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by whatsnext
Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:02 am
Forum: Training
Topic: What to do with wild birds and 9 month old Brittany
Replies: 15
Views: 5656

Re: What to do with wild birds and 9 month old Brittany

One thing i noticed in the video is everyone seems nervous or worried about what the dog is going to do, remember dogs will feed off of the atmosphere which you create i believe. So if you are nervous , the dog will be nervous also . This is how much you should say while flushing birds .https://you...
by whatsnext
Sat Oct 31, 2020 11:15 am
Forum: Training
Topic: What to do with wild birds and 9 month old Brittany
Replies: 15
Views: 5656

Re: What to do with wild birds and 9 month old Brittany

One thing i noticed in the video is everyone seems nervous or worried about what the dog is going to do, remember dogs will feed off of the atmosphere which you create i believe. So if you are nervous , the dog will be nervous also . This is how much you should say while flushing birds .https://yout...
by whatsnext
Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:52 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Dog Won't Point
Replies: 15
Views: 9182

Re: Dog Won't Point

i would like to have a pup out of August or Booker T one day !!
by whatsnext
Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: August Rush
Replies: 34
Views: 14226

Re: August Rush

Jetjockey I think I will contact you before I get my next Britt, I need one or two more with some wheels!!
by whatsnext
Tue Aug 02, 2016 9:22 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: I think deep down inside...
Replies: 123
Views: 60067

Re: I think deep down inside...

The bigger concern should be the potential SCOTUS "downfall" with this presidential election.

As far as some of the comments about females and their endowments being associated with success, well....... we all are judged and treated unfairly do to many aspects that should not matter.
by whatsnext
Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:44 am
Forum: Training
Topic: What A Shame
Replies: 54
Views: 30101

Re: What A Shame

I think some people on this thread ride unicorns that fart rainbows to work , Ray said it best, but maybe peoples reading comprehension is not the greatest. We did not always have shock collars and we are all enjoying dogs developed by killing the unwanted so time to get off the unicorn's !!
by whatsnext
Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:36 am
Forum: Training
Topic: What A Shame
Replies: 54
Views: 30101

Re: What A Shame

In my experience this is how the bird dog world is..... I am right everyone else is wrong even if I have never tried or seen your training method. X breed of dog is the best why would you buy something else. Your dog is too far out Your dog is too close All birds hold for point from a mile away No b...
by whatsnext
Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:24 am
Forum: Training
Topic: big running Brittany Novice trainer/ owner needs suggestions
Replies: 36
Views: 20322

Re: big running Brittany Novice trainer/ owner needs suggestions

I would guess that many people wouldn't call 100 to 200 yds range a big runner. Everyone has a different interpetation of range. One of mine will run 800 yds if allowed. Was out of my comfort zone when out of sight. I got an alpha. Much more at ease knowing the direction and distance. It signals yo...
by whatsnext
Sat Oct 31, 2015 8:15 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Field Trials?
Replies: 5
Views: 2909

Re: Field Trials?

most trials are either half an hour or an hour and how many miles depends on the individual dog.
by whatsnext
Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:54 am
Forum: Training
Topic: running birds, what to do and when???
Replies: 8
Views: 5002

Re: running birds, what to do and when???

I agree with Neil a hard running dog will usually get some birds to sit, granted some will run and flush but its the better of two evil's.
by whatsnext
Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:25 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: more than one hunting dogs in the house?
Replies: 21
Views: 10380

Re: more than one hunting dogs in the house?

I have three male Brittanys in the house ,at times it can be entertaining and other times they need to go in their crates.
by whatsnext
Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:04 pm
Forum: Birds & Bird Supplies
Topic: Help Id bird
Replies: 15
Views: 11332

Re: Help Id bird

The past two days I have moved a few woodcock while running the dogs,so they are starting to move back through this area. I only live about 30 miles south of the OP.
by whatsnext
Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:20 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pups first quail encounter
Replies: 10
Views: 3924

Re: Pups first quail encounter

Did you get the birds from the guy I mentioned? I bought some a couple weeks ago to do bird intro my new pup. Wait until your pup finds a rabbits nest and continues to destroy a family of rabbits while your kids look on in horror.
by whatsnext
Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:01 pm
Forum: Brags
Topic: NSTRA Champion Ellie's Crazy Katie
Replies: 23
Views: 20644

Re: NSTRA Champion Ellie's Crazy Katie

Congratulations
by whatsnext
Sun Feb 22, 2015 7:44 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Kennel Material
Replies: 10
Views: 4576

Re: Kennel Material

birddogger wrote:I use horse or hog panels.

