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jeffkrop

Jest to be clear I would never give away my family pet. No need to give him away, just find a way to get him a little more out time. The raw bones are a good way to keep him occupied and are good for him too, a few times per week. How about hunting buddies, as its a good trade off to take friends o...

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So let me be clear the dog goes into the At 6:30 AM after he and my wife get ready for work together. I'm home at or before 3 PM where the dog is then with my family in and out of the house messing with pigeons in the backyard and having a very enjoyable life. The dog does not sleep in the crate the...

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A dog can stay cooped up 10 hours a say as long as there is time spent running him/her every other day Plenty of attention should be given to the dog on all days. Otherwise they look for attention. My dog hasn't ever chewed anything up or had an accident during the day And i work 10 hour days. Must...

jeffkrop

Jest to be clear I would never give away my family pet.

jeffkrop

Hmmm- in the basement for 10 hours is not a good idea either. A dog is a social animal. Someone has to come in at lunch and take him for a good long walk and a good hug and a........... I understand your position, and I know you meant well when you got the dog. My advice is to try to rehome the dog...

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Dogs bored out of his mind! in a crate for 10 hours a day and then by the sounds of it idle or unsupervised when not in crate. Not sure how much exercise he gets but likely needs at least a good hour off leash run and 20 minutes of obedience training in the evening..... that should make him much be...

jeffkrop

I own a 3 year old male Britt and I can tell you from experience that not only do they need plenty of exercise but they need to be around people and be part of the family. I usually only run him 2 or 3 times a week but we give him lots of attention when we are home including play time, and he doesn...

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I have a 1-year-old Brittany that is still destroying my house. I leave him in a kennel crate during the day while I'm gone but I do try to keep him out the rest of the time. I just can't get them to stop eating things, getting into the garbage and pooping on the floor in the basement. I do work lon...

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Jerry should be at the top of the list for anyone looking for a performance grouse dog. He has a successful breeding program and a trial record to back it up. I was fortunate enough to see several of Jerry's dogs at the 2012 Wisconsin grouse championship. You won't go wrong sending your dog to him ...

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I doubt you'll go wrong with sending your brittany to Jerry Kolter. He has some really nice grouse dogs. I've watched several of them and judged some more in cover dog trials. They were really fun dogs to watch. Jerry's been braced with my father's brittanies at a couple trials in WI so he may reme...

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So what makes a dog have grouse dog lines? Can a brittany have grouse dog lines and does anyone breed them? My britt is going to northwoods kennel to be trained by Jerry Kolter in June. Ive been looking at his setters and thinking about getting in on a breeding for next your. But I need more info ab...

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Ok just got off the phone with the worst person at tri-tronics. I hope she was just having a bad day because this women was mean. She told me no fingers under the collar strap and that I long prongs would be bad for the dog. All I wanted to do was spend more money with them and she said Im on the wr...

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sounds good Ill change it up thanks everyone.

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Sorry I posted this then life got crazy for a minute and I could not get back. With out posting a picture I can fit 2 Fingers under the collar and still have it's up close to his ears. It is the tri-tronics sport upland g3 so the beeper is up on top and it's too loose that seem to spin around to the...

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We hunted for 8 hours on saturday so most of the day.
When I put the collar on him its like the prongs are digging in but if I keep it lose it just twists around his neck.

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My brittney gets cut up so bad from his e-collar I'm using the tri-tronic with the short bars.
Is anything I can do to help this?

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Anyone know there website? I have some time and would like to learn more about good Britteys how some become so good.

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I saw a add about this book and it looks amazing but the price is big. I pay less then that for my collage textbooks these days, with amazon and being able to sell big numbers with the internet. That said people do need to make money and I bet $100 is well worth it if you love grouse. I know ill be ...

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Talking with a the pet shop people today and they say the Preventic collar is the way to go. I guess 3 collars is not that bad.

jeffkrop

Had my britt out for two days in northern WI and the ticks were so bad. Walking with him I pulled off at least 20, then when I got home I was digging them out all evening, 21 more down the toilet. I used Frontline on the 15 of September just like every month. So after trying my best to rid him of ti...

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He is collar conditioned on here and heal but never wha. and very good on the gun. So I think having fun for one season is the best way to go.
I to have look past Hickox thinking it is way outdated.

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So I have read most let the pup be a pup and shot birds his first season. I am hunting grouse in thick woods. After the first season start training wha and things like this. He holds well for the pigeons so this should be a great start. I guess if this site is not fun like it was all spring then Wee...

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4dabirds wrote:http://georgehickox.com/about_george_hi ... -tips.html Probably be a good idea to spend some time brushing up on how to train a hunting dog.

So are you saying Ive done it all wrong?

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Ive been away all summer busy at the cabin and around the house. I hope everyone had a great summer. Ive got my pigeons flying around the house and the dog loving them. This will be my 10 month old brattiness first hunting season. I have not trained anything other then come and a love for birds, jus...

