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- Tue May 27, 2014 3:02 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Puppy Pix! Show yer best!
- Replies: 57
- Views: 28661
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:14 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Newbie questions about selecting a gun dog breed
- Replies: 47
- Views: 26440
Re: Newbie questions about selecting a gun dog breed
Chesapeake Bay retriever:....I think they're gorgeous, more interesting and rare than other retriever breeds, but also hear they're hard to train and can be nippy with children. I'm also concerned that the coat may be too heavy for Alabama weather (100% humidity, and 100+ degree temps during dove s...
- Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:17 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Serious, he needs a raise?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5553
- Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:55 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Retrieve to Hand
- Replies: 63
- Views: 22042
Re: Retrieve to Hand
Your in northern CA? Just curious who got your CBR from?Ez4 wrote:The dog is around 9 months, large female Chessie.
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:46 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Does your dog ride up front
- Replies: 43
- Views: 17550
Re: Does your dog ride up front
A good friend lost both her husband and Chessie in a head on collision...drunk driver, not there fault. The dog was riding shotgun and on impact slammed into his owner. Paramedics agreed had the dog not slammed into her husband (causing severe head trauma) he probably would have made it. Not being a...
- Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:56 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The Retrieve = as Important
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9244
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New puppy and kids
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6450
Re: New puppy and kids
Hi I just got my new 4 month old springer spaniel home last night and introduced him to my boys today and he's not taking to them to well. My boys are 5 and 7 and he just seems to not be comfortable with my 5 year old. He growls when he try's to pet him. Seems better with my 7 year old but still ne...
- Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:23 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dog food article
- Replies: 82
- Views: 33589
Re: Dog food article
http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/Res ... 047113.htmAngus wrote:So don't list any scientific evidence. How about just a source for your info? Just post some sources for your info.
- Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dog food article
- Replies: 82
- Views: 33589
Re: Dog food article
Kind of sounded like it was sponsored by the USDA or a mass market pet food company. My personal experience, once I got my dog off of food with grains in it, she doesnt have as strong of an odor, stopped itching and biting at herself, her waste decreased by half and there was a remarkable change in...
- Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:27 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: $120 plus parts to replace a headlight bulb
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12122
Re: $120 plus parts to replace a headlight bulb
OMG you don't have to remove the radiator to replace a headlight bulb in an Audi...gotta love service writers LOLMonsterDad wrote:I just dropped it off. The guy said don't feel so bad because on Audi's he has to remove the radiator.
- Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:23 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Help CBR to heel plus more
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3983
Re: Help CBR to heel plus more
Referring to "chessies should always be brave warriors" ...okay, how about when thats not the case. I know my girl is only 6 months but she isnt the bravest.... I'm always amazed at the comments folks make about CBRs :roll: As others have mentioned are you using a training program and if so, which ...
- Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:06 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cryptorchidism
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9847
Re: Cryptorchidism
I had a CBR pup and his other testicle didn't fully descended until he was five months old! I was so obsessed and worried I had everyone feeling the poor guy up every few days...one second it was there and the next it would disappear. Sure happy I didn't have any one talk me into having him altered....
- Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:05 am
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: Help, my CBR is shy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1645
Re: Help, my CBR is shy
I dont know if your dog does that but when we showed her the bird she coward down to it but oddly another time (before we took her hunting) we brought a bird home and she loved it. Please help with whatever you can. Do you have a chessie? Your picture looks like one. My dogs don't cower down to bir...
- Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:59 pm
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: Help, my CBR is shy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1645
Re: Help, my CBR is shy
Could you share a little history? Did you get her as a pup? How old is she? What type of training have you done with her? How far a long are you on her with obedience?
- Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:58 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chesapeake Lines
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6027
Re: Chesapeake Lines
I believe she if from Pondhollowchesapeakes.com I just don't like a dog that treats everyone who rides up or knocks on the door as a threat, even if its only initially. To each their own I guess on that one..... The dog on my avatar is a Grand Daughter out of a Pond Hollow dog I owned...Dyane Baldw...
- Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:45 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chesapeake Lines
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6027
Re: Chesapeake Lines
That data base isn't any kind of official record then?? Says anyone can add a dog at any time. So, By looking through it I can see that none of my Chessies are on on it. I would have had to of added them myself. You are correct...it isn't "offical". Some time ago Chessie DB was updated by the owner...
- Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chesapeake Lines
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6027
Re: Chesapeake Lines
We are considering getting a chessie but have heard they can be a bit "unfriendly". I'm wondering if anyone knows of any chessie breeders who have a reputation for producing good hunting dogs that also have good dispositions? Hi Gertie :D I've owned and bred CBRs for over 20 years. I am also very a...
