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I have been trying to think of a bird dog breed that would be bad with a family, even with proper raising.

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2sqft per bird as a rule of thumb

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All is well, I took him for a run that night to burn the sugar though he was still a bit hyper the next day and ran him again.

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Mine spends at least 8 hours a day in the kennel, but normal days when the boys come home from school they walk him or put him on the tread then I take him out after supper, so if possible engage the wife and kids to help out. Weekends, do your best to drain the dog on the weekends. Training / menta...

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MY LM finds a new gear when it is cold out, but pretty much all the breeds mentioned should work in a cold dry environment.

Working him when it is warmer, like above 10c I need to make sure to get him cooled off.

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milk chocolate, fairly nutty, he is getting a bit squirrly

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It seemed the boys were not monitoring and the dog ate 1.5 large toblarone bars, I am not sure when but in the last few hours.

Should I be panicking now?

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NIce, got to get one of those gopros.

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For the layman this is a totally muddied issue, there are so many studies, I won't call them contradictory(but darn close), though they will say "because of this it is better to wait or early is required because of this". There are upsides and down sides of both positions, so it comes down to your g...

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It's always best to act with some caution, a 4 month old should not be alone with kids regardless, just to cover exuberant play. I bet this is the start of a long friendship. One question I have is that with mine he got a little snappy 6-9 month sexual maturity stage (nothing serious but most certai...

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X2 my local chapter was very helpful to me.

http://www.navhda.org/

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They don't lie but they don't tell the whole truth, I don't have a calculator handy but run a iirc 39 sierra @ 3800 and it will mimic a typical 22-250 with a 55 grain, trajectory and drift. 32s look sexy since they are over 4000 fps, but the 39 are a better load. And they in general shoot better in ...

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Very true, a good club is well worth the effort. It sure helped this rookie.

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Even if you are following one program, having knowledge of other programs can be useful if you hang up on a step. All the programs are basically skinning the same cat, but doing it is slightly different ways, so it can be helpful to approach the same step from a different direction. Another thing is...

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Nice ! just for curiosity when compared to your other dog would this potentially mean

a more deliberate search
or
stronger retrieve instinct

I consider it a good thing when a pup gets distracted by it's nose!

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Pigeon koop and a launcher, if you have the space, having your own homers is well worth the effort.

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At that age if mine was off leash he would have been under foot and on leash he was at the end of it. Don’t get suckered (like I did)thinking their recall is solid because between 6 an 9 months they will forget their name, then the real work starts. Just know it's gonna come to some level or another...

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That is very valid one thing, I have noticed as well is the rise of both rudeness and hyper sensitivity sort of a civility death spiral. Everything is a grand personal a front that required a full broadside response. I don't know how some folks get through life when they are constantly offended.

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Forms have to tread a fine line, hearty discussion generates traffic, flame wars will drive folks away, and the line between those is mighty thin.

Internet culture is becoming far too rude across the board.

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It's not time for it yet, there is a surprising negative attitude towards dogs and hunting, outside of bird dogs even among hunters . Even though we can hunt cats with dogs. I think the concept of a pack dog needs to be allowed first to get the door open at least a bit. We lost a big PR battle some ...

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Nice! Now if we could get our game department to grab a brain and allow blood tracking here too.

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Typically pigeons are classified as pets, it does not have to be big I have a converted playhouse 4'x10', but the original 4'x6' is plenty 15-20 birds. you will probably still need the quail as well.

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This is a good newbie read, not a training manual or system but a good way to get the lay of the land http://swanvalleypress.com/pages/gundogs/gun_dogs.html I highly !!! recommend finding a local NAVHDA chapter http://www.navhda.org/ I drive 2 hours to get to mine, it's well worth the effort. If you...

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I have a couple of places the should work for that especially if there is snow on the ground.

I am thinking the goal for week nights is extending the length of piles and hand signals, weekends pull the pigeons out when ever possible.

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Baby socks now that's a new one. Wire basket on a string could work too. The Hickox method is very launcher dependent, the perfect finish method could be done with kick baskets but it needs lots of pigeons that home and ideally a partner. For those who know? How does the "training with mo" method co...

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You should be able to finish with a manual launcher which is not so expensive. But if your the tinkering sort converting that manual launcher to be remote is not too hard about 50$.

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Mine never consider his kibble a treat even when hungry, but I did find a dog food that was sold in a form of salami but it's probably closer to haggis, I would cut that into cubs and use it for his treats on the treadmill or other times when I wanted to use treats. Cheaper than cheese and I did not...

