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by Highway Ends Kennel
Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:10 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Best Upland Books
Replies: 17
Views: 8684

Re: Best Upland Books

I really enjoyed Bob Wehle's book "Snakefoot: The Making of Champion". The book details his 60 year pursuit of trying to produce the best possible bird dog. I'm not a huge Elhew fan mainly because of where I hunt. But his experiences and breeding philosophy are pretty amazing
by Highway Ends Kennel
Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:12 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Perfect pedigree site
Replies: 3
Views: 2025

Re: Perfect pedigree site

The GSP Ancestry site has an impressive database if your looking for pedigree information on your Shorthairs. It shows the COI & ALC coefficients of each dog if your interested in that. It also has some information on known breedings and off-spring.

http://www.gspancestry.com/search.html
by Highway Ends Kennel
Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:00 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: RIP Bodie
Replies: 26
Views: 13548

Re: RIP Bodie

So sorry for your loss. One of the best bird dogs I've ever had turns 13 this year. Don't know what I'm going to do when he passes on
by Highway Ends Kennel
Sat Jan 21, 2017 7:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Best Vest?
Replies: 23
Views: 19302

Re: Best Vest?

+1 on the Q5 vests. I bought the Q5 Rimfire this season and love it! It's just a little bit smaller than the Centerfire. You can tell the vest is designed by guys that do allot of bird hunting. It really gets the weight off of your shoulders and onto your hips, like a fanny pack. They're very well b...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:44 am
Forum: Training
Topic: How much does training cost?
Replies: 21
Views: 13757

Re: How much does training cost?

I also can't stress enough how comfortable you need to be able to cummunicate with your trainer. A lot of trainers are very good at comunicating with and training the dogs. Therefore people skills can be severely lacking.. This is a problem because after the dog is trained the trainer must then trai...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:13 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Training with pen raised Texas Blue Scaled Quail
Replies: 12
Views: 6859

Re: Training with pen raised Texas Blue Scaled Quail

I use Bob-Whites because they seem to recall the best, survive the best in a JH, and are also the most economical. They also hold the tightest when working dogs. Starting in late April you can get day-old Bob White chicks for about $1.75/EA and then raise them to juveniles. Put them in the JH's 3-We...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:23 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: How much does training cost?
Replies: 21
Views: 13757

Re: How much does training cost?

$500 - $700/month in Arizona. If your pup is only 10 months old he probably is only ready for a 1-month puppy clinic. That is where a trainer would work on basic things such as Here, introduction to birds and introduction to gunfire. You can do this pretty easily yourself. I would get a hold of a vi...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:45 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Training with pen raised Texas Blue Scaled Quail
Replies: 12
Views: 6859

Re: Training with pen raised Texas Blue Scaled Quail

I've used Bobwhites (regular and Reds), Gambles Quail, and Blue's in a Johnny house. They will all recall if left in the Johnny house for at least 2-weeks before released. I think overall the Bobwhites seem to survive better and recall more often to the JH. I've also had pretty good luck with the Ga...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:43 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Lupoid Dermatosis
Replies: 95
Views: 53340

Re: Lupoid Dermatosis

I agree that carriers can be bred to non-carriers in order to improve certain desirable traits that might not be as available in other lines. The problem/concern I have is how do you guarantee one of the carrier pups that is born is never bred to another carrier down the road? Even if you can avoid...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:12 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Lupoid Dermatosis
Replies: 95
Views: 53340

Re: Lupoid Dermatosis

I agree that carriers can be bred to non-carriers in order to improve certain desirable traits that might not be as available in other lines. The problem/concern I have is how do you guarantee one of the carrier pups that is born is never bred to another carrier down the road? Even if you can avoid ...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:00 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: GSPs with EP bloodlines?
Replies: 215
Views: 75274

Re: GSPs with EP bloodlines?

You guys got it all wrong.... it is Rusty, clown, and Tonellis lines that have pointer bred into them, Ace was a setter :lol: :lol: :lol: If any of these four show up in the pedigree of your dogs at all they must be spayed or neutered immediately :roll: :roll: :roll: Exactly! That would leave us wi...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:54 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: GSPs with EP bloodlines?
Replies: 215
Views: 75274

Re: GSPs with EP bloodlines?

Anybody know what became of those Hanshaw pups? Test results? Doug I have the little orange runt out of that litter, shes a birdy little hunting machine and runs pretty big 3-500 yards is common He told me the DNA result proved sin city slick ace was the real father I am having fun with her she thi...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: All white GSP
Replies: 25
Views: 9319

Re: All white GSP

jimbo&rooster wrote:The head looks very Lab to me.....

