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by DonF
Sun Dec 03, 2023 4:43 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Training- New to this
Replies: 10
Views: 4558

Re: Training- New to this

Google Standing Stone Kennels. They have a lot of short training videos on utube that might be able to show you how to do some of the training. Ethan & Cat train their dogs for hunting and AKC hunt tests. Good luck with the pup. :D Not often I'd disagree with this guy but this time I do. Go check o...
by DonF
Sun Dec 03, 2023 4:26 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin 320 giving up on me.
Replies: 2
Views: 1226

Re: Garmin 320 giving up on me.

ya know, after I ordered the 430 I had a terrible nightmare. Thing came and the collars all had their own hand held receivers. Then the thing was overloaded with all the latest computer junk and I couldn't figure out a thing on it. Then the hand held receiver were huge, this was really gross! They g...
by DonF
Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:53 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin 320 giving up on me.
Replies: 2
Views: 1226

Garmin 320 giving up on me.

Have had it for some 20 yrs or so and have been through one receiver. Got a used receiver a few years ago but trouble all over with it. Terrible time getting ahold of Garmin to try and get it fixed and when I finally did they said they don't work on them anymore. Well that bumbed me out but it's had...
by DonF
Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:21 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Last dog?? Nooo! But no pups...
Replies: 13
Views: 6322

Re: Last dog?? Nooo! But no pups...

Could not agree more GH! March I'll be 78 and have two I'm afraid will out live me; snicker and Abby. Fortunately I have a son that like dogs and hope he'll give them a good home!
by DonF
Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:37 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Last dog?? Nooo! But no pups...
Replies: 13
Views: 6322

Re: Last dog?? Nooo! But no pups...

I worry about out living my dog's. Stormy will be 10 Oct 10th and figure I'll outlive him. Snicker is just 4 and Abby not two yet. No idea who would spoil them like I do. Then too when my son leaves for a couple days he leaves his dog's with me and one in particular really miss's him. Get's on the b...
by DonF
Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:09 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: that new pup
Replies: 3
Views: 2745

Re: that new pup

We have an " Ontario Out of Doors " magazine that is always excellent. Thought this article posted yesterday might be helpful to new pup owners. Training the dog is easier than training the handler. :) https://oodmag.com/category/hunting/ Training the dog is easier than training the handler! Boy is...
by DonF
Sun May 28, 2023 8:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: First photo's of Abby
Replies: 8
Views: 4277

Re: First photo's of Abby

new photo's of Abby today. She's really gonna be a good one. Bird crazy!

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by DonF
Fri May 26, 2023 9:18 am
Forum: Training
Topic: 11 month old gsp dropping tail on point
Replies: 9
Views: 3489

Re: 11 month old gsp dropping tail on point

You have the remote launcher in your hand and not using it. Don't spend your time looking for the bird, watch the dog! if it moves at all immediately pop the bird. Tail starts to drop, pop the bird. Dog come's into scent cone see if you can pop the bird before the dog can point it. Keep your mouth s...
by DonF
Wed May 24, 2023 1:56 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: First photo's of Abby
Replies: 8
Views: 4277

Re: First photo's of Abby

Whelped in April 2022 so about 13 mos. She was a handfull when loose right after Igot her. In the house and yard came right away when called. Outside the fence all bet's were off. But running her with no check cord now and just the vibrator on her e-collar and coming around well!
by DonF
Tue May 23, 2023 8:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: First photo's of Abby
Replies: 8
Views: 4277

Re: First photo's of Abby

Hey GH, when I'm to old for pup's it will be because I'm dead. Nobody worth a darn is ever to old for a pup!

BTW. Snicker is a Stormy pup too! :-)

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by DonF
Tue May 23, 2023 4:33 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: First photo's of Abby
Replies: 8
Views: 4277

First photo's of Abby

Got her a few days after Sis passed away. Shes a Stormy daughter out of Yakima.

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Slammed them both hard and never moved till I was about half way around her. She's gonna be a good one!
by DonF
Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:09 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Which One?
Replies: 15
Views: 5634

Re: Which One?

gypsy wrote:
Sat Apr 15, 2023 10:21 am
Thanks for the info on the Diamond Performance; however I am trying to get away from products with corn.
$40 for 50#?
by DonF
Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: Brags
Topic: Heeeere’s Tilly
Replies: 21
Views: 20871

Re: Heeeere’s Tilly

Boyu look at those eye's! She's ready!
by DonF
Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:04 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Which One?
Replies: 15
Views: 5634

Re: Which One?

