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- Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Top FC Horseback GSP Lines?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9988
Re: Top FC Horseback GSP Lines?
Thanks for all the info. I am in the market for a dog with lots of run, brains and hopefully a great nose as well. I have a lot of good leads to follow up on. Would be nice to find something around Michigan.
- Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:33 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Top FC Horseback GSP Lines?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9988
Top FC Horseback GSP Lines?
I need some help finding some of the top winning horseback german shorthair pointer lines that are currently being ran and bred today. I am in the market for a very well bred female pup and don't really know where to look. I would like to find some in the midwest if possible. Any help would be great...
- Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:48 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Too close to breed?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 11138
Re: Too close to breed?
I'm no expert on pedigrees but I have run against Scott and Fritz many times over the years here in Michigan. Fritz was one heck of a NSTRA dog. I have a buddy that just bred his Fritz female to a fritz male, should be one heck of a good breeding. IMO you have a very good chance of producing very ni...
- Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:14 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Great trial dog, great bird dog - One in the same?
- Replies: 282
- Views: 144638
Re: Great trial dog, great bird dog - One in the same?
Very well said, could'nt agree more.romeo212000 wrote:I can only speak to the venue I am familiar with (nstra), but I will say in my experience every successful nstra dog can be a good hunting dog, but not every hunting dog can be a successful nstra dog.
- Thu May 24, 2012 4:24 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Define "honest"
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6596
Re: Define "honest"
I have been asked before is your dog honest on birds. It means he is steady on birds and bird work.
- Mon May 07, 2012 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New Hunting Partner
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2769
Re: New Hunting Partner
Very nice looking little pup, sometimes the runts turn out to be the best of the litter.......
- Mon May 07, 2012 1:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New Litter - So Proud
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11167
Re: New Litter - So Proud
Pictures look great!
- Tue May 01, 2012 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: NSTRA dog
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16812
Re: NSTRA dog
IMO it takes a big running, great nose and fairly well broke dog to be competitive in NSTRA. I have had setters, pointers and gsp and all 3 of these breeds with certain dogs were very competitive. It takes a very smart, bike tracking, one in a thousand dog to be a top player in NSTRA. I've only run...
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:25 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: louisville area
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1899
Re: louisville area
Everyone be Carefull.......... Don't believe a word he says.........jasonw99 wrote:just moved to the Louisville area. wondering if anyone on here is from that area. ??
Jason is alright and his dog is even better.......
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:59 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Birds, Scarce?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5364
Re: Birds, Scarce?
9 bucks a bird is a joke....... I cant believe someone would pay that for a quail. I sell my coturnix @ 3.50 a bird.
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:03 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Birds, Scarce?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5364
Re: Birds, Scarce?
No problem here in SE Michigan. I raise coturnix quail for my own personal training needs and to sell. In about a month I will have unlimited coturnix quail for sale and should have them until the fall. Also should have pigeons to sell through out the spring and summer.
- Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:12 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: NSTRA dog
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16812
Re: NSTRA dog
Not alot of michigan dogs in the current standings...just saying. http://www.nstra.org/current_standings_New.htm You might want to ease up on the bragging and try not to insult other regions with comments like the ones previously made. Sorry if it sounds like I'm bragging, don't mean to at all. Als...
- Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: NSTRA dog
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16812
Re: NSTRA dog
I know Michigan has some really tough dogs and you do need to get lucky if you are to place on the average Michigan dog. Hold on now....didn't you guys loose a head to head trial against pointing labs at Towsends place :lol: :lol: :lol: . Yea now this was pretty bad, still cant believe the labs won...
- Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: NSTRA dog
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16812
Re: NSTRA dog
So whats so funny????Ron R wrote:That's pretty funny....Thanks for the laugh.Grousewing wrote: I know Michigan has some really tough dogs and you do need to get lucky if you are to place on the average Michigan dog.
- Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:05 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: NSTRA dog
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16812
Re: NSTRA dog
That is not all that far fetched a senairo! I know of one dog in the NSTRA Hall of Fame that seldom got mor4e than about 50 yds from it's handler. The handler spent a good amount of time looking for birds himself and would bring the dog back to those he found. If you want to win, those birds really...
- Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:44 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: is health insurance for dogs legit?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8155
Re: is health insurance for dogs legit?
The way I understand it is the Ivomec works retroactive for the previous month to kill any heart worms. Also Ivomec kills all worms but tape worms I believe. Works great and my total cost for 4 dogs for the year is maybe $20-25 bucks depending on exp date of the bottle. I wouldn't count on Ivomec t...
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: NSTRA dog
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16812
Re: NSTRA dog
There is one trait that makes a good NSTRA dog....bird finding ability. It also helps to have a fast dog that covers the field 5 times in 30 minutes. This spring, Texas has had a lot of dry hot days of trialing. Here's a question for the NSTRA folks. Do you think it's poosible to train a dog to slo...
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:30 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: NSTRA dog
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16812
Re: NSTRA dog
There is so much scent from horses in a field trial that the dogs would just run a loop with no birds. Well, same thing for the quads in the field. You take a bird planter every brace, 2 judges on quads every brace times 16 braces and you will get the same amount of scent as the horses. Its the fre...
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:25 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: NSTRA dog
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16812
Re: NSTRA dog
IMO it takes a big running, great nose and fairly well broke dog to be competitive in NSTRA. I have had setters, pointers and gsp and all 3 of these breeds with certain dogs were very competitive. It takes a very smart, bike tracking, one in a thousand dog to be a top player in NSTRA. I've only run...
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:41 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: is health insurance for dogs legit?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8155
Re: is health insurance for dogs legit?
The way I understand it is the Ivomec works retroactive for the previous month to kill any heart worms. Also Ivomec kills all worms but tape worms I believe. Works great and my total cost for 4 dogs for the year is maybe $20-25 bucks depending on exp date of the bottle.
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: NSTRA dog
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16812
Re: NSTRA dog
IMO it takes a big running, great nose and fairly well broke dog to be competitive in NSTRA. I have had setters, pointers and gsp and all 3 of these breeds with certain dogs were very competitive. It takes a very smart, bike tracking, one in a thousand dog to be a top player in NSTRA.
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:20 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: is health insurance for dogs legit?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8155
Re: is health insurance for dogs legit?
You can give annual vaccines yourself. Tractor Supply sells them or you can order from a dozen different online stores (Drs Foster & Smith, Jeffers....reputable stores). I use bovine ivomec for HW preventative. One bottle ($25 +/-) lasts a long time and is way cheaper than heartguard. For Flea & Ti...
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:45 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: 15 wk old training
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4606
Re: 15 wk old training
Any training you do make sure its short and fun for the pup. He is only 15 weeks, I do not put any pressure on a GSP pup until at least 8 months old so be careful.
- Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:11 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: When Whoa training is it ok to keep working on other drills
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1678
Re: When Whoa training is it ok to keep working on other drills
I heel and whoa break at the same time, so yes it is ok to do more then one thing at a time IMO.
- Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Pics of our new addition!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2741
Re: Pics of our new addition!
Great looking pics......
- Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:14 pm
- Forum: Brags
- Topic: Two Blues for Duke
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2734
Re: Two Blues for Duke
Congrats......
- Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:14 pm
- Forum: Brags
- Topic: First Trial of the Season and It Was Fun
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3829
Re: First Trial of the Season and It Was Fun
Sounds like a good weekend, I am sure the new guy that won the trial is hooked for life.......
- Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: My New Llewellin Pup...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3632
Re: My New Llewellin Pup...
Great looking puppy, congrats.....
- Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:14 am
- Forum: Brags
- Topic: More weekend Bling for Wyatt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3938
Re: More weekend Bling for Wyatt
Congrats, nice looking shorthair.
- Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:21 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: trial question
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8309
Re: trial question
Being a NSTRA judge and trialing NSTRA for over 10 years I say the following. First off if you are following NSTRA rules the dead bird should have been picked up and no credit given. Second on the backing issue if its just for fun and your brace mate needs to work on backs with his dog and already t...
- Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:13 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Brittany running away problem
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5091
Re: Brittany running away problem
IMO you either need to catch him in the act and correct him or have the e-collar on him as much as possible. Either way the correction needs to be done at time of escape or the dog will have no clue what he is being corrected for.
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:36 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: A little fun
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1283
Re: A little fun
Very cool pic's......
- Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Coturnix Japanese feral Quail
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8446
Re: Coturnix Japanese feral Quail
I raise, sell and train with coturnix quail. They mature around 6 weeks and start laying eggs around 8 weeks. I have had great flying birds after they have been in the flight pen for 3-4 weeks.
Re: fun trial
Congrats!
- Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:10 am
- Forum: Brags
- Topic: Little brag on my Zero
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6853
Re: Little brag on my Zero
Congrats, sometimes you dont know what you have until you run them in a few field trials.
- Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:04 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Everything just fell into place!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8001
Re: Everything just fell into place!
Good luck with the new pup looks to be a nice one.
- Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:43 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Getting a GSP this spring
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3843
Re: Getting a GSP this spring
IMO barking is nothing to do with the breed when it comes to pointing dogs. I have had setters, shorthairs and pointers and some are barkers in the kennels are others aren't, same goes for escape artist. I really believe any dog will become a nuisance barker when left in the kennel for any length of...
- Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:38 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Awesome day training (Pics)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2355
Re: Awesome day training (Pics)
Very nice pics and really good looking dog.
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bird Pen pics
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4848
Re: Bird Pen pics
Looks like a really nice coop.
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:25 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Breeders
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8273
Re: Breeders
Scott Townsend @ http://www.crosswindkennel.com in Michigan has the NFC NGDC FC AFC Moesgaards RB Rhythm N Blues line in his kennel along with Dixieland Rusty. He usually has puppies in the spring and also has started to finished dogs at times as well. IMO couldn't pick a better place to get this br...
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:19 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training on the road
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1430
Re: Training on the road
I don't start any formal training until they have reached 9-12 months of age, so I would just have fun with your new partner and let him be a pup.
- Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:29 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Whoa barrel
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5246
Re: Whoa barrel
I put my barrel on a wood pallet and permanently attached one 2x4 along one side and have another 2x4 on the other that can be removed. To be perfectly honest I very seldom ever use the barrel any more. I usually heel and whoa break at the same time now.
- Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:03 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Training Pics
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1369
Re: Training Pics
Good looking dogs.
- Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:37 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Above Ground Kennel Plans
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4742
Re: Above Ground Kennel Plans
For adult dogs this is cheaper then farmtek and the openings are a little bigger.
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Good luck
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Good luck
- Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:00 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What training drills to do with grouse wings.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7959
Re: What training drills to do with grouse wings.
I never use a wing only live birds when they are ready.
- Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:55 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Am I understanding Delmar Smith correctly?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7360
Re: Am I understanding Delmar Smith correctly?
Every trainer out there has their own program that works for them and I'm sure most will work for the average joe as well. I personally wait until the pup is 7-9 months old before I really start working them on birds. I have also taken a 3 yr old dog that had never been on birds and after a few week...
- Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:04 am
- Forum: Brags
- Topic: Ruby - FT Brag
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7039
Re: Ruby - FT Brag
Congrats, looks like a very nice dog.
- Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:41 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: how often to run 6 month old gsp on birds
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1607
Re: how often to run 6 month old gsp on birds
Sounds like your pup is coming along nice. At this age you need to be careful not overdoing it with the birds. Everything can turn around in a hurry and put you a few steps back in one training session. At what age to you plan on heel and whoa breaking your dog?
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:33 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: video of my pup today
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1398
Re: video of my pup today
Nice looking dog, keep up the good work.
- Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:41 am
- Forum: Brags
- Topic: First NSTRA placement
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10400
Re: First NSTRA placement
Congrats..... Theres nothing like your first placement in NSTRA.......