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DougB wrote:My last dog liked Sam Adams. This one likes Nordeast. None of that near-beer crap for my hunting buds.

Mine prefer pendelton with a splash of sierra mist, and yes they know when you try to put 7-up in.

deke

LET THE BEARD RUN FREE

Not only does it keep your face really warm during the winter, but it is really in style right now.

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My buddy was looking for a good "hunting" lab. He kept sending me websites to look over, as soon as i saw "ivory'', or "charcoal" or ( this is my personal favorite) "Irish Cream" , I would text him back and tell him to move on. The sad part is that these people wanted big money for a dog with zero p...

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The whole petri dish method is a joke, well I guess it is an easy way to make $400.00 off of someone who doesn't really know what they are looking for. The only way to test that would give you the results you are looking for is an air sample test from different areas in your house, count the spores,...

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We do a lot of mold and water mitigation, and one thing you always see is dogs and people with puffed up swollen eyes. A lot of times you can have a massive mold problem in your house and not even know about it. If you had a mold problem, and added a dog with a low immune system you could get the ki...

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There certainly is and that is true for everybody. However, the common phrase now for the sellers at least, is that the purchase is the cheapest part of the deal. Very true, just as it is with many things, but you seldom hear that from the same people when they are buying a car or most any other pi...

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My gerber works great for pulling out quills. Also a small set of needle nose work well.

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I have never hunted chukar, but I will tell you they are the nicest boots i have owned. We hunt the palouse in eastern wa for pheasant so it alot of up and down hill, and they seem to be holding up just fine.

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So yesterday my 15 month old pup is on the beach while I am working on the boat. My neighbor comes by with his dog and 2 other small Shitzu crosses all goes well for a while but then one of the Shitzu takes a nip at my pup and he responds with an aggressive nip or 2 of his own. My neighbor held the...

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Filson uplanders. Bought mine on sale for 100.00 at the warehouse. Worst break in experience of my life, but once you get them broken in they are amazingly comfortable. I just replaced the sole, and oiled them every day. $100??! Wow! They retail for $400+. I have the Filson outlet store less than a...

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JKP wrote:Stick with an O/U or a SxS...if you can't kill them with 2 shots....the birds win

What if i just put two shells in an auto? Don't get me wrong, I love my o/u i just dont shoot them as well as any of my autos.

deke

Filson uplanders. Bought mine on sale for 100.00 at the warehouse. Worst break in experience of my life, but once you get them broken in they are amazingly comfortable. I just replaced the sole, and oiled them every day.

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Well, you stated in your first post that you wanted a toy. Why not go all the way and get a SxS. :D Much lighter in most cases, and I shoot a SxS better than any other configuration I have ever shouldered. Just thought I'd throw that in there. :wink: I prefer AyA's. I am looking for a ithaca skb 10...

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The answers are pretty much what I expected on this forum. There Is a huge preference to upland dogs from many of the members. It's not a bad thing, just something I have noticed. As far as the plumber or electrician question, I think of the Lab as a general contractor. Like the GWP they are a fant...

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DonF wrote:If you had a broken water line under your house, would you call a plumber or an electrician?

I would crawl under the house and fix it myself? But I think I get what you are saying.

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It wasn't me that said they were the best of both worlds, I will be the first to tell you that my dog lacks the grace of a true pointer. He doesn't point every bird either, usually when birds are sitting tight he points and if they go for cover he will flush. I never trained him to point because I l...

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Get a pointing lab. Best of both worlds!! The only pointing lab I've been around was a completely and totally worthless dog. But shouldn't a pointing lag be just a pointer, not a "best of both worlds"? I could say the same thing about the gsp's that I have been around, my pointing lab will hunt cir...

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I have a 60 ish lb lab that eats 8 cups a day and a 120 ish lb lab that eats two cups of food per day. Im starting to believe that you just roll the dice and get what you get.

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I love shooting a semi-auto but I don't like the fact they throw the empties all over. I hate seeing used shells being left after shooting but they can be hard to find when you use a gun with ejectors of any kind. I pretty much stick with a pump or double barrel in the field. Ezzy I hunt mostly pub...

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I do like the looks of that A-5, how does it hold up to rough treatment though? Im not to worried about the kick from a light gun either, I shoot three inch mags out of my cz which weighs six pounds.

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Looking at buying a new gun for upland hunting, mostly pheasant with maybe a few quail thrown into the mix. As of now I am shooting a Cz upland light, and a Remington 11-87 20ga. Both are awesome guns, but it is time for a new toy. I am mostly looking for an auto 12 ga, that is pretty light for long...

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How do you make them understand really quickly they did something wrong? I just got s 5 yr old Brittany. Every dog is going to be different on the amount of punishment it takes to get something through their head. One of my dogs would only need a mean look and a quick smack on the butt to get the m...

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If a male dog marks in the house it 100% operator error. I have two males that free roam my house and I have only had a dog try to mark once, and while he was still mid stream I made him understand very quickly that it was unacceptable.

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If I am not mistaken, this is the same thing that Junior Dos Santos had after one of his fights in the UFC. How it was explained to me was his body had almost no fat, and he was training so hard trying to cut down on weight that his body basically starts cannibalizing muscle tissue to make up for la...