I have a belief about dog food, most is over rated! Purina Dog Chow has been feeding dogs for a hundred years and I've never read anything bad coming to the dogs that ate it. But many are convinced if they don't feed the latest and greatest food, they are not being right by their dog! Ever wonder ho...
by DonF
Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:53 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Predator Encounters
Replies: 16
Views: 6556

Re: Predator Encounters

I don't worry aabout cats and bears. My problem is with wolves mostly. Wolves around, I don't hunt my dogs there. And for coyotes, they only bother me when I see packs, then I leave. had a coyote follow my Bodie in one time and I fired a shot in the air and it left. I think coyote's are basically co...
by DonF
Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:17 am
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: My favorite shotgun... How about you?
Replies: 10
Views: 11730

Re: My favorite shotgun... How about you?

I will admit that on one level, it is fairly pointless to address a single shotgun as “my favorite gun.” Different shotguns have different purposes, and there is no reason to select only one. How about you? Well if I had to make a call it would probably be either my CZ Bobwhite 28ga or my AyA Matad...
by DonF
Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:57 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: A bad day
Replies: 13
Views: 5514

A bad day

At 18mos my Sis came down with epilepsy. She died of it Sunday night. Had a seizure Sat night and got her to a vet Sunday morning about 8am. Gave her two shots for pain and took her in. Called this morning with the bad news. God I miss her!

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by DonF
Sun Feb 05, 2023 2:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Next dog
Replies: 23
Views: 9360

Re: Next dog

My first suggestion would be either a GSP or a Red Setter. But if I were to think long enough I'd probably come up with a Britt too. I have trained a number of them and they are very nice mostly. Not to much range and good companion's. Get it from gun dog breeding though. I've seen a good number of ...
by DonF
Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:00 pm
Forum: Brags
Topic: Meet Molly
Replies: 3
Views: 3018

Re: Meet Molly

Well didn't get to see her. Guy got down to Walla Walla and road got closed with snow! Was really looking forward to it! Did see the recent pup's Stormy sired up there though. Didn't think to take the camera though! Nice pup's!
by DonF
Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:22 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dog collar
Replies: 10
Views: 4259

Re: Dog collar

Bodie and Squirt got leather collars made at a local saddle shop. Collars out lasted both of them. I've got leather collars on all four of my dogs now and they are going to be done before to much longer. Their next collars will come from a saddle maker. Whats biothane anyway?
by DonF
Mon Dec 12, 2022 5:05 pm
Forum: ARCHIVE: Previous Listings SOLD/OLD/GONE
Topic: Two pup's in Yakima, Wash.
Replies: 2
Views: 2475

Re: Two pup's in Yakima, Wash.

Just got this from Craig in Yakima. It's his pup from that litter up there. Ruby!

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by DonF
Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:55 pm
Forum: ARCHIVE: Previous Listings SOLD/OLD/GONE
Topic: Two pup's in Yakima, Wash.
Replies: 2
Views: 2475

Two pup's in Yakima, Wash.

One female and one male pup left in Yakima, Wash. Come Back, Joe Edwards kennel, female by my Stormy. Really nice female. Went to Craig O'Briens place to see them and Craigh has a female out of the litter. Really nice pup! Not sure what they are getting for them. Wish I'd had my camrea with me but f...
by DonF
Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:35 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Winter Training/Training in the Snow
Replies: 16
Views: 5522

Re: Winter Training/Training in the Snow

Kind of hard to do some things in the snow I would think. I'd be real careful of creating a new problem forr the trainer to work on. With 2' of snow there's not a whole lot of prodductive work youcan do outside of basic obedience.
by DonF
Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:49 pm
Forum: Brags
Topic: Meet Molly
Replies: 3
Views: 3018

Re: Meet Molly

One more time!

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by DonF
Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:48 pm
Forum: Brags
Topic: Meet Molly
Replies: 3
Views: 3018

Meet Molly

Molly is a Stormy/Sis pup. Guy up in North Idaho got her. Hoping to see her Dec 10th up in Yakima.