I believe I'd rather have a lemon and white GSP

Jim
+1

Looks Like There's Some Lab Mixed In.

A Shortador :)
by Highway Ends Kennel
Fri May 10, 2013 12:25 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Question for you desert guys
Replies: 13
Views: 6084

Re: Question for you desert guys

Like a previous poster stated, the Gambles quail around the Golf Courses and subdivisions are allot more tame and will let you get closer to them than they will in the wild. They do well in these areas because there's usually a constant source of food and water and not much pressure from other preda...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: in your opinion, which breed for a beginner?
Replies: 56
Views: 17285

Re: in your opinion, which breed for a beginner?

The NSTRA Trials will give you a very good opportunity to see all of the breeds your interested in do "their thing" up close. The dogs are competed in 30 min. braces with two dogs/brace. You'll get to see the dogs work the field, find, point, and retrieve to hand pen released Bobwhite that the handl...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:30 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: in your opinion, which breed for a beginner?
Replies: 56
Views: 17285

Re: in your opinion, which breed for a beginner?

The terrain you hunt, type of birds, and weather conditions are big factors that should influence your choice of dog as well. Will it be an inside family dog, outside kennel, backyard etc. Does shorthair or longhair matter? Also what are your expectations for the dog? Will you be doing any other act...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:05 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SHADOW OAK BO IS 2013 NATIONAL CHAMPION
Replies: 68
Views: 29102

Re: SHADOW OAK BO IS 2013 NATIONAL CHAMPION

Cajun Casey wrote:
Highway Ends Kennel wrote:That's cool that a Setter was able to win that. Good to know there is still more than one breed that can compete at that level.

Anybody want to wager a guess on what his stud fee will be??
My question would be is his daddy still around. Bo is a product, not a producer.

YET!
by Highway Ends Kennel
Fri Feb 22, 2013 5:47 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SHADOW OAK BO IS 2013 NATIONAL CHAMPION
Replies: 68
Views: 29102

Re: SHADOW OAK BO IS 2013 NATIONAL CHAMPION

That's cool that a Setter was able to win that. Good to know there is still more than one breed that can compete at that level.

Anybody want to wager a guess on what his stud fee will be??
by Highway Ends Kennel
Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Forum idea........
Replies: 67
Views: 19457

Re: Forum idea........

If all of the adds under the Trading Post section are really removed after 6 months then there has been a TOTAL of around 650 adds the last 6 months. That's everything (Dogs For Sale, Equipment, Horses etc.) With only +/- 100 new adds posted a month, are there even very many members trying to sell o...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:59 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Imitiation breeding.... AI/surgical implant
Replies: 23
Views: 7090

Re: Imitiation breeding.... AI/surgical implant

When a female is breed using thawed frozen semen it is usually done surgically or intrauterine. Either way the semen is deposited directly into the uterine horns. The sperm doesn't have to travel the normal distance it would during a live breeding. This is supposed to increase the chance of a sucess...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:24 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Imitiation breeding.... AI/surgical implant
Replies: 23
Views: 7090

Re: Imitiation breeding.... AI/surgical implant

Thanks for the feedback KwickIrish and Saddle. Some of the other breeders I've talked have said the same thing. They like having access to more stud dogs that they normally wouldn't under a live breeding. Anybody had experience with using older frozen semen that maybe wasn't optimal quality. Say 30%...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:36 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Imitiation breeding.... AI/surgical implant
Replies: 23
Views: 7090

Re: Imitiation breeding.... AI/surgical implant

I'd be very interested to know what other Board Members experiences have been with frozen semen and AI breeding as well. I've been involved with two pretty expensive frozen AI breeding's the last few years. Neither one took. We used two different females. Both females had healthy litter sizes before...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Sat Feb 09, 2013 12:35 am
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: UPLAND E-COLLARS which one ?
Replies: 29
Views: 20011

Re: UPLAND E-COLLARS which one ?

Thornapple, The Mearns country I hunt can range anywhere from pretty dense vegetation Thicker wash vegetation.jpg Mearns #2.jpg To pretty wide open spaces Mearns Hunting.jpg The cedars in the Mearns country is about as close as I come to hunting in trees. It can get pretty thick sometimes but then u...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:48 pm
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: UPLAND E-COLLARS which one ?
Replies: 29
Views: 20011

Re: UPLAND E-COLLARS which one ?

