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PrairieGoat

"Do your research and find a breeder that has a track record of producing cooperative, easy to train, natural bird dogs." This is sometimes easier said than done, every breeder claims to have easy to train natural bird dogs. There are plenty of natural dog around finding them is the problem. To tak...

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Happy Birthday Ezzy.....now how many times have you been 39?!?

Hope you spent it doing something fun....like chasin' the dogs around....

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Wow.....I must be really lucky......mine came ready to hunt pretty much "out of the box"! Here's how the current two stacked up: Pointing: One pointed the first bird he encountered and has been doing it ever since. The other let a couple of bird fly and then caught on...pointing ever since. Retrievi...

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limited out wrote:Prairie Goat, those are fine looking dogs! Very athletic and stylish looking bird dogs.....
Good old Shorthairs..... nothing else like them!

Thanks Lantz!!! Zeb's a sharp looking GSP as well...I do love that last pose! Your last statement says it all!!!

Randy

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Yup....that's pretty much the way it is around our house....except ours don't have their own bed.....or maybe they do, but we just sleep in it!!! Pictures like those capture the nature of the GSP just as much as any hunting picture! Randy PS....here's my contribution to the "House Dog" collection......

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Lately I find myself admiring Texans from afar!!!

Actually until I moved to CO, Texas was like a 2nd home to me....and it always seemed to me to have more than its share of level-headed folks...

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Tammy, Another option might be to get some of the bumpers that look like a duck where the head is attached with a cord. The theory is when the dog shakes the bumper they are going to get whacked with the head and pretty soon they'll realize shaking isn't as much fun as they thought! Unfortunately, s...

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Did someone order GSP pictures?!? Great pictures everyone! Here's my contribution..... http://www.prairiegoat.com/images/gundogforum/090102%20-%20Steel%20Fork%20Pheasants,%20CO%20-%20003.JPG http://www.prairiegoat.com/images/gundogforum/090228%20-%20Steel%20Fork%20Pheasants,%20CO%20-%20049.JPG http:...

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Wow....that's probably one of the 50 I better mark off the list of places to live!!! I thought we had crazy legislators here (and getting crazier by the day).....

Randy

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Sounds to me like she is tracking exactly as she should be. It should be just like there is a string drawing her right down the track to the pheasant. Doesn't matter whether she is nose-high or nose on the ground. The judges don't care about how she does it....only that she has an ability to follow ...

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The problem is that once everyone breeds to their own wants and desires you no longer have a breed but a whole lot of dogs that were bred from GSp's but no longer are. Some are big, some are little, some are white, some are black, some run real big, some are very slow and close, some don't hunt at ...

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Yup those are some winners!!! I also like the crocodile stalking method.....too funny!

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I agree.....keep letting the GSP owners and the dog owners play together! We occassionally learn something from them!!!

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briarpatch, A lot of the things that you say are exactly what worry me.....it's that old "slippery slope" thing. If the rest of us end up where NJ is at, then we will all probably be saying the same things...."it could be worse", "only have to wait for the purchaser's permit", etc. But then along wi...

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Yup....would seem like with all these laws, NJ would be crime-free!!! :twisted: I guess it is time to pony up a few more bucks to NRA et al to help fight this, but with the current Congress/Administration it may be an uphill battle. I think the intentions were announced with the mis-stated facts reg...

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I like those dates....this year I should be able to catch opening day (with a hundred thousand or so of my best friends!!!) after a weeks worth of warm-up in South Dakota.....YAHOOOOOO.....I'm ready!!! Is it fall yet?!?

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Got my first lesser last year in SW Kansas. Heck, didn't even know what they were until we got into the 2nd bunch....finally figured it out, and didn't take long to get my limit of 1!!! Seemed to be quite a few of them in the area I was in. Sure hope they can sustain a huntable population, even if t...

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Find one and then stick with it. Dogs are not human and changing feeds on them just causes stress for them that can lead to more serious problems. I tend to disagree with this....I change my dog's food a couple to three times a year (slowly) for the same reason I eat different things. #1, I get tir...

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I've been free-feeding Taste of the Wild for awhile now....actually used it for awhile, then went back to Purina Pro Plan, and now back on it again (I like to vary my dogs diet). I think it is a good food when looking for a "grainless" option, but that also puts it at the higher end of the cost scal...

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My personal solution is that I really didn't like any of the beeper/e-collar combos out there....and really liked the pager function of my Dogtra 3500, so I bought the 3502 when I needed a 2 dog unit and use a Lovett's beeper on a separate collar. Seems to work well for me.....although I just added ...

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The breed was developed to be all around hunting dog to "bring home the bacon" for the average none aristocrat hunter. A hunter who could not afford packs of dogs, fox hunt style hunts, giant organized pheasant flushes, etc. They were a family farmer's dog, a dog that could go hunt ducks in the mor...

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Cute pup (nice deer too!). I hope you know that pup will own that couch.....and your bed!!!

Randy

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GsPJustin wrote:I think that the color doesn't matter, but there isn't black in the GSP that was brought here.

I think you might want to go back and look at the breed history again....the Germans bred both black and liver GSPs (or DKs).