Charlie


Where do you buy it at? Because everything I see online is 16 or so feet long, or do you have it delivered to your house?
by whatsnext
Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:05 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Red setter vs irish setter
Replies: 142
Views: 98232

Re: Red setter vs irish setter

At a trial once I had my liver roan tri color and my black roan staked out and a guy said " I hate f'in roans and you have two, I hate f'in roans" . I was a little surprised by his honesty but hey everyone has an opinion. Sometimes they are hard to see but my only problem with darker colors is heat ...
by whatsnext
Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: FT dogs not such good hunters
Replies: 180
Views: 93749

Re: FT dogs not such good hunters

The OP comes on here with a post that goes against some others grain . Right off the bat he's a troller, this and that. OP has a right to his opinion and express it. Many have all been guilty of pointing fingers and being tunnel visioned ,self included. the inability to look at others opinions subj...
by whatsnext
Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:10 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: Pointer & Setter Championship Stake
Replies: 25
Views: 11154

Re: VIDEO: Pointer & Setter Championship Stake

I believe Mark Dinsmore ran his dog vern in France and he has a video of it on you tube.
by whatsnext
Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:26 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: Pointer & Setter Championship Stake
Replies: 25
Views: 11154

Re: VIDEO: Pointer & Setter Championship Stake

Creeping with the handler ? :lol: The dog isn't supposed to creep with the handler and if the handler went in front of the dog as they moved in to flush the birds he could be eliminated. The dog is supposed to go in on command to make the flush while the handler keeps to one side behind it. A numbe...
by whatsnext
Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:49 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: Pointer & Setter Championship Stake
Replies: 25
Views: 11154

Re: VIDEO: Pointer & Setter Championship Stake

Seemed very similar to the walking trials we hold here. Except they allow dogs to creep with the handler. They have a word for the dog's creeping but it escapes me right now, they want the dogs to do that from what I understand. I have seen a few videos on how they hunt and trial over in some of th...
by whatsnext
Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:00 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: FT dogs not such good hunters
Replies: 180
Views: 93749

Re: FT dogs not such good hunters

The credibility of people is terribly fragile when you see beyond their internet persona and bravado. I cannot speak as intelligibly for those East of the Rockies and certainly not for those across the Atlantic. However, some of these "experts" west of the rockies that would espouse their expertise...
by whatsnext
Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:12 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: FT dogs not such good hunters
Replies: 180
Views: 93749

Re: FT dogs not such good hunters

twistedoak wrote:what I actually take from the OP is that slower working dogs are more productive then big runners .
What did the op ACTUALLY say?
by whatsnext
Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:22 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: FT dogs not such good hunters
Replies: 180
Views: 93749

Re: FT dogs not such good hunters

The op is just a fanboy trying to ride on his mentor's coattail's trying to prove that field trial dogs are no good runoffs.
by whatsnext
Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:15 am
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt
Replies: 77
Views: 33984

Re: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt

mnaj_springer wrote:Don't you think it's slightly narcissistic to believe your "sport" is that unique?

Also, did you get a chance to answer my questions from earlier? It seems a trainer of your caliber would have no problem with those questions.
I am curious too, what do you do about a refusal?
by whatsnext
Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:29 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt
Replies: 77
Views: 33984

Re: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt

Hello Whatsnext, The truth is, most successful field trailers don't hunt their dogs. Field trailing is a very specific, high performance competitive sport. I stand by my statement. Brad Higgins http://www.HigginsGundogs.com Higgins Gundogs hunting etiquette Dogs: Stay in touch and handle well. Alwa...
by whatsnext
Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:13 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt
Replies: 77
Views: 33984

Re: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt

Hello Will-Kelly, I don't use field trials as a basis. Trial dogs are no longer predator/prey based hunting dogs. To me your word "polished" denotes obedience and training. In my dogs, I want to see natural, instinctual hunting. When I allow them free will, they give me everything they have. That's...
by whatsnext
Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:28 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt
Replies: 77
Views: 33984

Re: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt

Elkhunter wrote:So American bred FT dogs cannot find and hunt wild birds? Gotcha....... :)

Better let my hounds know we will not be going out this weekend...

Your dogs are just happening upon all those wild bird's because they lack the prey drive to willingly find them.
by whatsnext
Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:36 am
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt
Replies: 77
Views: 33984

Re: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt

I understand you are a fan boy of Higgins ,Vernal Pike . I don't understand your visceral attack toward Higgins. It was impolite. To let you know, I have never personally met Brad Higgins, nor have I ever trained any of my dogs with his technique. But I can't argue with his results nor his satisfie...
by whatsnext
Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:23 am
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt
Replies: 77
Views: 33984

Re: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt

You two are missing my point about terrain and a dog's method of search, I want a dog to run edge's and hunt objective's not quarter in front of me. http://youtu.be/sv8x8WzoHY4 Your dog quarters very nicely! Best, Vernal The dog went right took the edge of a waterway for about 200 yards then left t...
by whatsnext
Sat Jan 17, 2015 11:35 am
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt
Replies: 77
Views: 33984

