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My problem with using the stim or tone for recall, is that the dog gets no sense of direction. Generally, the dog knows where you are. Sometimes they lose track of you.
I like a horn in big country. If I need a recall. Most l don't recall.......Cj

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I don't think I know of them. I really like the Garbonita dogs. We had a couple. It was a few years back, but I think they were show quality dogs that hunt. My last master titled dog was dog was titled in 2012. My last run with him was we were braced with Dan's dog who was sired by Odyssey Fritz. Su...

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Wihunter: Most all of these breeders go with pretty close to the same bloodlines. In fact, unless they are bigtime trialers, This is what midwest breeders breed. They are the best lines for hunting the local birds and generally make the best family hunt bird dogs, I have know most of them for a lot ...

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Ontariofella: Read Garrison's post carefully. When I first started training my meat dogs to pass hunt test, I had some serious problems. These were guide dogs that had every kind of bird shot over them. This included accidental flushes, intentional flushes, pointed birds or anything else in range of...

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Hopefully he has got a dog by now or gave up.
If not he is definitely over thinking it........Cj

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They look very good. When I could hunt long hours for multiple days mine would get much thinner than that. mostly because they get too tired and can't eat enough to keep their weight up. They need time off to rest and recuperate. Coconut oil will help. But nothing replaces rest. In a normal dog worl...

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One fact of life is that if you run your dog for long periods on multiple days they will lose weight. Dogs do not metabolize their food fast enough to maintain their weight without rest periods. On a trip like you are on your dogs will need several days off to recuperate. They will not be able to ru...

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I was not precisely referring to you, Sharon. Others have said similar things recently, and it is always a thought at a certain age. I was contemplating a post of this nature previous to your post, and I guess I was partially thinking about myself. I am down to one dog now, and he is 13 1/2. I was ...

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Could they do a needle biopsy. Could they just remove it and do a biopsy. Why does it need a ultrasound. Did It just suddenly appear, or has it been growing for a while? If so how long has it been. I don't think it is related to the dog being a GSP. Chances are a benign tumor. Four years old seems a...

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Sanders - Just saw this. You might be interested. https://www.njwoodsandwater.com/forums/forum/121-gun-dogs-~-hunting-training-events/ A poster put up two LCS launchers, a 209 primer pistol and a bird bag for $400. I'm not a fan of LCS launchers(I like Dogtra), but a cheapie primer pistol goes for ...

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When I first started breeding dogs, part of my business plan was that we would not put our old dogs thru painful, expensive treatment on the chance of them living a few more years. Rather we will let them live out their live with dignity. Money was not deciding factor, since I never really had any. ...

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Sharon, Sorry to hear that. I never think of it as a hard choice when the time comes. It is usually the only choice, The hard part is living with my choice. I got a longhaired Mini Daschund puppy back when I was 84, she is a pure joy and with any luck at all I don't have to worry about when her time...

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Hard for me to see how she chews the leg off of a frozen bird without opening her mouth. I would get the bird from her.
I just think he needs to be aware of how tough it might be to do what a force fetch requires.
Maybe just another old man rambling........Cj

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I must be missing something here. Has this dog been eating birds? Does she retrieve the bird to you or run off? Is eating birds a ongoing bad habit or is it just reacting to her first birds? My thinking was she has only had a few birds. A lot of young dogs will try to run off with their first birds ...

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Many times dogs will chomp the first birds they retrieve, most get over it. Frozen birds can cause issues, but look like your only option. If you could find some pigeons would be great. It looks like she is just a beginner and is excited about having a bird in her mouth. I think you could take her o...

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They really don't care about fancy.
Mine are 2 ft long 1 ft high and 1 ft wide, 1/2 of the front is closed so they can defend the nest. the nest boxes are about 3 to 4 ft up on the wall
Some will always prefer the floor..........Cj

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Freezing weather won't kill the baby birds. Cock birds will. We have them well below zero. You need to have some nest boxes and nesting material. Basically a place they can defend. The babies need to have a place to hide from the old birds when they go on the floor. Leaning some plywood against the ...

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If you can locate A pigeon Racing club nearby you could likely find a breeder who would sell you some young birds. You need to keep them in your loft for a few weeks before releasing them. You will likely lose some when you start releasing them, so get more than you need. Hawks and owls are a huge i...

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If you use a solid floor and keep it dry, you don't need to clean it very often. maybe once a year. There are no health problemm if it is dry. Some racer let it get a foot deep. Not sure where you are, but my pigeons hatch at -20 or colder so I need a solid floor. I also think pigeons feet would go ...

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One more point. or maybe the same point in a different way. If you plan to hunt where you say you do, later than October you need a real truck with four wheel drive. Maybe you could do alright with chains on a two wheel drive. Everybody who lives in the real country in the states you mention has a f...

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OPT I live in north Minnesota grouse country, and have hunted most of the grouse country Minnesota, Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan plus pheasants. sharptails and huns in the Dakotas. My favorite vehicle is a Ford Expedition. I like that access to every thing is easy from the ground. I can haul fou...

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If you have access to a good solid, steady dog running them together can help. keep trying to figure out what he is feeling and use as little pressure as you can. Depending on how good he is collar conditioned go very carefully. Some very talented dogs do not handle pressure well. They think they no...

