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- Mon Mar 25, 2019 6:34 pm
- Forum: Brags
- Topic: Re: Dog training
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5086
Re: Dog training
Congrates! You're on your way to havin' a bird dog
- Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:59 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: DBL/DBL Hunt Test DONE WITH TEST
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5538
Re: DBL/DBL Hunt Test in Nebraska--RESCHEDULED
Still have 7 openings left in our April 6th AKC pointing breed hunt test. Still time to enter--entries close on March 2nd.
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:21 am
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: New!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2423
Re: New!
Nice looking pup
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:46 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Time to Fully Train a Brittany
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13637
Re: Time to Fully Train a Brittany
Have you thought about buying a finished dog--that way you know what the final product will be -- one that exactly fits what you want it to do. Since it would probably be at least 2 years old to be completely finished, all the health checks have probably already been done (hips, elbows, etc.) Just a...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:25 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: first time hunt testing
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6511
Re: first time hunt testing
I see you are in ND. You are going to have to travel if you are going to run in AKC pointing dog hunt tests. I got on the AKC event search site for last year and looked up pointing dog hunt tests for last year in ND---there were none listed. Nearest ones are in SD & MN. It's fun to run in them--give...
- Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:20 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: A Novice and his Dog
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4992
Re: A Novice and his Dog
I think running with a gun to catch up isn't a very safe way to hunt IMO :cry: . The reason to stop the dog is: if the dog is getting out of range following the bird, it does no good to allow him to continue on and flush it out of shotgun range. If you stop him and catch up and then release him to t...
- Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: French Brittany
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8274
Re: French Brittany
I have seen Mark Dinsmore's dogs run in hunt tests in South Dakota. He has real nice dogs Check him out--I don't think you'll be sorry. He usually has a waiting list, so get on it early if you decide you want one of his pups. Good luck when you get your new pup. :D Edit--Mark used to be on this site...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 1:26 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: AKC walking trials and puppy stakes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8339
Re: AKC walking trials and puppy stakes
If you are going to run your pup get it used to being around horses---even if it is a walking stake or hunt test, the judges will be riding horses and you don't want your pup to spend his whole amount of time on the ground barking at or being scared of the horses-- instead of running and hunting lik...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:18 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Last Day of Bird Season
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6020
Re: Last Day of Bird Season
Another great hunt
- Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New pup
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2524
Re: New pup
Good luck with your new pup. Nice looking dog.
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:58 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: DBL/DBL Hunt Test DONE WITH TEST
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5538
DBL/DBL Hunt Test DONE WITH TEST
Due to heavy snow cover and no warm temps to melt it, we have moved our March dbl/dbl pointing breed hunt test to April 6th & 7th at Branched Oak Trial grounds (Raymond, NE.) there will be AKC dbl/dbl hunt tests for pointing breeds hosted by Nebraska Brittany Club, Mo Valley Brittany Club, Nebraska ...
- Sun Dec 30, 2018 1:54 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Max’s first quail hunt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6824
Re: Max’s first quail hunt
Congrates on the hunt and the dog
- Thu Dec 27, 2018 8:01 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Off season training
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5986
Re: Off season training
Yes-- After hunting season is over I start running them in hunt tests in early Spring. I then train on pigeons during the Summer and in early Fall I'll do hunting tests with them. When hunting season rolls around in mid Fall, they are in shape and ready to hunt. Only problem with that is I'm not get...
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:35 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Feeding supplements
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13068
Re: Feeding supplements
I also just up the food amount on hard working days.
- Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:15 pm
- Forum: Brags
- Topic: Pics from this fall.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9003
- Thu Dec 13, 2018 7:54 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Winter Roosters
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9672
Re: Winter Roosters
Nice pictures and glad you had a good hunt
- Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:26 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Back on the Prairie
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6817
Re: Back on the Prairie
Sounds like another great hunt
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:00 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Back on the Prairie
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6817
Re: Back on the Prairie
Nice hunt
- Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:03 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: I think he likes his job !
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4173
I think he likes his job !
The season opened on the rez last week end and it was a bust--too many hunters pushed us out of our better areas. Today I went up and got into one of our better areas. I just hunted my young dog (11 months) for an hour and a half. He had 3 hen points & 2 rooster points (might of been 3 rooster point...
