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I'd have to say a brittany.. Never had a dog so enthusiastic about rolling around in a dead deer, rotten fish etc..

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This is purely for polishing up her retrieve. She has not been force fetched and I don't plan to. She has retrieved somewhere in the range of 75 birds. She retrieves descent for a non field trial dog using a very strong 'here' command. I am planning on using them similar to pigeons for re-use.

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This is purely for retriever training. I have worked on pointing and backing for 1.5 years and now working on retrieving. I want to reuse live birds because she has a very high prey drive and has never retrieved a bumper etc.

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I've read some other topics on working with a hard mouthed dog but I have a few specific concerns. I am raising some live birds this spring for training. Does anyone have any tips or advice for getting her to not kill them while retrieving? I am trying to work with her hard mouth but she usually is ...

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Hi everyone-
I am currently using a DT systems e-collar but found a great deal on a sportdog DSL-400 beeper collar and was wondering if anyone knew if you could link the DT systems remote to the sportdog collar?? I couldn't find anything from sportdog.

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My dog isn't too picky on beer.. She prefers it in her bowl and not from the can though

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I put the e-collar on my brittany for a few days until I caught her in the act of digging a hole.. Had the collar turned up pretty high and burned her a** on continuous stimulation.. Never seen another hole in the backyard again. Now she just keeps figuring out ways to unlock and open the gates!

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Whether there is a 10 or even 20 degree difference in weather from SC to wherever up north, either way you look at it, the dogs are going to get cold and that is the point of this thread I do believe (methods to keep them warm).

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Your hunting buddy? You live in So Carolina! The poster asking the question lives in Durando, Colorado. A nice comfortable winter day for them is d*mn cold for you! With wind chills getting to 15-20 degrees and frozen ponds is pretty da** cold anywhere you go. Any temperatures past that are just pl...

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I would get him a good pillow to sit on next to a heater and get a Lab to do the work! I know everyone loves their dog but realistically even though the dog can do it, a retriever will do it better in colder water.I don't know that any of the pointing breeds have the under coat to protect them. May...

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Yea it worst on the bottom half of the gun (both sides) than the upward half towards the barrels. I just wiped it down again before I took that picture so I don't know why it would discolor like that since it was wiped down? It just doesn't make sense to me for it to be doing this, and doesn't seem ...

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Seal.jpeg It's evident on both sides of the gun but usually a little worse on the left side. I've cleaned it twice now trying to get the black grime off and you can probably still see it on this picture. Now I'm wondering if it does have a bad seal to it. What would cause this? I just got the gun i...

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I have a Browning citori white satin hunter, steel receiver with a silver nitride finish. Every time I use the thing, whether steel or lead loads, it gets dark stains from the powder (I assume) on the receiver. Anybody got any secrets on how to get this off without ruining the finish? I've tried Hop...

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Browning is re introducing them in Spring 2012. They have them advertised on there website.

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ultracarry wrote:I want a wood duck!!! That thing would be mounted so fast it would make your head spin. The best I did last year was 1 red head Drake and 6 cinnamon teal Drakes

I would mount a cinnamon teal in a heart beat! All we have down here in SC is wood ducks.. They are beautiful birds though.

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She uses her nose on other birds and usually will point a dove if we walk up on one, I just don't understand why she wouldn't want to retrieve it but she will point it. I guess now that I think about it, it probably is the loose feathers on the doves..

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Thanks for the tip.. She has been on doves since she was about 4 months old, and has a really high desire to retrieve them. I train her on pointing with pigeons and quail, but it beats any purpose if I can't get her to use her nose. If she hasn't found out to retrieve by her nose, then I really am w...

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My brit is now almost a year and half. She's been going on some dove shoots with me and she clearly isn't using her nose. She will pass right over a dead dove wagging her tail as if she smells it but she can't pinpoint the scent. I tried walking her into a retrieve so the wind was at her nose etc. a...

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I took my Brittany in to vet this morning when I woke up and noticed her eye really red/swollen with some discharge. She was scratching at it with her paw a lot and the vet tested her eye for any scratches and she didn't have any. I took her out to a duck hunting spot to do a little water retrieving...

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Personally I think buying a Yildiz or TriStar would be a good choice for the money. I was about to buy either a Stoeger or a Yildiz and ended up getting a Browning during Academy Sports firearm sale.

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I'm very jealous, we have 3 more months to go here in SC.

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Update: Well, I'm back from holidays and let me say I was pleasantly surprised. My young Britt beelined to the training dummy on his very first water retreive. I started with a short one to let him get used to the deep water and from then on he was going straight to the dummy with a nice straight b...

