Gun Dog Forum

Hi everyone.A quick question on nutrition.Does anyone know of ProPac dog food,any info will be much appreciated?

its an english pointer.

hi everyone,ive put this topic under general as i have put it under guns&ammo and i have had no responses.Does anyone have any genuine,knowledgable info on this gunmaker,history,is their action similar/copy of any other gunmakers out there,how did they come about etc,thank you.

what/which factors play a role when our dogs battle to pick up scent or point game,any knowledgable info on this topic or has there been any proof or studies done on this topic.Sure we have all experienced/seen it.

Do people/trainers use pigeons to steady a dog on flush or shot because they dont have the ground with wild birds,what im trying to ask is can you steady a dog on wild birds,is it better if you have ground with wild birds or is it better to use pigeons/launchers?

and between eukanuba and pro-pac?

Am i correct in assuming there is nothing wrong with either eukanuba or royal canin,but between the two which would you experts choose for working/hunting dogs?

Which pro pac in particular should i go for,and is pro pac better then eukanuba?

Thanks for info,very informative and an eye opener.Again it doesnt solve the problem as the dog foods uve listed below your post are not available here.Think ive seen Call of the Wild or something to that effect but again very expensive here in SA,WE also have PRO PAC and HILLS,which one would u rec...

we dont have it here in SA.

Dont know abt the States but here u either get very good dog food that costs a fortune or mediocre to low grade dog food which aint going to give a hunting dog all the nutrients it needs to hunt all day or compete.what/which dog foods do u recommend maybe with some investigating i can source them he...

Anybody given any of these two brands a bash for working/hunting dogs and which would you experts recommend and have had positive results with.Like i said we dont have a variety of energy dog foods here in SA,If anyone knows of these two brands and tried them,which of them has given your dogs more o...

HI GUYS,JUST WANTED TO KNOW OR AT LEAST GET SOME FEED BACK ON EUKANUBA WORKING/ENDURANCE.HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA WE DONT HAVE TOO MANY CHOICES ON PERFORMANCE FOODS FOR OUR DOGS.EUKANUBA IS ONE OF THEM THAT IS AVAILABLE BUT EXPENSIVE,JUST WANTED TO KNOW FROM ANY OF YOU OUT THERE THAT USE IT,IF YOU ARE H...

General question,we know our dogs find birds and sometimes go on point and nothing,somebody shed some light on this subject?

must i put the setting on the collar to the highest possible level or find a medium and then go higher?

Noticed when his picked up buck scent his head is up picking up air scent and he trails it exactly to the same direction the the buck has gone if he hasnt seen it run but i have,his even pointed them for me when theyve been lying down in cover.

You are correct,will take him out with e-collar on,the ground i utilise has got small buck,what we in South Africa call duiker.And will always put it on him when i go out.At some stage id like to stop using it though.But does someone know why he well prefer to go after buck when theres birds in the ...

I WANT TO PUT A STOP TO THIS GUYS,SO HOW DO I GO ABOUT IT NOW,THATS WHY WE ARE ON THIS FORUM,TO GIVE GOOD SOUND ADVICE,IF I NEED TO USE THE COLLAR,ILL USE IT IF ITS GOING TO HELP IF NOT I WONT.I DONT WANT TO CONDITION THE DOG TO THE COLLAR BECAUSE THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE IS WITH FUR,I WANT TO FIX TH...

THINK HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT IVE HAD THE PUP SINCE HE WAS 8 WEEKS OLD HIS NOW 3YRS OLD,NOT MY 1ST POINTER,MY FOURTH ACTUALLY MY BREEDING.HE IS ON THE SOFT SIDE UNTIL HIS CHASING OBVIOUSLY THEN HIS A DEMON.EXPOSURE ON BIRDS HAS BEEN PLENTY,THERS EVEN DAYS WHEN HE DOES SOME OUTSTANDING WORK ON BIR...

DO THEIR ACTIONS LOOK SIMILAR TO ANY OTHER GUN MAKERS OUT THERE,SOME KNOWLEDGABLE RESPONSES OR INFORMATION WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANKS FOR THE INFO AND ALL THE INPUT GUYS/GALS.WILL DO JUST AS YOU TOLD ME AS SOON AS I GET A CHANCE TO TAKE HIM OUT AGAIN.

WHAT MORE INFO WOULD YOU LIKE ON OR ABOUT MY LITTLE CHASER,AND YOU ARE CORRECT WHEN YOU CAN HEAR THEM WHEN THEY ARE AFTER BUCK,MINE IS THE SAME.AND IVE NEVER SHOT ANY FUR OVER HIM.

YES,GOT HIM WHEN HE WAS EIGHT WEEKS OLD,EXPOSURE ON WILD BIRDS HAS BEEN PLENTY,BUT HIS ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED ON FUR SINCE HE WAS ABT 8 MONTHS OLD WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED HIS 1ST DUIKER(small buck species here in south africa).NO TRAINING ON PIGEONS OR LAUNCHERS JUST BEEN INTRODUCED TO WILD GAME BIRDS S...

HI EVERYONE,WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS HAD ANY EXPERIENCES WITH SILMA N70 20 GAUGE SHOTGUNS,ANY RESPONSES WETHER GOOD OR BAD WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED,THANK YOU.

SHOULD I JUST PUT THE E-COLLAR ON AND AS SOON AS I SEE HIM CHASING BUCK,LET HIM HAVE IT?[

Got a 3year old pointer who will rather hunt,chase buck instead of birds,although there are birds in the area.Have shot birds over him a couple of times but if theres fur scent in the same location he will rather hunt for that and wont give up until he actually finds the buck or whatever and will gi...