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- Sun Oct 14, 2012 11:39 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: e collar recommendations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1910
Re: e collar recommendations
I like tritronix. The more levels of stimulation the better. Remember though that your not going to use the collar to train your dog. The dog need to know the commands and be conditioned with the collar to those commands.
- Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Sign Up Sheet for Doc's Giveaway Contest & the winner is
- Replies: 136
- Views: 34054
Re: Sign Up Sheet for Doc's Giveaway Contest
Pick me!
Your generosity is appreciated,
Wes Lodes
Your generosity is appreciated,
Wes Lodes
- Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What Other Dog Would You Have?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 14588
Re: What Other Dog Would You Have?
Field bred english pointer with a poker straight 12 O-clock tail. oh yeah
- Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:21 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Human society article
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1250
- Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:12 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: hunting rigs
- Replies: 53
- Views: 32276
Re: hunting rigs
Saw the golf cart...Had to throw this one in.
Not much for horse power but 8 dogs gets her going pretty good.
Not much for horse power but 8 dogs gets her going pretty good.
- Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:58 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6755
Re: The Weather
Need a truck to get to my place for sure. We have had over 60'' of snow so far this winter. And global warming...whats that?
- Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Lcs bird launchers, Are they any good?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4306
Re: Lcs bird launchers, Are they any good?
I have a few innotek launchers. I believe that LCS bought the patent from innotek and the two are the same. They work great for me and I use them a lot.
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:28 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: WILD BIRD OR PIGEONS FOR TRAINING?..
- Replies: 53
- Views: 14062
Re: WILD BIRD OR PIGEONS FOR TRAINING?..
Here is the big advantage to pen raised bird IMO. Pen raised birds are always where you want them when you want them. Wild birds...even if they are there, if you are working with a young dog with little experience with birds you may not find them. Just because they are pen raised birds doesn't mean ...
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:13 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Under ground fencing & E-Collars
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3881
Re: Under ground fencing & E-Collars
It is not uncommon. We figure it has to do with the dog not having visible boundaries. It has received a correction for breaching a boundary in the past and when it receives a correction for a training response error, it doesn't associate the correction with its action, but with being in the wrong ...
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cant get pup to hunt in front
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5119
Re: Cant get pup to hunt in front
Gunfire doesn't bother him at all. I am hunting him on wild birds,(should I be planting pen raised birds instead?) but in an area that I know there going to be large cuvvies of quail. I've shot birds over him before and he seems fine with it. He will leave my side when I give him the dead bird comm...
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:36 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Under ground fencing & E-Collars
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3881
Under ground fencing & E-Collars
I had worked with a dog this past year that I knew the owner used underground fencing. This dog progressed very well through yard work and obedience training. I conditioned this dog to the e-collar while I was still working her with a checkcord and she did great. took real well to it. But... once sh...
- Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cant get pup to hunt in front
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5119
Re: Cant get pup to hunt in front
How is his reaction to the gunfire? If your dog does not have a lot of bird drive it is probably not the right time to be shooting over him. If the dog is not properly conditioned to and comfortable with gunfire it may discourage him from making bird contact. Not saying this is the problem but worth...
- Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:03 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: New 2 Trainning - Advice on Collar's
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3967
Re: New 2 Trainning - Advice on Collar's
I like the collars with a O ring that is built in the center of the collar away from the buckle. not the kind with a D ring next to the buckle. (I think this is what you mean by "two piece") Get a leather one because that is what you like. I would recommend getting one from gundogsupply.com. If you ...
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:03 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Kuranda dog beds
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6273
Re: Kuranda dog beds
I found some aluminum beds on e-bay for $62. Apparently some oversea company copied the patent and now Kuranda has them and selling them for a discounted price. They claim that kuranda replacement parts will still work on these beds. Don't know about the warranty though.
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:48 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training Books - Opinions of These?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1248
Re: Training Books - Opinions of These?
