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Bigsur009

Like everyone else has said, congratulations! She's beautiful. I imagine you'll love your vizsla.

Bigsur009

Try using a squirt bottle full of water for the barking. Don't need to even say anything, just hit him with a stream of water when he starts barking....works like a charm.

Bigsur009

Dave, great looking pictures. Lovely dog and great looking land you have to hunt over there.

Bigsur009

Congrats! That's an awesome brag. Sounds like he's made the switch from quail to grouse pretty quickly. Also, it looks like he's bad to form after his illness.

Bigsur009

Agree with everything said by both Ayres and Submariner. Advantix works great on ticks, fleas, and mosquitos if you don't have cats around the house, but it stays greasy a lot longer than others. That being said, its our choice. We also use a monthly heartworm preventative as extra insurance.

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I agree with what everyone else has said so far. I can't think of any reason to put extra weight on what sounds like a healthy, athletic pup. The neoprene should help with the duck hunting weather. As for her weight, I wouldn't stress over it. She sounds fine.

Bigsur009

I don't know anything about it, but have been wondering the same thing. Sorry to not be of any help. Would love to hear some feedback as well. By the way, you've got some beautiful dogs!

Bigsur009

That little P-38 is very cool. Tex-X, got plenty of pics of Rhinos here too...mostly from the exact opposite end of the spectrum as yours. (i.e. flying around Key West). http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j207/brittanyagwynn/IMG_4486.jpg http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j207/brittanyagwynn/IMG_4509....

Bigsur009

phermes....must be a vizsla thing! mine does the same thing when he sees pelicans or little beach birds.

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There are apparently plenty of turkeys in Virginia, just none around the VA Beach area. I'd gladly travel further west to hunt them, but public land turkey hunting scares me to death and more importantly, my work doesn't permit me much travel time these days.

Bigsur009

Good luck! That's a nice group of toms. Since moving to VA from the South, it looks like I'll miss my first "other bird" season in quite a few years as they're virtually nonexistant here in the tidewater. Shoot one for me!

Bigsur009

Man, those a couple of great looking dogs and beautiful land. Wish we had land and birds like that here in VA!

Bigsur009

I feed Diamond Performance. Fed the premium for just shy of a year but couldn't keep any weight on my dog. Now he eats 4 cups a day of the performance and does fine. Soft stools for about two weeks after switching, but no problems since then. And, its pretty affordable compared to some of the other ...

Bigsur009

As others have stated, the super-fine hair probably doesn't help. My boy comes out of the woods all scratched up and puffy eyed every time he goes hunting, but it doesn't seem to slow him down any. I don't use a chest protector on him, but i'd definitely try to make the one you use fit better. good ...

Bigsur009

I get weim a lot, and the occasional redbone, and even Chessie every once in a while, but the most common one for me is Rhodesian ridgeback. I always end up saying Vizsla and explaining that he's a "bird dog", but around here even that doesn't seem to help.

Bigsur009

Yes, you can give a dog benadryl. We normally use 1/2 tablet per dose. Be careful is your dog is on any other medications of course, but it should be safe. good luck

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Only 4 hours of work a day? Must be nice to be in the Air Force!! :D I agree with everyone here on crating the dog when you're at work while he's young at least. When my dog was younger and more destructive, he spent short days up to 4 hours or so in a crate and longer days in a big bathroom closed ...

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Thanks so much for putting those up for me. Not sure what's wrong with snapfish, but I'll set up a photobucket account for next time. Sorry for the confusion, but thanks again.

~hall

Bigsur009

Like MTO4life, my V did that too when he was about her age. Thought he'd never quit snoring, but he grew out of it. Wish i had a good video of it now like you do.... that's funny stuff

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huh. they work fine when I previewed before posting, and they're showing up fine on my screen. not sure what to fix.

Bigsur009

Man that first dog sure does look sharp! Great lookin pups too.