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Women's hunting boots (gift)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1636
Re: Women's hunting boots (gift)
Give her cash or a gift certificate so she can pick out the boot herself. Nothing worse then having a hunting boot that doesn't fit properly...been there done that <VBG>
- Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chesapeake Bay Retriever Info
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6234
Re: Chesapeake Bay Retriever Info
IMO, chessies aren't "birddogs" they are waterfowl dogs. Really? Please don't tell our dogs they aren't birdgos LOL The only time our CBRs see waterfowl is at a hunt test <VBG> http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn274/iluvchessies/DSC_0144-1-1.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn274/iluvchessi...
Re: Beginner
Highly suggest you join you either of these forums if you have a retriever and have questions....
http://www.retrievertraining.net/forums/
http://refugeforums.com/refuge/index.php
http://www.retrievertraining.net/forums/
http://refugeforums.com/refuge/index.php
- Sat May 12, 2012 5:14 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Eagle pack power dog food
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9513
Re: Eagle pack power dog food
Very interesting!!!! I post a question about dog food and it turns into a pissing match. Honestly, who cares how much a cup of dog food weighs. I appreciate the breakdown in price, whether right or wrong. What it really boils down too, which I already know from research, is that a 24 lb bag of Blue...
- Sat May 12, 2012 4:15 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Eagle pack power dog food
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9513
Re: Eagle pack power dog food
brad27 wrote:It's too bad weight decreases with altitude, not increases.Susie wrote:Sorry, not according to my scale. Perhaps it's because of the altitude here <VGB>mcbosco wrote:1 cup of TOTWPS weighs 3.52 ounces, or 100 grams.
BINGO!
- Sat May 12, 2012 3:43 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Eagle pack power dog food
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9513
Re: Eagle pack power dog food
PLEASE tell me where you can buy a 30# bag of TOW for ONLY $35.00!brad27 wrote:Then you don't understand it. TOTW cost .86 per day if your dog needs 1200 per day and a bag cost $35.Susie wrote:Honey, I read the thread.brad27 wrote:You need to go read that thread. Then you'll know why the numbers are what they are.
- Sat May 12, 2012 3:13 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Eagle pack power dog food
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9513
Re: Eagle pack power dog food
Sorry, not according to my scale. Perhaps it's because of the altitude here <VGB>mcbosco wrote:1 cup of TOTWPS weighs 3.52 ounces, or 100 grams.
- Sat May 12, 2012 3:03 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Eagle pack power dog food
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9513
Re: Eagle pack power dog food
Honey, I read the thread.brad27 wrote:You need to go read that thread. Then you'll know why the numbers are what they are.
- Sat May 12, 2012 1:27 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Eagle pack power dog food
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9513
Re: Eagle pack power dog food
1 cup is 8 ounces by VOLUME not weight. The typical cup of food weighs about 4 ounces +/- Got a better scale....1 cup of TOWPS weighs exactly 6 oz. I know Brad means well, however, TOWPS can't come in at costing .86 cents per day! That would only be ONE cup a day here in my house and all my CBRs ea...
- Fri May 11, 2012 8:27 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Eagle pack power dog food
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9513
Re: Eagle pack power dog food
[quote="brad27]It's a guessimate. Calories being equal, it cost twice as much to feed Blue then Eagle. TOTW Pacific Stream comes in at $.86 per day.[/quote]
How did you come up with .86 cents per day when a 30# bag runs around $50 bucks and 1 cup is 8oz?
How did you come up with .86 cents per day when a 30# bag runs around $50 bucks and 1 cup is 8oz?
- Fri May 11, 2012 4:48 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Eagle pack power dog food
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9513
Re: Eagle pack power dog food
Hmmm How can you figure the cost per day when you don't know how many cups the dog will be eating? What is the cost per day for TOW Pacific Stream and how many cups are you basing this price on?brad27 wrote:Cost per day to feed Blue Buffalo Wilderness= $1.45
Cost per day to feed Eagle= $.75
- Thu May 10, 2012 6:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Front Range?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2579
Re: Front Range?
Hopefully this doesn't sound stupid....it does seem they have a season for them. A few years ago, I worked on a project on Mt. Evans counting ptarmigan populations. Yes, there is a season...runs right a long with big game season. No one in their right mind would take dogs up in the mountains to hun...
- Thu May 03, 2012 9:11 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Fishing
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11501
Re: Fishing
Do some local fishing for Walleye but really look forward to our yearly trips to Alaska...
- Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:50 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Canidae To Make its own Products
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1430
Re: Canidae To Make its own Products
Hope this is true. Like many I was a faithful Canidae customer for years until they changed their formula without any warning...had a litter of eight, six week old pups at the time and boy did they have some nasty diarrhea. Our adult dogs have ever done well on the new formula either...if their smar...
- Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:48 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Using hunting dog to locate escaped parrot
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6847
Re: Using hunting dog to locate escaped parrot
Glad you got him back! Best thing you can do is clip it's wings and you won't have to worry about him flying away!
- Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:00 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Teaching to retrieve
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1646
Re: Teaching to retrieve
What breed?
