Gun Dog Forum

I second the Motion.

mtjim, Good comments. I have reviewed the Black Gold formulas, and they are quite good, and reasonably priced. What part of Mo. are you from? New Bloomfield MO - just 12 miles north of the Capital - Jefferson City. I visited the Black Gold home office in Vienna, MO and walked in and told them to co...

Ezzy, I don't think you know everything after all. I believe that car is a 1948 model or close to that. I could be wrong, but what's the possibility of that??? mtjim, Great selectionI Is he a Belton? Do you belong to the NLGDC? If not, I'll be glad to sign you up. 8) He's got orange ears otherwise ...

Mav&Lizzy wrote:Where did you get your Llew pup? What is the breeding?

He's a King Llewellin. Bondhu breeding.

He's my second King Llewellin.

ezzy333 wrote:The car dates back into the late thirties I think. Must have been one you had had for a while.

Ezzy

1948 Plymouth Coupe - Dad and Mom Bought it brand new. I was three when Dad brought it home. I still remember it.

Darling puppy! Good luck with him. By the way, I LOVE your avatar picture! Thanks, The avatar picture is my dad and me and "Speck", the first bird dog I remember. Picture was probably taken in 1949 or 1950. I was fortunate to grow up with bird dogs, guns and a bird hunting dad. I have written about...

Just put a deposit on a pup. Llewellin Setter - Orange and White Male.

Picture is at 6 weeks of age - name is Rimfire

My dogs are doing great on Black Gold Plantation Blend. I'm happy and they're happy. $24/50 lb bag. If I was concerned enough about corn to feed Evo I would go to the sale barn and buy a cheap cow every so often and butcher her myself to feed them. You can certainly feed beef for the price of EVO. P...

Three of us are feeding Black Gold Plantation Blend

to 7 GSP's and 3 Setters.

We're more than pleased with it.

http://blackgolddogfood.com/plantation.htm

Guys, It all boils down to what do you want to do with your money. One thing for sure is that none of us will take any with us! Some spend it on golf. Some spend it on women and booze. Some spend it on fishing and boats. Some spend it on __________________ (you fill in the blank). I choose to spend ...

This is why I keep three dogs.

We had a record breaking cold snap here in Missouri followed by a warm spell and when I got in Sat Eve. I saw two ticks on one of my dogs. Since then I have been picking ticks every time I feed. I can't believe those suckers can survive the bitter cold, ice storms, snow storms etc. Old timers tell m...

Jake my old setter pointed two porkies in North Dakota. Needless to say in my haste to keep the pup out of range of the quill throwers I failed to keep Jake away and it turned out to be a $65.00 point. He wound up with a quill 1/4 in. from his jugular vein that had to be surgically removed. Wouldn't...

I visited a FL Plantation recently that uses 5 surrogators. They release 900 birds from each surrogator every 5-6 weeks continuously year round. They relocate the units after each release and they have supplemental feeders. I have never seen so many "wild" coveys of quail anywhere anytime! It was u...

My Friend and I are always bragging on our dogs. He's got GSP's and I've got Setters. He's got one GSP that I kept for two weeks while he and his wife were on a cruise. The pup was about 9 months old at the time so we bonded. I taught her how to jump up in the truck while he was gone and literally f...

Within the last year I had a friend ask where he could get a GSP pup. I put him in touch with a reputable breeder who had a great little male pup he could have bought for $400. He thought that was too much and wound up adopting a grown GSP from the pound. $1000 later in vet bills other assorted expe...

To answer the original post. Three of us Bird doggers here in MidMissouri are feeding Plantation Blend. We switched from Diamond Natural and are loving the difference. I'm feeding 2 cups a day to each dog plus I'll give them table scraps as supplement. I know, my buddies think I spoil my dogs but th...

Speaking of shade cloth - My kennels are in an exposed location with not trees. Not my idea but just the way the property was. I allow weeds and mornng glories to grow on the Sunny Side in the Summer and that provides some shade and I tarp the whole kennel on top - with bungie cords etc. How much su...

Great Pictures!

Makes me long to be back in ND hunting Pheasants. I especially like to hunt them in the snow.

I do about 50/50.

I prefer being alone with my dogs. That way I can always go where I want to go and not have to always be watching the other guy.

I do hunt with others because I have a lot of friends that have access to private ground that I don't and I'm the one who can supply the bird dogs!!!

Duke, I've recently done some homework on quality feed as well. The Diamond Naturals seemed great to me untill I found that just about all of my local dealers had dropped them due to recalls, and new formula/ loose stool issues. Keep in mind, I am strictly going by what I was told when I tried to p...

A Benelli Ultra Light is what it is. A 6 lb. 12 ga. shotgun. I packed it for 10 days in North Dakota this fall and I never felt like it was kicking me too hard. I shot 1 1/8 oz of 6's with the first shot - high brass - and followed up with two in the magazine of 1 oz 4's. With a Modified Choke I was...

62 year old bird hunting addict here. Born and raised to bird hunt in Georgia. I've quail hunted in Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Missouri and Kansas. Grouse hunted in Georgia, North Carolina, Missouri, Wisconsin and Montana. Pheasant hunted in Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas ...

Black Gold - Plantation Blend

This is a new formulation still in white bag and not even on their web site yet.

My dogs love it and are doing great on it.