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Casper

What is a good price for a pup and what is the price of a trained dog? Puppies can sell for $200-1000 (some breeds maybe more) and trained dogs (depending on how much training) can go for app. $1000-5000 averaging around $3500. It isnt unheard of to invest $3500 into a puppy to get it to a fully tr...

Casper

Does anyone have any suggestion for setting up a dog for quality photos. A young man who is showing some talent at painting as offered to do a painting of one of my dogs. Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Casper

all i am wanting to do at this point is get her used to the gun shot so i can start hunting her and shooting birds over her. If you feel that she is comfortable with the blank gun than introduce the clipped winged/shackled bird. If this boosted her enthusiasm than into. the shot gun. Start with the...

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I would care to guess that this pup has already had some time chasing birds and is now self taught to remain standing after the bird takes flight. The poster is looking for an alternative to firing the blank gun while pup is standing so close. By producing what would appear to be a shot bird by toss...

Casper

I dont know much about breeding dogs but do read quite a bit. I have read that it is quite common to get very small litters from frozen semen. I dont remember the reasoning behind it or if there was one just remember reading it. IMHO if this is the case it almost doesnt make it worth while.

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Casper

My Dad bought some of the hearing enhancement/protection things (not sure what brand) and he said as far as deadening the gun shots they were great. Down side to them he could only hear himself huffing and puffing and the crunch and crumble of each foot fall. If he blew on his whistle he could not h...

Casper

What I like to do is to have a clipwing in my pocket and when the dog points, hold her, then throw the clippie or shackled bird and send dog to retrieve. Have the bird in light cover. Just as she gets to the bird fire the gun. You can do the same thing with a fly away bird. After the flush, let her...

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Pepper to go against what you say in your step 10 before my call back I talk with a Pro trainer for some advise. He suggested that I not go back to the dog to send him that if I can verbally send him do so just make sure the Judges know that you are sending him so there is no doubt. He suggested a b...

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While apprentice judging I have seen judges change their placements based on the retrieve. But it was never the 1st place dog. From what I have seen when a Judge has a first place dog that dog stand out far better than the rest. Only once have I seen a judge struggle with which dog to give a first p...

Casper

Hey Casper, I either never knew you got a scooter, or forgot. Its a blast, isn't it. The dogs get a workout and you get a ride. I just started mid summer. Dogs were doing real well till mid Aug. when my conditioning program took a crap. So after hunting season is over we will be back on it again. T...

Casper

I have been Scootering my two GSP's. Essentially it is the same as sled doggin but on dry ground. Good times. "Wagonmaster,"John does the same for hiw two.

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Casper

Hunting buddies are hard to come by. Must be tough to see one go.

Casper

Jerry, John, and Charlie thanks again for helping clear some things up. I have worked so hard at trying to just keep my dog broke that I failed to look at the entire package and didnt train for it all. At least now I know what I need to work on and an idea of how to go about it. If anyone else as an...

Casper

I don't know if it would be of any use toward a FT horse or not but i found great use from a book by Brenda Imus "Gaits Of Gold". it is an indepth overview of what is needed for the gaited horse to be comfortable and collected to gait properly allowing the rider the most comfort. Well worth the read...

Casper

In the few hundred call-backs that I have observed, gunned, judged, or handled, I have probably seen/done it all. If you can image it, it has probably happened to someone. Unfortunately, the best way to learn how to avoid these situations is to learn from mistakes; whether they were made by you or ...

Casper

Thanks John allot of what you said is what i was looking for. I was typing while you posted.

Casper

A little more information since I was in a hurry writing this last night. When I was called up to do my call back I approached in much the same fashion as Jerry mention. The one gunner came toward me to tell me where the bird was planted the other stayed behind a short distance from the bird. Maybe ...

Casper

I would like to hear from all of you that Field Trial about things to think about when going into a Call Back. For the first time since I started running in a broke dog stake (started this fall) I got my dog around clean and was looking at either a 1st or a 2nd placement in a 24 dog stake going into...

Casper

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Casper

What a bummer. It seams that at each trial I have gone to someone has come of a horse. The last two had injuries involved. A Judge had a horse rear over on top of him bruising his ribs real good and last week at a trial a lady was riding her new horse in gallery when something happened and she came ...

Casper

PERFECT

do they have any for chukar hunting

Casper

You would apparently hand the decision making process for who does get bred over to a small handful of individuals. That type of system wreaks of politics and favoritism and would be the downfall of a great breed within just a few generations. It would be impossible to eliminate personal bias and "...

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markj wrote:training to get a title of some sort on him? Like a FT or MH?

Depends on how good the dog is.

You may benefit from attending some of these trials or tests and make friends with some of the more experienced and see if they will mentor you. This is what I am doing

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Casper

Casper he is BEAUTIFUL!!!! AND I'm Homesick ...is that Hope Valley behind you? I see you got yourself a lil trailer too....you got the FT sickness dude....I'm proud of you but Peanut is STILL smaller ( stands in at a whopping 13.2 folks. Thanks Helen. Wish you guys were still here too. Yes that is ...

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CharleyFarley wrote:On that glorious day when the sun is shining, the sky is full of birds and the dog does everything expected of him/her in exactly the right way, what does that look and sound like?

