Gun Dog Forum

NO is a powerful word. NO to stop the shaking HOLD to cue correct behavior.

I have Labs, a bit heavy to lift. I have a Petsmart ramp. Works well off any tailgate and even reaches up to the holes of a topper rig. Ramps are better for dogs in the long run. The impacts of jumping up and especially down are hard on the joints. Thanks. Which one? Telescoping, or folding? It can...

Long handled square-nosed shovel. Remove head, collect rattles, skin and make appetizers.

I have Labs, a bit heavy to lift. I have a Petsmart ramp. Works well off any tailgate and even reaches up to the holes of a topper rig. Ramps are better for dogs in the long run. The impacts of jumping up and especially down are hard on the joints.

'Champagne' is the new vogue ! .. When you get 'White with chocolate' with hunting breeds, rather than Liver and white you guy's ought to worry :mrgreen: Most of those are not new colors but just descriptive names for different shades od the basic colors. I question the silvers being purebred and I...

I believe first would have been Yellow of the fad colors. Although Chocolate and Yellow date back to the 1800's they were generally culled. I guess I meant first in my personal history. Pretty sure chocolate was the first color I heard of a Lab beyond black and yellow. Oh, forgot one: FOX RED. Gues...

Boykin or Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Dog. Both breeds are under 50 pounds and retrieve very well.

I live in southeast Arizona, I hunt mostly doves & quail. I use a chocolate Lab. He does fine, even in the triple digit temperatures of early September. A smaller Lab 50-60 pound range should be findable. Boykins are great retrievers and fit your size range. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Dogs are also in...

Force fetch your dog and teach it to do blind retrieves. Pointing dogs are as capable of learning these skills as retrievers. To teach your dog to hunt cripples, use a scented bumper/dummy or a dead pigeon or training bird and drag it across a training field and have dog retrieve to hand when he fin...