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Rare pic with a bird in his mouth..

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My plan right now depending on a few things is to hunt him some this November/December. I'm going to order the Perfect Retrieve DVD (unless someone on here wants to get rid of theirs) and start working on him in January. I would start sooner but I certainly don't want to rush. If all else fails I th...

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I've have a 17mnth old GSP and he's whoa broke,steady to shot and collared conditioned at this point but is seriously lacks in retrieving. Sometimes he’ll do a full retrieve, sometimes he won’t pick the bird up at all and other times he’ll do a ¾ retrieve. One major reason I did not FF this past sum...

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Classic GDF replies. Most responses on here turn into a d ic k measuring contest and the OP never gets a honest or good answer. OP do yourself a favor and search on Facebook for gun dog or upland hunting groups. People in those groups tend to be friendlier since their real name and picture are attac...

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I am in the market for a GSP puppy. I know I was very lucky with my first GSP. I was 19 and I randomly picked out a pup and he turned out awesome. My question is how do you guys pick out a puppy without driving all over the world to check them out? I’m very confident in picking out a dog in person b...

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I have a few times. The answer is always when the bad days outnumber the good and I am not sure which is which anymore. Is a good day a day he doesn’t mess in his kennel or poops while he’s eating. If he wasn’t completely deaf and partially blind this topic certainly wouldn’t even be brought up. I h...

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Its a hard choice no doubt. My last dog lived to be 17 and many times i was tempted to buy the pill. Like your dog, incontinent and acting goofy/ But my dog seemed happy enough, ran around enough that i could see she wanted to keep living IMO. Nothing wrong with the dog living outside is there? You...

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My GSP is 15 and I’m struggling with the decision of putting him down. He’s completely deaf and "bleep" near blind. He can’t seem to hold his bodily functions that well anymore so he’s either outside or in his kennel. He does a few other strange things also. He still gets around well which is why I’...

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I don't use an e collar with him and he acts weird when you put one on him. Here's an example of what worries me. Last season we were in the woods quail hunting , my friends and I were out of the woods first. I called him a few and he came ,stopped at the wood line and looked for us but went the oth...

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My male 11 y/o GSP seems to be losing his hearing. In the field or coming out of the woods when I yell for him he has a hard time telling which way the call is coming from and most of the time goes the wrong way. I'm fearing that one day I may lose him while hunting. Echo's really throw him off. Any...

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I have no problem with people breeding GSP and labs but the price is way too extreme. I could see $300 to $500 if the dogs are proven and had some type of hunting guarantee.

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Yes. I get it and the dogs sound great but the prices are crazy.

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I stumbled across a kennels website that sells so called hybrid dogs. The mix was lab and GSP but what shocked me was the price of $1000 to $2000 a puppy. I couldn't imagine paying that for basically a mutt. My buddy has a gsp/lab that was a accident breeding that was given to him and the dog has tu...

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Pheasant haunting in Ohio is disaster waiting to happen. I really shocked no one has been killed and seriously injured. I have had me fair share of run ins with these types of idiots. There are few steps the state could take to make this much safer but they could care less.

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I know some may not agree .. About 4 months ago my small female GSP growled and snipped at our toddler. So immediately I snatched the dog up and wore her "bleep" out. Now if the baby gets too ruff or the dog doesn't want to be bothered she goes in the other room or lays by me..

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I don't know if this would work.. Works Toilet bowl cleaner.. I recently spilled some of this on a oil stain in my garage, when I wiped it up no sign of a oil stain at all. So I would imagine since this stuff is made to get pee stains of toilets it would work..

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If it was me I would spend less time driving around and more time burning shoe leather. You aren't likely to just randomly see quail out and about unless there are a lot of birds. I also like to be in the field about an hour or two after daylight. Look for places where edges and food source meet. L...

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That's what I thought...

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I am very green as far as hunting wild quail and I need some advice. I live south Mississippi and the only advice that I have received was from the area biologist, what he told me was to look for areas that had a burn in the last year or so . Not much help since all the WMA's and hunting grounds hav...

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My GSP is a large build, when in tip top shape he weighs in at 76 or so pounds. At that weight he is all muscle and you can see hip bones and most ribs. So 4 cups is just right in my opinion. Then why did you ask? Your dog is 18 lbs overweight and you want to take some it off. Put your dog on a die...

