Search found 1042 matches

by Stoneface
Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:03 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Just some videos and a photo.
Replies: 1
Views: 519

Re: Just some videos and a photo.

Here's a photo of Moxy on the find. The photo doesn't do justice, but she was so cross up in front her legs gave out and she fell on her face. I couldn't quit laughing.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater
by Stoneface
Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:02 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Just some videos and a photo.
Replies: 1
Views: 519

Just some videos and a photo.

Went out training yesterday and caught some media. Thought some folks may like to see. Here's a clip of Cinna and Moxy working a bird. They have really come into their own. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=776780032357761&saved This is a trick I use. Folks on Facebook liked it, so maybe some on ...
by Stoneface
Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:03 pm
Forum: Brags
Topic: Productive year so far.
Replies: 0
Views: 4575

Productive year so far.

I posted before that we kicked off the fall season at the Southwest Missouri Walking FTC's season opener to run in the Gun Dog (Amateur Shooting Dog JC@F). Cinna ended up tagging first and Moxy took a second. Yesterday I ran them for the first time since then. Moxy took first and Cinna took second. ...
by Stoneface
Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:02 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Having a good year.
Replies: 4
Views: 2062

Having a good year.

I posted before that we kicked off the fall season at the Southwest Missouri Walking FTC's season opener to run in the Gun Dog (Amateur Shooting Dog JC@F). Cinna ended up tagging first and Moxy took a second. Yesterday I ran them for the first time since then. Moxy took first and Cinna took second. ...
by Stoneface
Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:32 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Morning hunt
Replies: 5
Views: 3089

Re: Morning hunt

I'd love to chase birds in the old south, but gators get my hackles all up. I can handle snakes as long as they're not those twenty-foot pythons you guys have in Florida and I can handle spiders, coyotes, porcupines, wild cats, etc. But, I can't handle gators.
by Stoneface
Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:32 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Advice with aggression
Replies: 31
Views: 13703

Re: Advice with aggression

There are different sorts of aggression. You have dogs that are in the red zone and try to attack everything that moves. That can be caused by a lot of different thing. It sounds like this is just a pecking order situation. By natural instinct, dogs don't want to fight. It's counterintuitive to thei...
by Stoneface
Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:16 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Tri-Tronics Tracer Color?
Replies: 3
Views: 1481

Re: Tri-Tronics Tracer Color?

I do some night training and haven't invested in a tracer, but have given it some thought. I saw a white one and it was pretty great. To say it was bright is an understatement.
by Stoneface
Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:14 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Firearm deer season /Hunting with your dog ? NY ?
Replies: 10
Views: 5382

Re: Firearm deer season /Hunting with your dog ? NY ?

I'm in Missouri, so a long way from New York, but I'll be out as often as I can this season. Woodcock season runs the month of November and rifle season opened yesterday. I ran into three deer hunters in the field yesterday. There were about eight pickups in the parking area that we broke away from....
by Stoneface
Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:11 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New Dog Question
Replies: 11
Views: 5487

Re: New Dog Question

If you get a new dog that's one of the big four (Pointer, E. Setter, Shorthair, Britt), it's a cinch to bring them on to where they are out of sight a few minutes. It's also a cinch to reel them in. All you have to do is overexpose them to birds in a small area when they're young and it can really d...
by Stoneface
Mon Nov 10, 2014 3:27 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Runner
Replies: 7
Views: 3570

Re: Runner

The last thing in the world you want to do to him right now is hit him with the collar. He's a pup and, especially if he hasn't had a ton of exposure to birds, you could just about expect him to be like that. The only thing you need to use the collar for right now is to reinforce him not coming when...
by Stoneface
Sat Nov 08, 2014 5:09 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Whoa when on point?
Replies: 15
Views: 7314

Re: Whoa when on point?

Ray's a hundred percent right on this one. Whoa has nothing to do with pointing whatsoever. You can teach a Chihuahua to Whoa then put a bird in front of him, but that doesn't mean he's pointing. It means he's standing there with a bird in front of him, but the bird is incidental. If a dog is truly ...
by Stoneface
Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Gun dog Field Trial
Replies: 5
Views: 2603

Re: Gun dog Field Trial

I wish I would have known you were having a Gun Dog stake. I would have scheduled your trial for sure. Wanting to run Cinna as a Shooting Dog, also, to see how she does. For the newbies, Chris isn't exaggerating. Gun Dog is my favorite stake. If you have a birddog that is reliable on point, you can ...
by Stoneface
Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:39 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: e collar
Replies: 7
Views: 2893

Re: e collar

I use a TT Sport Basic and like it well enough. I used to have a Classic 70 G3 and liked it more. A while back I used an Innotek ADV1002. Innotek is a terrible brand and I would never suggest one to anybody, but I still think it is the best transmitter layout ever. Very simple and easy and no toggli...
by Stoneface
Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Clips From a Mock Hunt.
Replies: 3
Views: 947

Re: Clips From a Mock Hunt.

