Gun Dog Forum

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Well, between my son breaking his leg playing baseball and my trip in an ambulance (turns out I'm severely allergic to hornets) I haven't had much time since it started to cool down to get a couple of my pups on birds. Cash is my pup out of Brenda's Fritz x Izzy litter and Tank is a 3 month old pup ...

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I feed once in the evening. You will find most feed once or twice as adult dogs. The reason i feed in the evening is because when hunting season and/or training time comes in the morning they have an empty stomach. JMO anyway

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I'm not looking to argue. I know purina started in the 50's with a more commercialized production but James Spratt came up with a dried food in the 1890's and eventually went into purina in the 50's. I'm not even going to argue about the increase in issue since dried dog food introduction, but 50 ye...

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Its funny that feeding meat to a dog, raw especially, is looked at as a fad, isn't kibble the fad? Fad Definition-"A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze." Guys-I don't want to get into the debate on what diet is better with you but kibble has been arou...

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It's clear to me that having live birds available for training is best, but what about those for whom that is not an option? You can do a lot of things with a puppy minus live birds, but there is no other option (in my opinion) when it comes to some parts of the training of a bird dog. You could co...

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It's my understanding that all dogs shed about alike but the secret is to have one the same color as your furnishings and carpet. I have seen that with the black and yellow labs where the blackone doesn't shed much in a dark room while the yellow one doesn't shed in the light colored rooms. But tur...

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The other thing is when I am breaking to gunfire I do not take and release birds. It is done when we are out exploring so the pups mind is not on me or listening for me but rather is completely wrapped up in whatever it is finding. Sorry for the highjack...but EZZy are you saying you shoot with the...

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Cake looks great. Sorry to hear about your loss

just kiddin, congrats!

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You might as well add the spell and grammar check. Until I started visiting this forum I didn't know their, there, they're were all interchangable

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[quote]How are they proven?? Example- I am a hunter. I think that my dogs are fantastic. Someone else comes to hunt over my dogs and sees what they are really like. They range out so far that I lose them and have to constantly chase them down. They are hard-headed, too independent, not biddable, etc...

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Looks great Denise!

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how well do you think a big running dog will do on a preserve? He might do well hunting for the guys hunting around you! :D :D I don't think it has as much to do with "big running" as it matters how well you handle him. I know guys who guide small preserves with big running pointers but they can ha...

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I'll be honest with you and say if they were my dogs I might take both and put them on the ground seperately. I would only shoot birds over the shorthair that it has found and pointed so she continues to get the link between the gunfire being a reward for her finding the birds. I just wouldn't want ...

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if he was holding birds before i would say he will still hold them.....but preserve birds, at least the ones i've been to, are notorious for walking out of cover, poor flying etc. so if he's not broke on birds I would be concerned he'd catch one. Is this the same EP you just had for sale?

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I know there is a fair contingency of folks around St. Louis that frequent this site so hopefully you guys can help me out. I want to get my dog on a "life-like" hunting situation before the real season opens. My vacation days are running thin this year so taking a half day would be about perfect. ...

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Why don't you do this, but a $1.5 container of chicken livers or some beef liver at the supermarket and place two bowls down, one with kibble and one with livers...once your dog picks the bowl with liver try and take the bowl away and then maybe you will see what I am talking about....after that yo...

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If someone could post some video or further explain how to use this that would be great. Couldn't find any on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-PCsQ6VTFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAuL_rB8 ... re=related

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I would think...assuming you are a good trainer with good references and with the ability to keep 5-6 dogs at at time...you would be better off training the others dogs. You would have a steady influx of money with training others dogs...assuming again that you do your job and/or they pay on time......

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Good for you charlie! let me know when you have it licked ....i live close enough that i'll bring you a couple more to work on!

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and so are you. Most of the guys on here are old old...)

I think some of the guys on here went to school with the guys in the pictures to his right!

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I haven't noticed any difference there...you might need to do some desensitization (sp?) with the dog if it's not used to a beeper prior to using it. I've heard some complaints about the ability of the user to not hear the downward facing beeper as well as the seperate ones but I've not noticed much...

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I have the Dogtra t/b. I have a DT two dog beeper combo as a backup and have had issues with the function of the beepers and the consistency of the energy delivery. I haven't had a tritronics but those who use them seem to love them.

What part of illinois do you live in?

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I'm involved in QF and the difference (I'm told) is that QF money stays with the local chapter for use and doesn't go back to the mother ship like QU. Sorry can't help with the ones in your area. Thanks for your service!

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Some of you folks are ALWAYS looking for an argument in regards to dog food. I get it --raw is best, Abady is best, your brand of dog food is best...who did I miss? Show me who is making dog food for free, without profit, just because they want your dog to have the best. Last time I checked, EVERY ...