Re: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt

Haha Whatsnext, I work with Higgins a bit. Come on out to visit some time! Be glad to take you out to visit the guzzlers and chukar in our "backyard" (BLM and state wildlife areas, over 40,000 acres)...or maybe you prefer Valley Quail? Plenty of wild birds to hunt here. :wink: I'd be curious to see...
by whatsnext
Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:11 am
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt
Replies: 77
Views: 33984

Re: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt

Hello Gundogguy, I don't hunt or breed any US dogs anymore. All the dogs I breed and hunt are my own Scottish imports. These dogs have been used for generations as falconry dogs. They have a great balance between drive and cooperation. Trialers here would not like them. They have a natural, stylish...
by whatsnext
Thu Jan 15, 2015 12:28 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt
Replies: 77
Views: 33984

Re: VIDEO: The Flow of the Hunt

That is nothing like any "hunt" I have ever been on.
by whatsnext
Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:16 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Temperature and Dogs
Replies: 21
Views: 9741

Re: Temperature and Dogs

I was hunting last January with my britt's when it was around zero without the wind chill and it did not bother them one bit. I also lost one for a day and it got to -11 that night and he was just fine when I found him the next night.
by whatsnext
Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:59 pm
Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
Topic: Hello from Lockport, IL
Replies: 3
Views: 1508

Re: Hello from Lockport, IL

Good luck with the new pup !
by whatsnext
Mon Dec 08, 2014 3:13 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Post dogs on Point!!!!
Replies: 738
Views: 738010

Re: Post dogs on Point!!!!

Kansas thanksgiving week on quail.
by whatsnext
Fri Dec 05, 2014 2:47 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: new pup
Replies: 9
Views: 3522

Re: new pup

Here is my new pup I will get him the week of the 15th and a couple pic's of my other two last week in Kansas, hopefully I can make something out of one of my dog's :D
by whatsnext
Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:12 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: MO opening day quail
Replies: 4
Views: 2676

Re: MO opening day quail

My son and I took the dog's to Missouri for opening weekend and saw nothing but deer and wood ducks, we must have picked the wrong area but at least the dog's got some exercise.
by whatsnext
Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:20 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: new pup
Replies: 9
Views: 3522

Re: new pup

jetjockey wrote:Congrats. I'm glad you found a pup from what looks to be a really nice breeding.
Thanks jetjockey, did you keep one from your litter?
by whatsnext
Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:12 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: new pup
Replies: 9
Views: 3522

Re: new pup

Carolina Gundogs wrote:That pup should make one heck of a bird dog!
I saw this breeding and I could not pass it up, I started running field trial's last spring with one of my other pup's and I am hoping this new little guy will add to the fun.
by whatsnext
Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:35 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: new pup
Replies: 9
Views: 3522

Re: new pup

Here is a pic, the pup's sire is piney run sam and the mom is pursuit's flashy chick.
by whatsnext
Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:30 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: new pup
Replies: 9
Views: 3522

new pup

I sent a deposit for my new pup Monday, I think I have an addiction with this bird dog stuff :lol:
by whatsnext
Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:55 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: update on breeding plus a question
Replies: 48
Views: 23136

Re: update on breeding plus a question

I agree 6 week's is too early, I would wait till 9.
by whatsnext
Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:42 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: pup pointing to far off
Replies: 86
Views: 35946

Re: pup pointing to far off

Elk hunter I think you are editing your video's :twisted: and It sounds like people are comparing apple's to Orange's. Elk hunter I have never hunted chukar's and I have a question when or if you hunt the single's or smaller group's after the flush are the point's at a closer range? When I chase Bob...
by whatsnext
Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:42 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: The Ultimate Hypocrisy
Replies: 132
Views: 86290

Re: The Ultimate Hypocrisy

I just watched a video of a man getting hacked with a machete (but crazy "bleep" like that doesn't happen) at a train station but you are right a handgun would be useless no need for one at all. When people are being attacked they should feel sorry for the attacker's just imagine how bad there life...
by whatsnext
Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:14 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: The Ultimate Hypocrisy
Replies: 132
Views: 86290

Re: The Ultimate Hypocrisy

I just watched a video of a man getting hacked with a machete (but crazy "bleep" like that doesn't happen) at a train station but you are right a handgun would be useless no need for one at all. When people are being attacked they should feel sorry for the attacker's just imagine how bad there life ...
by whatsnext
Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:56 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Field Trial handling ?
Replies: 19
Views: 8355

Re: Field Trial handling ?

Thanks for all the advice guy's it is much appreciated and if me or the pup can't adapt or deal with it I guess I will take my money and go elsewhere like Neil suggested. One thing I noticed is I was about half the age of everyone else so maybe it is a good thing if people like me stayed but I coul...
by whatsnext
Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:43 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Field Trial handling ?
Replies: 19
Views: 8355

Re: Field Trial handling ?

It can be done, it is done, and yeah, it's really a lot better. Stick with it, and your reward will come if your pup is as good as you think it is. Don't let one loudmouth bracemate run you off. In this game you'll run into all sorts of glitches; not everyone plays the same way. So the thing to do ...