I turned the camera off so I could handle the girls on a relocate, but Moxy wouldn't move. Turns out there was a second bird. Worked that bird then went on. Was going to film the next point all the way through, but we didn't find anymore before dark.
by Stoneface
Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:54 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Clips From a Mock Hunt.
Replies: 3
Views: 947

Clips From a Mock Hunt.

Had some guys out from work for a mock hunt at the training grounds. Good work for the girls. Here's a short clip.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=73 ... =2&theater
by Stoneface
Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:23 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Looking for a Trainer
Replies: 5
Views: 2475

Re: Looking for a Trainer

If I didn't train, there are only three people in the world I would ever consider sending a dog to. One is Judi Parcell in Fairfield, Iowa. Here's her information. https://www.facebook.com/SportingDogMeadows/info
by Stoneface
Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:20 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Hunting dead
Replies: 22
Views: 10203

Re: Hunting dead

I've always played fetch with my dogs for a reward. There's a difference in making a dog retrieve and playing fetch. We get out in the yard with a dead or frozen bird and have a big time. I'll have two or three of them and keep throwing them. When he brings one back, I send him for another. Then I p...
by Stoneface
Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:13 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Would You? (puppy question)
Replies: 6
Views: 2635

Re: Would You? (puppy question)

If your dogs are hunting dogs and you don't plan on running any events, don't worry about the pups. Just don't shoot any birds your broke dog moves on. In that respect, if you're looking to do some serious hunting and your goal is to put birds in the bag, I'd bench the pup. If you're okay with letti...
by Stoneface
Fri Oct 31, 2014 4:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Positive Reinforcement Fetch Video
Replies: 13
Views: 5743

Re: Positive Reinforcement Fetch Video

All this is just conditioning. It's teaching. When all this is done and she knows what I want, if she refuses to retrieve I could stimulate her with the collar and she will retrieve. This is where everyone gets the wrong idea about positive reinforcement. My dogs listen to me and know if they don't ...
by Stoneface
Fri Oct 31, 2014 2:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Positive Reinforcement Fetch Video
Replies: 13
Views: 5743

Re: Positive Reinforcement Fetch Video

I started by essentially clicker training her to pick things up, but instead of a click I used the word Yes. I held out a dowel and when she went to smell it, I treated her. After so much of that I'd not give her a Yes and a treat when she nosed, so she'd get frustrated and put her mouth on it, then...
by Stoneface
Thu Oct 30, 2014 1:45 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Positive Reinforcement Fetch Video
Replies: 13
Views: 5743

Re: Positive Reinforcement Fetch Video

Nut, no worries. I know what you mean about people using the term real loosely. I'm using it in the operant conditioning context, not because I'm keeping a positive attitude when I train her. I'm estimating I've done about 80 sessions with her and ear pinch was only used for three of them. She took ...
by Stoneface
Thu Oct 30, 2014 1:38 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Let's talk gun's . Does it matter to you ?
Replies: 62
Views: 28981

Re: Let's talk gun's . Does it matter to you ?

The only thing I don't care for in a pump. I love O/U, S/S and repeaters. I never got the point of having several guns unless you have a different one for different types of game. I have an Remington 878a Automaster made in the '50s. It's the same exact thing as my first gun, but I lost that gun in ...
by Stoneface
Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:03 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Positive Reinforcement Fetch Video
Replies: 13
Views: 5743

Positive Reinforcement Fetch Video

Just a clip of Cinna's progress in fetch work. A few months ago she would half a bird if she got ahold of it. Too many people saying you can't develop a good retrieve with positive reinforcement. A ways to go yet, but she's going to come through this to compete in tests and retrieving stakes with no...
by Stoneface
Tue Oct 28, 2014 5:02 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: No Women in the Field?
Replies: 33
Views: 20052

Re: No Women in the Field?

