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A/C Guy

Here is our litter born Sunday night:

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A/C Guy

If she is still acting like she is having contractions CALL YOUR VET ASAP I have seen females tire or get a lack of the natural petocin which helps contractions and need a c section to get the remaining pups and small litters are the worst for first timers as the pups are bigger with more room to g...

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Just had worm medicine and finished 2 weeks ago. Stools are good so I'm not thinking it's worms again. Does anyone here make your dog food yourself and NOT feed store bought food? We tried home cooking, but our female wouldn't eat all her veggies, so we decided to go back to a mixture. We supplemen...

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I have read that if you neuter him that young, you will likely end up with an oversized dog. Unless there is a medical reason that requires you to neuter him, you should wait until he is at least 12 months old. 5 cups is a lot of food and 2 hours of play each day is not "working him hard". Only 2 ho...

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Several guys in Utah do it for under $100.
I misplaced their contact info, but they frequent the gun shows and sell mounted pheasants for $60 to $100.
Try a google search

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She started last night and we have one I didn't think she was going to have very many. Its been hours since the one pup

If it has been over 12 hours, you should call your vet.

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Going to buy a 20 ga for upland birds. I hunt quail, pheasant, huns. Will either be a over and under or side by side. What are the pro's and cons of either of these(without comments on price). Now i shoot a 12 ga pump so have no experience withe the double barrels I have both SxS and O/U's. I have ...

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My 2 year old female has decided that she would rather eat the birds than bring them to me. She has not yet actually eaten one, but she is trying and munching very intently while casually heading back to me.

Any suggestions?

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We tried Sportmix recently. Our male gets dry itchy skin from some brands of foods, so we were feeding them the more expensive boutique brands that were all natural and grain free. We tried Sportmix Lamb and Rice and he likes it and has not been scratching himself. Sportmix is half the price of the ...

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Our dogs went through a similar phase their first year in the field. Doves lose their feathers easily and many dogs hate them; I don't fault them for it. We were patient, enthusiastically encouraged them to fetch the bird. A few times, walked over, picked up the bird and tossed it for the dogs and t...

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Any suggestions for taming the squirrel chasing beast within him? Any ideas? Our dogs also enjoy tracking squirrels and rabbits. We have trained them to ignore their furry interests while bird hunting. When there is no bird season, then we allow them to trail and point them. We used the e collar to...

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This is an easy choice. Just get a Brittany

Or better yet, get 2 britts.

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Right now we just push him away and tell him no but he continues to try and get closer and closer no matter what we do. That will make the problem worse. Instead of pushing him away and validating his fear that you don't want him, give him a big hug and bring the other dog closer for a group hug. T...

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Put the collar on him and set it to the lowest setting. Hold the stim button and slowly turn up the stim level until the dog reacts to the stim. Release the button. With the dog 10 feet away, push the stim button and then say "Come" and hold the button until the dog reaches you. As soon as you can t...

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But telling time? We go out to the fields almost every day at 2 PM. My 3 dogs are sitting at the door at 2 PM.If we don't go they look at me like, " What's the matter?" I thought our male was the only dog that does that. He is up at 5:30 every morning ready for his morning run. He climbs on my son'...

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We planted 3 pheasant in cages to try to break our brits from busting and chasing birds. The first time they tried, we yanked them back with the check cords, told them "whoa" and planted them on point. It took 6 or 7 times of doing this to get them to go on point and hold point, They just needed to ...

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So, every dog has its place. If not in the field, then perhaps on somebody's sofa.

That is the best way that I've ever heard it said.

Our dogs are part of our family, if they can't or won't hunt, then they are still part of the family.

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When they start quivering with anticipation and excitement at the words quail, birds, gun, hunt, Jeep, or they see us pick up a gun case. Our dogs have even learned the spelling of Jeep. If I tell my son to put his shotgun in the J-E-E-P, the dogs know and they run for the door or they watch him to ...

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If your pup is only 6 months old, you are pushing way too hard. Multiple guns in a blind and a 6 month old pup do not mix. Same goes for the e-collar; wait until the pup is much older.

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Took our 2 brits out for a little fun and play time in the desert this morning. The area is heavily hunted and they usually find a lot of wounded and recently shot, but not recovered birds. Well, the dogs took off after a rabbit and before I could recall them they were out of hearing range. Our male...

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I found this place has the lowest prices:

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Yes and no. Depends on how you handle it. But most importantly what will happen is expect thse dogs that are allowed to get away with stuff with one person to test you a little more every now and then ,,,it is very important that you stay on top of those times that the dog tests their parameters The...

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I know our 2 brits know the difference between toys and other objects (including birds). They know which socks they are allowed to chew and which socks they may not chew. They know the difference between squeaky toys and real feathered birds. As mentioned earlier, your dog is more intelligent than y...

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Teach him a "turn ' command - whistle, word . Teach it on a check cord initially. That way everytime he's going out farther then you want , you turn him . He'll pick up what you want and learn to turn himself. That's what we did. We taught them the command "This Way." and two toots on the whistle. ...

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I disagree with that advice. My first female brit taught me that they can and will copy that behavior (ignoring you and going the other way). My current female, 15 months old, does what yours does and she is e-collar smart. What works for us is to immediately put on the collar or check cord at the f...

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She has 2 teddy bears

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I have 2 Brits that are 1 year old and they also love to run deer and rabbits. The only thing that stops them is high level stimulation with the collar. On more than one occasion, they have taken off after deer or rabbits and the only way to stop them was with the collar. I only use the collar as a ...

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Our male brit gets gas regularly. So we feed him baby carrots as a snack and that solves the gas problem.

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It is definitely a dominance issue. Our 15 month old female does it regularly to our sons and our 13 month old male. We just swat her butt and push her off. She really does it a lot when she is in heat.

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.... would you bring your dog? I hate to be a pompous jerk...... Don't be a jerk. Take your dog, explain to everyone in your group how important your dog is to you as a friend and member of your family. I've never met a kid that wouldn't understand that. A new shooter wouldn't risk hurting your dog...

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I believe that it is possible to get a dog to range farther because when I started training Duke, he would not go 5 feet away from me in the field. The first time out, he was tripping me by riding my heels so close. I decided to just stop and stand there. Eventually, curiosity overcame fear and he s...

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because steel is less dense than lead, you already get more steel pellets in any given size 1oz load as compared to the same size lead pellets in a 1 oz load. Generally, when you go from #6 lead to #4 steel, you get almost the same number of pellets per ounce. But there will be fewer fliers, so you ...

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Just got a "bleep" flyer today, has a Benelli STF 3000 o/u onsale for $350. Anyone know anything about this gun??? Don't forget to get the $50 rebate form from "bleep"'s for even more savings. LOL just read my post and noticed the filter software changed the name to *bleeps*. For those who are wond...

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Right after dove season closed, I took my son to the range. Princess thought that we went hunting. She was miffed. When we got home, she gave me a dirty look, went under the kitchen table and refused to look at me all night. When we went to bed, she refused to follow; she usually sleeps next to my l...

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