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JimB

www.ridersrasp.com anyone use this, any thoughts ?

JimB

well, I should have guessed that a few of our training friends would chime in here....Bill, you know that I love having you and your gang here, and as much as I would love to train in your neck of the woods, CA is just a little too far. But maybe if Kevin wants to hire a bus we could work it out. Oh...

JimB

just noticed your post....I live in Larned, not too far from you. Most evenings there are several people that come out to train, as well as planned weekends. I have plenty of wild birds and lots of land to run on. You would be welcome to come out here, and we may be interested in heading out your wa...

JimB

I think 'gonehuntin' ' had some good advice for ya. Personally I wouldn't use the method that you are presently using. When I train flushing breeds to sit, I use the whoa post, as taught by Rick and Ronnie Smith. However I am teaching sit instead of whoa (stand). The difference is in the placement o...

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why Helen, are you laughing at lil ole me ? :cry: The horse came with the hobbles, so as I said, I figured that he was used to using them....well I can tell ya, he NEVER saw a pair of hobbles before! :lol: Why use hobbles ? Why not ? I think that the horse should be able to use hobbles, stake outs o...

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We escaped a near disaster the other week... one of the guys that trains with me bought a new TWH. Along with the misc. tack that came with the horse was a pair of 3 legged hobbles, so I assumed that the horse was used to them (WRONG !). To say it did't go well would be an understatement !!! Thank g...

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Dustin
As stated above, a working firearm is not allowed in any trials unless a bird is killed in the event. However, I think your question is ' will a blank load work in a semi auto ? The answer is yes, if you load the round into the chamber yourself, BUT no if you want it to load from the clip.

JimB

I use Bronco spray on all the horses, seems to work. I also use the Bronco on the dogs before they go to the field. There are several products like Frontline for horses that I intend to look into. I even tried leg bands, you know kinda like a flea and tick collar, but the horses lost them in the pas...

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lightonthebay first let me say that I hope you don't think I was doubting you or making fun of you,....and I really do wish I could see your horses ! And I do know that anybody can shoot a gun off a horse,...ONCE ! :lol: I don't intend to do that, just shoot around the horse while dismounted is fine...

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I surely would like to see horses that "enjoys" fireworks and cannon fire ! But that's a little extreem for my needs. :lol: And I did intend to introduce the gun gradually. With our dogs, we often introduce gun fire using birds and prey drive as the diversion . Horses don't have prey drive, but do h...

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What's the best way to train your horse to except gunfire ?

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Ray
the cap is only 3.75 in across, so it doesn't have a lot of over lap....but you could be right. I usually don't go too crazy when pounding stakes. This is my first one, so I'll just keep testing until it fails, but it's been good so far...

JimB

pear
the pic doesn't show the cap right, it is 3/8 in steel, I've been pounding on it and also use the cap to pull the stake out. So far, it seems strong enough,....guess time will tell

JimB

I posted a question about stake-outs a while back. I searched the net and looked at what friends used, but I have yet to see something that I really liked ,....so now I've made one. I think it will be safe, easy to pound in and pull out, and won't bind or get the rope tangled. I was wondering if oth...

JimB

I just interested in what people carry with them when working dogs off horseback. So what's on your saddle when trialing ? Just working dogs ? And, what kind of saddle do you use ?

JimB

Thanks for your replies. I have used both halters and collars. I too have name tags on the collar. Right now I think I'm more concerned about the stake itself. I have seen some pretty huge stakes,.....then again the guy I bought this horse from used something not much more than a 2' piece of rebar w...

JimB

Well, my new trial horse arrived the other day. So now I'm busy putting together all the stuff that goes into playing the game. I've seen all kinds of misc pipe, steel, rods used for the stake-out. Even see that Christie and Dogsunlimited are selling "sets". So what do you use for the stake ? Do you...

JimB

First, let me say congrads on getting the pup. It's great fun to run your dog in hunts test and /or trials, do it and have fun! But I'm frankly surprised that the "foster mom" who judges, would only have shown a 5 mo old pup birds one time. I'm very lucky in that my training grounds have tons of wil...

JimB

Right now we just push him away and tell him no but he continues to try and get closer and closer no matter what we do. That will make the problem worse. Instead of pushing him away and validating his fear that you don't want him, give him a big hug and bring the other dog closer for a group hug. T...

JimB

I have a 28 ga Citori that I adore, but might have to sell....I can't find any info what price to place on it. Any ideas ? I guess it's a field grade as it has no markings, it's 26" barrel w/fixed chokes, in great condition.

JimB

well, so far we here in Larned have missed most of the bad stuff. But that doesn't mean that I don't lose a lot of sleep when the weather alert radio goes off...I've only lived in KS for a few yrs, and I've gotta tell ya,...I'm not used to this ! Up in the mountains of CO. , life seemed to be less e...

