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- Fri Jun 05, 2020 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What is the MOST money you've seen or heard a dog sell for?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16166
Re: What is the MOST money you've seen or heard a dog sell for?
16k and 24k are the two highest ive seen sold for
- Fri May 01, 2020 9:09 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Stamina Expectations in GWP vs PP
- Replies: 40
- Views: 13383
Re: Stamina Expectations in GWP vs PP
You can definitely find what you’re looking for. The NW breeds some of the best GWPs in the country built for Chukar hunting and waterfowl. Some breeders to check out would be Bonepoint, cascade, wireswest, and dual shot.
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:55 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Cheap(er) Price on Pro Plan
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9696
Re: Cheap(er) Price on Pro Plan
That’s a first for me. They keep making em smaller and smaller.
- Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:31 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Genetics vs. Training
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17907
Re: Genetics vs. Training
It’s a bit of both. I’m sure any of those guys’ top 5 dogs could make the switch after a while lay-off to get acclimated but the majority probably wouldn’t be competitive with the switch. You would also have to consider the grounds where the tighter grounds in the East are more receptive of a handi...
- Thu Apr 23, 2020 3:46 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Genetics vs. Training
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17907
Re: Genetics vs. Training
It’s a bit of both. I’m sure any of those guys’ top 5 dogs could make the switch after a while lay-off to get acclimated but the majority probably wouldn’t be competitive with the switch. You would also have to consider the grounds where the tighter grounds in the East are more receptive of a handie...
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: "Roading" tips- bike or treadmill?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8685
Re: "Roading" tips- bike or treadmill?
The treadmill is better and safer. Set it at an incline and keep the speed at a trot
- Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:27 pm
- Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
- Topic: Garmin 220 tracking collar ???
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7414
Re: Garmin 220 tracking collar ???
Depends on the collar. 220 can track up to dc40. 320 can track everything a 220 can and higher
- Sat Feb 01, 2020 3:07 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Bar P prefix of the English Pointer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3949
Re: Bar P prefix of the English Pointer
Bar P is Bob Saari
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Small town pointers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4506
Re: Small town pointers
I keep 2 all age dogs in a condo in Portland. Drive 30 minutes out the city 3 days a week to road them for an hour on logging roads.
- Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Pro trainers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2291
Re: Pro trainers
It’s always hot in the summer. Just work early and late.
- Thu Jul 18, 2019 11:39 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: training a pointing breed to sit on command
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28955
Re: training a pointing breed to sit on command
You can teach your dog sit it’s not going to hurt anything. If your dog does any command other than the one you taught/are teaching then that’s a training error. If your dog woahs when you tell it to come to you is it the woah commands fault? I’ve seen dogs lay down under too much pressure and the o...
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:04 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Dog killed posusm
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9501
Re: Dog killed posusm
Your dog should be fine possums rarely carry rabies and don’t put up a fight. They will mostly just lay there and get chewed on until they get a chance to escape. Pretty peaceful little things do way more good than harm.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:25 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Can dogs be trained to herd wild deer?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8075
Re: Can dogs be trained to herd wild deer?
Hahaha I was getting ready to say, this guy might be going crazy stuck in his house all day.Dakotazeb wrote:Jon, what the heck question are you going to come up with next? :roll: Seems we are getting too many of your crazy questions lately. Give it a rest, please.
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:41 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: I am very disheartened about hounds in America today.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16362
Re: I am very disheartened about hounds in America today.
walkers are some of the most common hounds around back east and down south. All around dog that will run anything you want them to. If you’re having trouble looking for a hound you’re looking in the wrong place. English coonhounds are another really nice breed. Also most hound guys register ukc or p...
- Wed Nov 28, 2018 9:48 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Ideas for exercise during winter
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4839
Re: Ideas for exercise during winter
wow those dog pacers and trotters are quite pricey. I will have to build up some cash for that, it would be nice to have though. which one would you guys recommend a pacer or trotter? Dog trotters are expensive but well worth it when you have one. Quality is really second to none. If I were going t...
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:08 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Ideas for exercise during winter
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4839
Re: Ideas for exercise during winter
Im going to rephrase it. Is there any particular indoor exercise you guys can recommend for a gun dog? Thanks Treadmill. If you only have an electric one then I like to put them at a nice trot on an incline. Make sure to take them out to use the bathroom first. Human treadmill works fine but I reco...
- Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:02 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Started Dog
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6850
Re: Started Dog
My idea of a started dog is green broke. Basic obedience, introduced to birds, knows woah, steady to flush.
- Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Pointer Value
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5211
Re: Pointer Value
Honestly the value is how much someone’s willing to pay and how much you’re willing to let him go for. I would say anywhere from 1500-3000. But it’s hard to find people willing to spend big money on a dog. Personally I would just try to find the best home I could for him where he can be hunted and t...
- Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:58 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: What's the difference between a "dove" and a "pigeon"?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8090
Re: What's the difference between a "dove" and a "pigeon"?
