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AzDoggin

I wouldn't, in general, limit water. If the pup is a female, might need to have her checked out for UTI. At 10 weeks, it is very predictable when the pup will need to eliminate. Bottom line is that he needs to be outside during those times. Get him started with a collar and leash, and walk him aroun...

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Need your contact information.

Just wrenched my neck out trying to see that pup. Gonna call The Eagle and get going on a neck injury lawsuit.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Good lookin' pup, tho.

AzDoggin

ultracarry wrote:Also I might know someone who uses the bite method, on birdwork also.

Pics?

AzDoggin

Brinks - bringing your puppy with you everywhere you go is the IDEAL solution for the pup's socialization and training. Think of the number of reps and amount of feedback he would get from you all day long.....if that's doable. In situations when they have to be together...they need to be strictly s...

AzDoggin

Great news!!!! Some day there will be a chip we can have implanted in the dog that will identify her position when pinged from a satellite and give it to you on your smart phone. That thing would sell, I know that!! Can't wait for the day! Seems like a no brainer. Whoever creates it will be a rich ...

AzDoggin

Great news!!!!

Some day there will be a chip we can have implanted in the dog that will identify her position when pinged from a satellite and give it to you on your smart phone. That thing would sell, I know that!!

AzDoggin

I hope she turns up!! I was on another forum the other day, and was surprised to find this posted: How are French Britneys to train? Mine was pretty easy. They are very intelligent and don't take well to a hard hand. By 7 months I had Arrow pointing chukar (a little bit of a creep the first year) an...

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I swear I heard once of a last ditch effort to make a dog birdy -- the owner switched over the dog's diet to raw (skinned out) birds. The dog then got more interested in the feathered variety. Have to wonder how it affected the dog's mouth on retrieve, tho. Not recommending it, just heard about it. ...

AzDoggin

I'd fix an eye bolt somewhere with a chain that won't let him reach the side's. go to head of class BUT my lab BARKS and fisherman and me hate it. so i dont take him anymore fishing in boat. Jim, my son and I hiked into a remote lake in the Az mountains last summer. We had the lake to ourselves...w...

AzDoggin

i dont like tethering or kenneling a dog on a boat simply because if there was ever an open water boating accident they are definitely going to drown. I think i'd have a better chance at swimming to shore with a dog to help me along not to mention how awful I'd feel if he drowned because i'd tied h...

AzDoggin

Very nice, congratulations and good luck!!

AzDoggin

He releases the dog and casts him off in the direction of the bird and the dog picks up wind and goes directly in on the bird, picks it up and prances a little before coming directly in on the recall and gently giving up the bird to his handler. On the second bird the dog actually saw the bird fall...

AzDoggin

Thanks everybody. Another question: I have so far avoided using the e collar when in a bird contact scenario. I'm afraid he will associate the nick with birds. Would it make sense to introduce a nick if he breaks at a flush? He is pretty solid on "whoa" in all situations except a flushing bird. He ...

AzDoggin

Try to control your adrenalin the dog takes his cue from you. That's pretty good advice right there. It requires a change of mindset if you want to "hunt" a dog that's not finished. I remember the title of an article that Brittany breeder Martha Greenlee wrote about Mo Lindley: Calm Trainer, Calm D...

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gonehuntin' wrote:No one's gonna call you crazy for that; at my kennel we kept a flock of banties to train with. Only caution is, if a dog is not extremely birdy, those banties can frighten them. She do have some pretty feathers for fly tying though!!

Make some pretty decent soup, too.

AzDoggin

Has to help that their nose is perpetually 2 inches above the ground!! Some of those freaking dachshunds have hellacious noses, I know that - grew up with them and have a 15 year old in the house now. Problem is, I don't know how you'd ever get one out of a cattail slough :lol: My mom used to give o...

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Here's a very recent video of a Distant Shadow, Caladens Silver Belle pup posted by Oscar over on the Field Trialer today. This is a Millers White Powder, Joe Shadow, Guardrail, White Powder all age field trial type breeding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unWw3ty84po I am not looking for breed fig...

AzDoggin

Bottom line: Depends on the dog. Smitty, you should have stopped with that sentence right there - it was the most accurate one that you wrote. I know for a fact that ckirsch has a pointer that is a NAVHDA VC, and can and does retrieve in and out of water all day long if asked to. So, yeah, you were...

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Found this on another forum. Gonehuntin' feel free to make changes if you see any to be made. This post has made its' rounds.... Gun shyness By gonehuntin CURING GUN SHYNESS A dog is very much like a person. Your fear of one thing can be so great, it outweighs your desire to do another thing. In thi...

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gonehuntin' wrote: For your dog, down will be more useful than sit anyhow, unless you teach her to run blinds and demand sit on the whistle.

Agree. Do you really need sit? I'd think there would be much higher training priorities...

AzDoggin

So sorry, man, I feel for you, that had to be horrible. Just one of those fluke and unfair deals. Has to hurt. Had a buddy whose hardhead Brittany did the same thing, but his prop slice was across his head and they were able to wrap him up and get him stitched up. No way you could have done anything...

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So Mr. Bemused, do you laugh at your pups when they don't do what you want them to do, or do you teach them?

AzDoggin

Yep.

Doc, what are the treatment implications, if any, from this study?

AzDoggin

First, choose a pup from parents who have the ability to be calm. That's really important. Prey drive and self control are different traits. You don't have to give up one to have the other. In fact, Earl Crangle who was Bob's Wehle's trainer, described the winningest Elhew dogs as "the calmest, quie...

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I sent that to someone who was grieving once. He replied, "that didn't help at all!" Some days are diamonds and some days are ............... Sharon, I told my wife today that I sent her a message from the point of view of an old dog (this poem from Don). She started crying. I deleted the message r...