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Disturbing
- Replies: 46
- Views: 19059
Re: Disturbing
Was this the video? If so it was filmed in Hungary.
http://huntervids.com/?videos=hungary-w ... nts-part-i
http://huntervids.com/?videos=hungary-w ... nts-part-i
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:11 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: The Rotation Diet
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12063
Re: The Rotation Diet
I know this won't make me popular but it is something everyone needs to hear and take to heart. These are dogs we are dealing with and they have little in common with people other than their complete devotion to their master. But they still eat, breath, and are happiest when they are allowed to be ...
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:21 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: AKC retriever hunt tests.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1895
Re: AKC retriever hunt tests.
Example in JH (retriever) there is two land retrieves, two water, can throw both birds on land, send dog to make two retrieves, then the same for the water.... Is this correct or do they throw one at a time? Can someone walk me through on this. I'll be getting board this summer and there are a few ...
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:49 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: The Rotation Diet
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12063
Re: The Rotation Diet
[quote="ezzy333]Hope that LMAO isn't painful. You make my point beautifully as you noted grain free foods always have to include some other vegetable to take its place and normally they are no where near as good as the grain would be. Ezzy[/quote] Believe me I'm in no pain LOL No one stated that gra...
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:45 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: The Rotation Diet
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12063
Re: The Rotation Diet
Could you a provide a list of these grain free foods that have grains in them?birddog1968 wrote:Grain free is a bunch of marketing nonsense too i believe.....rice , barley..... are all grains and are in grain free feeds. Corn free would be a better description.
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:21 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: The Rotation Diet
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12063
Re: The Rotation Diet
Grain free feeds can be used but are never better. Dogs in the wild including yours when it gets a chance will eat berries, corn, and many other vegetables including horse manure, bird droppings and will clean the cat box for you. So forget the empty grain bit as it just isn't so. If you knew anyth...
- Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:56 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Raw food diet
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8555
Re: Raw food diet
It's raw...you don't have to cook itRalph Ford wrote:Sure I joke, but I truly believe my time with the dogs can be better spent than shopping and cooking for them.
- Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:26 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Raw food diet
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8555
Re: Raw food diet
Unless you have scales, a laboratory, and a whole lot of time and money you will end up with a poorer diet than feeding a prepared dry food. Raw is fine if you are a nutrtionist but the lack of consistance and a balanced diet will undo all of the advantages in the long run. Ezzy JMO feeding a dog a...
- Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:15 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Raw food diet
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8555
Re: Raw food diet
Yup i started it today just with some raw chicken quarters got ten pounds for ten dollars what else should i add was going to hit up the butcher shop as well to she what scrape they had do you all do veggies to? Hope you didn't just drop the kibble and go cold turkey on just raw chicken. You really...
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:52 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Raw food diet
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8555
Re: Raw food diet
Been feeding raw for a long time. Never had an issue with any of the dogs thinking a bird was dinner.
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: GSP or Chessie?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7173
Re: GSP or Chessie?
I am getting a new dog and need some advice.. I am considering German short haired pointer or a Chesapeake bay retriever. For my purposes and training skill level, he will need to be versatile and easily trainable. He will have to be house broken, as for hunting I am interested a good retriever, an...
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:32 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: GSP or Chessie?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7173
Re: GSP or Chessie?
If it was up to me, I wouldn't have chessies at all - they are hard headed and unpredictable - many more relinquished to rescue for biting than many breeds. Just do your research before you get a dog. Interesting observations. BTW rescue groups do not take dogs in with bite histories because of lia...
- Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: UKC Breed Standard Announcement
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6724
Re: UKC Breed Standard Announcement
Thank you and sorry I'm being a pain in the rear. Just curious what type of breed experiance it takes to become involved in writing a breed UKC standard.Cajun Casey wrote:I will check and post it for you when I have a real computer. If you want any other info, I can check with my UKC/HRC peeps.
- Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:55 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: UKC Breed Standard Announcement
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6724
Re: UKC Breed Standard Announcement
Cant find itCajun Casey wrote:That information is on the UKC site.Susie wrote:Not familar with UKC...who comes up with the standards?
- Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: UKC Breed Standard Announcement
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6724
Re: UKC Breed Standard Announcement
Not familar with UKC...who comes up with the standards?
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chessie People?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 8105
Re: Chessie People?
Everything I've read and every trainer I've talked to with experience with the breed has told me that a little standoffish-ness is normal for the breed. By a Little Shy, I mean he usually doesn't run right up to strangers and bury his face in them like my old lab used to. He'll approach people, but...
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chessie People?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 8105
Re: Chessie People?
The knee jerk reaction by breeders is that 15-20 years ago you were taking a risk petting one. We owned a CBR like this back in 1991, our first, I call him our "textbook" Chessie. We didn't do our homework and he didn't come with an instruction manual LOL We fell in love with the breed but swore we...