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Congrats to Pat and Tippy! I met them at the NAGDC event that they won. This might slow down the talk that a National Walking Dog Champion cannot run with the Big Boys.

Brenda, it's a large fileand may take a while on a slow internet connection.

Ezzy, Butterbal is a girl.

Mcbosco, I forgot all about "Bird dog" by Everly brothers. I might try to workthat into the next video if I can ge som more good footage of Butterball.

10 weeks.

Is this the correct place to enter a vedio in the contest? If so here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqjClwRpUdI

This is how I am starting out my GSP. Butterball is now 10 weeks old. Also had fun making this movie. First time for both.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqjClwRpUdI

Dave, I envy you. I have manage only two trips so far since the Woodcock season opened in NY and now it has been raining or snowing this last week. It has been over five years since I have been able to make it to Maine. Beautiful country, looks like you and you pup had a ball. Your pictures brought ...

This year I have set a goal of getting the young dogs out hunting Woodcock as much as I can during the season. Yesterday (10/10/09) was our second trip. It had rained the night before and it was cloudy and damp into early afternoon. Unfortunately none of my hunting buddies were able to come. As a re...

Butterball (9 weeks old) got to go on her first hunting road trip with the big girls. For all our efforts I go my limit on Woodcock and my hunting buddy got a Grouse. One time during the day when I gave Butterball a pee break I threw one of the dead Woodcock into some grass. After Butterball had tak...

Tony, I also was poking fun at Rick. Picking an exceptional puppy is like buying a Lottery ticket. You have your favorite numbers, your rituals, you rub the lucky rabbits foot, put your money down and walk away with the ticket. However, with the puppy you love it no matter how it turns out because i...

We need more information to make this really interesting. I start out liking looks ( large patches, deep liver color, solid head, white background to patch area, etc.) Then, once the eyes open and the personality shows the selection changes or narrows down. Give us some information on their personal...

The thing to remember is that Woodcock like and eat only worms. So you need to find soil that worms thrive in (loam, flood plains with silt, etc). If soil is rocky or sandy, no worms, no Woodcock. Also, Woodcock like ground that is open and clear so they can walk around but need a canopy close above...

I can live with that. Thanks for the quick reply. So the act of movement be it the pointing dog or backing dog is a fault which in turns detracts from (if you will) the overall score of the dogs performance. Kind of like getting one question wrong on a 100 question test. More faults (more missed que...

While on the subject of backing… A question came up in conversation yesterday. The question was is the backing dog picked up if it turns to mark the pointing dog’s flushed bird? My initial reaction was to answer yes since the backing dog is supposed to be literally pointing the pointing dog. Since t...

Not sure my PM ever got out of the blocks so I go this rout. The slide show is great. My question was what program did you use to generate it? Also in your opinion would it ever be possible for a person who does not ride a horse to ever be able to partake in such hunting. I think I have a few dogs t...

I am looking to buy an old H&R 970 Blank Gun (22 cal).

Cooked up some deer the other day, use beef broth enough to cover the roast, cook on low all day at least 10 hours till that meat falls apart, then add homemade egg noodles, thicken the sauce with corn startch or mix some water and flour, mash a bunch of taters and spread the deer.noodles over them...

Sorry, but now you got me off on a different tangent. Does it make a difference on what kind of liver you use? i.e. beef, pig, chicken, deer, etc. Also had a great thought now that you got me going down this thought trail. Most people (me included) think that Woodcock tastes like liver. Has anyone t...

Serve liver dumplings or marrow dumpling in the soup

OK, I will bite What is the recipe for liver/marrow dumplings?

If you can find an old issue of GSP News (May 2004). David Deioma's tribute to his dog. The material was the basis for the nomination package which was used to get Trekker into the GSPCA Dog Hall of Fame

Thanks DGFavor. I suspected the solution was that way. Although I use layers a lot, I have not ventured into that particular procedure very much because it is time consuming (I thought). I was hoping that there was another way to accomplish the same thing.

Not sure if this would be better approached via private mail or not. Thanks for the offer to help DGFavor. How did you manage to eliminate the unwanted portion of one photograph so that you could apply the remaining portion to a second photograph? In the picture of the dog with Pro Plan bags, how di...

Any chance that people would like to keep this thread going as a source of help for working over photos that people have of their dogs? I have Adobe Photoshop 6.0 and Adobe Premiere 6.5. Not sure that I can accomplish some of the effects that you have managed. I like the "Ghosted" background example...

I agree with Chief_dog. It is an opportunity to train and steady your dog. I have done just such a thing. However, there are times when you would just like to go out and hunt behind your own dog. Your buddy should understand. If he does not, perhaps he is not such a good buddy. It is not always abou...

This whole subject got me thinking about a problem I had several years ago. Go to http://home.earthlink.net/~klynch3/BerryDogs.html Thought you might enjoy.

IF you are a responsible breeder that has a good line and it turn out you have a carrier that has the attributes you want you can breed the carrier. BUT you must test the mate to insure it is not also a carrier. FURTHER, the resulting litter must be tested and only non carriers are to be brought for...

DR. MARGRET CASAL OF UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HAS TOLD ME TODAY THAT SHE BELIEVES THEY HAVE FOUND A GENE MARKER FOR LUPOID DERMATOSIS THAT CAN BE USED TO DETERMINE CARIIERS, NON CARRIERS, AND AFFECTED DOGS. SHE HAS REQUESTED CHEEK SWABS FROM 50 DOGS. SHE WILL NEED 2-4 SWABS PER DOG. THE SAMPLES SH...

Meanwhile back at the ranch can anyone come up with answers to the questions I previously posted? “I have several questions. In the above letter from AKC it states “…field events limits usage to those units that weigh less than 5 ounces, excluding the strap itself.” My question is what do people thi...

Martin, you agree with my statement that there will always be cheaters. However you then proceed to assume that therefore everyone wants to or will cheat. You state “We lock our houses as a reasonable precaution to deter most thieves. We keep our keys in our pockets, not hanging on a hook next to th...

I am surprised that no one has mentioned the following: January 16, 2009 To: All Pointing Breed Parent Clubs That Held Field Events in 2008 Subject: The Use of GPS Tracking Collars at Pointing Breed Field Events The GPS tracking collar is a new piece of equipment available to the sport. The introduc...