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larue

I would love to talk to fred bear,and curt gowdy.Mermories of my childhood hunting rabbits with a super kodiak recurve.

larue

if you look at selling pups for the puppose of generating income,you will find that like any other business,you can control your costs,and your income. The income is determined by the number of puppies you produce,and your selling price. So to maximize your income you should sell alot of pups,at a h...

larue

my last litter worked out like this, 950 to ship bitch to be bred(both ways) 100 for crate to ship,plus health cert 250 in prewhelping vet costs,included ultrasonds,xrays. 600 in whelping costs,vet due to complications. 200 in post vet visits for bitch. 150 in vet costs for tails,dew claws 150 in ve...

larue

kenfishing,first off I have put down dogs at boonville at eureka,at the chicken in nebraska,so I do know what it takes to run an hour. If you read my post,I am not saying an hour dog does not have stamnia,or field trial dogs cannot hunt,or hunting dogs are the best thing since sliced bread. I was tr...

larue

if you want to drive 2 1/2 hours,I am always happy to help...wis dells area

larue

Excellent question. When you take a look at what a 30 minute,or even an hour trial dog needs to have to win trials vs a what makes a great wild bird dog,you will find a few different requirements with some shared. The trial dog needs to have great style,a good nose,and the stamina to go the 30 minut...

larue

I can tell you about the wis river ,and the kettle morine water in detail,,if they are the tests you are looking at,,been to the water test in the central chapter once If you run the wis river chapter test you will be less than 30 minutes from my house,I would enjoy meeting you and grilling a steak,...

larue

I do not know if you would call pine island a swamp,but I do know we used no pheasants this spring.Lots of chuckers and quail,no dnr birds at all.

larue

there is not much of an issue getting into the trial,unless you bring 25 dogs,in fact we are done some from last year,with a pro getting hurt and not being able to run.We have 3o some in the badger I believe,down from 50 last year. As far as the chucker,that is in the am gundog,a raffle to enter the...

larue

ok,next question would you seek out dogs who excel in trials or dogs who excel in wild bird hunting?

larue

If you had to choose between running trials,or hunt tests,or whatever dog game you play,and wild bird hunting which venue would you choose?

larue

A pic from todays training with joy,I was lucky enough to keep up with her.She will be 5 months soon.

larue

After watching alot of dogs,and how they are being put up,and then having two young pups(5 months) I ask this simple question. Which would you want to own,and put up for a win. A dog who is a nice stylish dog who is consistant,runs foward and finds alot of game,or the on the edge,big running dog who...

larue

So what your saying is that you can take a field trial GSP and teach it to do blind retrieves and swim... ohhhhhhh now were talkin Yes,in fact my old dog max did blind retrieves,and was a machine in marked water retrieves,never saw a better dog at water retrieves. Max would do a 300 yard water blin...

larue

why was it moved from the spring to two weeks before eureka?

larue

I have been running trials for a few years in the midwest,and lately it would appear that the competition has really become better in the last few years,at least here in the midwest. The last few trials I have watched,has been full of dogs would could have won it,and very little separates the dogs. ...

larue

I would take a look at what dan hoke has out west,I am very happy with the pups I have,and waht I have seen out of his dogs.Friendly,smart natural bird dogs. If you want closer there are a couple of litters on the ground here in wis,dogs I know from nice trial dogs. In two years the futurity should ...

larue

I had the pleasure of watching miles run last fall,and he did a great job .A very nice gsp.

larue

Is it a horseback event?

larue

Even in death,max does his part.I just receieved a letter from my vet where they have donated money in max's name to the 2nd chance fund,where dogs who's owners do not have the money to pay for vet services are taken care of,very much like he was.

larue

After the recent loss of max,I was remembering all of the different events that we did together,and yet I wonder how far he could have gone,if he had been in ran by a pro. This brings up the question,which you rather have,all the memories of doing it yourself and accept the limitations that brings ,...

larue

As I greave,I remember a few stories I have had with max. I remember the first trial he placed in,it was down in rend lake,I was a very poor horse rider,and as I was getting on my horse(borrowed),my wife had max at the line.As I stopped to tighten the saddle,I heard a "oh "bleep"",and looked up to s...

larue

It is with a crushed heart,and tearfull eyes that I report the passing of a great dog,and the perfect example of what a gsp is supposed to be,my max dog is gone. I had to help end max's suffering today at 243 pm as we had discovered advanced cancer in his kidneys,extending through to his colon.True ...

larue

I have found open stakes are not harder then am stakes.The reasons are a few,such as am stakes give out money some times,owners run there dogs in am stakes even after they are titled(most pro's do not run a fc in an open stake but move on to limited stakes).A 4 point am retrieving win is the best wi...

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We had to end chelsea's pain today as she had cancer. it was time.Chelsea was a rescue dog we took on at the age of 3,and has spent her life with us,until she passed at almost 14. She was a half sister to my max dog,and we had one litter out of her,which turned out very nice. When we got her,she cou...