- Sat Oct 20, 2018 1:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: *VIDEO* Winning Run From Handlers View
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23688
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Looking for a good Brittany Print
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3971
Re: Looking for a good Brittany Print
Google Ross B. Young paintings. He paints a Brittany picture of the Purina Dog of the Year for the high point Brittany 1 hour dog of the year. He does other dog paintings as well. A lot of his pictures end up in the bird dog hall of fame in TN.
- Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:58 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Sharpies and Huns?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4737
Re: Sharpies and Huns?
Type -- utube sharptail hunting on your search engine. Utube will have videos of sharptail hunting. It will give you an idea of the terrain and areas they are found in. There is one video by bedly blaster that is in MT this year(hunting a narrow shelter belt). In that video you can hear the noise a ...
- Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: I am looking for field-quality Irish setter pups.
- Replies: 65
- Views: 36262
Re: I am looking for field-quality Irish setter pups.
X2Meller wrote:Look up Don F on here and take a look at his Stormy dog; I would look to where he got him. I think he is in Oregon.
- Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:30 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Time for a swimming lesson
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2349
Re: Time for a swimming lesson
More pictures of Tug bringing back the pigeon.
He's no Lab, but I know he'll get the bird back to me, so I don't have to go in after it :roll:
He's a choppy swimmer, but I know with practice his stroke will get smoother He's no Lab, but I know he'll get the bird back to me, so I don't have to go in after it :roll:
- Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:21 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Time for a swimming lesson
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2349
Time for a swimming lesson
The weather is hot and the water is cool--Time for Tug's first swimming lesson :D Tug is 61/2 months old, so it's a good time to start. He loves to retrieve dead pigeons so I knew he wanted the birds bad enough, he'd go in the water. First throw was to wading depth for the retrieve. NO PROBLEM :D Ea...
- Wed May 30, 2018 8:57 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Bumper drive
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8838
Re: Bumper drive
I like using paint rollers--they are light, cheap, come in different sizes, and pups like picking them up & carrying them around.
Good luck with the pup
Good luck with the pup
- Tue May 22, 2018 6:12 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Alberta hunter with a question
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8339
Re: Alberta hunter with a question
i hope your looking outside canada for a brittany. They wont compare to your pointer. DC Kinwashkly Dirty Ned Pepper was a Canada dog owned by Vern Brunen and run in the United States by Scott Johnson. It finished 3rd in the National All Age in 2011 & 2013 -- in 2012 it finished 4th. Not to bad for...
- Tue May 22, 2018 5:45 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Retrieving
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7099
Re: Retrieving
Evan Graham has a good program on disk called Smart Fetch. It teaches force fetch in an understandable way. Ethan Pippitt (Shorthair pro) at Standing Stone Kennels has a bunch of videos on utube that show you the steps in force fetching a dog. Just make sure you do them in order and don't skip steps...
- Tue May 22, 2018 5:13 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Tail length?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6289
Re: Tail length?
AKC breed standard is 4 inches or less---unless you are going to show your britt don't worry about it, they don't smell birds with their tail
- Mon May 21, 2018 7:31 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: First time holding a point
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2402
- Fri May 11, 2018 7:45 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Alberta hunter with a question
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8339
Re: Alberta hunter with a question
It seems to me that the females are a little easier to train than males are-- JMO. By having females, I can breed to whatever good QUALITY males and lines I want to, that fit well with my line. --If you have a male, you aren't able to say I want to breed my male to your female( the female owners hav...
- Thu May 10, 2018 2:58 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Alberta hunter with a question
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8339
Re: Alberta hunter with a question
Since '98 I have had multiple britts at a time (usually 5). Most of the time it will be 4 females and 1 male. The dogs will rotate in the house 2 or 3 at a time. I have had zero problems with them, but I never pick an alpha female out of a litter. I would just pick a female that is in the middle of ...
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Sad Day
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4848
Re: Sad Day
I'm sorry for your loss.
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 4:07 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Today's Training
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2581
Today's Training
Here's a couple pictures of Tug (Bean's Blaze Grandpup) that I took during today's training. He's 5 months old now. Tug points his bird, lets me get in front to flush it before chasing. He is used to the shotgun and will retrieve the shot pigeons to me (most of the time). The slack check cord is jus...
- Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:09 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 2 hunting dogs in the household?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5972
Re: 2 hunting dogs in the household?
5 Britts-- 12 years, 9 years, 7 years, 5 years, 5 months :roll:
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 9:03 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Ecollar buying help/questions...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4401
Re: Ecollar buying help/questions...
Most e-collars will only have about 1/2 the distance they list--if it says 1 mile it is probably 1/2 mile. If it says 400 yards it is probably 200 yards. These collars are tested on flat ground with nothing in the way between the collar and controller(trees, hills, valleys, etc). This is not a hunti...
- Thu Apr 05, 2018 3:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New pup!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3523
Re: New pup!
Nice looking pup
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:03 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Hunt test help!! I am lost. Whoa training works BUT.....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3182
Re: Hunt test help!! I am lost. Whoa training works BUT.....
If you have a supply of pigeons and a launcher you can teach a dog to back by doing this: Have a steady dog pointing the bird in the launcher. Have your dog some place where it can't see the dog pointing (over a terrace, behind a building, behind some tall weeds, etc.) Bring your dog out where it SU...
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 6:38 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Picked up a pup today
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5970
Re: Picked up a pup today
Nice looking pup
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:12 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Puppy food help...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8642
Re: Puppy food help...
I'm going to stay away from the food part of it and make a suggestion on the fast eating---they make bowls with big knobs in them that they can't get big mouthfuls at a time(they have to eat around the knobs. What I do if I want to slow the dog down eating is use a big pizza pan or a large cookie sh...
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:39 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: OFA or Penn Hip
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8151
Re: OFA or Penn Hip
All my britts but 1 have had their x-rays with out being drugged--the one exception was a female that hated being on her back and would struggle so hard you couldn't get a good picture. You might try stretching your britt out on his back to see how it handles being stretched out. When my vet sends t...
- Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: OFA or Penn Hip
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8151
Re: OFA or Penn Hip
Ask the vet you are thinking of using, how many dogs he has OFA'd. You need a vet that knows what he is doing to get the dog positioned right or your rating could suffer. I'm in a small town with 3 vets and I'll only let one of them OFA my dogs. Make sure they have good xray machines as well. One of...
- Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: just introduced pup to birds
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5112
Re: just introduced pup to birds
Look in to joining a NAVHDA Club--You can usually buy birds from them plus you can usually get some mentoring help during their training days. Plus they usually have a couple launchers. You might also find someone at the club that wants to train more than just training days. It's good having a helpe...
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:09 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Planning a Fall hunt
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5181
Re: Planning a Fall hunt
Montana
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Pulling Pup
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10220
Re: Pulling Pup
When he gets the leash tight--change direction, if he gets it tight again, change direction--that way he'll start watching you more to see which direction you are going. It will get him to pay more attention to you. It worked for me, maybe it will work for you.
Good luck.
Good luck.
- Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Pigeon Crate Box Carrier
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4806
Re: Pigeon Crate Box Carrier
I just use a small petmate kennel like I ship my pups in. They will hold about 12 pigeons, has a handle on to carry them, and most farm stores carry them for under $40. If you tip it up on end so the door is on top--you can reach in and grab them very easy & hardly ever loose a bird with them flying...
- Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:32 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Dbl/Dbl Hunt test pointing breeds-Nebraska 3/10 & 3/11
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5363
Re: Dbl/Dbl Hunt test pointing breeds-Nebraska 3/10 & 3/11
Premiums are out--let me know if you want one. It's a good way to keep your dog busy until next bird season
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:04 pm
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: Hello from central Georgia
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2512
Re: Hello from central Georgia
nice looking pup
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Anybody ever used a Slopper Stopper water bowl?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2431
Re: Anybody ever used a Slopper Stopper water bowl?
:roll:reba wrote:If it looked like a toilet bowel I would buy a couple!
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:20 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training with a Garmin Alpha TT15 mini
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13056
Re: Training with a Garmin Alpha TT15 mini
Buckeye Steve-- Just so you know, If you are going to get Perfect Start/Perfect Finish you are going to need a huge number of pigeons--the dog is teaching himself what to do with a ton of pigeon contacts. It is a very good video set on training, but I just want you to realize it takes a lot of pigeo...