Brian, I wrote elsewhere on this forum that my concern for the Alpha is accuracy for closer in contact work. It sounds like you hunt open fields of CRP, hay, corn, etc. I hunt mostly thick cover and my dogs do not range more than maybe 250 - 300 feet or so from me. If you have hunted grouse or wood...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:40 am
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: Garmin Alpha?
Replies: 82
Views: 78836

Re: Garmin Alpha?

So I broke down and bought the Alpha beginning of January before we left for our Idaho Chuckar hunt. The bottom line for me is this product made a Huge improvement in hunting with my dogs and covering ground!! It also made made my hunting more productive, enjoyable, and relaxing (after I took the ti...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:18 am
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: UPLAND E-COLLARS which one ?
Replies: 29
Views: 20011

Re: UPLAND E-COLLARS which one ?

TT Pro 500. GARMIN ALPHA which is tt pro 500 +1 on the Garmin Alpha. So I broke down and bought the Alpha beginning of January before we left for our Idaho Chuckar hunt. The bottom line for me is this product made a Huge improvement in hunting with my dogs and covering ground!! It also made made my...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:04 pm
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: Garmin Alpha?
Replies: 82
Views: 78836

Re: Garmin Alpha?

So what kind of range are you guys getting out of the Alpha? How much does the terrain affect it's range? Have any of you tried some of the long range antennas that are sold separately?

Thanks!!
by Highway Ends Kennel
Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:46 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: orange and white and lemon and white german shorthairs
Replies: 337
Views: 174246

Re: orange and white and lemon and white german shorthairs

Why am I so unlucky? I've been breeding all along a lot tighter to Ace, his littermates, sons, daughters and slick lines in general and never get any of these "rare" colors??? What is the solution here? Let's be problem solvers, not problem finders. The problems find themselves without too much loo...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:40 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: orange and white and lemon and white german shorthairs
Replies: 337
Views: 174246

Re: orange and white and lemon and white german shorthairs

Your right seeing what has come of my post I should of waited until the tests were completed. Chuck, I don't think it was so much your original post, but the way some of the more experienced members ran away with it because they have an "issue" or axe to grind with that line of dogs. I truly feel f...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:44 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: orange and white and lemon and white german shorthairs
Replies: 337
Views: 174246

Re: orange and white and lemon and white german shorthairs

This should have never been posted without getting the DNA tests back on the pups and verifying who the sire is. Ace has been one of the top producers for a while now and has sired a ton of champions. You should have gotten the DNA tests back first and then posted your suspicions. There's lots of s...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:14 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: orange and white and lemon and white german shorthairs
Replies: 337
Views: 174246

Re: orange and white and lemon and white german shorthairs

This should have never been posted without getting the DNA tests back on the pups and verifying who the sire is. Ace has been one of the top producers for a while now and has sired a ton of champions. You should have gotten the DNA tests back first and then posted your suspicions. There's lots of sc...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:32 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin GPS/E-Collar Combo?
Replies: 3
Views: 1313

Re: Garmin GPS/E-Collar Combo?

That's definitely an option. I like to keep things simple though and one less gadget(transmitter) in the field would be nice. Maybe the next I-Phone or Droid smart phone will be able to control both collars :P Plus, why would Garmin buy out Tri-Tronics if they weren't planning on combining their GPS...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:14 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin GPS/E-Collar Combo?
Replies: 3
Views: 1313

Garmin GPS/E-Collar Combo?

Anybody have any information on when or if Garmin will come out with a GPS/E-Collar Combo? I want to get a GPS but was holding off because I heard Garmin would be coming out with a combo collar after they bought Tri-tronics. I really like the reliability of my TT E-collar and I know Garmin is one of...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:02 pm
Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
Topic: New Member from Arizona
Replies: 4
Views: 1181

Re: New Member from Arizona

Are you talking about birds to train your Choc. Lab with or do you have a pointing dog as well? I'm not as familiar with the retriever training as I am the pointing dogs. I guess I will need to get up to date though with retriever training since my daughter has asked for a Choc. Lab for Christmas! I...
by Highway Ends Kennel
Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:26 pm
Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
Topic: New Member from Arizona
Replies: 4
Views: 1181

New Member from Arizona

Hi, I've been a lurker on this site for a couple of years. I've really enjoyed reading allot of the posts. My name is Brian Cluff and I am passionate about my bird dogs. I raise and train German Shorthairs and English Pointers as a hobby. I am not a dog breeder. I have however gone to great lengths ...