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Karen

The picture with the diaper is absolutely priceless! She's a pretty girl. Good luck with her!

Karen

Have you looked at Royal Canin Energy 4800? It's a 32/30 feed and I don't see any wheat in the ingredient list. The trainer I use has his entire string of competition dogs on it and swears by it (as do the owners of the ABC 2005 and 2007 NGDC :D ). You just need to be careful to not overfeed. The 48...

Karen

hehe! Yup!

Ginger looks like she's already grown so much!

Karen

As long as he's acting himself, and isn't refusing food or lethargic, I'd make the earliest appointment possible for the vet. I wouldn't rush off to the emergency vet. The first thing that came to mind was an absess or hematoma....neither are life threatening of course, although an absess is unlikel...

Karen

My L/W brittany is constantly confused with an English Springer.

Karen

There's a checkbox above each name in the pedigree that says "highlight". Just check it off and the name will show in red.

Karen

Highlighted dogs are champions...show champions (CH), field champions (FC), amateur field champions (AFC), National champions (NGDC, NAGDC, NFC or NAFC), and some people highlight hunt test (JH, SH, MH) and versatility titles also (these I'm not familiar with).

Karen

The dogs in red are titled. In this particular pedigree all the dogs in red are field champions (FC) at a minimum. Some are also amateur field champions (AFC) and field and show champions (DC). Ginger also has 5 national champions in her pedigree (2 all age and 3 gun dog I believe). It's a very nice...

Karen

Nothing to worry about at all. Many field trial dogs never have a bird shot over them their entire competition career. It doesn't hurt their desire in the least.

Karen

Check the pedigree in my signature for Tessa. Hope's Autumn Sno Storm and Autumn Sno's Steppin Out are full brother and sister....Tessa's grandparents. Is that what you're talking about? If so, it's line breeding....but then anything is line breeding as long as nothing goes wrong. If something goes ...

Karen

Gary, you left out Salem (2002)

Karen

You both have probably done a really good job of convincing the OP that a GSP is the way to go.

Karen

Great pics!

Karen

They are flexible little creatures, aren't they! So glad to hear things are going smoothly. Love the new name!!

Karen

I've also had over 50 foster dogs in the past 6 years and I handle my fosters very much the way bobman has suggested above. In doing that, I've never had a fight break out, we've never experienced a bite, I've never even had to deal with separation anxiety or fear of thunder storms or any kind of OC...

Karen

Not a problem at all. She'll catch on quickly (look at all the dogs that go through shelters and rescues with unknown names).

So what are you going to call her? And where's the pictures??

Karen

There is NOTHING cuter than a Brittany pup, and that one looks like a good one!

Best of luck with her.

Karen

I would urge you to get a second opinion immediately. There are 2 kinds of kidney failure...acute and chronic. With chronic kidney failure there is little hope of recovery, but with acute failure, which can be caused by infection, often times a course of antibiotics to treat the underlying infection...

Karen

If you're not going to breed, why now spay? My girls would be spayed in a heartbeat if I didn't intend to breed them eventually.

Karen

Don, what I keep getting from this thread is that you feel a human MUST be involved or a dog that is bred to point will stop pointing altogether?

Is this really what you're trying to say here?

Karen

We're talking semantics now. She saw the wing, she pointed it. Having enough common sense to stop if it moved is just that...common sense. It's just as much instinct as pointing it in the first place should be. IMHO pointing is an instinctual response to specific stimuli. It can be enhanced and it c...

Karen

Here's a picture of a 6 week old puppy sight pointing a wing. No one taught her to point. Nobody could have taught her to point at that age. It's all instinct.

Karen

Wonderful accomplishment! Congratulations!

Karen

My preference would be a male GSP.

Karen

LMAO

Karen

thats why i was asking as Testosterone is the male hormone that gives energy, masculine apparence etc....Thats why we turn a bull to a steer to make him quit the production of testosterone fatten him up keep and make the meat better. I would agree with you if you were talking about an adolescent, b...

Karen

What's with all that white stuf????

Fritz is absolutely adorable. Welcome to the forum!

