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Sharon, Your ear rocks could be loose. I know this sounds like a joke, but I'm totally serious. I had this diagnosed with me by an ENT about 5 years ago and after going through his little head turning treatment and 12 hours of rest, I was fine. Here is a link to what I am talking about. http://www.n...

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Yeah, I would say that my dog is 95% whoa broke. During yard work if I have her on whoa and then have my son try and get her excited (throw her favorite ball etc) she is steady 98% of the time. If she takes a step I give her a mild correction with the collar and she stops. Repeat the process and she...

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My 20 month old pointing lab is collar conditioned and has lots of drive. I shot over 100 birds over her last year both chukar and pheasant and by the end of the season she was rock solid. The last few times I have had here out this year (including today) she is pointing, but then wanting to creep o...

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Today was much better. I had my brother go with me and I was able to use a check cord on her. Only one of the five birds ran today and she stayed on whoa and watched it run. I had the CC on her, but didn't have to use it. My brother was able to eventually get the bird to fly. I really like the idea ...

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Preface:...98% of my hunting is done on a private club with chukar and pheasants. There are very few wild birds where I live, so wild birds aren't really an option for me. My dog is 20 months old and has just started her second season of hunting. We have been out twice this year and have had a probl...

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I went through the same problem last year with my 1 year old. I shot 50 chukar over her and she did great. Started hunting pheasants and she would point, but wouldn't retrieve. Sometimes she would bring it part way back, but mostly would just stand by the bird and look at me like "what am I supposed...

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This might sound a little silly, but if you want a good bird dog, you have to work for it (or pay some one to do the work for you). I can't tell you how many guys I know that have spent big bucks on a pup only to turn them loose in the back yard and never do anything with them except maybe play a li...

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I recommend staying away from "real wood" floors with or without dogs. It will scratch and also requires a lot of maintenance. I would go with one of the new laminate floors. They look just like real wood, are very durable and will provide years of maintenance free service.

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Funny story.....This past weekend I was straightening a bent posts on a wrought iron fence around the pool in the back yard. I wrapped a chain around the bent post and had my son on the tractor pulling it straight. As the chain tightened, I yelled out whoa. My son stopped and then I told him a littl...

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Best dog song ever! "Like My Dog"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY4h1ikePaA

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Redfishkilla wrote:Thanks for the feedback, got the book for $5.50. I hope my better half is open to me starting a new hobby.

Build the coop on a day she is away from the house and if possible have it full of pigeons by the time she gets home. Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission!

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Everyone in my house was instructed to not "play fetch" with her ball or rope unless she puts it in your hand. If she drops it, you just ignore her or walk away. She learned real quick if she wanted to "play" it was by our rules. I'm not a pro, but this seemed to make sense to me and I can't help bu...

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My pup was 7 months old this past 4th of July and she had previously been introduced to guns. My neighbor was lighting off some very large fireworks on the 4th. Two weeks after the 4th I took her out for some training and when I fired the gun she stopped dead in her tracks and came back to me. She w...

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Deets - I use a modified metal fold up sawhorse for whoa drills. I put a 6" X 30" piece of 3/4" plywood on it by drilling a 5/16" hole in the wood and horse and mount the board withetal washers and a 1/4" carriage bolt that is 1 1/2 or 2" long. I secured the bolt loosely to the sawhorse with an ela...

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I'm not a pigeon expert either, but I only have barn pigeons and they have homed from 50 miles. I usually train about 5 miles from my house, but I have on occasion trained at a friends place 50 miles away. To my surprise, 10 out of 10 returned one time and 9 out of 10 the other time. These were both...

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Let me try and add a little more clarity to the picture: 1. I hunt on foot and my dog quarters well usually about 50 to 75 yards out which is perfect for the type of hunting we do here. 2. I will see her get "birdy" (I know she is on a scent) she then starts to narrow in on the scent and then finall...

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I don't believe this has anything to do with my pup being a lab, it has more to do with me as a trainer and not dealing with the situation in the proper manner. I have seen her on rock solid points many times, so I know she can/will do it. For sake of argument, let's pretend that she is one of the f...

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I agree with what the others have posted, but would add one more thing. Keep her away from the other dogs for now while out in the field. She very well could be intimidated by the older more aggressive (towards birds) dogs. You might also try a pigeon in a small wire cage and just let the dog explor...

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I have an 11 month old pointing lab who has been coming along very nicely. I have had her out hunting chukar and pheasant the past 9 weekends in a row. I started out with her first hunt 9 weeks ago with flagged birds and a check cord in my hand. I had my son as a gunner and with the cc and flagged b...

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My yellow lab "Kimber" named after my favorite handgun. (Kimber .45 Ultra CDP II)

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Just what the previous two posts said. And #6 shot will work just fine.

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Sorry about your buddies dog. I had an experience about 20 years ago where we flushed a pheasant and it was a low flyer and my lab was in hot pursuit. My young nephew fired a shot and the next thing I knew I couldn't find my dog. We found her laying down in a ditch with a few blood spots on her back...

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I for one, would love to see a pointing picture one day I almost forgot to take a picture today. This was the last bird of the day (chukar) she was pointing and she was one tired pup. Ended up with 5 chukar and 3 pheasants for the day. This isn't a great picture, but it was a solid point as were al...

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Thanks for the feedback. I didn't even think about the conflict until today when I was planning our hunt for tomorrow. I pretty much knew what the answer was going to be, but wanted to hear it from the experts. I'm going to stop the FF and I'll start it again in the spring after the season is over.

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I started my pup (11 months old) this past Monday on force fetch and she is progressing along quite nicely. I have been doing two sessions daily, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Each session lasts about 10 minutes. My question is about hunting while in the process of FF training. Right ...

