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Lets not forget about fresh snow. Dogs seem to scent very well and track in the snow.

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How are you guys heating your dog houses? Now that she is getting cold here in the north my shorthairs will be using the kennel more and will be spending a lot of time in there so I am wondering what are the best ways to put some heat in the dog box, the box is about 36"w x 45"L and maybe 36" tall. ...

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I'm trying to get my one year old female ess on her first pheasant. I live near two WMA's aprox five thousand acres between the two here in Massachusetts Fish and game release around forty thousand birds during the pheasant season throughout Massachusetts which last about a month or so. I was able ...

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I had the same problem with me Dogtra it is a 14 year old unit (I think) anyway it quit working and I ordered batteries and after the charge it did not work. So I sent it in to Dogtra, they fixed it for about 25 bucks and returned it to me. The only issue was that they did not return the remote tran...

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An Ermin (spelling?) will do the same thing.

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OK, I have had this 1100 NC collar for at leased 12 or so years, it's been great till today. I charged it overnight last night then turned it on saw the red light was on, put it on the dog to go out and train....and it did not work. I put both the remote and the unit back on the charger and I see th...

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Well - a slight change of plans. I went with a kennel - It's 6' x 18' attached to the garage with a doggie door and a 4'x36" x 8' dog box and inside kennel combo in the garage. The bonus is that now I have a 36" x 8' new work bench on top of the dog box/kennel in the garage ! The dog box is 4' x 36"...

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Going to be Fencing in back yard and am thinking about doing it in 5 foot chain link fence, Do you think it will be adaquet at 5 foot high for the dogs? I have 2 shorthairs, one is like the Clampet porch dog and just likes lying there and the new pup is a little firecracker and she is the one that I...

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I got this in an email today. The pictures probably no paste in but the text say's it all. - Awesome!Correct Phone Greeting How ALL phones SHOULD be answered! GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ....... Press '1' for English. Press '2' to disconnect until you learn to speak English...

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We use the off the shelf 3% peroxide to do the test for raw meat. It eats the raw product til its gone.

Read the MSDS It is NOT a good idea to swallow this stuff, yes you will vomit but damage is going on.

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VERY WORTH WHILE having birds at home for training. I and a friend started doing this last year when we both got new pups and we built a large crate 5x4x10 and raised 75 Chukkar. This was worth its weight in gold to us as we had birds when we needed them for most of the summer. This year we ordered ...

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I would not give a dog H2o2 - read the MSDS on that stuff, it will cause a lot of damage to the dogs insides. I use peroxide at work to test if product is raw or cooked and it will eat the flesh until in is gone - it foams the raw meat until it is disolved....I wonder what it does to the stomach wh...

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I have a new GSP pup 1.25 year old that is a house dog that I have to move to a kennel, she is NOT a house dog she is an animal that puts that Marley dog to shame. ................................................................ Yes it can be done and will probably be an easy transition for the dog ...

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Shiloh produced her first honor Saturday. We were at a military hunt for just returned home vets at the Caribou hunt club in MN and we had 6-7 hunters in our group with 4 dogs (all pointers), 2 dogs locked up on point and Shiloh came by them and she turned and locked up on a real stylish point about...

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Anyone?

Do most that film training just use another person to do this for you?

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Have any of you used a helmet cam to video your dog while training or hunting? I just picked up a Vholdr CountourHD Helmet cam for doing just this. I think that it would provide a lot of neat footage while running the dog on planted birds and other drills. Also I think that it would mount to a shotg...

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Hey all, are any of you giong to the Caribou Hunt Club - Pheasants forever - Military hunt on 3/27 ? I was called to see if I could help out there with a ATV to help plant birds and help haul our vets out to the fields so I will be up there early Saturday. Let me know if you are going, I will be rid...

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Hunting with my 8 year old, This was a great day for me, to have Jacob with me and for him to experience pheasant hunting with his new pup. He had a blast and I will never forget this day.

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Here is a picture of my pup (Shiloh) with her first bird this Fall. http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c96/blackfoot123/Shilohpheasant012.jpg Shiloh's first Goose - Same day as her rooster http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c96/blackfoot123/Shilohpheasantgoose006-2.jpg My 8 year old sonJacob and me wi...

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Thats what I thought but had to see if might be different than their other types of dog food.

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I saw Ol Roy has a high performance now and has 27% protien and 15% fat. Meat and bone meal is the main ingredient then The rest is filler like corn and such but how is this food?
Anyone used it?

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Just wondering if there is a rule of thumb on when the pup will have her first heat cycle?

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Nice looking pups, but they seem a little camera shy

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OK the first pic is the home made release that I made a couple weeks ago and the nex pics are after I modified the release to release 2 birds (1 at a time) It works really good and cost hardly nothing to build it. What do you think? http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c96/blackfoot123/Birdrelease001.j...