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We did an x pen in the garage, with his kennel ziptied into the opening. It seemed to work out fairly well, kind of prolonged potty training though.

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[ The flip side of that is my buddy who has replaced the tranny in all four of his dodge trucks at under 80,000. But you are correct, the tuners definitely reduce the amount of life in a tranny.[/quote] My trans guy told me if I chip the truck I should upgrade the torque converter[/quote] Anytime yo...

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Do yourself a huge favor and find one that is a manual. Before i bought my duramax i passed up a 2006 5.9 HO, manual for $17,000.00 , the truck only had 50 thousand on it. I still kick myself for not buying it right then. To answer your question, Dodges are notorious for blowing trannys in their ol...

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Do yourself a huge favor and find one that is a manual. Before i bought my duramax i passed up a 2006 5.9 HO, manual for $17,000.00 , the truck only had 50 thousand on it. I still kick myself for not buying it right then. To answer your question, Dodges are notorious for blowing trannys in their old...

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I carry a Glock 22 (full frame .40) Bought it for $200 bucks used, and still think its the best $200 i have ever spent. I am a wide guy so it is fairly easy to conceal, even during the summertime. My fiance however is about as petite as you can imagine, and the only way she could conceal it is if th...

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Gonehuntin nailed it. If I tell my dogs " here" and they decide not to listen they get drug over to me by the back of the neck, or the zap. Depending on whats easier for me, and which one will get the message across faster. Also, if you hunt your dog in thick brush he might just not be hearing you a...

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Like crackerd said, There is no speed training when it comes to retrievers. If you try to short cut the system you will find that it screws something else up down the line. Retriever training takes a TON of repetition, where pointer work from what i can tell is all about shaping their natural prey d...

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If I don't have to clean blood off the floor more than once a week I start getting concerned that one of them is sick. As long as they aren't trying to actually hurt each other I let them play as rough as they want.

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Go there... we always shoot our limits there.

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The nose knows.

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Have you ever watched a litter of puppies play and tumble around? Which ones yelp? It's not the pushy, bully-ish, more dominant pups - it's the ones that are more submissive. So by teaching your kids to yelp you have set them up to be the submissive ones while the dog gets to be the boss. Lots of f...

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I live on the west side of WA, not in the big cities though. Most of us voted against 594, but we had a school shooting a week or so before voting started which really turned the tides I think. The funny thing about this bill is that it makes me a felon for holding a buddies gun while he crosses a f...

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We just got back from a trip hunting wild pheasants and we were running a lab, gsp, pudelpointer, and a springer/english pointer mix. All the dogs hunted very well together, they are all a bit older though, and none of the pointers are trained very well. I did notice my lab starting to pick up on th...

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I wear those little stretch gloves that you buy for little kids in the winter. Buy a few pairs for your pocket just incase you get them wet. They are just enough to keep your hands warm enough to move, but not bulky enough to slow you down. I usually only wear them in SD, mostly because of the wind....

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This is the Ford, Dodge, Chevy argument all over again. I drive a chev, so i give my buddies crap that drive dodges or fords, and vice versa. We all know that each truck can do the job, but it is still fun to talk a little smack every once in a while. Same rules apply to compound bows, fishing gear,...

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It is a never ending struggle between dogs and mice. If your favorite snack was out in a field, would you just walk by it?

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It is a good idea to check you pup out thoroughly after every hunt. eyes and ears are the most important, then check entire body for cuts and thorns. It only takes a few minutes but it saves a lot of headache later. Glad your pup is okay though.

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They are taking the pins out? I still have six in my leg, and a plate. Wonder why they take them out of dogs? The rod/plate I should say. This is what he has said numerous times, I assumed the pins too, I am actually fairly certain of it. If you are going to take one out you might as well take the ...

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You don't mention whether or not you have owned hunting breed dogs before. The reason I mention this is because people with young children tend to find that they can't handle both little kids AND hunting breeds due to the demand on time & resources. These dogs need LOTS of exercise and someplace to...

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They are taking the pins out? I still have six in my leg, and a plate. Wonder why they take them out of dogs?

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I must say, that is one good looking dog.

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you are starting a bit late it sounds like. We usually start gearing my pup up around June. His biggest issue is his feet, so we started running him 5 miles a day on the road, trying to toughen them up. Last year he hunted ten days straight in SD without much of an issue. We fed him a can of chicken...

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Not sure how this relates to dogs, but I can tell you from experience that breaking your femur is about the worse bone in your body to break as far as healing time goes. I was out of commission longer than my buddy who broke three neck bones. He was back to work in three weeks, I still needed someon...

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That is what I use, and I love them. Just have to re-wax them everyonce in a while. I actually just bought the full pants Friday night and used them on the opener. They are also nice, but a little bulky and hot.

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I don't play tug with my dogs because what "IF" it makes them hard mouthed. As for rough housing, we get a little crazy at my house, as long as there are no teeth everything is fair game though.

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I feed my dog a cup of food before we head out hunting, but it is usually a few hours before he ever gets his paws muddy. And it is more to keep him in the routine of morning meal than anything else, if he gets out of his routine his whole day is thrown off.

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