley Chapter of Pheasants Forever. It was a beautiful fall day with perfec...

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My first two dogs were taught to sit. My current pup has not been taught to sit and I don't see a difference at this point. I thought about this before and I always had a question about out it. A person teaches the dog to sit. The dog is being trained in the field, feels pressure and sits. A person ...

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If you have a way to get the pup out around mid day, I think a vizsla would do fine or any other type of pup. What time does somebody get home in the afternoon? We have 3 vizslas and between me, my wife or my mom somebody was able to let them out around noon and then I would be home around 3:30 and ...

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Alright, so which breed is the fastest? I am going with Vizsla! When I did the flyaball with Nittany, he was a pretty fast dog. He was able to run faster than the other sporting dogs that were there but their numbers weren't that great and he didn't go up against many. He got to the point where he ...

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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll24/bauerline/IMG_6113_zpsikkc28nf.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll24/bauerline/nittanyflyball.jpg I had others but I must have deleted them from photobucket. The first picture is of Champ that I got in January. The second is of Nittany when I raced him ...

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Reading all of this has given me a headache. I feed PPP to my 3 vizslas and they have always done well on it. After reading some other posts and articles about dog food, I have decided to keep feeding it to my dogs. And I'll stick to Mountain Dew and Kit Kats for myself when I need something to eat ...

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When I have a pup I feed them twice a day- first thing in the AM and in the evening around 5 or 6. My current pup is almost 7 months old and he was looking underweight, so I upped the food to 1.5 cups at each feeding. That has been working out for him. I'm also feed the pro plan focus for puppies. M...

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This past week I started doing some water work with Champ who will soon be 7 months old. It took a little time for him to get used to the water but by the second day he was doing well. https://youtu.be/tZWu6VFC7sI He has been doing well in the field and I was able to get a good picture of him last w...

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I had Champ out this morning for a little work on quail. I planted one bird and while he was on point I grabbed another quail from my bag and gave it a toss. He watched the tossed bird fly but he didn't break point. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll24/bauerline/IMG_1487_zpscrdxa2n2.jpg I then fl...

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If your pup is showing interest in birds then I think you and your trainer should make out OK. Shags gave you good advice on NAVHDA, AKC and a vizsla club. Where are you located? Where have you been running with your dog? If you can, get him out to fields, woods, streams and other places that you wo...

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You can search for dogs hip ratings on offa.org. If it is a repeat breeding, check to see if any of the previous litters were ever rated. If the dogs ran in field trials you can look up the results on the field trial database. You can see some of the dogs a particular dog competed against. If possib...

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As an owner of a few vizslas all I can say is do your homework. I did pass on a breeding this past winter because I had a little concern about the health of sire of the litter. The pups would most likely have made fine pets and gundogs but I didn't want to go in to something if I had even a little c...

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Champ is now 5 months old and he is progressing well. He has had several chukar shot over him and his points are getting more intense. I worked him on Sunday with my other two dogs to see how he would honor a point. He did well with that on the two birds I put out. Champ is on the far right. http://...

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Sunday was another day to work Champ on some birds. Today I added the cap gun to the quail and shot one chukar from a point. I think Champ is coming along nicely. He wasn't too sure about the retrieve of the chukar at first but he did pick it up and carry it around. Here are some pictures: http://i2...

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Sounds like a good day. Nice work.

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I got some quail for 15 week old Champ to do some work on. He did will on the planted birds and had some nice points. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll24/bauerline/IMG_6404_zpszmpmiibz.jpg I was able to see him slam on point when he hit some scent near the end of the training session. http://i28...

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Looking good.

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We got Champ at the end of January and he is now 13 weeks old. I had him out on Friday and got him on some holdover pheasants hanging out in the pine trees. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll24/bauerline/IMG_6196_zpsep0ixkqn.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll24/bauerline/IMG_6195_zpsxdulxy...

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Good luck with your pup. I know what you're saying about the cold weather and housebreaking.

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Check out some of the GSP clubs. They run hunt tests and they most likely have members who can help you out. Some clubs have a breeder referral that you may be able to contact. Check out the AKC website for hunt tests. You might want to go see one or two and that may give you a chance to meet some p...

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Brazosvalleyvizslas wrote:Who is the Breeder?

Amy Barnes from RedPoine Vizslas.

