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I had him out the other day when I took this pic. and after about an hour and a half he developed an ice ball on his right front paw and it made him limp till I got him home. He was fine once I got it off him but I just hate dealing with this snow and how hard it is for him busting the crust to try ...

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Add another 12" to what's on the ground in this pic. Not my idea of a good day for hunting.

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Just FYI. All my dogs are vetted to the 9s. All shots vaccines etc. All administered by a Vet. I know I could do a bunch of them but, I like the professional to do it for record keeping and a yearly once over. I keep a double record of my on. Nice that i have a vet that will do a kennel call. I am ...

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B_H where is your dooms day cave I'm sure you have one since you think every body is out to destroy you & your dog.I would really hate to think like you do my neck would ache from looking over my shoulder to see who's sneaking up on me. As far as this winter it's been tough but all 11 dogs I have h...

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Are you as paranoid and suspicious of all businesses as you are of dog food manufacturers and veterinarians? Or are they the only ones out to lie, cheat, and rob you of your money, health, and happiness? No, I am easy going and tend to trust everyone. Why would businesses what to take advantage of ...

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Maybe...but I expect the pup will ultimately remain second to the promotion of your personal feeding decisions...or, agenda. No, I don't think you hate Vets.I expect that you simply lack the knowledge and experience to allow the wisest decisions to be made re threats to your pup's most immediate he...

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So this winter doesn't want to quit. How are all of you dealing with it? I wont even exercise my dog this weekend, how can I, when he tries to make it through the field he is up to his neck in snow with 20+ inches of snow on the ground and drifts twice that deep. Temps will also be in the teens toni...

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Speaking for your pup, as someone certainly should, I would consider a Bordetella shot.Getting around an infected dog(farm, stray, birddog, whatever) or where they have been will find that infection easily spread.If, you never hunt or never traipse where other dogs are, then perhaps you can conside...

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Just FYI. I shot a deer one night and was unable to find it. Lots of coyotes where i live, no wolves. Went back the next morning and the coyotes had found the deer and had eaten the whole thing. Nothing left but hide and skeleton. I was so impressed had others come and take a look. I don't know whe...

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I should probably check my Gunniss book on kibble fed dogs because you might be setting some records here! As for raw you have another 10 years to go...

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Oh where to start. You really do not have any understanding of the dog food or any other feed manufacturing process. AAFCO is a broad based body of feed manufacturing personnel who are involved in research nutritionally of what an animal must have to be healthy. The ingredients all have to meet the...

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Many years ago I started feeding Schutzhund dogs raw diets from puppy all the way with zero issues. It involved more than just raw meat and bones though. But it did not involve any commercial dog food. I have also fed my setters the same raw diet without commercial food with zero issues. Once I fou...

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I checked the websites of five or six makers of raw frozen dog foods, and every one of them includes various additives to whatever meat source and fruit/vegetable mixture they have. Additives include, probiotics, prebiotics, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, ground bone, and more. Since FDA...

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We did some of those tests years ago but have no idea if they were ever officially recorded or not but I know the raw diets had a lot of deviancies plus often lacking all of the essentials a dog needed. Most of that is because an individual just does not have the time, equipment, or the money to co...

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Hey, I retrieved a couple of hundred birds myself one year. Waded armpit deep while breaking ice for a couple of them. I can't really recall if I made any unnecessary sounds as the water rose up though. Do I get a doggie cookie? I remember eating a Milk-Bone once when I was about 10 years old - may...

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We use the petsafe wireless system. I like it because we have a couple places we stay during hunting seasons and it is easy to move. I do have to turn the collar to the highest power to keep our GSP in but with the high setting he won't get near the boundary. Our cocker won't get anywhere close to ...

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tasi devil wrote:don't you think, this threads getting a bit like this

No, that actually looks a bit more painful, especially to the dogs at the end of the line.

Nice looking batch of meat though. Are those roos all for dog food or do you eat some too?