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Mine is 54 pounds.. She was twice as tall as all of the other pups when I got her, most of her relatives are much less. I guess she was just the milk hog, she is still a solid dog, no fat, and run her about 5-7 miles 5 days a week.

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To this day my Brittany doesn't even notice a dummy even with scent on it. However, if I train with a dried bird wing or a frozen bird she is all about it. I think I caused this because she was introduced to hunting/birds at a very young age.

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Born2Hunt wrote:Love their markings

I really like GSP's with markings like that..

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Birddog 307 wrote:Charlie loves to hunt and retrieve geese.
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I never got ahold to a goose last season to see what mine would do with a bird half the size of her. . She will probably turn around and look at me like "what the heck am I supposed to do with this thing?"

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My pup goes absolutely insane when a firework goes off.. Its not possible to keep her inside the house or she will run around in circles until I let her out in the yard.

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I also have used my brit for dove hunting. She absolutely loves it as well, they are so eager to please they will do whatever you expect of them. The hardest thing for her to understand is sitting still while dove and duck hunting, she just wants to run and find the birds.

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One of the December hunts she was retrieving in a frozen swamp and the hair on the back of her legs was frozen together.. Needless to say her eyes were stilled zoned in on the mallards coming into the decoys.

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I've been using my brit duck hunting since she was about 9 months old. She's done fine even in the cold months.

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very nice lookin dogs, its hot down here today. I took mine for a swim as well.

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Thanks for the info... definitely some good videos!

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Does anyone know a good website that has some field trials (NAVHDA etc), or dog hunts that I can watch? I've looked on youtube and can't find to many. Since the outdoor channel pretty much only shows deer hunting and fishing, I want to find somewhere I can watch some good dog work!

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about 10-15. They never latch on, usually just pull them right off. Considering changing her to something else besides BioSpot.

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Agreed, but does spaying necessarily increase possibility of weight gain if the same amount of exercise and feeding habits stay the same? Not in my experience with a handful of spayed females. Same feed....same amount....same activity...never resulted in additional weight after spaying. That is wha...

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Agreed, but does spaying necessarily increase possibility of weight gain if the same amount of exercise and feeding habits stay the same?

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I have hunted over spayed females. If they were already hunting, it won't change their desire to hunt. However, some may be prone to weight gain. I just watch how much I feed them, and cut back a little if they start to pick up weight. I have heard that females gain weight, and then I've heard it i...

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Thanks for all the positive help. Its glad to hear I'm not the only one who has/had this problem and that she will eventually grow out of it. I guess I just try and think she shouldn't still be acting like this but after all she is still a pup. I'm working on those suggestions.

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I figured she would have started to grow out of this. She listens to every command I ask her usually, but she won't even heal when another dog is around. It just gets frustrating sometimes like if I am trying to carry on a conversation and she won't even sit down and be quiet when another dog is aro...

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Use a shed 'n blade.. It pulls the loose hair out and before you realize it there will literally be a pile of loose hair on the ground. Just make sure you use this thing outside or you'll probably clog a vacuum trying to clean up. Dogs get excited over this thing when they see it, I think it feels g...

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I am having a problem with what I believe to be socialization issues with my brittany. Every time she gets a chance to run around and play with another dog or sees another dog that is off the leash, she goes absolutely insane. It gets hard to control her, even with an e-collar that she almost totall...

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Beautiful dog!

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I tell you what though, I sure was in an excellent mood the rest of the day. I was bragging to all my hunting buddies so I had to boast a little on here!

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Does anyone else run into one random day when your dog finally seems to start understanding everything? Today was the first day my 11 month old Brittany seemed to "click". She held point on some birds I planted, stopped tossing the birds around when retrieving, and brought them directly back when re...

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My 11 month old brittany still gets in hyper in the house every now and then. Probably because I still gave her attention when she got hyper as a pup because I figured a pup will be a pup, but now I'm eating my own words. How would you guys punish/fix this? I've tried totally ignoring her when she d...

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I started using an e-collar on my brittany at 9 months. I didn't start any earlier because I didn't want to make her shy by using it to early. If I would have known how much of a difference that it has made I would have got it a few months earlier.

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jayhawkj wrote:This is a very good idea!

Agreed

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Thanks guys.. I'll get some pigeons or quail and work with her on this issue. I did about 10 minutes of yard work this afternoon using a tennis ball and pigeon wing I had from earlier and she did very well. I used a really long lead and tossed it short distances and then pulled her back to me if she...

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