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Ms. Cage

Congrats on the new pup Craig. Hope he's another Ice.

Ms. Cage

Unless you have been involved with the sport it can be difficult to understand some of the strategy at times. Howie coming from a boxing family , his dad boxed , mom side grand dad coached , 4 uncles boxed . Howie being oldest grand child was strapping on gloves from darn near the time he could walk...

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a counter-punch is never only delivered when the puncher is in a reverse gear. backing away...nor is the recipient of the counter-punch always coming forward...not sure I would term a counter-punch weaker, either.It can be...but to my eye it is hardly a given.A counter-punch is simply a punch or ja...

Ms. Cage

Anytime your on the offence your subject to being counter punched . The key is timing the offensive blow. For every offensive blow there's a counter.

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Yeah, anybody that has seen a Mayweather bout could tell less than a minute into the fight that Pacquio didn't stand a chance. I'm not a Mayweather fan. IMO ( Howie's ) If Mayweather is going to be beaten you have to turn the table on Mayweathesr fight and defensive fight yourself. Make May weather...

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When Pac Man lunged with the first left hand through vs. Slipping to the inside and unloading I knew it was Mayweather's night.

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Nell, Thanks for the kind words. We are pleased so far with the repeat breeding. Sota will head to Canada around the May 15 and Maggie will leave for Conn. next week.

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markj wrote:That Ziggy is one bit of eye candy there. He looks very nice the way he is colored up.

Ziggy is a very nice male pup. It'll be nice to watch Ziggy mature. He is owned by the same gentleman as Cody. Darrel has been training with us for the last 4 years.

Ms. Cage

The fun ones Ziggy, Sota , Maggie 8 weeks old getting their bird introduction

Sota

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Ziggy

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Maggie

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Ms. Cage

Cody on a stop to flush braced with Cage. Cody getting ready for the Invitational and looking good in the field.

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Cage one of our VC's braced with Cody on point.

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Had a great day training getting the hounds ready for testing. Tug doing a stop to flush off e -collar . Lost the receiver about 200 yds from break away. Josie found the receiver for us on the next run. IMG_2617 (800x600).jpg Tug, point . Tug is steady to wing shot fall and delivers to hand, 14 mths...

Ms. Cage

We have four dogs in our house, 8, 5, 2, 1. 2 are males 2 are females. Pros, the bond we build IMO is far better then all living outside in a kennel. Obed. , working and learning as a group and youngsters learning from the older dogs. We tend to do little things in training that the dogs might not s...

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They used live virus vaccine on three and four week old puppies to stopped the virus in that kennel. So maybe they are better. I bought a puppy years back that got parvo and died for this reason I no longer buy puppies from people who do their own vaccinations. Might be fine but once was more than ...

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[quote="dog dr"]Ms. Cage wrote: We can try to protect the young all we want. IMO bottom line is if pup or young dogs is going to get parvo their going to get it .95% or better of the parvo cases we treat are in UN-vaccinated dogs. Are the parvo vacs. better today then they were back in the 80's? We ...

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We dealt with a lot of Parvo back in the 80's and early 90's in this area. Watched vaccinated and unvaccinated pups live and die from parvo. We can try to protect the young all we want. IMO bottom line is if pup or young dogs is going to get parvo their going to get it . My thoughts, if you know whe...

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media310 wrote:I agree with part of your statement Not sure I follow..

What part don't you follow ?

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gonehuntin' wrote:I won't put up with any of that crap. Enforce her obedience.

X 10 Sounds like the dog controls you. Maybe grab her or him by the nap of the neck and butt . Shake her up a bit. Be firm, you rule and let the dog know.it Might do you and the dog some good.

Ms. Cage

Have fun at the NA test.

Ms. Cage

I like how Noah slowed down the video's so you see a nice slow rise of the bird vs. up and gone.

Ms. Cage

Got a e-mail today from a puppy owner who purchased a pup from JJ x Cage. Noah Barnes has compiled segment of his grouse, woodcocks hunts and made a video . Noah did the same with his phez hunts. These are great!!! Video's should get your blood boiling for next fall.Noah's E mail to us. It's been a ...

Ms. Cage

Willow Creek teaches trained retrieve not force fetch.. Autumn Breeze Kennels in Isle , Mn.. Make sure trainers are true FF. Not Clicker, treats, and good boy.

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The Bracco VC is, VC Regina Di Cascina Croce, age 5.50, score 192 , year passed 2011

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crackerd,
Here's the NAVHDA stats for Bracco's
Invitational 2 No pass, 1 pass (VC)
UT Prize 1: 5, Prize 2: 11, Prize 3: 6, No Prize: 5, Total 27
NA Prize 1: 16, Prize 2: 14, Prize 3: 10, No Prize: 20, Total 62

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Ed Erickson ( Autumn Breeze kennels Mora MN ) has trained and put NAVHDA UT prizes on a few. Ed has female and I think he'll be breeding. Watching the Bracco's often for several summers they were pretty cool dogs' The Bracco weren't as slow moving as they looked . The boy were big dogs, so houndy ug...

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Is the higher % good or bad? I just can't remember. The higher the % the better. The lower the measured number the better. I do not see how Penn Hip could say any dog would never get Dysplasia. That's the claim. :?: :?: :?: I do not see how the hip joint could be to tight as long as it can Function...

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Penn Hip percentages encourage breeding dogs with mediocre hips. The mid .30 dogs would likely be fair in OFA. I have to disagree. Penn Hip says .30 a dog will never develop HD. I don't think we could say that about a fair Hip. Our dog, JJ mothers hips were certified both ways. Penn hip, .33, .38 O...

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kninebirddog wrote:out of the 360 greyhounds that are in the OFA Database 35+ percent are excellent but like PENN HIP the excellent percent will change as more dogs are entered.

