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by displaced_texan
Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:30 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Why do you come onto this forum?
Replies: 67
Views: 37780

Re: Why do you come onto this forum?

I've found the training section absolutely nasty so I refuse to go there anymore. I will occasionally look for something specific in the health section, and I mostly browse the general section, but more frequently than not I'm selling something, or looking for advise in the off topic section. Where...
by displaced_texan
Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:56 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Vaccinations
Replies: 19
Views: 6054

Any farm supply place will have them.
by displaced_texan
Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:29 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

I am not sure you really understand the problem with "balance" that the vet world is seeing from raw, but that is OK. What is the purpose of the cheerios in your dogs diet and why make specific mention that the eggs are brown? Whose vet world yours or mine, because there are more vets that seem to ...
by displaced_texan
Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:29 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

shags wrote:
Be careful if you give 'em peanut butter, don't glop on too much as it tends to glue their tongues to the roof of their mouths and their lips to their teeth :mrgreen:
That's the best thing about giving them peanut butter!
by displaced_texan
Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:14 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

birddog1968 wrote:I think you need to reread your posts in this thread walkos......
Another vote for this.
by displaced_texan
Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:12 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin DC-50
Replies: 39
Views: 13853

Re: Garmin DC-50

jimbo&rooster wrote: Once the old guard gives it up, and the participation trophy generation takes over we wont even have to unload the dogs, they will just mail you a CH.

Jim
As part of that generation... Sadly it will come to that.

I was born a few decades to late.
by displaced_texan
Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:07 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

What a piddling waste of time and here I am entering the fray once again, a part of the problem rather than the solution. I hate myself. Whether or not you choose to feed a raw diet to an animal is an individuals choice. However, arguing that by doing so you are in some way, shape or form a superio...
by displaced_texan
Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:00 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin DC-50
Replies: 39
Views: 13853

Re: Garmin DC-50

myerstenn wrote:I believe a bigger issue is letting the handler keep the device !! When I judge I do not let them keep it regardless of what the rules say
So you're above the rules?
by displaced_texan
Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:05 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin DC-50
Replies: 39
Views: 13853

Thus me asking about looking. Show the judge then put it on. Buckling a collar on only takes a few seconds.
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:29 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Why do you come onto this forum?
Replies: 67
Views: 37780

Re: Why do you come onto this forum?

I'm on here because I like bird dogs, forums, and arguing. I also like a little learning from time to time. I come for knowledge. I have have learned a lot on training and other stuff. I am glad I found this place Maybe i'm not looking in the correct topics? :/ I find mean people.. And i see people ...
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:08 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin DC-50
Replies: 39
Views: 13853

I have no experience with either, nor do I have a dog in the fight, but how hard is it to check for prongs?
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:06 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Big cuts from the tri-tronic
Replies: 15
Views: 4763

Re: Big cuts from the tri-tronic

ACooper wrote:Can you post a photo of how you have it on the dog? Sounds like it might be a little snug, but tough to tell.
This was my first thought as well. I've run a collar for 8+ hours many times without issues.
by displaced_texan
Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:06 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

I've responded. Quote your source.

And quote a source on the rest of your post while you're at it.
by displaced_texan
Sun Oct 27, 2013 6:29 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

Cajun Casey wrote: Well, if you'd pay attention when you're driving, maybe you wouldn't have so much armadillo on the menu.
I hit other stuff too!
by displaced_texan
Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:19 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

One of my sons is the plant manager of a human food facility and he says all it takes for something to be Kosher is you have to pay the Rabbi. Ezzy Is there anything you don't know? Most kosher hotdogs are all beef, I've never actually seen ones that weren't. I maybe buy meat at the store twice a y...
by displaced_texan
Sun Oct 27, 2013 1:44 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

I'd like to see such a list awesome as well.. You are feeding 4D beef in your food. That's from the guy that reps the company. I am feeding what they scrape off the line in every Tyson plant in the Ozarks. That's from the guy that brokers the stuff. Your dogs are as weird as mine. Dog Health and Nu...
by displaced_texan
Sun Oct 27, 2013 11:17 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

I'd like to see such a list awesome as well.. You are feeding 4D beef in your food. That's from the guy that reps the company. I am feeding what they scrape off the line in every Tyson plant in the Ozarks. That's from the guy that brokers the stuff. Your dogs are as weird as mine. Dog Health and Nu...
by displaced_texan
Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:05 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

I'd like to see such a list awesome as well..
by displaced_texan
Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: People who hate e collars..
Replies: 25
Views: 9858

Re: People who hate e collars..