Randy

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IMHO, breeders should do what is absolutely best for the breed.....if it follows standards so be it, if not then the standards need to be changed. The standards should be based on the functionality of the dog. These dogs were bred for versatile hunting....I fail to see what color or other superficia...

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birddogsunlimited wrote:

That one in the middle already has the GSP sleeping posture down!!! My two have one of two sleeping positions.....curled up in a ball or flat on their back without a care in the world!

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She's going to be a fine looking bird dog! Love that black ear!

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Have you looked at K-9 Koach....they've always looked like one of the best to me. Have no experience with them though....currently own an Owens (it's just OK)....

http://www.k-9koach.com

Randy

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Sounds to me like you've already answered your own question....it's illegal!!! Legality aside, depending what kind of training you are doing, they wouldn't be my first choice. If there is any retrieving work going on at all, there are a lot of dogs that don't care for all the feathers that come off ...

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Great looking ES!!! Congrats on the JH....

Randy

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I place them right beside the bed in a box just a little bigger than they are, but tall enough they can't climb out. Then just as someone else on here suggested, I put an tee shirt that I've been wearing in the box with them. If they start crying during the night, I will drop my hand into the box to...

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I had a very similar problem with the batteries not holding charge in my Dogtra 3500. A month or so before the battery warranty was up (the unit has a lifetime warranty, batteries have a 1 yr warrantee), the transmitter wouldn't hold a charge. The reciever seemed ok. Since I had just started trainin...

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Here's one I've been looking at:

http://www.outfitterssupply.com/prodinf ... ber=WPH154

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Here's a couple of resources that I use to research a camera before I buy: http://www.dcresource.com/ http://www.dpreview.com/ I suspect that any of the Nikon DSLRs will give you all the manual ability that you can stand (and a lot of automatic settings as well)! wems2371 is absolutely correct, some...

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Naw, there was a police report filed...they cleaned me out of a bunch of stuff....was going to pick up my new 5th wheel in Ohio. Funny thing is the police department calls me about every year or so to see if I've recovered it! I always think to myself, shouldn't they be the ones telling me they reco...

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Unless someone is used to shooting a hand cannon, I would steer them away from the .500. I own several pistols/revolvers and the .500 S&W with a 4" barrel is my latest....with the right loads it is a beast......with the wrong loads it clears cobwebs/wax/brain matter/teeth and what have you from your...

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My youngest pup had the same problem except at times he would eat so fast that he would choke, cough it up, and then re-chew it.......ugh! I tried the rock in the bowl, the brakefast bowl, the cookie sheet, floating the kibble in water....nothing was working. During all of this I was feeding him twi...

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I've never had a problem with mine....generally start taking them to the "wide open spaces" to exercise/swim/play fairly soon after I get them. Never had a problem, but I usually make sure I have plenty o' space to run without dangers (cars/roads/etc). I generally keep them pretty close at first and...

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Somewhere in recent magazine/web browsing, I have seen a nail repair kit.....consisted of something like epoxy and a plastic sleeve to slip over the nail. Try www.drsfosterandsmith.com that may have been where it was. Also believe I saw one of the gundog mags or shows saying you could make your own ...

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My 1/50th of $1.....if you have to ask, it is a problem! Just seeing the subject sent chills down my back....I see disaster written all over this.

Randy

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Well said....know your own abilities and know your birddog....if you don't know either very well, use a cautious approach and avoid risk. One size does not fit all!!!

Randy

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birddogsunlimited,

Those are some cool (pun intended!) pictures, but geez....you gotta buy those dogs some snow-shoes (or skis) if you're going to be hunting like that!!!

Randy

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You English/Llew Setter guys are killing me!!! As much as I love my GSPs, the setters hold a special place in my heart.....and these pictures aren't helping!!!

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Another vote for follow the DVDs......every dog trainer has a little different way of approaching things, but Perfect Start/Perfect Finish are some very well-respected tools that have probably turned out some very good bird dogs. The rest of us do it "our way" based on our experience but if you don'...

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RayG, While I respect your opinion, I also very strongly disagree with it. My personal experience leads me to my opinion....which is 4 months is not too early to begin introducing a pup to birds/guns. You do make a good point about the yardwork though....I also begin yardwork at about the same time....

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Joe, You are at the point where, probably more so than at any other time in a pup's development as a gundog, you could literally do more harm than good. Some of the problems that can be created here are gunshyness or birdshyness.....both of which do not make a particularly useful gundog! This is qui...

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Congratulations!!! The fun factor is definitely what it is all about, but it is a great accomplishment.....hopefully on your way to many more with your pup....

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If your vet is anything like the knothead vets I was using (the one at the "national" pet store chain), then I can understand why you had her spayed at 6 months. My ex-vet stayed after me from about the 4 month point to get mine neutered.....even going so far as suggesting that I hadn't done it beca...

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I've always owned setters, which (unlike stub-tails) means they are smart enough not to gorge right before we go hunting. :lol: :wink: Hmmmmm.....my stub-tail must be part ES then!!! I've been free-feeding as well and I've yet to see him gorge at any one time. The only difference I intend to make f...

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Congratulations!!!

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Very nice pictures!!! For some reason, I can never seem to stop hunting long enough to take pictures....even when the "action" is a bit slow. Always sure that the "next one" is lining up for a surprise strafing run!

Randy

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