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If I did not get my wire crate free, I would not use one, it's our in the truck and travel crate, there just too noisy.

I matched the crate to the dog, and used, there is no point buying new till the final crate, and the puppy crate is now my bird carrier

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That's the plan, do what I can when I can.

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Th only time I had trouble was when the chick fell out of the nest, I had that happen a time or two, but I made better nests. I have had chicks survive -20c to -30c. I bulk feed through the winter to make sure they have enough food to stay warm.

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Two weeks left in the season

, and we have been hunting hard, I will probably do a preserve hunt or two over the winter.

19 months, only steady to flush, my end goal is to test UT next August. with some additions I want to do some hand signals and shed hunting would be a fun.

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Well it is official I leave for work when it's dark and this weekend I will arrive home when it is dark. So what do folks do , just sort of stop and pick it all up in spring. I could do steadying work on the weekends if it is nice enough to fly the birds. And if I do some bumper work I would expect ...

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I think the racers typically run 18% so I don’t think 16 % is too hot, I run a mix of layer pellets, wheat and field peas, but that was more because the gain is cheaper per bag and if a whole grain spilled on the floor it still could be eaten. Were they drinking? part of me thinks they may not have ...

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There is a difference between enthusiastic debate, trolling, just being a jerk and out of bound personal attacks. For the most part, I have not seen too many threads get too out of control, a local board I frequent got acidic during the last election and some folks got the ban hammer, but then the f...

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FB won't take over because at this point so much of it's content is not google searchable, folks will do like me, google how to train a dog and end up here. That is a substantial advantage VS FB. Even digging stuff out of the archives FB has no answer to the 5 year old post of how to make a remote b...

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Internet forums are a weird mix of good and bad, and the mix is constantly changing. Anonymity can make some folks ruder than they would be otherwise. My survival guide is - be polite , even in conflict of opinions , don’t feed the trolls, no PM fire balls, ignore threads that turn into pissing matc...

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Took this one on yesterday's walk.

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I have the pro 100. Most of the systems I have seen for pointing dogs use continuous , and the bump does work. At this point in Canada the Alpha is not really legal, but I think that is going to clear up in spring (a regulatory issue with the frequency it uses) so I would double check for Oz. On a s...

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Pointing a planted bird a few weeks ago,

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1 I would rather have settings I may never need, normal working range for my dog for yard work and most field work is shades of 1 (TT collar) if he gets too excited for field training low/medium 2. But it was nice to have 4 medium when I caught him chasing deer, the next time it only two 2 medium.

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One thing I would like to know is the difference between the theories behind training methods that use either form of stimulation. For the most part I have used continuous an this idea behind that seem simple apply pressure with a known command, remove pressure on compliance and eventually the dog l...

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@ 6 months as long as it is scent pointing and not sight pointing, sounds like your right on schedule.

This first year make sure to only to shoot pointed birds.

This year is to build love of birds field and water.

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After years of body shots, it's hard to think head shot, but with steel in the long term it is worth while.

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As a primer I would recommend http://www.amazon.com/Themselves-Taking-Advantage-Condtioned-Learning/dp/0963012746 it’s not a training manual, but it’s a good newbie read. Other systems. Perfect Start/Perfect finish Smith Silent Command George Hickox Additional reading(I am a big fan of more info) NA...

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3"bb, typically Kent, 1500 fps. I was looking and 3 1/2 1.5oz BBB comes close to my old school 1 7/8 bb (Lead). But only 1 of our guns has a 3 1/2" chaqmber so in general we are worrying more about scouting, calling and the decoy set, and less about range. I personally would not run steel through an...

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One thing that I was taught was to do tracking with a tail wind if possible, that way they have to use the trail scent, not any stray air sent. I also started mine on fresh dead vs live.

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Mine will go bonkers when he see snow again, we are finally getting normal temps again, hopefully get the birds moving.

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All predators have a "pause before pounce" mechanize , think about it the next time you want to smack a fly. I would venture to say that after 3- 4 seconds it's more of an obedience/training thing than instinct. The pause was always there, un-natural selection (selective breeding) made it stronger.

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There are a couple in my local NAVHDA club, and those have been fine dogs, I can confirm the coat variability, but is that not an issue with most if not all of the wirehair breeds?

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All of the above, but I have met folks that have trained them to hunt and have been happy with them, Not my first pick for a hunting, dog but if it's what you got, its always worth a go, worst case you will end up with a pet dog with good OB training. But if SWMBO wants a low shead dog and you want ...

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