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Greg Jennings wrote:Grant isn't around anymore. I've forwarded your message to him, though.

Greg J.

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DGFavor wrote:Whatcha guys chattin' 'bout now?

Til you have hunted different birds in different conditions, you really can't state that you have a great bird dog

A Sparrow?

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Oh by the way not a single one of the trialers and I know perhaps 4 maybe 5 of them hunts because they are too busy trialing One trialer here who hunts his "trial" dogs once every week. Every trialer I know here in Utah hunts his dogs and does it a lot. The few others I know throughout the western ...

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Here we go with the touchy part again. You guys sure know how to take a specific comment and turn it into a broad generalization faster than a politician. I said the field trialers I know don't hunt. I never said anything about all field trialers not hunting. I related an experience of my own to th...

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Oh by the way not a single one of the trialers and I know perhaps 4 maybe 5 of them hunts because they are too busy trialing One trialer here who hunts his "trial" dogs once every week. Every trialer I know here in Utah hunts his dogs and does it a lot. The few others I know throughout the western ...

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tommyboy72 wrote:TAK that was the point I was trying to get out, that at heart we are all hunters. .

Ya I know what your say'n I just like to argue!

Buddy you just need to take this with a grain of salt... We all like one type of dog or another, we like to do with them what we do.

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Birddogz wrote:I have never understood why anyone would trial while there were hunting seasons going on that involved wild birds. The spring and winter I understand.

Ever so often a fella... or gal just wants to go and lay a smack down on a trial!!!! We all like to Brag a bit!!!!

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tommyboy72 wrote: Ya TAK he is a real OBAMA.

OMG! Call a guy names but not that!

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Tommyboy, I bet if you look at the pedigree of almost any good dog no matter where it came from you will see a dogs name that has been trialed at some point and time. Just a little advice form and old guy that's been up and down the road " narrow mindedness isn't a handicap unless you make it one "...

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Tommyboy... Sorry if I came to the game late, and I don't get all the hub bub between a feller that trials or a feller that hunts. My opinion is that if the feller is happy... Me so happy! I have played most all the games... Might I say I love every single one of them for one reason or another! But ...

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"touchy or elitist" I am proud to be both I wasted a lot of dog and man years before finding and understanding trial dogs and trials. My meat dogs spent a lot of time in the kennel or laying on the couch when they were just meat dogs they only got out for a little training and to go for a hunt. Now...

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-- I wouldn't approach someone's dog without them there. -- When the handler's and their dog are in the shelter before their brace, don't approach them. Ahh your to uptight! That is the best time to go over and say hello! I do however agree not to try to pet the dog! And for sure.... If a dog looks...

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ezzy333 wrote:If he is a hunting dog, shoot them. If you are going to trial you better not.

Ezzy

Ditto.... But even with the hunting dogs I tell them to leave it and move on... And yes a couple of times I have said that and had a nasty Rooster come out!

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ymepointer wrote:
Coveyrise64 wrote:Rawhide's Clown.....

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Yes but the breeder never said which Pointers he used to come up with Clown

No.. no... no.... It was Clown that was introduced to the Pointer lines! But not for what you think.... It was to clean up the BITE on them pointers!

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Greg Jennings wrote:Ah, come on, Tom! What's one syllable between friends

Believe me... being a cop that last name was slaughtered in many ways!... Trying to figure the Needle part?

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Alright, here is the skinny on the e collar debate. Dogtra and Tri Tronics are top notch. However the rheostat dial on the Dogtra collar is the absolute difference thus, making dogtra completely superior. The only problem is that unless you really know how to use it, you will not understand the dif...

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Greg Jennings wrote:I don't know much about Clown. What I know, I got from brief google-ing in order to needle Tom (TAK) Kosmanek (sp?)

Hmmm? What?
And that is Kosmack! Said like KOZZ MACK! My blood is not true!

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It's all Murphey's law! My best dogs have come from well titled/breed dogs! But my buddy has better luck with the dogs his wife brings home! True story! ONE of his best dogs came from a litter that the owners named the dog after them! Ya as if it was a sister or daughter to them, but they went to a ...

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Leaving from Utah on the 14th and hunting the 15th on to the point we can't walk no more or our limits are full.....

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Coon! 100% sure! Seen it with my own eyes before. They will go in and maybe eat the heads, or dig in for the heart... But they will kill as much as possible. I worked at a bird farm that had this happen to a couple hundred birds. The coon was killed and it was solved til the next one took an opertun...

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OK I am impressed! And I also feel your pain.... Having 5 acres and landscaping and building things... If there was enough money there aint enough time!

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Mr. Townsend that really just sucks... No two ways about it!

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Well, I've just had my first injury to my puppy. We had some workers here today to fix damage from a slab leak. I left the front gate and the gate to the front yard open so the workers could get in. The three dogs were in another gated area to keep them out of everyone's way. When the workers left ...

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Thanks TAK, How's TAK's Beer Thirty doing? Sly the Goof ball! He's going to be a good dog! He is somewhat slower maturing dog, and shows a lot of pup in him just being over two now. But he also shows a very serious side when birds are involved! He seems to have a super nice nose, and his retrieve i...

