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- Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:35 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: pup peeing alot
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5268
Re: pup peeing alot
How old? I agree probably a UTI... take her to the vet and get her checked out. Little girls have short urinary tracts and like bosco said are close to the ground. UTI's just come with the territory.
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The good & bad about chainlink
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6268
Re: The good & bad about chainlink
I like welded wire, but I have both... I used 1/2" wide black industrial zip ties to attach every chain link square to bottom bar instead of every three or four squares like they come from factory. This solved all problems for me with dogs getting their nose under and prying up.. Good Luck Be sure ...
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Temperament Of Pointing Labs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3201
Re: Temperament Of Pointing Labs
The ones that I have seen are pretty high energy, similar to a traditional pointing dog. A couple I know are very ball obsessed and can be exercised with a ball thrower and plenty of room to run. Be very careful about EIC, responsible breeders are now testing for it. The only incidences of it I hav...
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:49 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Temperament Of Pointing Labs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3201
Re: Temperament Of Pointing Labs
The ones that I have seen are pretty high energy, similar to a traditional pointing dog. A couple I know are very ball obsessed and can be exercised with a ball thrower and plenty of room to run. Be very careful about EIC, responsible breeders are now testing for it. The only incidences of it I have...
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:19 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Things they didnt teach in Vet school
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4197
Re: Things they didnt teach in Vet school
nice kitty! good kitty!
/sigh
/sigh
- Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:48 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 12g or 20g .
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6180
Re: 12g or 20g .
12 ga ammo is cheaper and more widely available in different loads. Plus you already load for 12s. You can even get/load 20 ga equivalent loads for your 12. 20 ga is pretty widely available, but is you want to chase geese, the 20 might not be enough... In certain parts of the country (western US) 16...
- Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: I hate the name game.......but what do you do for "Q"
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12555
- Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: O'Dobhailien Irish Red and White Setters
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3430
Re: O'Dobhailien Irish Red and White Setters
Due to the relative scarcity of the IRWS and dedication of the IRWS owners, I think you will find them to be beautiful dogs who know how to hunt.
- Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: dogs + hardwood floors?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 10379
Re: dogs + hardwood floors?
I have seen people have good results with commercial grade oak flooring using commercial finishes. The next time we redo the floor Im going to look at one of the Pergo type laminates. I have seen them hold up extremely well!
- Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:55 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: How do you store dog food?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8532
Re: How do you store dog food?
Love my Vittles Vault for keeping the dogs and bugs out of the dog food. The screw top is easy to get into and keeps the food fresh
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: gun broker dot com
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3036
Re: gun broker dot com
Sometimes you can get very good deals. The big thing is access to guns that might not be available at your local dealers, particularly if you live in a more isolated area. I always buy local when I can, but when looking for a specific used gun, it;s nice to have access to the larger market. Remember...
- Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: How much latitude for youth handler?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5993
Re: How much latitude for youth handler?
I've seen a few puppy stakes where kids handled. One, the dad quietly guided a girl of about 10 from the gallery. It wasn't overbearing and he kept it to a minimum, not much worse than a scout telling a handler, "get on him, he's looking for you" sort of thing. Another, it was constant nagging the ...
- Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: How do you label your stuff?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3498
Re: How do you label your stuff?
I have a lot of stuff that is bright PINK! No one really wants to steal it.... but if the do, it's obvious!
- Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Pigeon Grit?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2150
Re: Pigeon Grit?
Only one suggestion.... quit expecting Co-op to know anything about pigeons. The only thing they do well is fertilizer.
Go to Farmers Supply (the Purina mill) up on Sawmill road and talk to Con. He knows more about feeding critters than my PhD feeds professor in college did.
Go to Farmers Supply (the Purina mill) up on Sawmill road and talk to Con. He knows more about feeding critters than my PhD feeds professor in college did.
- Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Picky pigeons? Yeah right....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4346
Re: Picky pigeons? Yeah right....
Talk to Con @ the Purina mill. He knows more about feeds and feeding than anyone else I have ever met. He can help you with a diet that is appropriate and palatable for the birds... they guys at Co-Op just parrot back what the feed rep tells them.
- Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Ladies Boots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6352
Re: Ladies Boots
They really don't have enough heel to be safe riding. I wear insulated ariats for riding.
- Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Ladies Boots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6352
Re: Ladies Boots
Something rubber and comfortable try Mucks or Boggs. :) Love my Boggs in the winter! My feet stay warm and dry. Mud and slush don;t bother them, they rinse off with the hose. Pretty good traction as well. I'm into my second year with this pair and they still look and feel good, I figure I should ge...
- Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Blue weimaraners
- Replies: 95
- Views: 23972
Re: Blue weimaraners
I have a great idea... let;s do away with all the AKC breed clubs that have a standard...we don;t need no stinking standards... we can breed anything we darn well please! As a matter of fact, lets charge more for these MUTTS since they are RARE!!!
- Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:40 pm
- Forum: Tributes to the Departed
- Topic: Phoebe...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6216
Re: Phoebe...
My condolences for your loss.
- Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What do you use to rid the urine smell from concrete?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5282
Re: What do you use to rid the urine smell from concrete?
diluted bleach rinse and sun exposure seems to do the best for me.
- Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:44 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: low blood sugar
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5813
Re: low blood sugar
If I was worried about hypoglycemia in the field, I would be looking at carrying an easily converted, simple sugar product. The one that comes to my mind, in terms of easy to obtain, easy to carry and palatable is maltose in the form of powdered malt extract. You could easily put a small amount in a...
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Keeping a short haired dog warm waterfowling
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10341
Re: Keeping a short haired dog warm waterfowling
I would try the neoprene. Make sure the leg cutouts are large enough to not chafe, you may have to do some customizing since brittanys are not shaped like most retrievers... Have you tried Pastorius? The geese are coming over the house morning and night in HUGE flocks... I know a number of people th...
- Sun Oct 09, 2011 4:56 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Stressfull Day for Me & My Dog
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4726
Re: Stressfull Day for Me & My Dog
I have one Brittany that knows when the collar is on and when it isnt. She has a real bad habit of saying "screw you" and doing what she pleases if the collar is turned off or not put on. She is pretty limited to this 10 acres, but 10 acres is a lot to go chasing her around... She knows her commands...
- Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:49 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Safe-Guard dewormer
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5751
Re: Safe-Guard dewormer
I just wormed the Brittanys for the first time with Safeguard Goat wormer. Thanks for the dosage recommendations Dog Dr!! Squirted it on their food and they snarfed it up like they always do. They will get it for the next two days as well.
FYI a 100ml bottle cost me 19.95 at the local feed store.
FYI a 100ml bottle cost me 19.95 at the local feed store.
- Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:58 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Good trainers/boarding kennels in Four Corners
- Replies: 1
- Views: 644
Re: Good trainers/boarding kennels in Four Corners
Check with the folks at Riverview vet (down by Serious Texas BBQ). Not sure if they do any boarding but there have a pretty good rep and can probably steer you right. I usually take my Britts with me, the rest of my critters the next door neighbor feeds for me.
- Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Trial gunner needs advice please
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5188
Re: Trial gunner needs advice please
Don;t show up the local hotshot unless you don;t want to be invited back!
- Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Denver, CO
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5211
Re: Denver, CO
Parker is a good area. Less citified than the Denver metro area. Lots of horse people out that way so under control dogs are not a problem. Bird hunting to the east on the plains, elk and deer to the west in the mountains. Cost of housing is not as bad out there as Denver but there are also a lot of...
- Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Sign Up Sheet for Doc's Giveaway Contest & the winner is
- Replies: 136
- Views: 34733
Re: Sign Up Sheet for Doc's Giveaway Contest
Sign me up too!
Thanks Doc!
Thanks Doc!
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:13 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: How many puppies???
- Replies: 102
- Views: 19846
Re: How many puppies???
Karen wrote:Yeah, I figure as much. Last time her co-owner was posting puppy pics on facebook half the night. I might as well have been there as I didn't sleep a wink looking for updates.
Me either! LOL I do love my Kiddo!
- Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:55 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: snake avoidance near Durango, CO
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1580
Re: snake avoidance near Durango, CO
I have never heard of one near Durango. You might have to make a trip up to Denver or to Utah to get one.
- Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:47 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The ultimate chew toy ... for the dog, not me
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5985
Re: The ultimate chew toy ... for the dog, not me
Dental Kong.
- Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:41 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Anybody have neutered dogs????
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3032
Re: Anybody have neutered dogs????
I have: two old labrador females, both intact. No health problems with either. one border collie/heeler mutt male, neutered. He was done at just under a year and has had no problems. VERY ACTIVE! one rescue brittany female, spayed. She was done before I found her (less than one year). She has a fluf...
- Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:58 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Anybody know about used trucks?
- Replies: 94
- Views: 22971
Re: Anybody know about used trucks?
Unless you are planning on towing in serious mountains or BIG loads you have lots of choices. A half ton is a marginal tow vehicle, but if you only tow once in a while and the loads are not huge, you =might find it an alternative. One horse or cow, towed 100-200 miles to a show every so often is no ...
- Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Durango Colorado
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4961
Re: Durango Colorado
isonychia wrote:Where all has everyone here been fishing around the Durango area, I am always looking for new streams/sections.
Umm the Florida River behind the house...