A pigeon is a dove but a dove is not always a pigeon.
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 6:08 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: AKC Amateur definition
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8560
Re: AKC Amateur definition
Hi: I am far from a professional Hunt Test or Field Trial trainer. However, I would like to do puppy head start when I open my new kennel. It would be getting the pups used to duck blinds, vests, decoys, gun shots, water, and baby retrieves. If I take money for starting puppies, would I fall into t...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:14 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: puppy pricing change after a deposit
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5944
Re: puppy pricing change after a deposit
Once you put your deposit down the price should not change you’re locked into an agreement. I have never heard of this being done but doesn’t surprise me anymore with the way some of these breeders operate today. Just the other day I saw a litter advertised + sales tax. Never in my life have I seen ...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 2:18 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Why do we want retrievers to run 500+ yard marks and blinds?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 13630
Re: Why do we want retrievers to run 500+ yard marks and blinds?
Competitions are about extremes and the best possible performance. They want to breed a dog who can complete 500+ yard marks and blinds so that the mediocre dog is still serviceable.
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:57 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Help and opinions on what breed for new pup
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8559
Re: Help and opinions on what breed for new pup
Britts do compete in coverdog trials well but they’re definitely a minority breed in that game. I recommend getting a Setter from Long Gone Kennels or Grouse Ridge.
- Mon Jun 25, 2018 12:16 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Sharpies and Huns?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4682
Re: Sharpies and Huns?
I only have experience hunting Huns in Oregon but I targeted them specifically last season and had a great year. My best times were later in the morning around 10-12 after they were done eating also later in the evening close to the end of shooting hours. I would find them in the short sage grasses ...
- Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:44 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: I am looking for field-quality Irish setter pups.
- Replies: 65
- Views: 35928
Re: I am looking for field-quality Irish setter pups.
I've done some more research and have decided that Irish Setters aren't a good idea for me. They won't do well left home all day long while I, a bachelor, am at work. A pair of Golden retrievers would work better and would be pretty much guaranteed to do water work. Setters are never guaranteed to ...
- Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:37 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: I am looking for field-quality Irish setter pups.
- Replies: 65
- Views: 35928
- Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:08 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: DNA testing
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3697
Re: DNA testing
Don it’s a Pudelpointer and that’s not how the breed was made it’s a very old breed. I’m surprised the owner was so mistaken seeing as it’s a hard and expensive dog to get a hold of the people with them usually know everything about them. And as far as dna testing goes it’s mostly just so you can’t ...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 5:30 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: FT dead bird retrievals and training fetch
- Replies: 48
- Views: 15931
Re: FT dead bird retrievals and training fetch
This has been a very interesting thread. I have been at a loss as to how to train a dog to not retrieve a dead bird it finds while hunting independently, while still expecting the dog to retrieve all shot birds eagerly/well. I understand the real issue was whether the dog killed a live bird which i...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:06 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: FT dead bird retrievals and training fetch
- Replies: 48
- Views: 15931
Re: FT dead bird retrievals and training fetch
If you count a dead bird as a find and the dog does not find a live bird, the dog should get a set up retrieve. He has a find. You could give a low score in bird finding ability but you still have to give him a retrieve. All a dog needs is one find to get a passing bird finding score. So the dog co...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:50 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: FT dead bird retrievals and training fetch
- Replies: 48
- Views: 15931
Re: FT dead bird retrievals and training fetch
Not sure if you are talking test or trial or both. In a hunting test most judges will allow the dog to bring back a cold dead bird. A warm bird means you are out. The, "you can't judge what you don't see" is a theory. If you run late in an event there might be quite a few dead birds on the course. ...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:08 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Homer's or ferals
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4528
Re: Homer's or ferals
Homers are not necessarily bigger than ferals depends on the strain of birds you have. Some lines are bigger and bred for hardier races while others are smaller. I keep both and prefer the smaller birds but if you breed too many small birds together you lose durability. I prefer tiny hens and medium...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:12 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: FT dead bird retrievals and training fetch
- Replies: 48
- Views: 15931
Re: FT dead bird retrievals and training fetch
Not sure if you are talking test or trial or both. In a hunting test most judges will allow the dog to bring back a cold dead bird. A warm bird means you are out. The, "you can't judge what you don't see" is a theory. If you run late in an event there might be quite a few dead birds on the course. ...
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:53 am
- Forum: Birds & Bird Supplies
- Topic: Buying Pigeons - Questions
- Replies: 32
- Views: 21638
Re: Buying Pigeons - Questions
There's expense in raising them in the first place. For less than $7, I can shoot them myself. Think of them as quail or chukar's that always go home to be used another day! I've been thinking, thinking stage only at this point. I could rent out fly aways for say $2 a flight. If a bunch of guy's we...
