Gun Dog Forum

Thanks Dashing, I never thought of that, but my dog does like to cut corners sometimes.

At what age/ level of training sequence do I force fetch? And is there a video that y'all recommend or is it something that only a seasoned trainer should handle?

Stress is a huge factor in getting regular heat cycles. Diet, condition, and heat (temp) factor in as well. Also I agree, why hurry up a heat cycle unless you have a situational breeding that you need to have puppies by a certain date (ie Christmas weaning so wifes can suprise their husband with a n...

There are numerous hormone drugs for cattle swine aand horses that are perfectly safe to bring animals into heat. I dont know of any for dogs but there could be. Yes, there is such drugs for dogs too. Too many bad side effects. This is why I was looking into a "natural" supplement. I prefer herbs a...

I tried raising chickens near pointers.... Now I just raise pointers.

I have leased 1000 acres in 6 parcels about 10 minutes from Austin Tx for gun dog/ hunting use. There are some wild quail as well as tons of dove. The land is all within 5 mins from Cabellas in Buda. If you want to get in on the hunting and recreational land use I am taking on co-land stewards at $3...

I thought Yall was only used in Texas, do yall use it up in VA?

Here is one from Texas. Take your back strap, remove all membrane cut in 1.5" thick medallions. Wrap in bacon like a fillet mengion using tooth picks Put in ziplock bag with allegros smoke flavor marinade overnight Next day pour off extra marinade from bag into bean can, add one spoon full of sour c...

My name is James. Im from Austin Tx. We mostly dove hunt, and we do some liberated quail hunts as well. I have 2 GSP dogs. 1 male- Shiner, and one female Stella. I havent been to a field trial yet, right now Im just happy with dogs that bring me all the birds I shoot. I would love to hook up with an...

We run hog hunts here in Texas.
Im looking for a akc gsp female if anyone wants to trade out for some hunts?

My gsp did the same for a while, so I took an old dead dove that I had in the deep freeze, stuck it in a leather glove ducktaped closed. That also cured his attempt to chew the frozen bird. When Im done training I just stick it back in the freezer inside th glove.