Karen

Just be very careful with that prong collar. Most trainers dont recommend anything but a flat nylon buckle collar until the pup is at least 6 months old.

Of course, that rule is broken all the time getting ready for the show ring....just be careful and very gentle with it if you must use it.

Karen

I neutered my 1st Brittany at 4 months old. I will never neuter before 24 months again. The hormones that trigger the close of growth plates don't exist once you neuter, so you can wind up with a much taller dog that you would have, had you held off until the growth plates closed. Additionally I don...

Karen

Why not just let him drag a leash around at home to get used to it. I've done this with several, usually so I can get a hold of them faster/easier, but I've heard of people doing this to get their pups used to leashes.

You have to supervise. You don't want him to get tangled on anything or chew it.

Karen

Karen, In Beans case did you see anything that said he changed feeds or that he gave them an ear of corn to chew on? Nope, that's why I asked if he changed foods. Just because the information wasn't volunteered doesn't mean it didn't happen, and changes in stool more frequently than not are related...

Karen

That's usually caused by a food with a 1st ingredient of corn. Did you recently change foods?

Karen

Yup, I have 2 with lyme and lost one last year with lyme (not from the lyme though), and fully expect my new pup to get it in the next few years. It seems to be a fact of life here in the Northeast if you do any field work, even if you vaccinate and use Frontline Plus. It seems to be a matter of whe...

Karen

I've used both the DT 7302 and one of the new Tritronics G2 models. Both are really nice, durable collars. The DT had more features (vibrate, 50 levels of correction with a digital readout, beeper locator). It had too many features for what I needed so I sold it and bought the Tritronics, which has ...

Karen

They're not true. Neuter him.

Karen

A fair rating is passing and commonly bred.

Karen

First, I wouldn't be feeding her before hunting. Bloat and twisted gut are risks of vigorous activity on a full stomach. Next, a well adjusted adult dog will sleep upwards of 20 hours a day. I would have her checked over, have a lyme test and possibly a thyroid test done (although if her weight and ...

Karen

If not already doing so, pick up his water around 8 pm and see if this makes a difference.

Karen

Oh my gosh!! She's so cute!! Makes me want more.

Karen

Highcotton, Randy doesn't register his started dogs? I didn't think the OP was buying a pup. Maybe I misunderstood.

Karen

Contact your local all breed kennel club and inquire about handling classes. If they don't hold classes, they may be able to refer you to another club that does. Deal with aggression issues at class, not in the show ring. Then contact a brittany breeder that shows in your area and have your dog groo...

Karen

question about naming, When you take a pup home, would you still use the kennel you got it from in their name? I always assumed you would drop their kennel and use your own. I am pretty new to this so please elaborate. That is between you and the breeder. Of my 4 dogs, 2 breeders required I use the...

Karen

if you want to use a loose insulator maybe pine shavings, like the ones used in a horse's stall, would be safer?

Karen

slistoe wrote:The dog in those pictures is not too thin. You want this dog to be a working dog, give him a fighting chance to be able to work.

I agree. I wouldn't put weight on him. He looks good in the pics.

Karen

Might also try Dave Jones in Cross Plains, Texas (254) 725-6217, Cell (325) 669-8166

http://www.brittanys.com/

Karen

Anyone ever have one? I'm scheduled for one on Thursday to determine the level of damage to my radial nerve, and the pictures and the description of the test make it sound uncomfortable, to say the least.

Karen

Do you guys drive your big diesel trucks all the time or just when you're towing? I picked up a little used 4 cyl. gas sipper back in June that I drive everywhere. My durango sits in the driveway except when I need to transport more than 2 dogs or take the horse somewhere. It's nice to fill up the t...

Karen

Wow! Nice looking horses! Best of luck with them.

Karen

My guess is she's not emptying out all the way because she's distracted. She should need to empty out after every change in activity, no matter how short. After every nap, rest time, meal, 5 minutes into play time...you get the idea. Make sure you praise her like crazy when she goes outside, and you...

Karen

he he, don't say I didn't warn you. This is why puppies are so darned cute. But they really do grow up too fast. Take lots of pictures now while she's still little.

BTW, does she have a call name yet?

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