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So, 10 years ago she sent out an appeal for submissions of data to support the hypothesis. Have you contacted her to see if she has anything yet? I have an hypothesis as well - pregnancy in dogs causes cancer in humans. I submit as evidence the fact that someone I know was diagnosed with cancer sho...

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Bounty_Hunter, I was asking a very real and very professional question. You set such a high personal observation of raw nutrition and then you mock and belittle an opportunity to actually compare your findings with unbiased participants in the sporting dog world. I wish you the best of luck. I was ...

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Thanks for the input guys. It sounds like the stubborn dog setup would be best for me too since he lights up like a Christmas tree every time he sees a cat. I wish I could start on it now but it looks like I may have to wait until July with the way this winter is going.

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There you go again more Net BS instead of real life experience you should have seen the last mange ridden,flea bitten coyote I shot that was trying to get a free turkey dinner.Fleas were running & jumping all over the place I NEVER touched it left it lay where it died.I guess his holistic cure didn...

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B_H if they have fleas they have tape worms to start with,you need to read some more books & articles on the net! Dang man MOVE ON!! Since wolves & coyotes have fleas & tape worms & it must not bother them we should ALL stop worming & de flealing our dogs since the wild canines know what's BEST for...

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birddogger wrote:Gee, I wonder how all those wolves and coyotes avoid those tape worms???
They don't.
Charlie

Must not bother them then eatin all those guts and stomachs especially with the contents still in them?

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cjhills wrote:One other problem is it don't keep stray dogs out............................Cj

That seems to be the only downside but my bigger worry is would he cross the fence to get a rabbit, squirrel or cat since they regularly cross the yard now??

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Just wondering how many of you use invisible e- fencing to keep your dogs on the property? I am thinking of giving one a try this spring and have heard so many pros and cons that I'm wondering if it would be a waste of time and $. I have seen them work for smaller non hunting breed dogs but am not s...

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Don't make me wonder at all the more it stinks the more they like it.I have never seen a dog turn up his nose at guts,always hate to see hunters gut rabbits,birds,etc in the field good for getting tape worms. I'm sure you have a special 50 lb Britt!! :roll: Gee, I wonder how all those wolves and co...

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:idea: Your comments bring something to mind, I remember pheasant hunting this season and after downing a cock bird I usually do something I learned on this forum which is, give the liver and heart to my dog as soon as he brings the bird to me as a reward. I normally slice the bird open and remove t...

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Sounds like he is trying to shake the stomach contents out of the birds before eating it Just kidding - but I did learn it from BH on this forum. No, not from me Slistoe. I have never even seen that done in the wild nor have I seen a wolf feed on a fresh kill. What you did learn came from L. David ...

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Yes, Britts make great pets. All I said was words to the effect that they will be high energy and run hard. Competition dogs have high prey drive and love to run independently. Can you train them?? Of course! It will be easer if the owner had experience with "high drive" bloodlines. I believe dogs ...

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I operated a fur farm before the antis drove the industry into the ground. I mixed tons of raw feed - strict analysis of ingredients to provide a complete and balanced nutrition for some true carnivores - the kind where there would be no debate as to their status in the food classification. Funny t...

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Bounty_Hounty Not trying to start something here. But very, very curious. Are you feeding a raw premade or your own? If it is your own have you had it sent to have a GA done? I am serious. You seem to be a heavy promoter of raw. I would like to hear back from you either pm or public. I am running f...

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Are you for real BH? You have been getting real life advice from folks who have "been there, done that" for the entire time. No one has been closed to the idea of feeding RAW - simply telling you that it is not worth the extra time and cost when there is no upside and a some significant potential f...

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Meh...BH, you'll probably learn more about raw feeding on a raw feeding message board, or email group. And you'll get comparisons from people who have fed both. But for the record, I've fed both. Read Billinghurst's book, sought advice online, and gave it a shot. Went RAW/BARF for a year or more an...

