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It's been to warm, we need a good snow and Temp to get down below freezing for a good stretch

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What training methods are you using? Ever heard of the west method? If not look it up and study it best way to train a bird dog imo

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I've got a 17 month old female GSP. From the time I got her at 8 weeks, I've worked on training her in some fashion everyday. At 16 weeks I put her through a 10 week AKC novice obedience course lead by a pro trainer, that was followed by another 10 week AKC open obedience course led by the same pro...

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I like to run a bell with a Garmin Astro. The Garmin works great for grouse hunting. It is a personal preference but that is how I like to run my dog. Same here, I started using a bell on my dogs towards the end of grouse season an I don't know why I didn't use one before it helps a lot if a dog is...

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I've only been exposed to about a dozen GSPs, but I haven't met one yet that didn't whine. Could this just be a trait common to the breed? Sounds like poor training to me. Bird dogs should not make noise. Have you ever been to a field trial??? Im at one right now an every single dog here has whinne...

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Prays sent to Ken' s family

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Jjt your story is sounds a lot like mine I have a 8 month old gsp that I actually got from Greenville sc so I know Mo an have been lucky enough to have a few free lessons from him an he actually helped me break my 18 month old male from being gun shy anyways I was lucky enough to put my dogs on ruff...

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Both my Gsp's chased tweety birds, my male chased them until he was 17 months an my female stop much sooner at 7 months. After putting my dogs on many quail an ruffed grouse they just grew out if it. But I agree with Sharon, show no interest an say nothing, an ignore the dog. Put as many pen raised ...

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Our male is the same way, he's 20 months old and weighs 55. We feed him Purina pro plan sport 30:20 protein:fat which has helped him to gain and keep a few lbs on him over the past few months. Our experience is that Gsp's along with a lot of other breeds will reach their full maturity around 3-5 yea...

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Good luck with your new pup, good looking dog

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Thanks everyone!! Still have a lot of training to go but I have an awesome mentor, special thanks to you MillerclemsonHD, an congrats on placing first with Lucy an Lady they are very impressive to watch. I'm very lucky an blessed to have met so many people that are very knowledgeable in bird dog tra...

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First pic is copper my 17 month old male pointing a grouse that just flushed. Next 2 are of kettle my 6 month old wild little girl

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Few recent pics, just using a grouse feather to work on style.

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Kettle my 6 month old female German shorthaired finished 2nd in the Carolinas pointing dog association amateur walking puppy class. If no one has ran in any of there trails I highly recommend giving it a try, just a great group an super nice people. I think the main reason we didn't win was because ...

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Seen a few in western NC in the app mtns, pretty much right on the TN/NC line but hunting private land that was clear cut about 20yr ago. I've heard not many birds on game lands on roan Mtn TN an hump mtn NC

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Hope everything goes good at the vet an get it figured out, I always worry myself to death if somethings not right with my pups so I feel your pain an concern

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Is she throwing up after she eats? I had to elevate my dogs food bowl because they were eating so fast they would throw it sometimes after I elevated there bowls it hasn't happened since.

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I had a dog one time that ate consistently, was well exercised, and overall a healthy dog. When she was young she was the nervous type and always a little insecure. That dog was always really skinny and never seemed to put on weight. As she aged to about seven or eight she became much calmer and sh...

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Sorry ment about 12 cups combined I actually measured it an was surprised

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Few recent pics of my pups

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I'm in the same boat as you, I have 2 gsp, very active, there in great shape I'll run my dogs against anyone's dog just because I am laid off work till March an I've been hunting or working them 5 days a week, anyhow mine eat about 10 or 12 cups a day of Purina sport. Both still skinny as a rail, bu...

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Good looking pup

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You need pigeons bro. Planting an dizzying a pinned raised bird for a pup can create a bad habit like chasing, 9 outta 10 times a puppy will catch a pen raised quail. To many birds can be a bad thing, except wild birds cause they'll never catch a wild bird.Just passing along what I've learned from e...

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My 17 month old gsp will chase tweetie birds when we go grouse hunting but he will only do it towards the end of the hunt if we haven't seen many grouse. There bird dogs there going chase an hunt birds, I myself don't worry about him doing it or my 5 month old. My 5 month old is still a baby a my 17...

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Congrats, still trying to get my first grouse, I understand now more than ever why there called king of game birds, but my dogs an me are getting in pretty good shape though

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My shorthairs are both inside dogs an we've went grouse hunting the past 2 days with temps in the single digits an they were fine, but I agree with the above post. I know my dogs personality an can tell if there to cold or not. I think it's important that the owner knows there dogs, you can tell if ...

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Anybody free today or this week that wants to grouse hunt in Avery county

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The dogs don't know how old they are, I've heard that if the dog has a high drive for birds that's all that matters but I'm still new to the sport an have learned so much an got a long ways to go but that's just my two cents as the saying goes

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Thanks for all the advice something else I forgot to mention is my dog was scared of my bow or bow shy back in the summer when I was shooting a lot he would run an hide when I had a bow in my hand I broke him by tying him up behind me while I shot an afterwards would play fetch or so do something he...

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I'm in the same boat with my 16 month old gsp he is the worst dog I've seen to so gun shy. After I got him chasing pigeons, quail then he started pointing them I had my friend stood 80yds behind us an only fired off the 22 blank after I flushed the quail. When the dog hears a shot even from that dis...

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Anyone that has good pointers an wouldn't mind my dog tagging along hoping it might help my dog become better grouse hunter an would like to come hunt hundreds of arces of private land that no one besides myself few times has grouse hunted what so ever to my knowledge. I'm in Avery county nc which i...

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Anyone from the Appalachian Mtns have any luck today?

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I own a 13 month old gsp. First bird I have ever owned. I have work with him on commands an little check cord training he fetches so great, been using e collar training. However I don't know much at all. Biggest part I'm worried about is that he is gun shy I mean I'll bring a gun out my safe an he w...

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How did the dove opener go for everyone? For me, not good. I'd scouted out a few public spots but due to work I couldn't make it out until about 7pm. So spots #1 and #2 were filled with vehicles already so I skipped those for #3 where only 1 vehicle was already in the parking lot. So no doves but i...

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We are 144 hours away from Dove season. Good Wing Shooting Good Dog Work Good Fellowship Good Eating at the Dove Feed Opening Night. For us it all begins Monday September 1st. The Count Down Begins. Journal your Hunts with info and Pics to share with Your Forum Hunting Partners. Skate never be girt...

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I just stay so in case dog is laying or sitting I can say it just around home only been trying use whoa in the field an training. A friend of mine said work well for him so I tried it

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No worries 11wks still a baby don't push training hard I mainly try to work on house breaking one at that age. You could get the pup some kind of toy try an see if he will fetch it to you. I had a ball an some other toy that I only use outside so my pups know if I have that there going outside. But ...

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I've had my pointer customers call me after their first dove hunts with their new pups about how they didn't loose a downed bird. Personally I use my labradors for dove and ducks and save my pointers for Quail, pheasants and grouse. Steadying the dog is important for me but that's unimportant to ma...

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