Gun Dog Forum

Has anyone here ever owned or hunted with a mixed breed bird dog? A kid in our warehouse got a half brittany have english setter puppy both parents are hunters in the paper for 20 dollars. I told him I imagine the puppy could be a good hunting dog for him. He was incredibly excited Just wondering h...

Good morning. This past weekend we had Jersey out for her first experience in the field. The snow was very very deep and it was tough to find any good grass cover for her to run but all and all she seemed to have a great time. I was hoping we would kick up some type of bird (sparrows,grackle,etc...)...

Good point. I was just thinking with the 5 feet of snow we have their isn't much left for grass cover showing. We're heading to my parents this weekend in rural MN so I'll see what I can find for her to explore. Thanks for the input.

Thanks everyone, we appreciate the kind words! We've had her for 7 days now and she is warming up nicely. I'm not new to gun dogs but I'm new to training. I've been searching/reading info from this site and theirs some good stuff! Since we just got her and she's 6 months old we've been working on ba...

Hey everyone, I’m fairly new to the site and the last couple of months I had been posting questions about different mixed breed gun dogs. Thanks for everyone’s input, we appreciate it very much! We finally got a puppy on Wednesday, her name is Jersey! She's 1/2 English Springer Spaniel x 1/2 German ...

Gosh that Cocker x Terrier is sure a good looking dog!!! I've got a terrier/beagle/heeler mix, never tried hunting with him but he sure enjoys ice fishing and golfing!!!

Splendid photos!!! Quick question. I'm a newbie and noticed that some of the dogs in the photos had 3+ collars on and was just wondering what they all are? E-Collar, GPS, and a normal collar? Once again great photos!

Hey again! We're still looking to adopt a dog from a shelter and came across these puppies, GSP/Labrador Retriever Mixes. Below is the link for the puppies. Just wondering what everyones thoughts are about the mix? Thanks for the input. http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=15408305

I'm even greener....what is force fetching exactly?

rkappes wrote: " Some days he loves to hunt and some days he could care less." Hehe, yes I was a little leary of this as well. Growing up with Brittanys they were always crawling out of their skin to go out and hunt ditch chickens! Do you think this is something that could be worked on with the GWP...

Shadow---Good idea. What would be things to look for/at with the GWP?

Thanks everyone for the input, it's all very helpful. Maybe we'll just end up adopting one of the pups from the shelter to have as a companion and then get a hunting dog from a proven breeder. We also called about this ad in the local paper. Below is what the guy had to say. Please let us know what ...

We're wanting to get a bird dog and want to get it from an animal shelter. They currently have 3 Pointer/Beagle puppies available and we're just wondering if anyone has any experience with a pointer/beagle as a bird hunting dog? We thought they might make a decent hunting dog and its about the size ...