We OFA all our dogs With Penn Hip don't go by Percentile go with the measured numbers. The percentile will always change.

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migratesouth wrote:Franchi Intensity. Same inertia design, made in the same factory as the Benelli, lower price. I got one for well under MSRP and I love it

How is the recoil with heavy duck, goose loads ?

Ms. Cage

Pointer VC's . 2000 Jack's Suggestion ( Northern Dancer x Elhew Predictable ) 2008 Jake's Suggestion ( Nemaha City Slicker x Nemaha Snap ) 2010 Caladen's Honky Tonk Ice ( Honky Tonk Ice Breaker X Chippewa's Rebel Tixie ) Bred by Ross 2014 Wits end Hailey's Havoc ( Yellow Rose Dan x Yellow Rose sweetie

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cjhills wrote:Great Falls has had a nasty winter hope there are some birds left. We had to quit early.........................Cj

We Are, were planning a 2 week trip to that area next fall. What's Fort Benton, about 40 mi. north of Great Falls?

Ms. Cage

Ms. Cage, if I said something that was inappropriate or insulting towards your dogs, I apologise.It was my intention to address the question before me. As such, I tried to convey my personal definition of "success". It wasn't meant to challenge, exclude or judge anyone else's dogs. You've said noth...

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I'm entering my 51st ruffed grouse season in 2015.Over that time, with and w/o birddogs, I have seen that it takes a while for any dog to become truly "consistent" on ruffed grouse...if they ever do, to an honest look.The conditions a pup is subjected to can vary a great deal and make consistency o...

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I'm glad my skin is not made of parchment paper, not easily insulted. Dirty Dawger, Thanks for enlighting me on what a Ruffed Grouse dog should be like. Living in some of the USA's best Ruffed Grouse country all our lives we know our way around a grouse dog. My husband with 50 experience hunting ruf...

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I have asked you a few questions in previos posts if you care to answer them. Yes I've been to several trials. I'd rather watch a good UT test or a hot brace at the VC level . It's pleasing to my eyes to watch a dog have 5,6, 8+ finds and keep it together , find after find , retrieve after retrieve...

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Cooper , I have yet to say a bad word about trial dogs . raised some questions, yes. I will say this, WHAT MAKE$ TRIALERS THINK THE'RE DOGS ARE THE ROOSTER OF THE WALK ? What make s trailer think there the gods to the dog world but are the vast minority of the hunting crowd. IMO some are realizing F...

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I would say when it comes to grouse hunting there are a lot of hunters that look for trial dog breeding especially cover dog breedings Only if they are looking at EP's and ES's. . Dogs that prove themselves on the very same game that people are hunting are often looked at favorably I find this true...

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Neil wrote:Particularly for inexperienced dog trainers.

Are you saying FT bred dogs don't handle kindly for the inexperienced ??? Is this why those tend to lean toward MH NAVHDA bred.

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Neil wrote:Were I limited to only hunting small tracts and shooting preserves I would join in the trend.

fortunately many are prairie hunters, big woods grouse hunters, etc.

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cjhills wrote:I like trial bred dogs they just are not the end all and be all of the dog world.

I agree with Jerry. Seems there has been a bit of a trend where hunters are looking more to MH and NAVHDA bred dogs to fill their needs as hunting companions.

Ms. Cage

The majority of trial dogs are hunting dogs first. That's very debatably. In the beginning all breeds were hunting dogs. Many horse back FT's today are lucky to see a full hunting season . Some about all they see is pen raised birds. Yet the question remains, Why are FT dogs the gauge of hunting br...

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What do you mean "if", Gary Lester does that with alot of his dogs including his National Champion Lesters Snow Watch. Oh by the way he also foot hunts this dog. I'm willing to bet this is the exception. Sure there are the trial dogs that hunt and hunting dogs that trial.. Would you call a dog that...

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If you took a dog that was entered in the National Championship, and bird hunted him from foot in West Tennessee for a few weeks, he would begin to dig in to the woods and thickets and find every bird available also. I know nothing about the two 'meat dogs' that they used for their experiment, but ...

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I like the article. After 26 yrs. of filming the man should have formed an opinion. Some might not like his opinion. Spend 26 yrs filming and studying then come up with your own opinion. Do some trial dogs simply out run their nose?

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Check this litter out. [url][viewtopic.php?f=120&t=48510/url]

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You might be surprised how well your 4 and 7 year old will adjust to the problem dog going and the arrival of a new pup. Couple of weeks the pup will be the children's world. JMO

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When Red or Irish Setters are brought my husband always talks about a female owned by Ken Ruff . Ken spent a week hunting ruffed grouse with Howie back in late 80's. The dog name was Ruby,Nat CH. Howie always says Ruby was as fine of a bird dog as any you would want to put down in the grouse woods. ...

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saw a u-tube video on FF done by Standing Stone Kennels. They were coaxing the dogs to fetch with treats instead of force. Is this the right thing to do?? Whoops! Guess I need to pay attention. After viewing whole series treats were only used to get dog used to table. This is more refered to as the...

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Tax Return I just received an audit on my tax return for 2014 back from the IRS. It puzzles me! They are questioning how many dependents I claimed. I guess it was because of my response to the question: "List all dependents?" I replied: 12 million illegal immigrants; 3 million crack heads; 42 millio...

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One of our males is very attached to me. The moment I get home from work JJ is by my side. No matter where I go in the house he is right there. I've been handling JJ a lot the last 2 seasons and all goes super. I did not train JJ my husband did. It took almost the 2 years though when Howie is in the...

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You could try Steve Hopko , Quail Ridge Kennels in Stafford Springs, CT . Steve has some very nice dogs. http://quailridgekennelandpreserve.com/index.asp

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