My dog training friends are the guys I hunt and trial with, so nope, none of them have ever been surprised that I use an ecollar. I'm from the "ghetto". So most of my closer friends that have dogs have pits and mixes. Most of them are okay with the "e collar talk". They just are okay with it. I gue...
by displaced_texan
Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:16 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: People who hate e collars..
Replies: 25
Views: 9858

Re: People who hate e collars..

I take my dog virtually everywhere I go, and very rarely have a leash on me. Rich white people are easily shocked. Rich white people? Why rich white people? Ask them. That's who my customers are, that's who can't believe my dog sleeps in my truck all day, doesn't jump out, and doesn't have to be pu...
by displaced_texan
Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:12 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

I don't have the wife butcher my deer either, (guess I'm just a softy). Nothing wrong with stating your opinion on what you feed. I thought that's what this forum was about, discussing your thoughts and experiences with other gun dog enthusiasts, Pick up a few pointers and hand out a few if you hav...
by displaced_texan
Fri Oct 25, 2013 4:45 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Whining
Replies: 20
Views: 7142

Just want I need, Turbo staring at me even more.

Beating a dog for whining is about on the level of a parent giving their kid something to cry about.
by displaced_texan
Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:08 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is happening here?
Replies: 44
Views: 15466

Re: What is happening here?

Angus wrote:Forums constantly change. Nothing is static of any forum board, just the nature of things.
I've been on one that hasn't noticeably changed in the past I years...
by displaced_texan
Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:05 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is happening here?
Replies: 44
Views: 15466

Re: What is happening here?

I agree, if there are no repercussions to posting total bulls... then the forum gets filled up with total bulls.... It's hard for a beginner to know what advice to trust. Precisely. And in my experience the less moderation there is, and the fewer restrictions (obviously personal attacks/threats/etc...
by displaced_texan
Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:41 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: My dog pees in command.
Replies: 40
Views: 16299

Re: My dog pees in command.

Exactly. Or about how he's not on a leash, or if I say here he has to come. Or that he stays in the truck on command, or gets in it on command... The average American dog is untrained, without anything meaningful to do, and overweight. Just like the average American. They think a dog that can sit o...
by displaced_texan
Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is happening here?
Replies: 44
Views: 15466

Re: What is happening here?

Maybe it's because people expect a lot for nothing. Dog trainers are trying to make a living, not teach the competition. It's 2013, generation Y is here, they want it all, they want it now, and they want to download it for free. Apparently my post is being misunderstood................and here inla...
by displaced_texan
Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:16 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Whining
Replies: 20
Views: 7142

It's not easy, but it's effective.

Like Casey said, some dogs just do it though.
by displaced_texan
Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is happening here?
Replies: 44
Views: 15466

Re: What is happening here?

I think what happens is, in the beginning, those pros are happy to help a newbie that wants answers. But then said newbie either questions the pros methods or miss uses the method and then drops the pros name. See, if a pro helps you and the method they teach doesnt work for your dog/or you didnt i...
by displaced_texan
Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:13 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is happening here?
Replies: 44
Views: 15466

Re: What is happening here?

Good mods and the careful application of the ban hammer helps keep the shenanigans down. The "shenanigans" also help weed out the idiots. Personally, I think this place could stand to be a good bit rougher. In a decade of experience on many forums, that keeps the casual people who aren't truly invo...
by displaced_texan
Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:48 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

Well Thank you for taking the time to read the article. I get the sense that the quotes you posted have some alternative motive for something you are trying to say, then what they really mean. I took the information as proven evidence that fat and protein far outweigh carbs as part of a dogs diet. ...
by displaced_texan
Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: My dog pees in command.
Replies: 40
Views: 16299

Re: My dog pees in command.

I like to know what people are saying that you consider harassmen? Anyone wasting my time giving me their unsolicited opinions on how I should live my life. Especially those that choose to imply that I'm an irresponsible or unkind dog owner because I don't train the way that they think I should, an...
by displaced_texan
Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: People who hate e collars..
Replies: 25
Views: 9858

Re: People who hate e collars..