SubMariner, I do internet research for a living. If someone in my company is looking for information on a product or trying to find something, they pass it to me and I get the information. Let me know specifically what you're looking for (including sizes, color preferences if you have any, pricing, ...
by Stoneface
Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:58 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Pointing issues
Replies: 38
Views: 19708

Re: Pointing issues

If your nit going to take him in on a check cord, get remote release traps and when he get's within about 10 yds, scent cone or not, pop the bird. He just hasn't started yet. If he's still doing it when he's a year and you haven't been letting him, then you might have a problem. My Stormy started f...
by Stoneface
Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Anyone hunt 2 different breeds of dogs
Replies: 19
Views: 9254

Re: Anyone hunt 2 different breeds of dogs

I run a Pointer and a Setter personally, but they have both ran with Vizslas, Shorthairs, Irish, Britts, etc. If you're hesitant because you're afraid they'll conflict each other in the field, don't fret. A lot of it has to do with how they are handled and trained.
by Stoneface
Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:47 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: How old before you kill birds over pup??
Replies: 26
Views: 11133

Re: How old before you kill birds over pup??

Doc, the last thing I would do right now is shoot over the dog. Let him be a puppy and learn he can't catch the birds by bumping and chasing. If you have to restrain him to hold until the flush then killing a bird isn't doing anything besides satisfying your desire to shoot a bird over your dog. If ...
by Stoneface
Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:33 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: should I Hunt Test?
Replies: 12
Views: 5154

Re: should I Hunt Test?

I've trialed some, but am just getting into testing. I'm jumping my dog right to SH and maybe MH. JH is kind of a gimme, in my opinion. Seems like all a dog has to do is flash point once in a brace and he's going to pass. If you want to do SH eventually, I'd say hold off to start there. If your dog ...
by Stoneface
Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:28 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Registered name questions
Replies: 15
Views: 5672

Re: Registered name questions

Usually you would put Knine's leading the name, but a lot of breeders don't care. I think Arlette would, though. If you ask, though, they often times won't care. Just give her a ring.
by Stoneface
Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:25 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Need some experienced opinions
Replies: 30
Views: 14633

Re: Need some experienced opinions

It isn't the advice I would have given, but I don't see that you gave any completely outlandish advice. Why buy a dog whose range you have to shorten when you could just as soon buy a dog that will naturally range closer? There are a few trial dogs out there that will throw close working dogs. I wou...
by Stoneface
Thu Oct 23, 2014 6:33 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Better e collar
Replies: 6
Views: 2298

Re: Better e collar

As a rule, Tri-Tronics is most peoples' go-to brand. It and Dogtra are nice collars. Tri-Tronics has been bought out bar Garmin in the last couple years and Garmin is revamping all of the Tri-Tronics collars. Discontinuing the G3 line, which is a great line. Their new collars have more accessories a...
by Stoneface
Thu Oct 23, 2014 6:28 am
Forum: Training
Topic: How to hold properly
Replies: 15
Views: 7753

Re: How to hold properly

Before you force fetch, try to get him on a table with some treats. Force fetch is an option, but I, and several people I know, don't force fetch my dogs and we have good retrievers. First, I would put him on a table or bench with some treats, have him hold two of your fingers then move to having hi...
by Stoneface
Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:05 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Knowing What A Dog Thinks
Replies: 16
Views: 6954

Re: Knowing What A Dog Thinks

To answer your question, it is exactly the same. If you read a page of a book well and correct, you understand what the author was thinking when he wrote it. If you read a dog well and correct, you understand what he is thinking. Dogs wear their heart on their sleeve and their body language is a sur...
by Stoneface
Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:58 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: When is your dog ready to hunt
Replies: 19
Views: 9302

Re: When is your dog ready to hunt

Your dog is ready as soon as he's old enough to handle the cover and won't be intimidated by the birds. If you just want a meat dog and he'll come when you call, you can turn him out at four months and follow him around. If I just wanted to hunt wild birds and not run events, I'd only ever teach my ...
by Stoneface
Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:06 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Force Fetch Training for English Pointers
Replies: 5
Views: 3351

Re: Force Fetch Training for English Pointers

I have been using positive reinforcement and it is working great. I was going to force fetch Moxy when a friend told me how she puts a fetch on all the dogs she rescues. Real simple and didn't think it would work, but Moxy's a retrieving fool now. Cinna had a mouth like a vice and used to literally ...
by Stoneface
Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:02 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Need e collar advise
Replies: 8
Views: 4376

Re: Need e collar advise

Stay as far from Innotek and PetSafe as you can. They are cheaper, but they are terrible. SportDOG is problem-prone and has terrible customer service. Tri-Tronics was bought out by Garmin and Garmin is going haywire trying to make Tri-Tronics very cutting edge with digital display, more features tha...
by Stoneface
Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Re: Trial!! NE Kansas (Updated)
Replies: 5
Views: 3160

Re: Trial!! NE Kansas

You do a great job promoting and hosting your trial, Chris. You did a stellar job making sure everyone had a great time when I was there last.
by Stoneface
Sun Oct 05, 2014 5:46 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Tips any any advice requested by a newbie.
Replies: 8
Views: 4205

Re: Tips any any advice requested by a newbie.

