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Thanks guys! I was getting fairly upset that it seemed that it was nearly impossible to have a good family dog and a decent hunting dog. Everything I read about normal puppy stuff seemed to contradict the hunting stuff making it virtually impossible to have both. I realize that by having a family do...

Those are some interesting ideas. And it is good to know that it isn't going to ruin them but that you should just focus on the nose more than the eyes. I am just reaching a certain point where everything I read kind of contradicts the last thing I read and if I listened to all of it I wouldn't even...

So I am very curious about this topic. Because where do we draw the line with this stuff? I mean we play fetch with the toy to and he mouths the crap out of it, I would think he could tell between a bird and a toy in that instance, why not pointing?

Check this out. I just got this pup on Saturday and it will be the first time for me training an English Pointer. I have trained 3 previous labs before but I was wondering if it was bad to have a dog point it's toys this early. I know a lot of people don't have dogs point wings because they don't wa...

Thanks! Second night and he quieted down within 10 minutes of being in the crate so things are going better than expected!

Hey folks I was a Lurker for a while here while I was searching for my pup but since I just picked him up yesterday I figured I better register and make it official.

Here is a video of the little guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5nWjVbl ... ata_player

I recommend first steps with Ben Garciafor beginners
http://www.gundogsupply.com/hideaway-ke ... a-dvd.html