Bigsur009

Thought I'd share some pics we took on Monday of Frank's first hunt of his second season. Unfortunately I haven't been able to work with him as much as I'd like due to my work schedule, so he was pretty rusty early (for some reason the Navy thinks it has precedence over dog training!). After busting...

Bigsur009

Had the same problem with my V one day last season. Took him to the vet and got a tube of eye specific anti-biotic that cleared the problem up virtually overnight. So, I'll second what a couple of others have said...can't hurt to run him by the vet's office.

Bigsur009

Copper,

So maybe not as good a comparison as some guys on here can give you, but my vizsla was right around 30lbs at 5-6 months. He's now 53lbs around a year later. 27 doesn't seem outrageously small to me for an EP.

Bigsur009

brandon-

i've got no new ideas for you that haven't already been mentioned, but you guys will definitely be in our prayers over here.

Bigsur009

We have always given our dogs that are scared by fireworks half of a benadryl on July 4th and again on New Years Eve. We then put them in their crates with some tunes on as mentioned earlier. Always seems to cool the dogs out for the night, and no side effects that i've ever seen. Good luck

Bigsur009

Okay, thanks guys. I gathered as much from the way the posts were leaning, but wanted to make sure.

Bigsur009

Forgive my ignorance, but what's a half dropper?

Bigsur009

Wow, there are some GREAT looking dogs on these pages. Of course, I'm mighty partial to Ayres' vizsla Justus.....

Bigsur009

I hear you. I grew up with setters, so the tiny little red hairs all over the house right now aren't really all that much to complain about!

Bigsur009

Okay, Mike & Ezzy, I'll take your advice and stop worrying about it unless it continues indefinitely. Just wanted to rule out me doing something wrong!

Bigsur009

Greg - He's swimming in the Atlantic, so hopefully that isn't the problem as he's not really "downstream" of anything. Phermes - I did just move to VA, but from southern Mississippi where it was a good bit hotter, so its not him getting his summer coat. He's always been a big swimmer, just not too m...

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My v has started shedding quite a bit lately and I'm wondering what the cause might be. I think I've narrowed it down to a couple of options: 1) I recently switched food (not going to go there!) but stayed within the same brand's product line. 2) Moved to VA and he goes swimming in the ocean probabl...

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Coveycreek,

One more to add to the list is the CZ bobwhite. It comes with the English stock unlike the Ringneck. Great looking gun for a good price. I've got my eye on one as soon as I can convince the wife...

Bigsur009

Thought I would share a funny story that happened last week. I was out of town doing some Navy training, and had to leave the dog with a friend for two weeks. She took him to the "dog park" everyday since she didn't have a place to really run him and one day ran into a lady who started up a conversa...

Bigsur009

I've been using Promeris, which is pretty new to the market. It's waterproof and kills fleas/ticks just like the rest. It's got amitraz in it, so it also kills any demodex mites that might be around as well. So far, haven't found a single tick and only one dead flea on my dog since I started using i...

Bigsur009

My vizsla went through a phase were he did the exact same thing from about 4 to 6 months old. He stopped doing it just as quick as he started. I wouldn't worry too much unless you think its the UTI issue wildrose mentioned.

Bigsur009

I'm not as knowledgable as most of the guys on this site, but I think of the guidelines on the bag as suggestions not requirements. My 7 month old vizsla is super-active and has always eaten more than the bag recommends for his size and age. He doesn't have an ounce of fat on his body and stays in g...

Bigsur009

Thanks for the replies everyone. He's a great pup in the field so far, and a ton of fun around the house too. You can't see it in the picture, but he is running with a check cord on. I was by myself so couldn't stop the creep and flush the bird, but that's what we try to do when I have someone to he...

Bigsur009

Hello everyone. Got a 5 month old Vizsla named Frank that I've been working with. Obediance wise he's pretty solid with sit, load up, here, and working on whoa a little bit. Took him out this weekend with our first cool weather and introduced him to quail. We worked a couple of planted birds on Frid...

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