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Champ flew in from Texas today with his breeder. She drove up with her friend who lives in VA to deliver Champ to our house. He is doing great and Nittany and Blitz are getting along well with him. There have been no issues and Champ is very outgoing. He sure is a cute little guy! http://i284.photob...

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I think I have mine at 6 inches off the ground and that has worked. I think 6-8 would be good.

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I just saw that the mother of the dam of this litter is now a dual champion. She got her field title in December.

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Will-Kelly: I sent you a pm

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Yes, we are getting top pick on one of the two males. I got lucky and one person who wanted a male pulled out and I was able to take that spot.

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That pedigree on the male is insane! Fieldways, Bitterroot, Semper Fi. In the vizsla/gundog world this is a world class breeding. Look at all of these Vizsla Club of America "National Dog of The Year" http://vcaweb.org/breed/dog_of_the_year.shtml That will be a big running bird finding machine. Goo...

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They are in Justin, TX. redpointevizslas.com

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My oldest dog is 10 and he is hunting well but I have been looking for another vizsla for a while now (the 6 year old is doing great, too). It took some time and I've declined a pup a couple of weeks ago but I finally found a litter I like and will be getting one of the two males. The breeder is in ...

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Good luck with your pup. New pups make things exciting.

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Back when we first got Nittany we did flyball with him. He loved it and it was another way to keep his conditioning up. We learned to work together and it had no negative affect on his hunting. He was smart enough to run just fast enough to beat the dog he was running against (he didn't beat all the...

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Sorry for the 3 posts but I could only put 2 links on at a time.

Good luck.

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I have not been on here for a while but here are some past posts on JH's.

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I've been keeping quail in a johnny house for the past few years and one thing I learned is to not use chicken wire. Raccoons can reach through and pull apart the quail. You would be better off using wire cloth so the local critters can't get it. I also agree with the roost suggestion.

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It has been a good start the the PA pheasant season. I saw other threads on here about the successful season but I didn't want to take over the thread. So far the dogs have worked well and got plenty of bird work in. We were even able to get some action for my father in law yesterday. Each dog has m...

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I'm in the same boat as will kelly in PA. Stocked birds from the PGC is my best option followed by some woodcock when the flight is right. Things may be a little better this year since the PGC extended the season in rooster only areas. I go after some grouse but living in southern Adams county means...

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The past few years I have had good success with quail surviving using a johnny house. I get 8 week old birds in July and start running the dogs on them by August. I have two JH's and start out with25-30 quail in each one. Last year I released all the birds from one JH around September/October becaus...

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Last September on some released pheasants.

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Blitz on a rooster shortly after the season closed this year: http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll24/bauerline/IMG_1774.jpg Nittany and Blitz with some early season work this past fall: http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll24/bauerline/IMG_20120911_145013.jpg A close up of Blitz: http://i284.photob...

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You'll need something to keep the feed dry and clean. I used a pvc tube that you can see in one of the threads I posted a link to. I had to make the hole smaller than the one in the picture, about the size of a quarter seemed to work well. I think others had good results using a bullet feeder from l...

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Be careful with the chicken wire. The first JH I built I used the hardware cloth and everything went fine. I built a 2nd one out of scrap and used chicken wire on the top 1/3 of the pen and a raccoon was able to reach through and kill some of the quail. I had a small 2x4 leaning against the ramp to ...

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They will need light and room to fly. If they can't fly then they won't do you any good to train with. With the JH I built (and the others) the quail fly up to a ledge at the bottom of the wire. This helps them be strong flyers. Some people used wire on the floor but I used plywood and put sand on t...

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There are a couple of threads on here about the use of a johnny house with pictures. Take a look at these: http://gundogforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=29877 http://gundogforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=23704 There are others. Just search for johnny house and you should be able to get some...

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I took the dogs out today and since I've been hearing good reports of woodcock I decided to hit the swampy/woody cover that is close to home. Once in a while the dogs find a woodcock in the area but today wasn't one of those days. We didn't find any woodcock so I didn't want to post in any of the wo...

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Former PSU and NFL QB Kerry Collins hunts.

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The other day my neighbor asked me for a good place to hunt pheasants. I told him I'm taking Thursday afternoon off and he can join me. He took me up on the offer and we headed out around lunch time. The dogs worked well with several points and we also had some wild flushes. I think we got up close ...

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Looks good. The tail looks shorter than most of the vizslas I've seen.

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