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Sorry to hear that. Such a cute face.

Sorry to hear that.

FLYNN.jpg And now for my confession: Because of Parkinson's Disease , I could no longer care for a gun dog - couldn't give it the exercise it needed. I saw a dog needing a home at Animal Alert - a Maltese. :oops: Not well ( heart problems and deaf), but I thought "Hey! I need a dog and I can handle...

I realize owning a .22 in Trudeau's Canada brands you as an enemy of the state, but an air rifle is particularly suited for killing rats. Sit outside reading a book, and look up every once in a while to see if they have returned. And then... Any air rifle exceeding 500 fps is regarded the same as a...

Being originally from Saskatchewan, I am thankful for Alberta’s rat patrol

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Led0321 wrote:I don’t follow Canadian politics too much.

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Probably a good thing

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Sharon nor I can change a username. Contact fourseasons by PM - I believe she is the only one who can help with that.

Take a safety training course and you can apply for a PAL (possession and acquisition license). This allows you to buy firearms and ammo that are not on the restricted list (all handguns are restricted). When not in use all firearms must be locked and stored separately from the ammo. If you want a h...

Being from Canada I sure won't be any help on this one.

Great times!

Merry Christmas! Just put the tree up yesterday.

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I always counselled new puppy buyers to ask their vet - they are the ones that are in tune with the incidence rate if things like Parvo in your area. Whatever harm you think may occur from not taking the dog out where other dogs are will be miniscule to the harm that would come from having a pup wit...

Awesome!

Sharon wrote:Apply the boot??? I assume you are joking. Lets just say, "Continue to be consistent. "

I assume he is meaning put the boots to the ground and keep getting the dog out there

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Pretty much the same as Garrison here. I used the command "mat" and put them in the plastic airline kennel*. They could sit or stand around in there as long as they want, but no barking or whining allowed**. I don't like having the crate in the house, and the goal was to have them go lay down on th...

Thanks for sharing those pictures.

The only thing a 1 year old dog can do wrong in the field is to walk beside me.

One of my favorite dog's of all time is the Labrador. This from a guy with DD's. I had horrible luck with them. They are riddled with so many different health issues and for some reason, seem extraordinarily plagued by cancer. I lost three to it. One, Nipper was a Super Powder dog and died of eye c...

cjhills wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 10, 2022 6:38 pm
Sharon:
Does Canada celebrate Thanksgiving and if so what is the date, ours is the end of Nov. Yours must be earlier..........Cj

The second monday in October is ours. As in Today!

Everyone does it different. Personally when I am taking a young pup out what I want from them is to learn how and where to hunt. Chasing is neither here nor there - it is a non event. When a young dog has a full season under their belt and is showing me that they WANT to find birds and KNOW HOW to f...

art hubbard wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 01, 2022 3:58 pm
I'm 91 now, can't hunt any more. Last hunt was last December, I was 90 then. But boy do I have many memories of 70 years of hunting over dogs.

How awesome is that.

As I posted earlier, this dog woold be at about 2 weeks from delivery now. Pretty much no doubt if she is pregnant or not, probably not much can be done now. It would be interesting to know how it went.......Cj Well, unless they are browsing the site without logging in, the OP has not even read the...

Seems like normal puppy stuff with a dog with energy to burn.

There is no "too harsh" when dealing with biting. But reacting out of frustration or anger is real and something you want to avoid. She thinks this is a good game and whatever you are doing is considered part of the game to her.

Fine looking pup. Congrats on the placements.

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Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:22 pm

gonehuntin' wrote:One thing to NEVER do is to go outside and show him attention to get him to cease the howl. That will only further the problem. If I have to go outside the attention they get they don't like.
Sound advice! Thanks!

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Pay particular attention to this part!

You realize the thread is 18 years old

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Not sure how far from you this is or how active they still are but I would be very happy to hunt over any of the dogs I have seen from this kennel www.dunfur.com

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Good looking dogs.

Excellent post gonehuntin. Yes, houses should be "puppy proofed". Yes, we must be respectful of the fact that puppies will get into mischief. But none of that is obedience training or house dog training in any way, shape or form and I find it disingenuous to imply otherwise. The greatest disservice ...

Yeah, I don't own a prong collar. I have a pinch but ... A prong collar is a pinch collar. Same thing. The "pinch", by the way, refers to the fact that you squeeze the prongs together to put it on or remove links, not that it pinches the dog. When I first started in obedience many years ago, we cal...

By 4 mos old my puppies understand that "no" means "NO". They don't learn that with constant nagging. If you are repeating the command you are nagging. That being said - puppies are going to run around with things, chew on things and be a terror at times. What they need is some things that they are ...

Yeah, I don't own a prong collar. I have a pinch but usually just use the choke. The tool is not so important as the technique which is the constant. I have also used the end of the leash twirling to help the dog with a cue to the forward boundary.

I don't think it is too soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTmoWvMnaNM

"Ready" would be a few days after you get him home. If you have lots of wild birds take him out for little walks where the birds are. The more birds the better doesn't mean only birds gunned over the dog.

I have no real life mentors and never met anyone with a hunting bird dog besides DonF and a cousin in SD whom I don't know too well. I think I need to start somewhere. I appreciate your helpfulness and the heads up. You certainly won't go wrong by getting pointers and insight from a Ronnie Smith se...

You won't regret it.

I got started with hunting before I was even aware of it - one of my memories as a child was watching my dad and his friends haul an antelope through the trap door of the kitchen to the cellar to hang. It is a vivid picture in my mind and later in life I learned we moved from that house when I was j...

There are lots of hunting dogs who are asked to track down a crippled bird and pick them up without establishing point again, who still have zero problems pointing, many from NAVHDA. I prefer to train for it after a bird has been pointed, it has been watched go to wing and shots fired. Garrison The...

Interesting article to read someday when you are bored. :) https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-industry-exposed/ingredient-splitting/ Because items are listed in order of precooked weight it is also easy for them to say meat is the number one ingredient if you use raw meat instead of meat meal....

Interesting article to read someday when you are bored. :) https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-industry-exposed/ingredient-splitting/ Because items are listed in order of precooked weight it is also easy for them to say meat is the number one ingredient if you use raw meat instead of meat meal....

Dakotazeb wrote: ↑
Sun May 22, 2022 11:32 am
Does the FDSB use the same title designations as the AKC? i.e.: FC = Field Champion, AFC = Amateur Field Champion, NFC = National Field Champion, etc.

No, they use the designation CH.

Great stuff. Enjoy the new pup.

Looks like a good one to me.

Put him in a down before opening the door - every time. And I mean every time - if you are not consistent he will think the behavior is optional.

How old is your dog and what commands does he know already?

New members need to have a moderator approve their posts - since I am the first moderator to log on since you posted your posts are now being reviewed (to see that you are not a bot or spammer) and I am approving them.

If that is the current condition of your dog in the picture I am really at a loss to see what your concern is.

I use a 2 lb. club hammer. We have pretty hard ground here and the trouble I have is not getting the pegs pounded in, but rather pulling them back out.

I have 4" blocks set between the outdoor kennel runs. The divider wall is 3 blocks high with wire above and they are 12 feet long. After 30 years the urine and cleaning chemicals have caused some deterioration of the mortar at the base (probably accelerated by the freeze thaw cycles of our weather) ...

Enjoyed the pics. Thanks.

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