Elmer, I'm in Seneca, just south of Joplin. In fact, I work in Joplin and chase birds at Bois D'Arc, just outside of Springfield. Drop me a line at powerdogsupply@yahoo.com or give me a ring. 417-776-7288. I've got 240 acres, plenty of pigeons and always have my hands on a dog. Anytime you want to c...
by Stoneface
Sat Oct 04, 2014 9:22 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Pinch (prong) collar, choke chain, or....??
Replies: 47
Views: 23792

Re: Pinch (prong) collar, choke chain, or....??

Prong collar, hands down, is what I would use. There is a difference in a prong collar and a pinch collar, though. I've not worked a ton with a pinch collar, but my prong collar is my favorite training tool. It cuts a dog's weight to one-third of what it is. Put a prong collar on a sixty-pound dog a...
by Stoneface
Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:24 pm
Forum: Brags
Topic: Nice way to kick off the trial season.
Replies: 5
Views: 6450

Re: Nice way to kick off the trial season.

Thanks a lot, Zeke. If you decide you want to get together a train, holler at me. Your wife can drop me a friend request on Facebook. It's Rowdy Harris.
by Stoneface
Sun Sep 28, 2014 5:46 pm
Forum: Brags
Topic: Nice way to kick off the trial season.
Replies: 5
Views: 6450

Nice way to kick off the trial season.

Running Moxy in some NSTRA and both girls in AF Gun Dog this season. Wanted to get Moxy acclimated to NSTRA, so we put her in an amateur stake last Sunday came out with a third. Cool deal. This weekend was the annual NBHA out at Talbot, so I ran both girls in Gun Dog and in a field of eleven, Cinna ...
by Stoneface
Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:44 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Whats your dogs name?
Replies: 214
Views: 92601

Re: Whats your dogs name?

Heartland's Edith May Robbins - Nissa (pronounced Nee-suh) ... Malinois
Stoneface Moxy - Moxy ... Pointer
Little Miss Spice - Cinna (short for Cinnamon) ... Setter
by Stoneface
Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:40 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Iowa Trip
Replies: 8
Views: 4298

Re: Iowa Trip

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo279/strivek9/TailgateShot1_zpse75d68f8.jpg http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo279/strivek9/MoxyTrackedRoosterFetch_zps89011750.jpg http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo279/strivek9/MoxyBacksV_zps163fc85f.jpg http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo279/strivek9/Mo...
by Stoneface
Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:21 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Iowa Trip
Replies: 8
Views: 4298

Iowa Trip

It was a good weekend. I put about a thousand miles on the pickup, did about seven or eight hours of hunting over two days and stayed right at about my $200 budget. A friend in Iowa invited us up to hunt and I just couldn’t resist the temptation. There are just not enough birds around where I live t...
by Stoneface
Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:14 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Reporting from Missouri.
Replies: 0
Views: 1246

Reporting from Missouri.

The pre-season looked stellar, but when Woodcock season rolled in I decided to focus there until that season was over before chasing other species. Went out after quail weekend before this past and didn't find a thing, though we did see where folks reported getting into birds that same day. This pas...
by Stoneface
Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:01 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Quail looking good in SW Missouri.
Replies: 6
Views: 3314

Re: Quail looking good in SW Missouri.

The covies I found are at Shawnee Trails. I have trekked all over that place and only have two places with any bird finds whatsoever. If anyone wants directions, let me know. I'm only willing to tell a few people for sake of the covies. Pope, I'm south of Joplin in Seneca. Been hitting the same two ...
by Stoneface
Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:40 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Quail looking good in SW Missouri.
Replies: 6
Views: 3314

Quail looking good in SW Missouri.

Been out spying Woodcock coverts and contacting quail virtually every outing with the exception of two. Last night Moxy nailed two covies within two hundred yards of the pickup and we were done in forty five minutes. Pretty exciting since I've not seen hardly any birds at all in the six years I've l...
by Stoneface
Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: pro-pac dog food
Replies: 26
Views: 10815

Re: pro-pac dog food

Ezzy, you have got to be one of the most ignorant, beligerent people I've ever had the displeasure of reading in my life. Every time I read another one of your retarded remarks it depresses me because those are precious moments of life that have totally been wasted and are gone forever. I feel like ...
by Stoneface
Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:45 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: pro-pac dog food
Replies: 26
Views: 10815

Re: pro-pac dog food

A lot of people will tell you "Oh, I like this feed," or "I don't think much of that feed," but they can't tell you why other than, "My dogs do good on it." Well, what in the world does that mean? The dog down the road from me is fed 100-percent table scraps and he still looks like a dog, doesn't ha...