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how old is your britt? do you have it on the collar during whoa yet?

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Congrats Doug.

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Some dogs will go forever and check in when you call them, some will continue running as long as they hear you. Do what works for your dog.

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Was in Missouri 2 weeks ago and ran into a handful, guess they made their way up north now. Really good birds for dog training.

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brad27 wrote:I guess his pads were ok?

He did well - I re-taped one foot at 30 mins with duct tape and he finished the hour fine, but very sore. He is almost back to 100% pads now.

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Elkhunter wrote:How do you prevent an 8 month old dog from chasing wild birds?

Easy - break them at 7 mos

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Sweet - congrats!

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Good luck to all - where will this be held in 2014?

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Sweet - great job Josh!

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Congrats Adam!

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Dog is running in his breed championship in a few days - completely ripped 2 of his pads off today. He was still going strong, but when I watered him at 45 I noticed a small limp. Lots of blood and front right and back left pads are completely gone on the main pad, just a flap over hanging the raw p...

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I think flagging comes primarily from a lack of intensity. The problem is what caused that lack of intensity and it can be too much handling during the pointing process, possibly the dog lacks a little in desire, or fear of punishment if the dog has been corrected too severely for a mistake such as...

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I'm guessing they both caught a lot of birds when they were younger.

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Congrats Andy & Dez!

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So none of Gulledge's AA shorthairs could compete with pointers?

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There is more to it then range. Yah, but I've seen some real dang good GSPs that go and hit everything, don't know how they could have done any better, besides having a long, straight up tail on point. In terms of getting to the birds, I would think there are GSPs out there that can do it just as w...

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Nothing against the other breds but in my opinion you will never see anything other than a pointer or setter win the National or any other big all age horseback field trial. The dogs have to run and cover a ton of ground. I sure hope I dont offend anyone as I have had two britts that were good wild...

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Coop - didn't I tell you what happened when I tried this. Playing with fire man!

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I have a 8 week old GSP puppy and was told by several people that I should train him to flush birds and not to point... Not sure what to do. I hunt stocked birds in PA for the most part. Ive never trained a hunting dog before so im new to this and am going to order some training dvd's and equiptmen...

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There was a Vizsla DC AFC MH - not the one in the group though.

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Nice job Andy! Dez is a nice boy.

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Luca - 5mos old - training off the ATV.

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Joker is off to a stellar 2013 I'd say.

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Don't overdo the birds. Make it the funnest thing in the world, not a boring routine. It's fun to watch them get into birds, but no need to rush it. Take them everywhere to help them gain confidence in every situation.

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He will be strictly a birddog. He is just over 7 months... Knows basic commands (come, kennel, load, sit, stay, will walk well on a leash). Been trying to let him be a pup for the most part, but he's not much into the retrieving aspect. This is the third GSP that I've had and the first that has not...

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My GSP is starting to range a little too far for me and he's not good enough to hold point for a long period of time. How can I control his range until his hold gets stronger? He also loves to go into the deep cover, which he does me no good in. Even if he finds and points a bird, i could never get...

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Back wrote:At what age do you guys start the FF training?

depends on the dog. might do our GSP at 6 mos (he's 5.5 mos now). did our vizsla at 18mos. gsp is much harder headed though.

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Brazosvalleyvizslas wrote:Tyler is just bitter because when he asked my EX to show his dog in the ring she said "no, it would be a waste of my time, she can't finish".

I don't know. You could probably finish a dalmatian as a GSP with the right judges...

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so no e-collar... how do you bomb proof a dog? i don't know - just doesn't seem like you could get one around clean in a trial unless all the finds the bird behaved perfectly, which never happens. Hello bb560m, Once the dogs are steady, I'll introduce the e-collar to the dogs that show me that it's...

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Derby is a set up to screw your dog up with long term problems imo.

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DonF wrote:Well on the lighter side, I've been noticing KwikIrish's avatar photo and noticing that whoever is walking out to flush birds for the Visla has great legs!

That's a furry, bright red, vizsla...

