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Redfishkilla

Thanks Chukar12....he's going to get a lot of wild bird hunting this year as well as NSTRA trials.

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Sorry I'm not proficient at posting pics, he's 7 months old in this pic. I was shooting birds over solid points a 4 months.

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Here's a Sonny son with NLB as G-Grandma.

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Ask chukar12 or knine. make sure they go back to ban-dee.....the brittany bread and butter

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You must have a registered dog to run in NSTRA. The field trials are not to extend the season and have fun with your bird dog, they're a science experiment.

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I like your name. Good luck with the pup.

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"but there are very few proven wild bird Brittanys." :roll: :roll: :roll:

Disagree. There are tons of Brittanys that given the chance will and have become excellent wild bird dogs.

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I bought a new puppy. He is well bred and was born 1-24-13. So far I've got him: Coming to the whistle for treats. Hunting for birds i.e. birdy. Sound conditioned. Retrieving. This weekend he held steady on two different pigeons in a launcher long enough for me to walk about 30 and 40 yards respecti...

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3-5 months an beyond, birds gun intro i teach "here" with treats but don't force compliance as soon as they come home....you start forcing compliance during yard work and they already will know the command, 4 months until he's steady enough to walk 50 yards and in front of him, pigeons in a launcher...

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It might be wise to go back to "here", "heel", "sit" if these commands are not rock solid yet. If you're only 15, asking questions and willing to try, you're ahead of the game.

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My new pup from Sonny and Rose.

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Mr. DG, your pictures are awesome.

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Just my two cents, Scott, before launcher work the pup should have been introduced to birds (and like them) and introduced to the launcher. I launch tennis balls out of it in the back yard a few times. You don't want the dog concerned about the sound the launcher makes when it's time to train. Once ...

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Plant a bird for it.....build excitement for birds....this should solve the issue. I think that pup should think there's birds out there.

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Redfishkilla wrote: This was a great thread....I'd like to add one more observation that I didn't see mentioned. Have you ever noticed that the hairy dogs win most of the time? I think it's because at that level the judge doesn't want to be scrutinized so they pick one that can't be judged from the ...

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Who played the first song? I'm always looking for a good bluegrassy band. And I can't wait for DM3 to come out with their next CD. Awesome slide show.

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This was a great thread....I'd like to add one more observation that I didn't see mentioned. Have you ever noticed that the hairy dogs win most of the time? I think it's because at that level the judge doesn't want to be scrutinized so they pick one that can't be judged from the gallery. Much like s...

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If you can train the dog to flush without trying to bite at the bird please let me know.....I hate pen raised birds. The thought of the dog pushing the bird in the air with her/his nose makes me laugh. Pen raised birds help with one thing IMO, obedience. When that dog knows whoa means don't make one...

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Mine beeps only once, not sure if you can change that or not.

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twice a day with a young pup you can blow the whistle, give a small treat. Then one day pup is in the other room, blow the whistle and the dog "comes" to you for a treat. you've just taught your small pup to come here. The other thing you can do with a young pup is teach "dead". Get a frozen bird an...

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Don't give him more than two or three retrieves each day and try to quit when he wants more....too many retrieves can make him bored with it. If you are serious about training to a high level, get Evan Graham's "smartwork" and read it. He's on this site and offers help with his training methods. At ...

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purdy!!!

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my two cents, get a toy cap gun and when pup is in full chase after a bird and a good distance away fire it. shoot closer slowly when pup doesn't care about the sound. 4 months, imo, is a good time to start sound conditioning which can be taught at the same time as the first few birds.....

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In New York it's now a 200 dollar fine for a soda over 16 ounces and a 100 dollar fine for pot......

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Hunting has not caused the decline in quail numbers. So the biologist in the article says....and others. In fact people who hunt quail have done more to help bird numbers than any other group through habitat enhancement and research $$$. We can debate to no end what is causing the problems...i think...

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Put him in his crate for two hours then come get him out....he'll like you. Show him a bird....he'll like you. Play with a wing on a string for three minutes a day....he'll like you. No training though....no sit and stay at all. That's a mild form of punishment. No biting is all I'd be teaching. Be ...

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The vaccine is made by red rock bionics. I like to de-snake and give the vac. If you contacted someone from the gulf coast region of NSTRA, they might be able to point you towards a good trainer that's close. www.nstra.org Might try the president of the region and go from there. Soooo, have you caug...