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My GSP is linebred off Neo from the above link.He also did great finding the gray ghost.My friends call him Mt.Goat I would like to find a B.E. linebred female. Thanks Troy Look no more... Almost in your back yard! CC Kennels http://www.cypresscreekgsps.net/index.html New litter http://www.cypressc...

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What is ugly? I from time to tip surf the TV and find one them fancy dog shows.... These are to be the best of the best of the breeds and I think... Ugly, like ugly as falling out of the ugly tree and hitting every branch! And staying around and pounding its head on it! Or is it the markings, or sin...

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Best, and all the luck!

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This is a 6 hole Alum box with 9 inches on the top for storage. I have it on the flat bed but it first was on a 16ft trailer Big tex trailer. I had the local high school students build it for me. Two kids I believe got a grade for it and I just paid the price of the material. I want to say it was 5 ...

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the handlers kept a spray bottle and would mist the dogs nose many times during training an searches. Lets offend everybody. Now we know why: the setters at our local AKC trials all head for a splash in the pond on their way around the course on a hot day. They're not hot ... they're just moistenin...

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My opinion of the best conditions are after a light snow, or rain and so slight of a draft. My aviater dog seemed to always amaze me on the days you have a temp of 104 degrees and a ground temp of the surface of the sun!

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A dog's nose requires moisture to convert scent particles into a mixture or solution the receptors can accept. So very dry conditions or a partially dehydrated dog will present some scenting difficulties. So true! I have worked with a lot of scent dogs in my line of work. I have helped train with s...

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snips wrote:I can't believe how the GSP's have dominated the Nat'l trials the last yr in NSTRA!!!!

Rightfully so!

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Life is good there my friend! Now I would think you was nuts if you was trying to add more if them kids was around th age of 8 to 15! Then you would not have a minute of free time! Don't believe me? Come live a day at my house! But you only live once! Its not that life is so short, it's death is so ...

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If there is a difference between a hunting dog and a trial dog it only proves we are doing something wrong. So what do you think, have we really messed up our hunting dogs? Ezzy AMEN!!!!! I think trialing these dogs have done nothing but good! Or should I say it has done me nothing but good! I have...

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It depends on how you define poorly bred, perhaps I should have said, if they have a low tail set it is most likely from being poorly bred. Neil Well how would you define poorly bred? NOT being argumentitive but I found it odd and interesting that I could have 3 litters and have one of the litters ...

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If a dog is poorly bred, he will have a low tail set, Neil That is not so.... I explain with a example. I had breed two very nice dogs 3 times. The first pups all had wonderful tails, the second set of pups had fair to poor tails, and the 3rd time they was better than the first! I am talking about ...

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I think the stuff I use is called Conesume. It kills all sorts of viruses and it also knocks out the urine smells. It is a cleaner that you can use in household cleaning if you want, pet and human safe. I also use from time to time bleach. I let it set for an hour or so and just keep the dogs away. ...

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If I had some I would get them to ya... 10 years with Roosevelt City Police (Utah) and going on 6 with Adult Probation and Parole.....

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Actually, I have no problem with the 40 acre thing at all. I don't know about dozens of coveys, but yeah I hunt spot that size sometimes and find plenty of birds. Lets get this out of the way, you guys got all huffy puffy. I wasn't trying to get the size exact. Couldn't care less! I was trying to t...

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I am lucky to make it through a year with boots! If your getting dang near 2 I would be happy!

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Everything I run in NSTRA is broke to wing shot and fall and will stop to flush... As time goes on and the amount of birds worked over a weekend they tend to come unglued a bit but not so much that they are moving on birds but more so tend to break at the sound of the shot. I find that dogs only fal...

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Heck I thought it was a good thread.... I even tried to post on it and got "denied!" I had a good one too!

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I'm not sure where it stems from but I think the confusion that is leading people to try and get buddy inducted into a HOF where he didn't compete is that the NSTRA supporters are thinking because it is a type of field trial it should qualify him for the Brittany Field trial Assoc HOF and they are ...

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A great dog and is honored by being in the HOF of the organization that he competed in . I think that is the way it is supposed to work. Ezzy And he is ALSO a BRIT! He was/is a force for the Brit, and Brits to come! The dog was a fine animal! Well worth the HOF! I signed it and passed it on as well...

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A great dog and is honored by being in the HOF of the organization that he competed in . I think that is the way it is supposed to work. Ezzy And he is ALSO a BRIT! He was/is a force for the Brit, and Brits to come! The dog was a fine animal! Well worth the HOF! I signed it and passed it on as well!

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Crumrine Jewelry, Buckles and trophies in Reno, NV give Montana Silversmiths a run for the money in the budget dept and they do a BEAUTIFUL JOB They have done several FT Championship buckles, NSTRA Buckles etc... and they are about 1/2 of what Montana SilverSmith wants here is an example and link h...

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What would be really cool is to get a Saddle! http://www.sawtoothsaddle.com/index.php
Well I guess that is a bit pricey, but Tack would also be a great gift. I am sure there is some good saddle makers around everywhere that could even make ya some roading harneses.....

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Good idea Ezzy,,,, this year we gave away 2 engraved Leatherman Waves that seemed to be a big hit. Does anybody know how to get a cool belt buckle for under a $100. We would need 6 of them if that helps. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l309/TAK1313/BBB13.jpg At the time you was looking about $120...

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Dandy looking pups there!

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See the grin.... In person it was almost ear to ear!

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