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Chukar12 wrote: I for one, would love to see a pointing picture one day

I've been wanting to get some pictures and video too and then when I get out there I completely forget. I'll try to get some this weekend and post them.

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Awesome story! I've had a few friends over the years that have rescued dogs from shelters (non hunters) and they end up being some of the loyalist and smartest dogs I have seen. Buddy is a lucky boy.

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I have no questions to ask, or advise to give, but I do have a big grin on my face and wanted to share. I have an 11 month old pup that I have been working with since I picked her up at 10 weeks of age. I have owned a few hunting dogs over the years, but in all fairness to them, they were just a fam...

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Do not shoot the flushed bird unless that's the way you want your dog to hunt. If there are plenty of birds where you're at, just keep doing what you're doing and only shoot the birds that are handled correctly. Keep your mouth shut and let the birds teach your pup. If you are limited on birds, I wo...

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Yeah, I can see that being a great training tool, but for $8 - $10 a phez that's one training session I can't afford :) Holy crap!!! I need to move to Minnesota. $8-$10 for a pheasant? Here in Northern California it's $25 for a phez. If you buy a 50 bird card you can get them for $23 a bird.[/quote...

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[/quote] Yeah, I can see that being a great training tool, but for $8 - $10 a phez that's one training session I can't afford :) [/quote] Holy crap!!! I need to move to Minnesota. $8-$10 for a pheasant? Here in Northern California it's $25 for a phez. If you buy a 50 bird card you can get them for $...

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I'd definitely raise her housing up off the concrete. I probably wouldn't go with a crate, because it won't hold her body heat in. I'd go for a dog house, sized for her growth over the winter, and some good bedding/straw. Being in the garage will cut the worst of it, but being a shorthair puppy, sh...

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You know, I'm fairly new to this forum, but I look at it this way.........I have a 4x4 Chevy truck, an 85 Jeep CJ7, three 2 wheel dirt bikes and a quad in my garage. My neighbor has a Toyota Sequoia, 1969 Camaro and a Harley in his garage. He loves going fast on the pavement and I like playing in th...

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What breed is your pup and is the crate the wire type or the igloo kind?

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I have the SportDog SD-1825 (1 mile range) and have had absolutely no problems with it. I picked mine up at Cabela's for $289. It's also the same e-collar that the trainer that works with my dog uses. I figured if it's good enough for a professional trainer, it's good enough for me.

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The sooner the better I have taken some of my pups out at 12what weeks old and shot over them and had no issues but iv also had pups were I have tried everything with and wont hunt at all so probably best to get him out and just see how he does then slowly work into shooting around him A gun has no...

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Put the gun away for now. Take her on daily walks in the field and keep your mouth shut. Let her explore and be a pup. After doing this for 2 weeks, plant a clip wing quail for her and lead her in to it at a cross wind. If all goes well, she will get excited with the bird and chase it, catch it what...

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I would back off on the sit and heel training for a few weeks and stop all retrieving too. Take the dog for lots of walks out in the field and don't talk hardly at all. Just let your pup be a pup, exploring and having fun. If possible, plant a pigeon or two for your pup to find while on your walks. ...

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Too many people are trying to convince newcomers that puppies and birddog all require lots of time and work ot they will never hunt. The time and effort they talk about is dependant on how much training you want to do. Dogs that aren't trained a lot usually make pretty good hunting dogs but if you ...

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Not positive, but I think once a thread reaches 10 posts, the scrolling starts. My guess is to pinpoint "hot topics".

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When my dog was 10 weeks old, I would put a pigeon in a small wire cage (like you use to transport birds) and set it out in the back yard. I would let my pup loose and let her discover the bird. She would absolutely go crazy trying to get to the bird. I like this method because they can see and smel...

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I have thought about this too, but what about the concern for those of us that don't have wild birds to hunt. Isn't there a concern that the dog will catch the bird? After all, isn't that what "get em", "pull", or any other command means, get the bird? The club I hunt has good flying birds, but they...

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I was in a similar situation about 3 months ago with my pup. I made the decision to take my pup to a local pro and left her there for 3 weeks. It was the best $450 I have ever spent. I'm not going to go into details here, but if you want to read about it here is the link. http://gundogforum.com/foru...

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And isn't this a similar medical plan that our great president is pushing!? No thank you!

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Thanks for the replies. After analyzing this a bit further and talking with the trainer that worked with my pup, I think it's a combination of things that are causing this. 1. Too much obedience training by me at a young age. 2. The dog is not even 10 months old, she is still learning and building h...

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Yeah, my dog does pretty good with casting (side to side or back) when I'm directing her to a downed bird or dummy, but it's when we're hunting upland game that she hunts too close at times. About half of the time she is fine and the other half she is too close. Maybe as time goes on she will figure...

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I have a 10 month old pointing lab and I would like to teach her a command to "go out". She is great at recall if she happens to get too far out and she quarters really well, but sometimes she hunts in too close. What is the best command to use to get them to go further out and how do you go about t...

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The way we flush birds is the gunner (my son in this case) walks around and out in front of the dog looking at the dogs eyes. Then he walks toward the dog into the area of the bird using the dogs eyes to find the bird. In this case the bird walked out the side and kept walking. My son kept trying to...

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Thanks for the replies. I think I like the idea of just turning away from the bird and then coming back to it in 10 or 15 minutes. The only concern I have there, is it seems like the bird just might choose to run again and then we have the same situation. Next time this happens though, I'm going to ...

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I have a 10 month old pointing lab. Yesterday while hunting chukar (her first hunt) she scented a bird at about 35' and then moved in and locked up at about 12'. My son moved around her to flush the bird and the bird just started running. Not fast, but running away. My son kept trying to scare it up...

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