Gun Dog Forum

Prairie Hunter, Thats what I thought too but those guys have used it and swears that it works. Pavo pretty much seems to be a death sentence so if a person cann't afford to take them to a vet it may be worth a try. Vagas, That's awsome, I'm glad to hear that "tough ol boy" pulled through and turned ...

Has anybody ever heard of giving a parvo pup bleach? My coon hunting buddies have had great success with it. Unfortunately for that to happen you would have to have parvo litters wich is a nightmare. When administering make sure that the pup is biting down on the syringe so that it gets in his stoma...

birddogger wrote:I believe the scents are just another gimic to seperate us from our money. I have fallen for it in the past myself. It is worthless for dog training or anything else IMO.

Charlie

x's 2 - I could'nt have said it better myself.

I also use a prong collar in my heel/whoa training. What I have found is that a after a couple of snaps of the collar and the dog seems to try to understand what you want due to the instant presure. If you are working with a cooperative dog you should'nt need the prong collar after minimal sessions....

I would like to clear this up. I had no agenda to debate this subject as I stated " I'm not trying to debate it, just to learn". That being said, I have no problem debating about a subject that I believe in or one that I have knowledge of. What I do have a problem with is being taken out context wic...

Shadow, That statement came after I googled it as suggested by vzkennels. That is the information I came up with. I could'nt find anything negative on spaying pups young. Apparently it is done all the time by rescue groups and animal shelters and I'm not saying it's right or wrong. I did'nt know and...

I'm at a loss of words here. First, I never stated that I was ever going to get a pup or dog spayed. I just asked a question. Second, A person should never compare a child to an animal - for example; if you do that to your dog but would you do it to your a child. I understand that horrible things ha...

vz kennels, I was just responding to a comment that you made regarging spaying a young pup. I obviously was unaware of prior discusssions regarding that topic. Thanks for the info that you provided. shadow, you can never,ever, ever compare a dog to a child like that. The list is very long as to the ...

I just googled it like you suggested.

nooblet, It seems that a young dog only picks up bad habits from other dogs. You should never take him running rabbits with that pointer. I would reccomend just letting them play together in the yard but never have them in a field together. What are you planning on hunting? By the way, exactly how s...

rstbkt69, Sorry to hear about your situation and best wishes to you and your family. It sounds like the guy understands your financial situation and just wants to invite you out to his place for a free hunt. I would concider taking him up on it. Although, $200 per hunter for 10 chukar seems about 2x...

vzkennels, What I have found is that you can have a pup spayed or neutered as young as 6 to 8 weeks old with no harmful effects. Overall, younger animals recover faster with less pain. I did find that some vets prefer to wait until 16 weeks or until they are dewormed and have had they're vaccination...

texscala, Sorry to hear about your son and best wishes.
Ron

I'm just curious as to why you can'nt get a pup spayed at a young age? I have never heard that before or maybe I have and just did'nt pay attention.
Thanks

sjkennels, No offence but I dout that you would want your neighbors dogs barking all night when you are trying to sleep and have to get up early for work. I live in the city also and will highly recomend the bark collars with adjustable stimulation settings. It will not effect anything as far as tra...

BellaDad, If your 9 month old GSP is pointing birds 5 to 7 feet away in the green stuff I don't think that you have anything to worry about. The scent conditions are not the same as if hunting was in season. Now if your pup is catching birds that is a big set back (from my experience) but easily fix...

CZ Ringneck
SxS
12 gauge
28 in barrels
7 1/2 shot - 1oz or 1 1/8 oz
for quail, chucker and pheasants
5 shot for squirrels in summertime and 7 1/2 when the leaves fall or 22lr

I know a guy that loves his Stoeger 2000 and he can afford to hunt with anything. It will fall in your price range and takes 3 1/2 and it's a semi auto. I personally prefer a nice sxs but good luck with your search.

JDN, You may want to concider a french brittany. I'm a pointer guy but I know where some 4 week old pups are that you could get at a reasonable price. If you are interested PM me and I will connect you with them. Either way, good luck with your search.

Cashiers, I would use a different approach than those mentioned thus far. Not that theres anything wrong with those methods. If you are 100% for sure that your dog knows what here means I would start him on the e-collar on a low setting and if needed raise it. It souds like it might be time he under...

Ezzy - What's that got to do with anything? I am very familiar with DNA. Getting back to my original statement. Frozen semen breedings go against mother nature's selective breeding process in wich through selective breeding the strongests survive, this means with birddogs that the best should be bre...

OK quail hunter, Is she still bleeding at all? If so, there's nothing to worry about right now. If you go wipe her and it is completely clear (no pink at all) her fertile window has opened. If the male is not covering her at that time then you may want to go the AI route (time to get your hands dirt...

Pointers_31, That's a tough scenario. I can admit that there are some advantages to frozen semen breedings. Another one would be when breeding to a studdog that is very far away. It would be so mush easier to just have a straw sent to your vet's office. I just forsee it being abused in the future (a...

Neil, the registerable comment was 100% wrong on my part. I worded that wrong and your wright, it's all about choices.

Where would we be if birddog men were doing this 30 or 40 years ago? My guess is that we would all have sons of Elhew Strike, Millers Chief, Fiddler, Joe Shadow, ect. We would have missed out on the true greatness of these producers and the production off their offspring. Why breed to Snakefoot when...

Briarpatch, that was a very smart reply. To answer without being a hypocrite I would say outcross to a proven pruducer then go back into the original bloodline. Similar to what Mr. Whele did when outcrossing to Hook's Bounty Hunter and Dun's Fearless Bud. Jakemaster, I had no idea that Rail Dancer f...

I know and clearly understand the advantages of frozen semen. I used a poor chioce of words in my post. It is none of my business what anybody does with their dogs. This post is not who I am it's just something I thought would be interesting to talk about. I do think they're some negatives in frozen...

"Mostly due to Miller dogs" was arrogant and narrow minded for me to say, sorry. I'm not trying to pick a fight, I just find this subject may be interesting to discuss. I hope everybody understands the logic behind my statement. Let dead dogs live through their sons not through a straw. Let the sons...

Am I the only guy that thinks frozen semen breedings are wrong? If a great champion cann't produce sons that produces champions then why breed back to him? When a dog dies he should stay dead and let his offspring carry on his legacy. I think frozen semen breedings only make very high priced puppys ...

Here's an example of what Shawn means when he says good help is hard to find. I was just up there Sunday the 8th to pick my dog back up (6 hour drive). He was out with his family but his kennel manager was supposed to be there to give me my dog back. I showed up a little early and nobody was home. I...

Mr. Crappy, I'm making a very good Miller breeding right now if you would be interrested. I have a male off of Ch Miller's White Powder and a female off of Ch Miller's Silver Bullet to a Guard Rail female that I'm breeding to my female off of Ch Wiggin's River Dollar and a littermate female to Ch Mi...