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 4:34 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: FT dead bird retrievals and training fetch
- Replies: 48
- Views: 15931
Re: FT dead bird retrievals and training fetch
Don’t shock the dog around dead birds. Stop playing fetch with dead birds. If your dog is already retrieving then stop training fetch so much.
- Thu May 31, 2018 9:44 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Quasi-pointers
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9518
Re: Quasi-pointers
DNA only affects dogs moving forward to prove that the parents are who they say they are. DNA has no bearing on a half/half drop dog that is used for breeding and not competed with. Especially if that dog is a bitch. If it’s a stud and he sires something like 7 litters with the AKC then he must be D...
- Thu May 31, 2018 5:44 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Quasi-pointers
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9518
Re: Quasi-pointers
Featherfinder, drop dogs are in every continental breed. There have been more than a few Pointer/Setter breedings in the past. Some “accidental”, some on purpose. The shortcoatted ones got registered as Pointers and the shaggy ones registered as Setters. Within the short tail dogs you can find lines...
- Wed May 30, 2018 10:14 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: quail question
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6124
Re: quail question
They are trash. stick with the bobs and the chukar. Also understand the chukar, like phez, need a decent amount of room when growing to keep the fighting down.
- Wed May 30, 2018 10:06 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Quasi-pointers
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9518
Re: Quasi-pointers
There are plenty dogs in the versatile-dog category that are not high powered field trial dogs. The number of people that take these dogs to compete in horseback trials is very small. Most of them are used in foot hunting,waterfowl, or mountain biking companion scenarios. Also AA gets thrown around ...
- Tue May 22, 2018 10:00 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training with pigeons
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5560
Re: Training with pigeons
And this is a Pro? Wow. I’ve never in my life heard something like that from a Pro trainer. I’d hate to hear how much he’s charging people to afford those chukar.
- Thu May 17, 2018 9:48 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Setter Steadying
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4796
Re: Setter Steadying
Just pigeons. Get him on a platform or barrel and have him wishing while tossing pigeons. Then have him woahing on the ground. Then get him doing it reliably with distance. On the ground you can toss your hat, pigeons, etc to distract him. Also I’d recommend calling the trainer you want to work with...
- Thu May 17, 2018 9:34 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Setter Steadying
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4796
Re: Setter Steadying
Are you looking for suggestions on a trainer? 3 years old is not too old your dog is just now finishing its derby year and ready to be broke out. As long as there aren’t any terrible habits to undo I think you’ll be very happy with where your dog is by th end of the summer if left with a trainer. Th...
- Tue May 15, 2018 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Stud Dog Question
- Replies: 73
- Views: 21424
Re: Stud Dog Question
Get some titles on the dog then worry about studding it out. There are way too many good titled males out there in every color. Nobody serious is going to want to take the time and money to breed to your dog just because it’s black. Plenty of time to campaign the dog then worry about how much money ...
- Thu May 03, 2018 5:44 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Where to buy a used O/U in Eastern WA?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8370
Re: Where to buy a used O/U in Eastern WA?
Have you checked the shotgun classifieds over on the Northwest Firearms board?
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:58 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Why Purina Pro Plan?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 43931
Re: Why Purina Pro Plan?
It’s consistent and they support sporting dogs
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:33 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: cost of a pup
- Replies: 121
- Views: 42372
Re: cost of a pup
I refuse to risk the life of my females to sell somebody a $400 puppy. It just makes no sense. As far as the "cost of a puppy" topic goes this is one of the biggest reasons the price is high. Its not just you I've heard it from others and its something I just never understood. If I was ever afraid ...
- Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:21 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: cost of a pup
- Replies: 121
- Views: 42372
Re: cost of a pup
That is all very nice. A good trainer could train almost any dog to pass a senior hunt test and the dog you made reference to, would be an exception no matter what breed. The fact remains that in many years of hunting the Midwest and running hunt tests, I have seen no pointers and only a handful of...
- Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: cost of a pup
- Replies: 121
- Views: 42372
Re: cost of a pup
People are not as stupid as some people would like us to believe. There is a reason why you almost never see a pointer in a hunt test, and English setters rare..............Cj A fellow was training a young pointer and felt he had him about ready for the fall derby season, but he wanted to get him i...
- Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:24 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: whoa training ....why is it so important?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 58242
Re: whoa training ....why is it so important?
woah just means stop/stay. you can use any word you want. its good for when you need a dog to stop/stay.
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: NAVHDA dogs compared to NSTRA dogs
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8992
Re: NAVHDA dogs compared to NSTRA dogs
Hunting season is over in most of the country. People are bored.polmaise wrote:Yea, so why would any one want to compare .
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: NAVHDA dogs compared to NSTRA dogs
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8992
Re: NAVHDA dogs compared to NSTRA dogs
Comparing the dogs or the organizations? The dogs are all pointing dogs for both organizations but NAVHDA and NSTRA are completely different and each have dogs of different levels of talent and ability. Not necessarily a different level, just different purpose. Much like a horse that pulls more or ...