I think you are right. But as I said they will gradually weed themselves out either by loosing interest in teaching us where and why we have gone astray or they might even get some help if we all have to listen to the same banter over and over. Ezzy Is this really the second time this week I've agr...
by displaced_texan
Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: People who hate e collars..
Replies: 25
Views: 9858

Re: People who hate e collars..

ACooper wrote:
Cajun Casey wrote: Nothing worse that a Gen-Y
I 100% agree with this part, :lol: seems the GDF has a recent influx of Gen-Y nonsense.
Yes it has!
by displaced_texan
Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: People who hate e collars..
Replies: 25
Views: 9858

Re: People who hate e collars..

ACooper wrote:
displaced_texan wrote:I take my dog virtually everywhere I go, and very rarely have a leash on me. Rich white people are easily shocked.
Or "conveniently" outraged...
More accurate!
by displaced_texan
Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:15 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: People who hate e collars..
Replies: 25
Views: 9858

I take my dog virtually everywhere I go, and very rarely have a leash on me. Rich white people are easily shocked.
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:27 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

If your dog is bringing back badger she has strangled I will guarantee no matter what kind of an owner she has she is coming back bloody with ripped ears and would be real lucky to not have cuts across her stomach and possibly a few intestine showing. And if it is far enough away to find a badger I...
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:11 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

If your dog is bringing back badger she has strangled I will guarantee no matter what kind of an owner she has she is coming back bloody with ripped ears and would be real lucky to not have cuts across her stomach and possibly a few intestine showing. And if it is far enough away to find a badger I...
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:59 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Time for somethin "new" this Season
Replies: 6
Views: 2983

Glad it worked out! Looks like you both had fun.

I'm nervous about trying woodcock this year, and keeping my mutt reined in enough.
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:54 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Hit the one year mark.
Replies: 12
Views: 3863

He's missing 2/3 of his tail! One of the best looking GSPs I've seen, absolutely love his markings, and sounds like quite the hunter.
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:51 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Whining
Replies: 20
Views: 7142

I've always ignored my EPs, they eventually figure out that whining doesn't get them anywhere.
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:45 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

Sorry, it was a while ago i read it, i don't have a link. :/ Do you not believe me or something? Nope. You're some crazy stranger on the Internet, of course I don't just believe whatever you say. I read all sorts of stuff on the Internet. Some of it is true. Using the Internet I can prove that the ...
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:34 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: SD opener
Replies: 21
Views: 7827

Sounds like y'all had a good time, if not the most effective way to fill a freezer...
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:32 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dog got cut up by a cat, any reason to worry?
Replies: 12
Views: 4173

Depends how deep they are... I've had several dogs get minor scratches and bites, antibiotic ointment kept it from becoming a problem.
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:30 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

Sorry, it was a while ago i read it, i don't have a link. :/ Do you not believe me or something? Nope. You're some crazy stranger on the Internet, of course I don't just believe whatever you say. I read all sorts of stuff on the Internet. Some of it is true. Using the Internet I can prove that the ...
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:09 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: People who hate e collars..
Replies: 25
Views: 9858

My dog training friends are the guys I hunt and trial with, so nope, none of them have ever been surprised that I use an ecollar.
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:33 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: My dog pees in command.
Replies: 40
Views: 16299

Re: My dog pees in command.

People with untrained dogs are always amazed when they see dogs do things they are told. Yeah but, do they run up and laugh, and harass you?? Yep. People with untrained dogs are always amazed when they see dogs do things they are told. Yeah but, do they run up and laugh, and harass you?? Yeah, they...
by displaced_texan
Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:01 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: My dog pees in command.
Replies: 40
Views: 16299

People with untrained dogs are always amazed when they see dogs do things they are told.
by displaced_texan
Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:25 pm
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: best waterfowl gun
Replies: 58
Views: 66057

I've known one 870 that had a problem that wasn't from rust. Firing pin spring failure, gun had been hunted HARD for over 30 years.
by displaced_texan
Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:12 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: My dog pees in command.
Replies: 40
Views: 16299

I thought my male to squat to pee. You can teach a dog anything, that doesn't make you special.
by displaced_texan
Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:33 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Any of you feed raw?
Replies: 423
Views: 124844

Re: Any of you feed raw?

Those same kibble fed dogs bled from the anus during the race. :/ Source? You can't just claim something, you need to be able to back it up. "Here we go again," spinning my statements to benefit your own cause. What I said word for word was, kibble alone cannot supply the nutritional needs to compe...