Gun Dog Forum

i think letting a young dogs chase birds is good. it builds up the desire to hunt and find birds. also builds up his expsosure around birds so that when you do start stop to flush training with a collar pup now knows that the shock is not related to the bird since he has built up the desire already....

man
ones mans treasure is another mans junk. i live in houston and i am sure this is where to go for snipe. but i have no interest in them since pointers and snipes dont work together. at least from what i was told.

that looks like a franchi rennisance to me

i will be looking at a lease in ryan. anyone have input on last years numbers in that area and traditionally . what are your epectations going into this year? thanks

r brady
where did you hunt in texas? that is the best report i have heard from anyone this year

canadian is the name of the town.

i sure would like to know what dogtras response is about this?

56-26 wrote:Hatch Specialist ns430 is what I wear. been wearing the on the range and hunting. They also make two others the are insulated, I havent tried them but the next pair the I get will be. They are nepreon so your hands stay dry.

i second the Hatch neoprene gloves.

great! you know my little guy is short and stocky. i think i read strut is the same build. normally you would think a short stocky build would be an issue to cover as much ground and run as fast as a taller leaner build. how can a short stocky build compete with a taller leaner build when your talki...

betty lou is out of kentucky katy elder and millers dateline. any background worth mentioning on this end?

challenge that complaint.

then turn him in because his grass isnt green enough

i dont follow field trials but bought a started 2 year old male from this line. the breeder i bought him from is not the original breeder. can anyone give me some background on his parents? i searched strut and sounds like a big name but not much info beyond that. what would really help is if someon...

the mud river kennel insulator has worked very well for me. when i open the flap to let them out i caan feel the heat roll out of the kennel

no i have never been to delaware. what does the 5-1 shot include

how do i find out about dosage and buying materials for doing my own shots? what shots specifically are you doing yourself? are you doing the rattlesnake vaccine?

those of you who have multi dogs what do you do to keep your normal vet bills and routine medication affordable? such as i read some people use ivermecton or zimectrin instead of heartgard or interceptor. what about flea and tick medicine other than frontline plus? vet visits do you do the annual ph...

bossman
i buy it in the woodlands. spring has it too. , keep in mind most places probably wont have the performance blend on the shelf but carry the other blends. however i can call in the order monday morning and have it wednesday.

chip i am 40 miles north of houston so i only have 2 retail stores that carry nutrisouce near me at this time. i am paying the same as you. i wanted to get on nutisource this time last year but it was not available near me at that time. and nutrisources main man for this part of the u.s is just nort...

ok i am back. just got back from a 6 day hunt. could only hunt 3-4 hours a day but still that is pretty good. just got too warm by noon. any way he didnt loose any more weight from before we started this hunt so that is a good sign. between feeding him a little more and adding the nyzymes he gained ...

it was the original formula. 25/15. its not the only off season food that worked. the original canidae was good too. i left him on the original eagle pack blue bag for a while while beginning my working him and increased to 4 cups a day but he was skin and bones so i tried the nutrisource. i can see...

the point in my scenario is it only happens on the high performance food. his off season food
does not bring out that behavior in him.

I don't believe a dog who eats his stools and others has anything to do with being hungry. I wouldn't use that behave as a sign of being hungry. Many dogs do that.[/quote]


then what does it mean. obviously he is not getting what he needs from his normal intake

how about this. increase his food a 1/2 cup at a time until he looks better or his stools change. whatever comes first. sounds like a 52 pound dog eating 4 cups a day is already a bit high but its all i can think of to go to 4 1/2 cups

I don't have an answer, but I do find a question. if the Eagle Pak is working in the "offseason" why do you switch the dog off of it...will he not maintain on it ? The other question i have is does the dog look unhealthy when it loses weight when he's being worked or is he just getting in better sh...

i have tried many brands of 30/20 and have the same results for the most part. my 6 year old gsp 52 pounds is hungry all the time and lost weight compared to the off season food when i am not working him. right now i am feeding the nutrisource super perfromance for 3 weeks now. started with 3 cups a...

i was wondering if his breeding was too close for range for me based on some past post. i tried to send him an email once before but couldnt get a response. looks like he has a very busy schedule

i currently own 2 shorthairs. 2 reasons the pointers have my attention is i want more range and cover more ground faster. i hunt desert quail mainly. blues and gambels. then secondary mearns and bobs. range i want is 300-500 yards. need a swimmer and retreiver . swimming is my main means of conditio...

here is my 2 cents for what its worth. when you start working your dog on wild birds its a whole new ballgame. wild birds will really put the fire in your dogs eyes. so reinforcing whoa will be alot different. for me i use an e collar. while training i can use a setting on 2. but with wild birds i h...