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cheetome:could be He is probably feeling some kind of pressure. What do you do when he points? It is not what you think is pressure. How you flush the bird is extremely important. Walking in from directly behind the dog can be a issue, blank pistols fire close to the dog are sometimes a problem, the...

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Only special people have twins.
Although it does make you wonder in the early years. Mine are 59 so it is getting easier........Cj

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Might be old Fur he hasn't shed out yet.........Cj

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Sounds like A nice neighborhood. No wonder you like Jack Russels............ Cj

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That was my next question.
I am pretty sure most everybody on here will disagree with me on the Diamond, but it works for my dogs for a lot less money........Cj

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I have fed PPP chicken and rice for many years, seeing the price go over $80 for 50#, I changed to Diamond Performance 30/20. the ingredients are better, half the price, half as much food per day and it is easier to keep weight on the dogs. It did take some time to get their amount of food down to w...

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Hi neighbor. A shotgun with the biggest shot you can get is pretty affective. I used to hunt grouse south of the border around Ely, We would hear wolves at night but never seen any. Never the less when my dogs were at 300 yds on the Garmin I was a little uncomfortable. The wolf population is fairly ...

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Molotov: I have never had a predator issue in Northern Minnesota or all the other states. Minnesota has that largest population of Timber Wolves in the continental USA. t I am a bit uncomfortable with the dogs getting out too far in the Northern forests. So far we have had no problems. I do carry a ...

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Don
Such a sad thing to lose a great young dog so much before her time.
One of the tough parts of breeding.
Be thankful you got to spend time with such a beautiful dog and gave her good times.
She got a great owner for her short time..........Cj

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It seems like with your set up you should have the ideal situation. i assume you are talking Bobwhite quail. If you have a call back, the birds fly good after a day or two of being out. If you control the dog on a couple birds he should get it. Don't shoot any birds he chases and get some kind of ha...

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If you have him solid on pigeons, he should easily transition to quail. Don't know how you are planting pigeons, if you use a launcher the same should work for quail. You should have a solid whoa command. I don't use a checkcord once the dog is standing birds. When he is on point walk in and flush. ...

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probably could get a metal shop to make them........Cj

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Steve007 wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:53 am

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Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:47 pm
we changed to FBESS, I should have started all this when I was 20........
FBESS? French Brittany English Springer Spaniel? What am I missing here? And when you were 20, you were focused on girls.

Field Bred English Springer Spaniels........Cj

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Personally, I stayed with one breed. It was not because I thought it was the best. I would have really liked to breed other breeds. One for sure would have been Springers. But it is so difficult to breed really good dogs that one breed is about all a person can handle. Most breeders just give up whe...

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Not all unproductive points are false. Sometimes the bird has left the area before the dog gets there or runs off after the point. Most dogs figure it out. Strange with a dog that is 4 years old. But a lot we don't know about the dog. I think if it was my dog, I would send him in to flush if I thoug...

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Lots of young dogs false point, especially if they are naturally steady to flush. When we do a lot of training without much chasing and flushing, they seem to get the idea that if they point the handler finds a bird. It is very common in hunt test dogs that are pressured hard to be steady to WSF. Th...

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I know of several people who have changed their user names at least one regular user. You may need a reason..........Cj

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Pretty Sure it is possible Sharon knows........Cj

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You can get a very good family bird dog GSP from many breeders in the midwest. Standing Stone would be a good place to start. Cat and Ethan Pippet have been training and breeding for a lot of years and breed the kind of dogs you want. Don't know about their prices but they breed nice family dogs, fr...

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......Cj

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Birdman: Garrison is right. I lost a puppy that I bought from Parvo. That was the worst dog experience I ever had. It was a lot of years ago and it is still hard to deal with. I don't buy puppies from breeders who do their own vaccinations since then and I never take unvaccinated puppies to public d...

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I am not familiar with that model, but you could give Collar Clinic a call. They know everything about E-collars........Cj

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Ratdog The best thing you could do for your dog and yourself right now, assuming it will a family bird dog, is to spend as much time as you can with her. Take her everywhere you can. Just hanging out and learning there are things she is not allowed to do. As much happy timing off leash as you can wi...

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Great looking dog. Looks similar to my boy, I run him on upland and waterfowl aswell. Some of these pointers have great retrieving drive. Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk What breed Nick? He's a solid brown GSP. His first season too. Seems like he just figured out ducks and now the snow is here...

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I trained many MH dogs with a silhouette. I didn't have a launcher in those days. I set the fake dog some place where the training dog would come on it by surprise. Planted a bird and let the dog hunt, I had hinged stakes so I could tip it over after the flush. Never had any problem with the honor, ...

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For Hunting huge cattail areas like Sand Lake in SD the beepers are great. It opens in mid December so the deer trails are froze over. The dogs learn to back each others beeper. Pretty exciting if you have different tones on each dog. But like others have said get them used to the beepers first........

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Sharon:
Does Canada celebrate Thanksgiving and if so what is the date, ours is the end of Nov. Yours must be earlier..........Cj

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Don't know if you can take birds across the border but we will be up that way next week I am only about 5 hours from Thunder Bay Going up tyhe north shore to look at the colors........Cj

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