JimB

when training , I do not shoot every bird that the dogs point. I guess that I shoot every 4th or so pointed bird. I don't really want the dog to think that every point ends in a retrieve,...sometimes people miss, and the dog must remain steady . I also keep two different coops,....one for homers, an...

JimB

no one would shoot any dog that I've trained to be a bird dog. It's called trash breaking, (no disrespect to deer hunters), if it ain't a bird, the dogs doesn't press it. I don't want a bird dog to run deer, coons, rabbits or anything that doesn't have feathers.

JimB

well congrads....hey Hellen give me a call some time, I haven't heard from you or Brian in a long time....

JimB

although God loves all bird dog guys, I hear he loves setter guys the best ! Good looking pup

JimB

What breed is the dog you're speaking of ? Some breeds will hunt with a low head, ie., tracking breeds. If you are talking about a pointing breed, I think the only cure would lots and lots of wild bird contacts. A dog that hunts with a low head will bump more birds. It is very possible that the dog ...

JimB

oh well, here we go again....monday and tuesday nights were lots of rain and high wind. But tonight I understand that softball sized hail is on it's way, with of course, more high wind and rain....gotta love KS !

JimB

if it is cherry eye, the vet can stitch the eye lid back in place, which is your best bet. As I'm sure the good dog dr will tell you, if you remove the eye lid, your dog may develop problems with dry eye.

JimB

You don't teach a dog to work closer by free running him. You can teach the dog to work at a closer range by planting birds closer together, working on quartering drills while on a check cord and teaching a dog to "go with you" on the check cord and or command lead. I NEVER would have a knot in a ch...

JimB

The combo can work very well. The best way to work it is to have a very good whoa on the pointing dogs and a very good sit on the lab.....the lab needs to sit to honor (back) the pointing dog, and sit to flush,even a wild flush. I also alternate the retrieves so that each dog has a turn.

JimB

Ryan I have not seen either of the two DVDs that you mentioned . Do they advocate strapping the hind end to the post, or was this your own idea ? I haven't seen your video, as I have a very slow dial-up and I frankly don't have the patience to wait 20 min for it to unfold. But I guess that things ar...

JimB

Ryan if you don't mind, I have a question for you,...who's method of FF are you following ? I trained for a long time, and have worked with many trainers, but I have never seen, or heard of strapping the dogs hind end to the post. Now, I not saying you're wrong, but this is a new one for me. We have...

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Bobman I live between Hays and Great Bend, and for several days I could only leave my place to go to town when the roads were frozen. As said before, a trace to 6" is called for over thursday/friday. 6" is not much to worry about, but out here a few inches of snow make for drifts of several feet. Th...

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Bean I do 90% of my training here at my kennels in Larned KS. But I LOVE a road trip, and have gone to NS,SD, and NE for summer camp with other trainers. The truth is that I see as many wild birds here as I do any where else. If you have decent ground to run here, I wouldn't go any else. If you are ...

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ezzy I will not enter into one of those internet arguments with you. However,you stated that" if they were better dog trainers than everyone else they would still be doing it." And I take exception to that when it comes to Ronnie Smith. He trains dogs in Big Cabin, OK at the kennel that his father s...

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Duke82 It's great that your dog excepted the chain so quickly. How long did you leave him on it ? The fact that he did so well today, does not mean that tomorrow he won't fall apart. Each day may be different, but that's ok. If you are going to use the Smith methods, you would be well served to ask ...

JimB

meand mylab First,...slow down, don't rush things. You don't have a dog, you have a puppy. Our friend Rick Smith always says, "you can't make a mistake by going too slow" and about training,..."it takes as long as it takes". About tapes,...you couldn't go wrong with either Mike Lardy's or Evan Graha...

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Bean OK, now I hear ya. But in your post, you said that although you intended to hunt pheasants, you wanted an "easier" bird to start with. I was just saying to train on the bird that you will hunt. If you want a great pheasant dog, he's gotta run on pheasants. You're right that you can't hunt birds...

JimB

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Bean
if you're going to hunt pheasants with this dog, go hunt pheasants now. The only way to make him a good pheasant dog is to hunt pheasants. He'll learn his craft if you let him.

Good luck

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Re: wondering if anyone wanted to get together and train some

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Re: Teaching my spaniel to "whistle sit"?

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teaching to hobble ?

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Re: Ticks

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Shooting around the horse ?

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A Better Stake-out ?

So what's on your saddle ?

Re: stake-outs

stake-outs

Re: First Puppy Stake/Field Trial - Questions

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help pricing a Citori

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