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I myself like the dogs that Dan hoke has been producing,serious wild bird dogs who have done well in trials.
Dogs like simon,scully,ben ect.

larue

I am bragging about the upcoming event,my old bitch hiedi's 16th birthday! Hiedi is my first dog to run navhda,and recieved a n/a prize 1,and a ut prize 2(197) even though she is at heart an all age bitch who loves to run off to parts unknown,I still remember her duck search's where she would be gon...

larue

I am not much for meetings anymore,but I would enjoy running with some longtails or having a beverage or two.Give me a date and I will see if it works for me.

larue

I dont know anything about setters,but to call an all age gsp a walking anything means you have better be one fast walker.I am not saying that gundog/shooting dog gsp's dont win all age stakes,but when you see a gsp who is only seen at extreme range ever 8 minutes or so while on a horse,I doubt you ...

larue

I would not call it a problem for your dog,he is just not reconizing a that the other dog is really on point. If you want your dog to back a poor styled dog you can train your dog to stand its back,but be aware that your dog will then back when another dogs stops to take a leak,or whatever. Are you ...

larue

not sure yet,but I understand that there are methods to concentrate sperm to get a much richer sample,to help with low motility.I am still waiting to meet with the reproductive experts,as my vet is trying to hammer out a business agreement
with the reproductive specialists,to improve there service.

larue

I have watched and ran enough navhda events to be able to tell you,that training plays as big if not a bigger role in how well a dog does in navhda as does breeding. I have watched n/a pups be broke out to run in n/a tests becouse they would not establish point,and have watched trainers make the ban...

larue

I am certainly not a regular breeder,but I will have a litter on the ground very soon. I bred the litter to get myself a pup,and right now I have 4 males and one female spoken for. This breeding is really a west coast gsp breeding,but interesting in that the foundation dogs are old midwest dogs. I d...

larue

I cannot talk for other cecil dogs,but my max dog ran the ut 5 times,4 prize 1's,one prize 2,with the first two coming at 18 months of age,he ran the invite twice,failed in steadiness only the first time,and heeling only the 2nd time.(another long story).The best part of his ut prize 1's where two o...

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I picked up the phone this weekend to find jan hill from hillhavens kennel,the producer of Hillhavens hustler. A few years back they used my old dog max as a stud for a bitch they owned,a hustler grandaughter. They recently bred a bitch out of that breeding to a male they had,and jan was calling me ...

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I am meeting with my vet,who is just now partnering up with reproductive specialists in ai breeding in cattle/horses with the goal to collect some straws from my old dog max. I have been told that they are far more advanced in collection,and preparation for storage,in so far as even using surgery to...

larue

As I have my litter out there for sale,I recently recieved a phone call from a person through an assist phone operator. The person would type,then the operator would read it to me,and I would answer,ect. What made me hang up was when told me he would send money,and his agent would pick up the puppy ...

larue

I have a question,in the navhda testing programs,ie drags,water work ect which is more important the pedigree of the dog,or the training the dog recieves? I myself believe that the training is far more important than the breeding as far as navhda goes,as style is not judged, there is very little ind...

larue

I would certainly have your vet take a good look at your dog.I lost a dog who was doing the same things,often he was fine but every once in a while he would get shaky . He ended up going into a coma due to low blood sugar levels,caused by a tumor on his pancreas,while in his kennel. There can be iss...

larue

Way to go tim,rick and even rob.Four dogs from the 4 lakes club in the 2nd seris,nice job.

larue

you will want to have someone with some knowledge draw you up a spec sheet,showing tube size,how many cicuits,distance between passes,ect. There is a max lenght of each size of tubing,so dont exceed that or your performance will suffer. You might want to consider using anti-freeze,,no burst in your ...

larue

Having some time on my hands,I sat down and read the latest gspca magazine. I was intreged by the minutes,and the fact that the minutes are not reported raw,but are approved before they are reported,if I am reading the minutes correctly. Any thoughts on this? I find it sort of interesting that the p...

larue

The water issue is funny,the duck search is the only part of a navhda ut test that a dog must show independance.
The very strongest water work I have watched has been by field trial bred gsp's.

larue

Range is not just as simple as how far away a dog is. When I have ruffed grouse hunted,in area's that have seen pressure,my dogs will get off the path's and out of sight from me,and I can hear them by the bells they are wearing.I would guess 80 to 100 yards in heavy cover. This ability to hunt for m...

larue

I started in pointing dogs with a dnr sponsored pointing dog clinic,after that I hooked up with a navhda chapter. I ran navhda for a few years,taking a dog to the invite a couple of times. While training for the invite I started running master hunt tests to prepare him for the invite. I enjoyed the ...

larue

get her to a vet,but hydrogen peroxide will make a dog vomit very quickly

larue

not cheap but jones is the way to go

larue

your expectations are quite high.A dog who can hunt early season sharptails in the heat with style and range,will not have the same coat,as a dog who can handle very cold weather. You will not get a dog with all the things you want.You might be able to take a talented pup,and with time,training and ...

larue

I just recieved eva's (foxglove Fire and Ice) report and she came back as negative.

larue

I have hunted both grasslands you are talking about. You will find north dakota with fewer hunters,and look for gooseberries,with a few huns in the lands on the edges of the crops.Hunt the outside portions of the grasslands out there,as the badlands are not really grouse country. I had more issues w...

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