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He is the one on the far left. As you can see he's way larger than the other two. This was taken mid summer of 2010..

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My GSP is a large build, when in tip top shape he weighs in at 76 or so pounds. At that weight he is all muscle and you can see hip bones and most ribs. So 4 cups is just right in my opinion.

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My main question was if I should cut back on his food. Right now we are doing a 2 mile bike ride,1 mile on a leash and 1 mile free run through trails. I also stop and let him run free for about for 20 mins thru woods/fields and sometimes we end with some swimming. This was our first summer in the so...

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With the recent move to Mississippi and the extreme heat of the south I was too lazy and let my GSP get chubby. Right now he is about 18lbs from his normal hunting weight. Besides daily exercise should I also cut his food back? I feed him Diamond HI-Performance and 4 cups a day..

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I find myself being a little sad that I am going to miss my first pheasant season in Ohio. For nine years I hunted there with my first GSP and for 7 of those years I b itched and complained about it every time I went out. In Ohio the pheasants are state released and the release days are like a civil...

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I really don't care what type of you have as long as it does what YOU want it to do.

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I have a blood hound that points or chocolate lab.. I call him a german shorthair though.

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It depends what your definition of bird action... I'm from Ohio and all phez were state released. Release days were like civil war if not worse. You could go out later in the day and it wouldn't be so bad but birds are scarce at best. The state releases birds from November 16 to Thanksgiving and sea...

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Yes. The vet said it was a clean dislocation...

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Here ya go ..

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Foot.

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Last Thursday my female got tangled up in a fence and dislocated her back foot. After a $500 trip to the emergency vet we left with 2 xrays,antibiotics and a splint .No tears just a clean dislocation. The instructions they gave were for her to take it easy for 3 weeks and to leave the splint on for ...

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Hotel wise just stay in one where the room door goes directly outside. Get a room on the first floor and near the parking lot.. If your only staying one night you'll be fine.

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Instead of pictures just send me some...

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Like others have said do your research on bloodlines... I didn't pay any attention on my first GSP, but I really lucked out with him. My next dog I was suckered in by the breeders hype, $900 mistake.. My third GSP I did little research and bought local. Good dog but lots of work and still working on...

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Ohiosportsman.com... Full of a bunch of know-it-alls. Pretty worthless...Ohio doesn't have any birds so there isn't really a need for one. You'll also find 2 of the most knowledgeable Ohioans on this site ...

This is by far the best gun dog site on the net.

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What state is this breeder in?

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That is what I figured.. Neither dog is no where near being out of shape , but haven't been ran hard in warmer temps. Of course now it is way too hot for running and almost too hot for swimming. I checked the temp of the pond by our house and it was sitting around 92 degrees. I just wasn't sure if t...

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I recently moved down to Gulfport, MS unfortunately. I was looking at the average temps of October thru January and they are still in the low to mid 70's or higher. Neither dog has been hunting in temps that high. I'm also concerned that since male is extremely large in size for a GSP(not fat) it wi...

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My friends lab jumps all over you and barks crazily when you enter his home. His wife ask how and why my dogs are so well behaved.. My response" Attention, exercise and a foot in the "bleep" from time to time".. Her response while the dog was barking still " We could never do that to our dog, that's...

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Nothing?

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We just recently moved to Gulfport MS. We have been here for 2 months now and my 2 y/o female has been acting like a complete idiot since. I have done everything to socialize her with her new surroundings but nothing is working. We are lucky enough to have some wood/fields behind the house for the d...

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Englewood.

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From a breeder. He was 9 weeks old when I took him home.

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I bought off a local breeder in Ohio 7 years ago.. I have not a clue of his lines. When I purchased him I never had the intent of hunting him and never expected him to be such a great dog. The people I purchased him off never sent his papers and I completely forgot until 8 or 9 months ago. I sure wi...

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Thanks.. I am just so excited to hopefully have wild birds. Should I leave the dogs the first few times?

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I didn't ealize they were nesting. I guess this info would be for next season or later this year..

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Gulfport MS..

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I am in south Mississippi. When is nesting season?

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I'm from Ohio, so neither dog has ever seen a true wild bird. This might make me like Mississipi a little more if I can find places to hunt them...

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