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45# of raising heck!
by DonF
Sun Nov 06, 2022 7:34 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: 1 year old GSP busting birds and not holding point
Replies: 21
Views: 7411

Re: 1 year old GSP busting birds and not holding point

Your dog does what you allow it to do! It simply want's the bird, your job is to show it how. Remote traps guve you the opertunity to expose your dog to wild birds ways! You need to learn how to do that. Bring the dog in cross wind, check cord makes it easier but without the ck cord is much more nat...
by DonF
Sun Nov 06, 2022 6:38 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Racing pigeons
Replies: 3
Views: 2999

Re: Racing pigeons

I prefer ferals to homer's, got both. Ferals are generally smaller birds and easier to handle. Of course anything a feral can do, so can a homer but a feral can't do what a homer's does! In my experience ferals are a bit wilder than homer's. I have homer's come out of a trap and sit down next to the...
by DonF
Tue Oct 04, 2022 1:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: How far do y'all let pups chase?
Replies: 28
Views: 8854

Re: How far do y'all let pups chase?

One more thing about letting it chase in the cover your talking about. I'd take a close look at the check cord she's dragging. Should be hard core to bounce off brush and avoid tangling in it and, very important, hope there no knot in the end that could catch in a "v" in the brush and hang it up!
by DonF
Wed Sep 28, 2022 8:51 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Today's training
Replies: 4
Views: 3369

Re: Today's training

Boy she is looking good!
by DonF
Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:31 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: New e collar
Replies: 8
Views: 4228

Re: New e collar

I like my dogtra collars. You do not need a one mile range, that's silly. In all likelyhood you won't be able to see your dog at one mile. Chance yo could shoch it standong on a bird. Confine training to a much smaller area and only shock when you know exactly wht the dog is doing wrong! Even a half...
by DonF
Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:26 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Puppy will not give
Replies: 11
Views: 4396

Re: Puppy will not give

Thank yall for the help. I always keep her in the check cord when retrieving. I will admit, sometimes I can get frustrated. The first live bird she ever got, she wouldn't give the bird and she growled and bit me. I was furious and popped her pretty good... I know that's not fun for her. All of the ...
by DonF
Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:15 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Puppy will not give
Replies: 11
Views: 4396

Re: Puppy will not give

Couple problems, hard mouth and refusing to let go. My first though is she needs forced fetched. That should help with the hard mouth. The release is easy. Bring her in and be down on one knee, other knee up. Pull her into the spot between your knees and with your right hand over her back stroke her...
by DonF
Sat Aug 27, 2022 5:08 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Training Older dogs
Replies: 5
Views: 3705

Re: Training Older dogs

Had a guy bring me a 6yr old GSP male he told me he'd never run. I'm pretty sure that was an understatement! That dog had no interest in anything. Finally trying to get him to look for birds I took him into the quail pen and just stood there and watched him. Big nothing for about 45 min. Birds would...
by DonF
Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:09 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Ruby's first point on her own
Replies: 3
Views: 3301

Re: Ruby's first point on her own

Think I got her!

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by DonF
Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:50 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Ruby's first point on her own
Replies: 3
Views: 3301

Ruby's first point on her own

Craig O'Brien owns Ruby up in Yakima. Craig is the breeder of my Stormy and this pup is one out of the litter Stormy sired in Yakima a while back. I love that tail! Ruby has as good a home as it get's!

Well shoot, can't paste it here! Some good looking pup!
by DonF
Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:14 pm
Forum: Birds & Bird Supplies
Topic: Video: My simple pigeon loft
Replies: 3
Views: 2943

Re: Video: My simple pigeon loft

Have to congradulate you. Most people getting going seem to make a project out of the birds. Your loft will probabky work fine. About the floor, mine are 3/4" plywood. Preditors can dig under but have never come up through. I like the plywood for cleaning, easy to use a flat nose shovel and scrape e...
by DonF
Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:00 pm
Forum: Brags
Topic: Another good NSTRA weekend
Replies: 8
Views: 9458

Re: Another good NSTRA weekend

In a bragging mood now! Stormy on point with Snicker, his son, backing for the first time. Snick came around and soon as he saw Stormy i whoa'ed him. What a boy!

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by DonF
Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:55 pm
Forum: Brags
Topic: Another good NSTRA weekend
Replies: 8
Views: 9458

Re: Another good NSTRA weekend

I ran NSTRA for several years and Judged. Found out I liked judging best, got to watcch every dog. I was tight as a judge had my own rules and you had to follow them. I worried about gun safety out there and my first rule was no loaded chamber in the field till you got to your dog on point. I got fr...
by DonF
Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:21 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: Which shotgun brand do you use?
Replies: 180
Views: 221191

Re: Which shotgun brand do you use?