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@sdoliver....Scott's probably right that they track the birds....but I think they learn thirty minute old bird scent verses, two minute old bird scent....they do track....something.....

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"semen for 7 or 8 thousand and was selling 3 to 5 of them a day."

Can a horse even keep up with that? She must have been giving it an IV.....lol....

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saw it on pence's facebook

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I understand about the video, it serves no purpose. You can show people the dumb red light without having to do that. But hogs are a problem that will be dealt with in a manner that will cross some folk's subjective lines....For instance not every hog that is killed will be retrieved and fixed for c...

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In Texas anyway, the elected politicians and public are expanding rights and opportunities to kill this non-native species even to the point of talking about a bounty, which I support. I haven’t seen this video but this was at a gun show or some type of like minded gathering. People had elected to b...

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"I doubt anyone in wild hog country is going to have problems with slaughter these destructive beast's! I really dont care what others think, the only good hog is a dead one. They cost landowners, tax payers and hunters billions of dollars each year. The economic impact is enormous and they need to ...

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Not well for me and Sandy......Sassy won with Davison's shorthair Rex as first runner up...Congrats on Gunner!! Sandy did win Derby Dog for the WTX region though.

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"I did a whole lotta beaver hunting before i got married."

LOL!!!!

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"I do not care for timed, kill formats and I do not think they cast a positive light on our sport to the animal rights crowd;" Chukar, I agree with 99% of your write-up, however, why should anyone care what the animal rights people think? I will not change my behavior, attitude or thoughts because t...

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"So would it be fair to say that of a well bred litter that most of the pups would have what it takes to compete or would you need to look for that special dog?" Short answer...yes. A well bred dog helps put the odds in your favor, but you'll still need to pay your dues so to speak. It takes trainin...

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I thought debolting was needed during force fetch. The dog knows pressure is coming and "bolts" to try and avoid it. I've only FF one dog and she ran to her kennel when we walked by it doing hold and heel. I fixed it with the e-collar in two FF sessions. IMO, and I know very little, it is basically ...

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"It just bothers me that non-hunting types can see this and I don't think this leaves the best impression of our sport." Who cares? The non-hunting hippies and wussies are too appalled at killing birds to care about a finished retrieve or a take one step retrieve. When people who actually hunt come ...

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I haven't tried this but I know it will work. Go to a place where some old lady has feed and tamed up pretty good. Stand there and feed em with a big cast net, like the ones used for catching bait fish, and chunk it over those suckers. You could even stand behind a piling of a bridge at an overpass....

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There is one trait that makes a good NSTRA dog....bird finding ability. It also helps to have a fast dog that covers the field 5 times in 30 minutes. This spring, Texas has had a lot of dry hot days of trialing. Here's a question for the NSTRA folks. Do you think it's poosible to train a dog to slow...

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We all know that Brittanys are best. All these dogs are good lookin'. Karen your dogs are gorgeous and Chukar, it would be an honor to kick setter tail in NSTRA with a son of Sonny one day.

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You're a lab guy watching pointing dogs, right? I want my pointing dog to run off and hunt quickly after making a nice retrieve, not sit and waste time next to me. In fact, I want em on point again before I can get the bird in my bag, even if they're 200 yards away again. Field trials and wild bird ...

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Anderson Gun Dogs out of Decautor. Todd's a nice guy.

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Wild quail!!!

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http://www.bluerivergundogs.com

I took two of the pictures on this site. The one of the puppy with the quail and the one with all the quail in the back of the mule. Ken has some really good dogs. The kind with a switch that turn it on in the field and are calm in the house. Good Luck.

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"Im breeding for hunting ability first, and size second." I think breeders should always breed for health first. Even if a dog won big time trials and excelled in the field it should still have to pass hip and other genetic test like eyes and such. A trial winner whose hips fell apart at age 5 shoul...

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IMO, you could have Frio steady enough to walk 100+ yards while he's on point with about 8 pigeons, a launcher, and two hours. 30 minute sessions with 2-3 birds per session might be a little better but it sounds like he's ready to steady up, assuming the birds he finds are really spooky. All this ca...

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We put one on the last weekend of August in Amarillo.

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California, the land of fruits and nuts.

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