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that is starch is converted into Dextrin, a usable source of protein for carnivores

maybe i misunderstood this comment but Dextrin is not a protein it's a carbohydrate.

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Based on your comment, It sounds like you are planning these breedings for $ to support your dogs. If this is the case, then its for the wrong reason. I guess I'm confused by this. I don't mean to offend anyone but why is it wrong for her to raise a litter for money? If she has a waiting list of bu...

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My wife doesn't like the "look" of the junk. I can now reassure her that when the time comes, the trash will get thrown away. I thought it was a castration type procedure.

Be careful...if she likes the looks of him better without the "junk" you might be next!

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I am with bobman....either your partner knows and follows the rules or you hunt her by yourself. I had the same thing happen to a male pointer a couple of years ago. After some reintroduction to birds to get his prey drive and confidence up i started slowly firing over him until he knew that a shot ...

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you might check with a search. i believe there was a thread on this a month or two ago

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There was a local guy around my area last year that had an accidental breeding (his daughter let his male in with his female ...which happened to be the males daughter). Not understanding the ins and outs of the canine breeding cycle the daughter didn't think the female would be receptive at 1 year ...

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if he's traveling 70 rend lake will be an hour plus out of the way each direction. I'll send you a pm with an idea.

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brdhntr wrote: Roller blades and a harnes work great. But you really do need to wory about wearing off their pads. OMG!!!! I can see me doin this!!! I would be dead before I hit the rd!!! You would have a hard time doing this without a dog on the stretch of road you live on :D Your new avatar is go...

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It is unlikely that my dog Jacie has the disease due to the absence of any symptoms of lupoid dermatosis

I read on the GSPCA site that LD can show up from 6months to 3 years of age. I know you didn't need anymore good news but doesn't sound like your out of the woods yet.

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Come on Grant... i haven't seen a snake documentary yet where the the guide didn't circle the snake and pick it up by the neck to show us his fangs. I kept waiting for you to bust in there with a stick and pick it up to show us :D :lol: We don't have either of those...poisonous snakes or large cats....

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the ones i have you can poke holes thru the collar with the studs that attach the plate. on the back of the studs are 2 prongs i guess you could call them. just bend them out and youre set. you dont need any special tools at least. I'm not a huge fan on the way these attach. I've had two different ...

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My pup would tip toe around in the water but never really get in and swim on his own so I thought I'd give this a try. http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr168/postoakshorthairs/SDC10586.jpg http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr168/postoakshorthairs/SDC10583.jpg http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr...

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Bossman Congrats on the pup. I got to see mom and dad in person a couple of days before they whelped (and was actually at Dr. Meldeys place the day they whelped). Very well put together dogs. I didn't get to see them run but I think their respective accomplishments speak for themselves. Very handsom...

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Chip, that was part of my question, and what got me going on this subject. How do you know the information you are entering (breeding info within the ped) isn't flawed?? Bill L. I don't know that you can...especially since we know there have been litters registered with incorrect parents..intention...

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web's night and day

kinda stealing your idea a little but "Web's Dusk til Dawn"

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Snip's Wild Wyatt.

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You might do a search. i think we just had a pretty similar spread about a month or two ago. I don't mean to discourage the topic just an FYI

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postoakshorthairs wrote:
Look for their whiskers to point foreward. [/quote

HUH??
Does your pups whiskers curl foreward?

Don't know he never stands still long enough to see!!

Actually I believe they do.

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[quote]Look for their whiskers to point foreward. [/quote

HUH??

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The only thing i've ever heard along those lines were that you had a harder time finding a chocolate lab that was a good hunter. I think the reason for the misconseption is that there were plenty of people breeding labs to get the chocolate color and not for ability/conformation. I would guess the p...

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I think it's more for our entertainment than a useful training tool. It helps get some nice pics and show the dogs style to people when they're little puppies...other than that I don't know anyone who uses it past 8 weeks of age.

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Poor boy looks just like you!

Congratulations. Take your time and enjoy it..the time goes way too fast.

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your right..it's usually the case that the older people, who have lead long productive lives, are at peace with passing, but their families...mostly kids and grandkids won't/can't let go. It's a hard decision without a doubt.

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You need to decide on quality of life Vs your emotional bond. Well put! I wish this was the same thought process with human loved ones. I've seen people suffer at length via artificial means because this decision couldn't, or wouldn't, be made. I don't want to sound cold...if there's a chance for r...

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As I posted, there has been no problems with any of the offspring Sorry I missed that. It seems that the notion not to breed those dogs is more a view of caution because of lack of knowledge then having an actual cause. I know it's not apples to apples but there are tons of auto immune responses hu...

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