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:25 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Durango Colorado
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4961
Re: Durango Colorado
try up north of Beaver Meadows for the grouse. Junction Creek and the Hermosa drainage can be decent as well. I have never seen a quail here and the pheasant population is pretty much non-existent. The turkeys have made a huge comeback and of course there is some pretty decent waterfowl hunting.
- Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dog With Undecended Testicles
- Replies: 40
- Views: 14808
Re: Dog With No Nuts
It sounds like the breeder didn't tell him. What does his contract say? The breeder didn't know and everthing will be made right. I'm just not understanding why or how it would be considered genetic and from who (bloodline, sire or dam). Both it is autosomal recessive. Yes that dog must be neutered...
- Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: When to get a pup.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6186
Re: When to get a pup.
There are benefits to fall/winter puppies and benefits to spring/summer puppies. You have to fit them into what works best for you... but don;''t count on pushing the puppy hard to hunt on their first season no matter when they were born. They all mature at their own rate and need time to be a puppy...
- Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:27 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Energy Induced Collapse (EIC)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1174
Energy Induced Collapse (EIC)
Anyone have any experience with EIC? I was at a friend's house earlier this evening and her labrador had what we initially assumed was heat related collapse, but upon further reflection, I believe it was EIC.
Any info would be appreciated
Any info would be appreciated
- Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:44 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Tail Preference (aesthetics)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3711
Re: Tail Preference (aesthetics)
I love big, fat otter tails on Labradors, and little, short happy tails on my Brittanys! What is don;t like is long tails with short hair that look easily damaged.
After almost 30 years of labradors, I really like the Britts in the house and the new coffee table!
After almost 30 years of labradors, I really like the Britts in the house and the new coffee table!
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Collar Recomendations
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6136
Re: Collar Recomendations
Love my DT! 7800(?) two dog system. I have had zero problems and use them more or less daily when I run the dogs. I almost never have to use the transmitter, just make sure the collars are on an they come with almost a whispered command. They go in the irrigation ditch, the pond, the river and the h...
- Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 3x3x8 Alfalfa
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7028
Re: 3x3x8 Alfalfa
they are somewhat messier to feed. hard to peel off the right amount to feed, and you end up with lots of hay on the ground. Use an old fashioned pitchfork to peel off and feed. you need a tractor with forks to move and stack bales. You can use a tow chain on a (heavy, well set) post to pull them ou...
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:43 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Breeders
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5307
Re: Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Breeders
WC is a Working Certificate similar to a JH. There was also a WCX similar to the SH title. They were issued by the parent breed club and were common in Labs, Flat-Coats and other sporting breeds before the AKC instituted the JH. SH. MH programs.
- Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:31 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dream Brittany Breeding
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4825
Re: Dream Brittany Breeding
I would have to say Perry;s Rustic Prince for the sire for sure. So many good females to go for the dam... Lobo's Cotton Candy would be certainly on the list, and Hope's Ruffled Feathers (along with Perry';s Rustic Prince) produced some of my favorite dogs.
- Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Frogg Toggs
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6648
Re: Frogg Toggs
Make a ladies version. I cannot find anything that actually fits...
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Full tail or Docked... please educate me
- Replies: 57
- Views: 22937
Re: Full tail or Docked... please educate me
I have also had a labrador retriever tear a dew claw almost all the way off. It was a total mess and cost a fortune to have it (and the other side) removed on an adult dog. I am a firm believer in removing them shortly after birth!
- Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: new pup pedigree & pics!!!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1682
Re: new pup pedigree
wishing you both a lifetime of fun and adventures!
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:47 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Springer pup, new puppy food, and soft poo...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5234
Re: Springer pup, new puppy food, and soft poo...
I would not be overly worried at this point. You can try cutting back on the amt fed, try smaller meals more often and/or try adding some probiotics. I know there are those on the board here that don;t believe in adding probiotics, but I have had great success with them. I feel that worst case scena...
- Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:07 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Hi-tech reproduction
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4792
Re: Hi-tech reproduction
I have a very good friend that is a Black Angus cattle breeder. he uses nothing but sex sorted sperm to produce the most heifer calves he can. Registered Black Angus heifers are very desirable to other breeders (and for replacements in his own herd), boys are just steaks, roasts and hamburger!
- Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:46 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: MSG for poop eaters
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1792
Re: MSG for poop eaters
Have you tried the oriental markets (maybe up in Denver)? I bet you can find it there... but I wonder if there is the chance of allergic reaction in dogs that happens in people.
- Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Butt juice..
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10123
Re: Butt juice..
Sounds to me like they might be infected. Normal glands don;t just leak for no reason, and they should not need to be expressed often if at all. See your vet and have her checked.Sharon wrote:I express my dogs' anal glands monthly. No need to pay a vet. If they get infected , you have a problem.