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There is no reason for anyone to go further with this conversation since you are now showing your unwillingness to listen or to show us where you get your ideas from other than searching till you find someone with no credentials to agree with you. And you take it from there. Not one of us that have...

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Too bad I don't have anything with stomach contents right now so I could set up a few pictures for you. I can tell you though, and this is not some internet speculation, that if I take the contents of the guts of a ruminant animal, spill them on the snow so they make "sno-cones" that the coyotes co...

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Pastor Brown wrote:yeah... I apologize for opening up a can of worms with this question

No harm done Pastor, would be a rather boring forum if everyone agreed all the time, don't you think?

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Vonzeppelinkennels wrote:Point PROVEN!!

If you say so...

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Same ole same ole internet not real life experiences.Carry on with your self! Oh & when you want to train a dog or have a training question READ a book or an article better then real hands on experience!! :roll: Do you see how SILLY that sounds? but maybe you don't! :? Actually I don't, because I h...

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That's B_H problem he gets his info from the web,books,dr.s every place but real life I have seen it in the wild outdoors.I guess when I see dogs,or coyote eating Rd apples,Cat s--t & guts from killed deer in the field & the rear end of dead animals ate out before the rest of the animals meat I'm s...

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Not quite sure where youre from, but its obvious youre from an area lacking in wolves. Ill send the two cattle I lost this year a memo that the fact their stomach was blown out long before any meat was taken by wolves was a complete fluke, and they should let the wolves know theyre apparently doing...

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The obvious faux pas, wolves, cats etc. eat the stomach contents of their prey first. They do not, it's a myth. If they are consuming a small animal it gets eaten automatically but in a larger prey it is avoided. Perhaps a little knowledge yourself before you start calling someone on it. Coyotes an...

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Are you reading Dr. Mercola as a legitimate source of information? I actually didn't read it, I heard it on TV. It came from a Physician in the CA. area who specialized in digestive disorders. He went on to say wheat should never have been part of the human diet. He said there is sound research tha...

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The complete and balanced label comes from all of the research done on just what and how much of every nutrient a dog need to maintain a healthy life. There have been thousands of dogs and other animals that have given their lives to just such a study. Those are the studies all of our knowledge of ...

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What I was asking for is the results of an actual study done that shows that raw feed will make your dog live longer, or even that it is better for the dog in any way. I want to see the research that shows what the natural diet of wolves, dogs coyotes or most any other N. Ame54rican animal really i...

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And again it is all your thought and nothing of substance to base your opinions on. Help us out please. Help me out. Do you have a specific question or a statement you would like me to explain? There are some things I may not be able to prove but there are also some things that the dog food industr...

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I wasnt poo pooing anyones exp, but as for me I have never seen any yote even try to go fr any dog I have had. We used to run them with dogs, send in a killer dog, tie the hide off and run another. My shorthairs have got into it with yotes, coons, and skunks. None was hurt by any of them but the sk...

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You have a lot of thoughts and opinions which I find interesting but you have never once explained where they came from or what is behind those thoughts. I think it would be good and very interesting to see and read what you have used to base those opinions on. I have never read anything from the s...

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I can tell you that dogs will do good if they get meat one, two, three or more days. They will also do good getting their meat in the dry feed they are eating. Doesn't make much difference in the chemical makeup and that is what a dog like the rest of us live on. Ezzy Sorry, but I don't have faith ...

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Biggest issue with large animal meat is we have no idea what the fat content is . I don't feed raw meat more than about three times a week. As I said before just because we like it don't mean it is good for us. In fact sometimes it seems the opposite.....................Cj How do your dogs do getti...

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Did someone say they fed there dogs roadkill? Wonder if you have a problem with tapeworms and other parasites? I feed Members Mark from Sams Club. Lamb and rice formula. I feed a high quality puppy food for the first year. I don't think it is a marketing ploy but humans can justify anything. I usua...

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