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What is the big deal? There are lots of closed trials. Why is this one getting picked on? Because the odds of a spinone winning a major at an all breed trial is almost 0. SO? I'm not saying it's a problem. Not all FCs are created equal and that is fine. I'm just saying I think that is where the con...

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Jagerdawg wrote:What is the big deal? There are lots of closed trials. Why is this one getting picked on?

Because the odds of a spinone winning a major at an all breed trial is almost 0.

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bb560m, you can make that number 10 with me and i know 3 others that were told trial was full.They could have had 4 majors in broke dog stakes.I was trying to run in 3 of the broke stakes. I was a little upset, as were alot of people needing a major that ran up there. Not a lot of happy peopleboth ...

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I have little problem with a closed breed trial, I wouldn't want my wins at them though to be honest. And regardless if it is open or closed, the first place performance should be worthy of a blue, not some lower standard.

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I guess I always looked up to the fc, as a goal that took a stylish,hard running dog who I would love to walk behind anytime. Agreed! There are no breed standards for FT and if a spinone/vizlsa/pointer whatever it is does not run hard, find birds, clean bird work, I wouldn't place it. If the spinon...

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Here's an example of a BS club that should be ashamed. This "full" trial according to the secretary - yet 5/8 of the stakes had odd numbers of dogs. Oh, and a big 70 dogs fills a weekend on 2 courses - YAH RIGHT. http://www.remekvizslas.net/showTrialResults.php4?id=63352 Look how full that is - any...

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I am sure they could have done another half dozen braces, if they wanted to...but the point is they don't have to. What have you gained by your public proclamation of the arguable ineptitude, crony-ism or conspiracy? I can assure you that you aren't gaining what you thought you might...if indeed yo...

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So when it says "Number of Entries: 82 Number of Competitors: 73", Does that mean 9 scratches? Yes, I believe it means that at least 9 people paid entries that did not start. So 82 entries meant that they were planning on 41 braces and if you give each 40 minutes that is 1640 minutes of field trial...

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I've talked with someone that DID make it in the trial, on the running order nothing was sent out indicating a pro or a ton of other people scratched. Also, I specifically emailed the secretary saying they can put me on a waiting list and add me the last second right before the drawing if there is ...

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All you can do is NOT support their trials in the future. If they didn't want you there, you probably weren't gonna leave with a ribbon anyway, so they saved you travel & entry expenses that you can now use to support a club that DOES want your entry. That is the plan going forward. It will only hu...

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That link shows dogs that STARTED, not those that were entered. All it takes is for a couple of bitches in season, or a handler (or a pro with 20+ dogs and scratches the whole string)that has a couple of dogs to scratch, after the drawing, and this can happen. Ashamed? Really? They put on an event ...

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Here's an example of a BS club that should be ashamed. This "full" trial according to the secretary - yet 5/8 of the stakes had odd numbers of dogs. Oh, and a big 70 dogs fills a weekend on 2 courses - YAH RIGHT. http://www.remekvizslas.net/showTrialResults.php4?id=63352 Look how full that is - any ...

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so no e-collar... how do you bomb proof a dog? i don't know - just doesn't seem like you could get one around clean in a trial unless all the finds the bird behaved perfectly, which never happens.

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I have much more respect for a club that closes there trial for their own reasons then a club that runs an open all breed trial and then tells you that they are full and your pointer can't run. Then you show up at said trial and find they are only running six dogs in the said event. It happens, bee...

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i hope they get the 4 entries required to run each stake!

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Her last heat cycle ended Dec. 13th. She was a little freaky deaky this time. We pulled her from everything so that she would not associate any bad habits and focused on fun. Maybe she needs more time or she is having issues with new places. We got her home today and she ran her little heart out. S...

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1vizsla wrote:Love to meet you in person! I don't know if we will run Kindle. All of a sudden she does not want to leave my husband's side. Totally unlike her. I guess we have a few weeks to figure it out.

Carla

Is she coming in or out of heat?

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slistoe wrote:The quality of a dog is not measured in yards.

That's a really good line!

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rinker wrote:Fast or slow, I would stop saying 'Whoa'.

don't whoa it into a point obviously, but if you're in front of it going to flush and it moves what do you do?

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