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Thanks Ezzy.
They both died anyway and I did care I care about all my pets. I was sad to lose them.
It looks like I will get 1 of of 4 chicks. Its hard work being in the dog and pigeon game.

jeffkrop

I feed my adult pigeons scratch. Found some abandoned chicks awhile back. Fed them scratch blended in a blender with warm water. Worked good. Use a syringe that is cut off, removing narrow portion. Put a rubber glove finger over syringe and cut a slit in it. Chicks will attack you when the rubber g...

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It was so much less trouble when I was pay $4 for a bird and let my dog work. Thinking I could get them to mate and raise their young was just crazy. I have not had any killed by predator's Id think thats just a mess but when birds don't return to their young man thats hard.

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I just had some saturday morning fly off on me that had been the for 2 months and had babies in the coop. Take your time I lost 3 good birds and now am raising babies in my basement.

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gotpointers wrote:If you cant find the pet store food replacement use some of the dry baby cereal that gets mixed with warm water. Can't remember exactly the name. It's been many years since I had to do that.

Did this and they did ok I have them under a light in the basement now see what happens

jeffkrop

So the 2 chicks here are the ones that have not had food in 36hours I have them in a box in my house. They will be 2 weeks old on Wednesday. 1 is beat-up but seams ok.
Im getting rice cearal so I can try feeding.

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I had 3 pigeons get out of my coop yesterday 1 was the father of 4 chicks 2 moms or what ever you call mom and dad pigeons. Now I have 1 mom with her 2 chicks & 2 chicks with no one to take care of them. I had to put 3 born pigeons in boxes to stop them from killing the baby chicks. What should I do...

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Great question I only feed in the evening around 4pm and there is always some left over when I go in the next day. I am looking forward to reading this post.

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My brittany is great on Blue Buffalo but it is just to much to spend we are moving over to Canidae much cheaper and I hab good luck with it maybe 3 years ago.

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Meller wrote:I just feed the chicken layer pellet's and trow a little whole grain corn to them every once and a whyle; The layer pellets are 16%.

This is what I feed and I have eggs and now some chicks.

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that is way cool thanks for this.

jeffkrop

Why dont you just buy and let the birds fly away, why card them at all? Shack them up and put them in a brush pile let the dog find them and learn. When they fly away its $4-6 gone crazy.

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Unreal, so pretty

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Ok do you think I could move the nesting box to a new coop? With out touching the eggs. Just unbolt it from the old coop and add it to the new.

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I have 4 eggs in my coop with birds on them and I need to move them to a new coops soon in new nesting boxes.
Anyone have any info on this?

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Looks real good. So fun.

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ibbowhunting wrote:head tuck um, place the head under the wing until they quit fight it,then gently laid them on there wing with the head under it

+1 yep

jeffkrop

Anyone own a dog bath?
Bathing in the tub in our 1 bathroom house it a mess, thinking it would be nice to have one down in the basement next to the laundry sink.
any info and links would help.

jeffkrop

I went to a training weekend late last fall just to check out the mnnavha there is alot of great people in that club with alot of nice dogs they were very helpful i ran my britt in a NA test last fall you may be close enough to go to some of there weekly training days, check out there web site i th...

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For me a map would be nice if I know when to start something new. I never know if my dog is to young to start things. I think this is the hardest part of training and with everyone saying different things it is crazy.

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If you google American Brittany club and then click on regional clubs, it will bring up all brit clubs in the US. I know there are at least 2 in MN. Minn Britt Club is one and the other is St. Croix Valley Brit Club. I'm pretty sure both have web sites. You should be able to come up with a contact ...

jeffkrop

I think my feed store calls that chicken grit, it's red, other stores may call it mineral grit but I think it is only trace minerals and it's not a replacement for oyster shell. But I just have plain #2 Grit. On a side note #2 grit is great traction grit for icy driveways it's way better than plain...

jeffkrop

As I understand, sharp grains can cause trouble in the crops of chicks. though I don't know if there is a nutrition reason as well. Its mainly the sharp edges make them hard to digest. And this has been told to me by several different successful racers. Ezzy's post was spot on. I buy a grit for rac...

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I had the chance to meet my first forum member in person last night, Labguy stopped by to checkout the pigeons good times. He was telling me about his retriever club, said it was fun and helpful. What can you tell me about MNNavhda, Brittany clubs, things like this? I have a brittany 6 months old. I...

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I was using layer pellet and cracked corn with no grit up in tell a week ago and I have 4 eggs in my small coop.
I cant believe it as the nesting boxes are small and I had 20 birds in a my 4ft sq coop.

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Thanks guys.
I dont want to wet the food as that will make me puke.
Ill try a cookie sheet but I think he will be fine.
Maybe ill buy a cheeper dog food if he is not going to enjoy the $2lb food I buy him now.

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