I like "wing and shot". You should also read "Snake Foot: the making of a champion" it is more so about Robert Wehle's (Elhew) breeding program, but is very interesting.
My favorite book I ever read about training was "Best way to train your bird dog: The Delmar Smith Method"
My favorite book I ever read about training was "Best way to train your bird dog: The Delmar Smith Method"
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:07 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: fetch question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3187
Re: fetch question
I would recommend not using birds too much. If you do too much retrieving with birds, when it comes time the dog is introduced to live planted birds he may want to pick them up verses pointing them. Put the dummy away for a few days and then bring it back out. If he is not bringing it back to you tr...
- Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:57 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Kuranda dog beds
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6273
Re: Kuranda dog beds
I am going to order some. I have indoor kennels also so don't want anything that would require bedding. I think they will be the best (destructive "resistant") option. Some of the dogs I know will find a way to wreck them but most will just use them as intended. What fabric would you recommend? the ...
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Kuranda dog beds
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6273
Re: Kuranda dog beds
Thanks guys. It looks like a nice product. not much to it but great idea. As far as the sores...is it pretty easy on the dogs that way.
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Kuranda dog beds
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6273
Kuranda dog beds
Thinking of getting some Kuranda dog beds as some of my dogs are getting sores on their feet. Thought these might help the problem and work well for my setup. The dogs currently have platforms made of composite decking material. I think this surface is too rough and causing the sores. Any advice or ...
- Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:33 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Did I mess up?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1571
Re: Did I mess up?
Try your best not to ever let him get in a fight with a coon. Not only can it get ugly, but It gets in there blood and whenever they smell coon...its game on.
- Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:26 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Whats the best way to teach 'load up'
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6438
Re: Whats the best way to teach 'load up'
When it is feeding time, make the pickup box the place, or...Throw a bird
- Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Favorite GSP Bloodline
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14968
Re: Favorite GSP Bloodline
I have a Sonny and Slick granddaughter. Holly... thats a lot of dog. This dog is amazing to watch. Very animated, athletic, and loves to point birds but is a handful in the kennel. very vocal and you will know she is around. And an escape artist :oops: I have heard some other comments that dogs out ...
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Whats Style to you ?
- Replies: 451
- Views: 184705
Re: Whats Style to you ?
Strike
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Whats Style to you ?
- Replies: 451
- Views: 184705
Re: Whats Style to you ?
You must have got this shot just as she was locking up judging by the skin rolling forward. Must have been running fast too.Wyndancer wrote:This right here is style boys and girls.
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:47 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Getting a dog used to roading
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4293
Re: Getting a dog used to roading
The easiest way I have found to build one is to use a galvanized pipe that is 1 1/2'' O.D. to extend out from the atv. On the end that the dog/dogs will be connected to I attached a eye bolt to snap a chain onto. (Make sure the chain has a swivel on both ends.) Now on the ATV, attach a pipe that has...
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: She's a foot hunter but has anybody heard of these dogs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1876
Re: She's a foot hunter but has anybody heard of these dogs
Your dog is bred well. I can tell you that she is line bred. If you would go back one more generation you would see that NFC Heide's Mighty City Slicker and FC Liverhead Spike the Gold are out of the same sire and dam. I don't know if they are littermates or if this breeding was done more than once.
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:57 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Getting a dog used to roading
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4293
Re: Getting a dog used to roading
It also works well to road the dog to an area where he will be doing something that he enjoys. When I go to my training field to work birds I road the dogs to the location and put them all on a chain gang. I then run them one by one on liberated quail. It takes a dog that it new to roading no time t...
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:31 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: housing birds
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1399
Re: housing birds
24'' X 36'' would be plenty big for only 10 - 15 birds. I would build it with a wire mesh floor. Being you are not needing to hold a lot of birds the pen can be small and portable and you can put it where ever you want. If you want to recall your birds it is not going to work having it in the air.
- Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:53 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: GSP Flagging
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11514
Re: GSP Flagging
She caught a couple of pigeons. Don't have enough quail or chukar to use every time out. I don't believe intensity is an issue, age probably is the big issue. Age is not the issue at all. A young pup is not born with a natural disposition to flag and grow out of it with time. I would recommend losi...
- Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:33 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: young English Pointer-Problem?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8137
Re: young English Pointer-Problem?
Your dog sounds pretty normal to me. The deal with running around the bird could be confidence issue but hard to tell to say without knowing the dog or physically seeing his actions. Could be that he enjoys the flush and the chase there after. Just as important as to why he is doing it is what can y...
- Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:50 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: GSP Flagging
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11514
Re: GSP Flagging
Don has gave you some excellent advice. It has worked many times for me to pop the birds and not let them point em. I don't know if it has been brought up yet, but what kind of birds are you using? If you are using pigeons, they could be part of your problem. Many dogs don't give a rip about pointin...
- Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bird Dog or sled Dog ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2253
Re: Bird Dog or sled Dog ?
Awesome. You got my wheels a spinning. I will be looking for a sled now for my 4 year old. oh yeah, It is good for all involved How does your dog do with it mine i have to keep her at heel the whole time or she would bolt off like we were actually roading. :D Ya I used a check cord and walked along...
- Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:15 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: E Collars: To do / Not to do
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2566
Re: E Collars: To do / Not to do
The most important thing to do with an e-collar is to correctly condition/introduce the dog to the stimulation. A e-collar is not something you can just strap on and expect the dog to correctly respond to when you use it. A e-collar is not a tool to teach command. The collar should only be used to c...
- Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:59 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Got a new pup - sort of!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4416
Re: Got a new pup - sort of!
You will also need to start carefully exposing to gunfire when he is so prey crazy / distracted. I would hold off on the gunfire for a while. As it sounds, this pups early experiences in life have been pretty negative and may not take well to the shrill sound of loud gunfire. This is not the most i...
- Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bird Dog or sled Dog ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2253
Re: Bird Dog or sled Dog ?
oh yeah, It is good for all involvedrapid fire wrote:Awesome. You got my wheels a spinning. I will be looking for a sled now for my 4 year old.
- Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:37 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Pro Plan vs. Taste of the Wild
- Replies: 84
- Views: 33988
Re: Pro Plan vs. Taste of the Wild
Thanks Dan,
That is also a fine looking animal you have. That must be...Buck?
That is also a fine looking animal you have. That must be...Buck?
- Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:50 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Pro Plan vs. Taste of the Wild
- Replies: 84
- Views: 33988
Re: Pro Plan vs. Taste of the Wild
I feed a large amount of dogs. I have feed an endless list of brands and varieties and found that dogs in my kennel consistently do the best overall on purina pro plan. As a group they all have nice stools, coats, and energy level. There is always going to be some dogs that require more food then ot...
- Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:31 pm
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: A little about you...
- Replies: 1099
- Views: 859475
Re: A little about you...
My name is Wes Lodes I am 26 yrs old, male, and live in south central Minnesota. I am recently engaged and have a 2 year old son Ethan. I am currently a carpenter and I train pointing dogs part time. It is a goal of mine to build up enough clients to train full time, but for now I have to keep my "d...
- Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:34 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Think Like a Dog?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4677
Re: Think Like a Dog?
What is the face saying ears slightly tucked back skin kinda tight under the eyes...Confusion and or apprehension Eyes straight forward with a hard stare shoulder stiff and square...Mental Block wall in training as I am not doing it price isn't high enough nope you can't make me OR if this is at an...
- Fri Dec 31, 2010 3:22 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Words of Wisdom
- Replies: 205
- Views: 396913
Re: Words of Wisdom
Every dog is different and therefore not every dog should be trained the same as the next. Repetition and consistency is essential in any training program along with proper association.
- Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:56 pm
- Forum: Submit Your GUN DOG Site
- Topic: Please Visit Hillfire Kennels Site!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2694