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Do it now. You can WHOA train the dog in no time by either using the board method or the tree/overhang method. I have had good success using both methods but the tree method worked better for me and the dog the first time I tried it and it took and the dog was whoa trained to voice, hand, and whistl...

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reba wrote:The spray on stuff Bow Hunters use works really well:-)=

No joke!

What is the spray on stuff that bow hunters use?

Also what is in the bottle that is called "Skunk Off"? Just wondering because it is pre mixed and it must be stable to do it.

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I just found this skunk kit ingredient list in our MN Outdoor News publication. 1) One quart of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide. 2) 1/2 cup of baking soda. 3) 1 tablespoon of liquid soap. Mix in a bucket and use deer gutting gloves to wash your dog and thoroughly rinse the dog. Repeat the washing of the dog an...

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Big horn sheep is outstanding.

But for the dudes from the south....Gopher gravy over biscuits are shal we say ,darn good.

Ruffed grouse is probably the best bird cooked..

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I would make sure that she is "WHOA" trained then work her on the bird.
This helps a lot when you are by yourself.

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The bird should get up and out on it's own some may fly out but some will hop out then fly (I hope). Either way it should work.
I might even put a divider in it and have 2 doors to release so we can simulate milti bird flush, let one go then when the dog holds release the other one.

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I like the simplicity of the hood and string..."KISS" - (Keep it simple stupid)

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I started with the ear pinch but just saw the Hickock video and he showed in detail how to do the toe hitch.
The ear pinch is working fine so I will stick with it, was just curious if one was better than the other.

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I had a little time today and decided to make a bird release. Its manual right now but some day I will add electronics to it if I can find a reasonably priced mechanisim to attach to it. What do you think? http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c96/blackfoot123/Birdrelease001.jpg http://i25.photobucket.c...

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Is the ear pinch easier to train FF to the dog? OR is the toe pinch?

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Here is 8 month old Riverbottom's Shiloh's Sharp - "Shiloh" pointing a chukar on August 5th

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$2.00 is cheap, count your blessings.

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Well we had a blast ! We did the search/hunt first and the pup did great, pointed some birds and she worked very well. 4 search, 4 pointing, 4 cooperation Then it got HOT. The tracking was in the afternoon and the pup was just toast from the heat and we managed to score a 1 in tracking, most of the ...

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You are right, This is my first versatile dog and first attempt to run in any organized anything. But I am taking this seriously and am going to run this pup to a finished dog. So thanks to all for any info that you post. Today - I set the pup up for a track (in mowed grass) and conditions sucked as...

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I was told that It's ok to re-start a dog in the tracking test.
Then I have been told that I can't re-start the dog if she is out there hunting and not tracking, only if a judge said so.
What is the right way?

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I use the wing on a string and stick to get the pup tracking, I start it out in one spot and drag it away out of site then bring the pup to the site show her the spot where I start and when she smells the spot I point in the direction of the track and let her go andshe tracks it. It works great .

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Thanks guy's

I will try and not talk to the pup.

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OK I know you shouldn't talk/give commands to the pup during the NA test much at all but, Is it ok if the pup is on point to say "WHOA" to make sure she steadies up? Or should I just say nothing and let her do whatever when the bird flushes, if it can flush? Any other suggestions for our test this w...

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I would love to go but I had our SO MN NAVHDA pre test run this weekend and the NAVHDA test the next weekend so it looks like I won't get there this year. I really wanted to go with the new pup to let her do the pointer thing that they have there, and to expose her to other dogs (socializing) as wel...

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Well I had the pup to the lake today and she retrieved 25 yard retrieves until I was losing intrest in it! She had a blast so that won't be an issue in the NA test.

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Two Bears, isn't Mn.known as the state of 1,000,000 lakes or something like that and you have no access to water? Sounds like your dog just needed more exposure. Now you have started FF you might as well keep going just do not over do the pressure. FF should be done after NA test . Next time give y...

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Good info guys. I will just do yars work with her with heel, hold for now till the test is done. I am not on a time tine to finish her with ff before the test but was just chcking to see if i am doing the right thing and to stay with it before the test. And so she had enough training to go out in de...

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After running the pup (8 mo old) a couple weeks ago a fellow trainer suggested that it was time to start FF with the pup, So I did but after talking with the breader where I got the pup he thinks that I should wait until after the NA test to start / finish the FF with the pup. What do you all think?...

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OK Shiloh is doing really good on WHOA training and once in a while she will stop when I whoa her but when I walk back a bit she will sometimes move with me and I have to walk back to her and pick her up by the lead that is around her waist and put her back where she was when I whoa'd her to reinfor...

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Nice, Two banded honkers.....YUM !

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pear wrote:......and this relates to dogs how?

Well Favre likes to hunt with a dog , so we are good with the " relates to dogs how" issue..

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