Gun Dog Forum

I recently moved to North Mesa, AZ and was curious if there was anywhere that guys meet up at to train dogs during the week?

Desert Creek Gun Dogs - Tony Marquez

Im a firm believer that honoring another dog on point is not a natural behavior for bird dogs. I had the opportunity to train with a professional dog handler in az. 10 out of 10 dogs that he breaks all honor / back on site. Mainly because as others have described, this trainer will teach a pup by as...

ultracarry wrote:Someone's signature says it best... There broke until they break. I have always looked at that and laughed because it couldn't be more true.

Broke - went through breaking process.

thats the best

I have three, best dog house on the market!

thanks for sharing!

ultracarry wrote:I would use a tracker and if you need to bring it out then so be it. What would you do if the dog went a mile out? Can't hear the bell. Tracker will work though.

Exactly!

Alone, especially pup's first season. Last thing you need is buddies firing off 12 guages repeatedly around a new hunting pup. Once you get past that first season, be very choosy about who you hunt with. Some folks are not as careful with their shots as others. The dog's safety comes first for me, ...

I have a lot of family in Chicago, being that I reside in AZ and have access to training grounds a lot of family members will ship their dogs out for fine tuning before season. This past weekend we utilized Continental Airlines. I thought we wouldn't be able to ship her back to Chicago due to the te...

The two dogs shown on my profile both way 38-40 lbs.

I have a 1 year old female GSP that still has not gone into season. All of my other female dogs that I have had in the past have all gone into their first heat between 7 and 10 months of age. Curious as to when I should become concerned?

Gambel Quail, The preserve I hunt at backs state trust land usually will hunt 3 or 4 Chukar at the preserve, Allow the dogs to settle down a bit and get into a groove and then jump over to the state land and chase quail up and down the mountain for a couple of hours.

kninebirddog wrote:The best and most successful way is go learn and work with a pro get mentored
be the kennel B---H that goes a long way to the beginning of working with a pro

Exactly! Couldn't have said it any better

ElectricShorthairs wrote:

kninebirddog wrote:they both have their good and not so good qualities...I find it is the individual dog breeding training etc which makes the better dog not the gender

x2 You won't get any advice better than that!

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ElectricShorthairs wrote:

kninebirddog wrote:they both have their good and not so good qualities...I find it is the individual dog breeding training etc which makes the better dog not the gender

x2 You won't get any advice better than that!

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I hunt a lot in the high desert of Arizona. The first couple of hunts for a dog in this terrain should educate them enough to avoid cactus as much a possible. Carry a comb with you to aid in removing the cactus they do pick up.

I have been contemplating breeding my female GSP daughter of Garritano's Luke for the past couple of months. She is going to be 4 years old come her next heat. And is a bird finding machine! I have been reluctant to breed her because I have been having so much fun with her hunting wild game as well ...

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Give Tony Marquez a call he is located in Buckeye Arizona name of his kennel is Desert Creek Gun Dogs. Check him out at www.desertcreekgundogs.com

He runs a 90 day program. I have personally seen him train some outstanding Labradors

I agree give the trainer a call and check it out for yourself.

I live in Arizona and have the privilege of getting into the training field 2 - 3 times per week with a professional gun dog trainer. His training program traditionally only last three months. We tend to notice that for the first month the dogs are getting acclimated to their new surroundings and a ...

Not that I know of. The important thing is to figure out why he is losing hair, not just treat the symptom. Is there hair loss anywhere else? What is the vet saying? When I purchased him he was really red under his chest and always scratching at himself. I brought him into the vet's office and they...

I have a 3 year old GSP. I purchased him when he was 10 months old, when i purchased him he had already lost some hair around the tip of his tail. It has been getting worse as he ages. Any thoughts on a lotion or cream that I can apply to try to grow his hair back?