Boy no one has been here in a while. I pretty much cut my teeth with a Mossberg 500 pump, really like that one. Today I have an Ithica mod 37 16ga. Really like those Ithicas but I've never shot this one. Started using SxS's years ago and never left them. Really like my AyA's. I have had a 12ga, have...
by DonF
Tue Jul 26, 2022 1:42 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Surprising swim
Replies: 13
Views: 4056

Re: Surprising swim

She is a pretty girl! I found that even dogs that shy away from the water in the begining, they fall in once then ya can't keep them out of it. Used to dump my dogs in the horse water trough when I was done working them. They all got to where when we were done and I headed to the barn they'd run ahe...
by DonF
Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:47 am
Forum: GDF "Hall of Fame" Posts
Topic: If you could go back
Replies: 59
Views: 184483

Re: If you could go back

Boy forgot all about this thread. Great one everyone should read.
by DonF
Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:36 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: So this was a first.
Replies: 2
Views: 3321

Re: So this was a first.

Wen I first moved into where I am now, had 14 dog's out back and the first night I looked on the hill behind the barn and about 8 coyote's were sitting there in a row watching my dog's!
by DonF
Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:31 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Advice for gun dogs with chickens?
Replies: 12
Views: 5154

Re: Advice for gun dogs with chickens?

Keep in mind when taking very young puppy's around chicken's. Far better than a shock from a collar is a peck from a chicken. Pup's learn real fast how to avoid the peck! Imagine if every bird your dog pointed walked over to the dog and pecked it. Wouldn't take to long and your dog would quit pointi...
by DonF
Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:19 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Pointing English Springer Spaniel, A Change of Strategy
Replies: 19
Views: 5478

Re: Pointing English Springer Spaniel, A Change of Strategy

Here is one of the locals during her training. The first photo was taken during her "whoa" barrel work :D . The second photo shows her finished, steady, pointing a quail. I often work some of the local prairie wolves. This one is still a little gun sensitive though :D. I trained her the same way I ...
by DonF
Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:32 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Gun Conditioning Question
Replies: 22
Views: 5627

Re: Gun Conditioning Question

Perfection Kennels Perfect Gun Acclimation Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I have seen that video quite a long time ago and pretty good. Notice in the video with introducing the dog to the gun. Wen the gun is fired the dog looks over at the gun a moment then goes on to retrieve. I can't see any ...
by DonF
Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:50 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Advice for gun dogs with chickens?
Replies: 12
Views: 5154

Re: Advice for gun dogs with chickens?

Have had chicken for aa long long time and never a problem with the dog's. I start them out around chickens going out with me to do chore's while they are just puppy's. Seem to learn real fast not to fool with them. Sometime's not paying attention and Sis or Snicker will get left in the chicken coop...
by DonF
Sun Jul 24, 2022 11:48 am
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: DT systems vs Dogtra Bird Launcher
Replies: 11
Views: 13370

Re: DT systems vs Dogtra Bird Launcher

a Don't remember which it is but I prefer the 1 which uses 9v batteries. Go train and dead battery, just pop in a new 9v. Mine last 2 years if I don't forget to turn them off That sounds like the same one's I have. Mine take 9v in the reciever. I have had two different brands and have worked with se...
by DonF
Sun Jul 24, 2022 11:37 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Is a GPS collar necessary
Replies: 34
Views: 12396

Re: Is a GPS collar necessary

What if the dog runs away? Chases a deer? Goes after a bird or rabbit? You may not NEED one, but for me, it's the cheapest insurance I can buy. There's also YOU. I hunt a lot of big woods and with a GPS, I can get out. There's a good point no one made. Hunt in a place where your not sure how to get...
by DonF
Sun Jul 24, 2022 11:25 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Brittany Puppy Training/Bird Exposure
Replies: 16
Views: 5236

Re: Brittany Puppy Training/Bird Exposure

I don't think you really need to worry about pointing abilities in a dog bred to point to begin with. simply expose the dog. Good way I think is walking the pup around in fields and let it chase d*cky birds. Pup won't catch them but it does start the pup hunting. I do not believe in the beginning do...
by DonF
Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:49 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Training whoas?
Replies: 7
Views: 4031

Re: Training whoas?

I think you said you started the pup at 6mos. Big problem for me right there. At 6 mos they truly are a pup and your watching puppy junk hoping for something else. As for the traps, sounds like they are remote traps and you have the best thing for doing a dog in my opinion. Beauty of the remote is y...