Sounds like the day I stayed home

Casper

Now this is a short horse. At a towering 14.2 Troop is a horse that allot of people wish they could have

Nice horses Bruce hope they work out well for you

Casper

I too would recommend the Tarrant book. Just keep in mind that improvements have been made to the whoa post.

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Casper

IME all the biting back does nothing. I have had better results from just grabbing pup by the nap of the neck and picking him up a short ways from the ground. Pup will squeal in fright but as long as you hold him there he will settle and become limp. As soon as pup settles put him down and let him r...

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Bruce I bought one of those refurbs a couple months ago. I think the only advantage to the maxima is the capabilty to expand the amount of frequencies and stored frequencies. They do not receive any better than the classic. Also the Maxima has the digital read out rather than just lights. The classi...

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Rock On

Glad to hear she is gettin it done.

and she is a pretty good hunting dog too

Casper

Hmmmmm Hey doug is your PhotoBucket album down? I dont see any videos And your avatar pic is gone also?

Casper

Doug I didnt bother to read through that but was wondering how accurate they can be. I dont know breeding and genetics well enough to understand how they can determine the make up of a dog with so many breeds out there stemming hundreds of years and how they have been mixed together to develop new b...

Casper

So Casper, you are cheating like Doug...huntin them poor little chukar by horseback huh?!?!? Must be nice. :lol: Nice it is. Except when your dog is standing and you think the birds are one place and they flush from another and you manage to miss with both barrels than you walk back to the horse an...

Casper

Complete goose-egg today!! Zip, zilch, nada. I can't feel my legs but I presume they are still there. I had pretty good luck. Had 3 covey finds and two seperate singles. Managed to shoot the second single but guess I didnt hit it hard enough and it run off. Dog wasnt much interested in that bird sh...

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At least there are a few still around. Gonna have to tell those that ask where to find birds this year that they are all up Notellem Canyon and Mylipsaresealed Creek.

Great pics

Casper

What about a French Brittany? I have seen smaller dogs of this breed. Actually about the same size as a Boykin. The Boykins that I know are the same size as a Brit. The Frenchies do not vary much from the American bred dogs from good lines. There are only a slight difference in hight and weight max...

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You dont need to teach whoa you need to teach sit-to-flush.

Bird goes up dogs butt hits the ground and dog waits for your command to be released.

Your local retriever club would be somewhere to look to learn how to do this.

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Casper

If it makes you feel any better this dog didnt start pointing birds until he was almost 2 years old and even then they were flash points. He went through 2 full seasons of hunting wild birds and both summers chasing quail and chukars. It takes as long as it takes. In this pic he is 3. http://gundogf...

Casper

As far as breeding to your own stud - go for it if ya' think it'll get ya' what yer after. Personally, and maybe I'm too self conscious, I try to avoid in house breedings. I've had a ton of inquiries wondering when I was going to breed Stitch x Trixie, and personally I think they'd be awesome - she...

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Hi all I am thinking of breeding the dog in my avatar for a spring litter. I thought I would look towards those that are more familiar with GSP pedigrees since I never bothered to learn much about the dogs in my dogs history. There are a couple dogs I have seen at some field trials that I kinda have...

Casper

Way cool buddy! Your doing a heck of a job at that unbreaking process

Almost need sharptailhunter or Rich along to do the shooting for you. Neat vids though. What camera are you using?

Casper

Only difference I have seen in my dads 2 FB's is color and about $400

His young male, just under 2 yrs., is showing himself to be a real nice big gundog with loads of style and a ton of drive to hunt. I like him just fine

Casper

Now Dogirl, that I am over the crushing blow you hit me with :lol: This is what I did. I ran very few P/D, because of wanting to avoid long term problems. Then this summer I broke him, so I will try to run him broke. I was not going to run him Derby again (as I have the pts) but decided to in the N...

Casper

Welcome Carl. Will you be coming up to Reno for our Walking trial in a couple weeks (27-28th)?

Casper

Pop a dog in the butt a couple times with it and after that all you have to do is jingle the keys and they will quickly start to obey. Dogs have no concept of distance and believe you can hit them if they can hear them jingle. First consider your aim when throwing objects. I have been throwing thin...

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Here is a pic of Jake. If this is the same dog DirtySteve is talking about. I am sure it is. I really enjoyed watching Jake at the FT's finish both his FC and AFC.

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Casper

How does the dog hold birds? Have you even used birds? My lab wont hold a bumper properly to save her "bleep" but she fetches birds and holds them properly. She will even munch and crunch bumpers but will deliver a live bird without a scratch. IMHO if the dog is just a hunting dog than how the dog h...

Casper

Cool deal Pear! Hope that saddle worked out for you.

Casper

A picture is suppose to speak a thousand words but I would much rather have the photographer tell the story behind the picture

Doug you tell a great story that typically involves good humor would love to hear more.

Nice pic by the way

Casper

including their new "subscriber only content". Must be the reason why I cannot reregister. Me personally I wont subscribe to any more mags. is cause they never have any new content. Its always the same topics rewritten by different authors. At least with the BB's you can read different subjects and...

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