AzDoggin

NC Quailhunter wrote:I read this and all of a sudden the dust kicks up and aggravates my eyes. Amazing.

Lots of crap in the air here, too. Must be the season.

AzDoggin

Intense is the first word I would use to describe Momo. It doesn't matter what we are doing, she is intense. Hunting, intense. Eating, intense. Getting attention, intense to the point of being annoying at times. She even seems intense when sleeping. For the first year, the only time she was off was...

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Looks like my thoughts have been confirmed.....there are no training groups around Cheyenne... ...who frequent this forum... :D There is a NAVHDA chapter based in Cheyenne: Wyoming (CHEYENNE) FRONTIER ~KOEHLER, ROBERT T. 7005 QUARTER CIRCLE DR CHEYENNE WY 82009 307/432-0948 The Frontier chapter in ...

AzDoggin

I'd watch how close you let the pup get before triggering the launcher. Some of them are noisy and can freak a pup out, or just make them launcher-wise. I have 1 dog that won't point a launcher anymore because he knows it's BS. And yes, I know I created that problem myself, no need to be lectured o...

AzDoggin

Yes it is Darius. I had not seen that picture as I had not looked at the online article before now. The 3 middle pictures are Vern, and the Black and White puppy is Gin, one of Vern's puppies. I typically have 2 to 4 dogs in the house all the time. They are very calm. I do have 2 that are a little ...

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For sure, that Darius is a good looking dude: http://www.letoiledunordkennels.com/Pictures/Darius/DariusAtOne.jpg Mark, is this Darius holding the wood duck (halfway down in this article?) Link: http://www.gundogmag.com/2012/08/14/breed-profile-the-french-brittany/ “There are three things I recommen...

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Gentlemen - the next question might be "can the upland specialist that might like to retrieve be identified at 8 weeks?" I suspect not, but would be interested in your experiences... Guessing a person would want to look to the parents (and grandparents), and litter histories in attempt to stack the ...

AzDoggin

Ha! "I caught this on my OWN. You didn't have to shoot it!"

Too funny. Made my Monday.

AzDoggin

How you gonna ever discipline a pup that good looking?

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RayGubernat wrote:
A trainer works FOR YOU. You are the employer, they are the employee. Some folks don't get that.

Exactly right, Ray. Just like a doctor, lawyer, or landscaper.

AzDoggin

I would separate them now and work them separately, train separately and house separately until they're about a year old. google littermate syndrome. You are definitely making the battle more uphill at least initially if you train the pups together. Once they get to "chaingang" age, you should be g...

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deseeker wrote:I was going to answer females in general, but I know better than to say that on this forum :roll:

C.painter wrote:Now that's funny! IF its any indication of the women in my life I am in trouble! .

I have no idea what you guys are talking about.

AzDoggin

deseeker wrote: But you need to realize SOME FEMALES GET REAL FUNNY IN THE HEAD when they are in heat---some just don't act normal when they are in heat !:

We're talkin' dogs here, right?

AzDoggin

I have a ESS that is 9 weeks old, and he is a little biter. He doesnt bite out of anger, just playing around, and I have been using Dokken's theory of wrapping the bottom jowels around the bottom teeth and apply pressure (starting with light pressure and working up if he keeps biting) and I seem to...

AzDoggin

Started with labs. Loved them then, love them now. We had a lease on the North Platte River in Nebraska and several blinds on our stretch of land, so the lab was the PERFECT dog for our needs hunting, and the perfect family dog too.

AzDoggin

Here's a young dogger who does alright. This is a Schutzhund competition - the OB portion. Of course, this young lady's father is a little involved.

AzDoggin

Why not leave her with the breeder? I think eight weeks is safe enough to take a pup home but it certainly won't hurt her to stay right where she is until you get home. I do not think I would be carting a pup all over creation at that age. That's what I'd do if the breeder could keep the pup. May h...

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Cajun Casey wrote:Epilepsy is a problem in English setters of all field and bench lines. However, if you want out of the box, I would suggest a chiropractor.

How common? You have any incidence rates?

AzDoggin

Yikes. Bloodwork will not identify a seizure disorder (unless, I suppose, it's due to fighting off some other illness...). Seizure disorders are abnormal structures/electrical paths in the brain. If that is indeed the problem, the seizures will recur over time - probably in response to some other st...

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I went to a couple their sites http://www.snareshop.com/products.asp?dept=131 http://www.sullivansline.com/sline/snaring/snarehard.aspx but ended up with with a pair from Sears for about $18 because I had that much left on a gift certificate-they had the double action deal- squeeze and supposedly g...

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Very sorry to hear about this.

UglyD wrote:Man I feel for you- that has happened more that I like to think about around here. A pair of high quality aircraft cable cutters are always in my vest.

UglyD - could you dig up a link to some of those cutters? I'd like to see what you are talking about.

AzDoggin

ACD's are AWESOME dogs. They absolutely need work. I'm sure your setter will help keep her exercised (and vice versa).

They are tough little buggers. I'd have one if we were set up for it.

AzDoggin

Search "flank" on this forum for a day's worth of reading.

This thread is from a little over a week ago: viewtopic.php?f=89&t=36650&hilit=flank

Edit - wait - looks like that was you too. Hope you get the information you are looking for.

AzDoggin

I wasnt fishing with the dogs. I wouldnt do that. We were simply walking on a sand bar in the Cedar River. This hook was way up on the sand bar. The bar had been exposed for months due to the drought. So I know it wasnt a hook that was "Lost" this was a brand new hook that still had stink bait on i...

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