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by Ryman Gun Dog
Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:28 am
Forum: Training
Topic: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?
Replies: 30
Views: 10373

Re: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?

ymepointer, The Weimar pup we now have is very young, so we don't know exactly her abilities as of this point. I can however tell you about Samual J. Coop, our old Champion Weimar. He was a German Weimar brought in to the USA thru the old Kennel in south Texas, and he was the very best hunting dog I...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:15 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: When do you shoot
Replies: 9
Views: 3348

Re: When do you shoot

jKoehler, I shoot a lot of birds when training but the dog must preform all tasks correctly before I shoot. Prior to using the launch cage I train on wild Grouse, introducing the blank gun and the .410 in the woods, prior to actually shooting down any birds, either in the Grouse woods or using the l...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:39 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Undoing the damage from poor-flying birds
Replies: 9
Views: 4079

Re: Undoing the damage from poor-flying birds

Gentlemen, Here is the way we fix other hunters dogs at Pine Creek Grouse Dog Trainers, we train on wild Grouse, running the dog until the dog figures out he can not catch the bird, the dog then locks on point, we then use several launch cages to finish the job. We start and finish our own dogs in t...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:18 am
Forum: Training
Topic: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?
Replies: 30
Views: 10373

Re: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?

Cherrystone, Some day you will have to pay us a visit here in Potter/ Tioga, Pa and see what your Weimars do with our spooky Grouse, would love to see your girls work the Grouse woods. Glad you hunt a lot of wild Quail however, when I was in the military my old male Weimar hunted them often on Ft Ho...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:04 am
Forum: Training
Topic: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?
Replies: 30
Views: 10373

Re: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?

Ymepointer,
Thank you sir very much for the Weimar sight, I will check it out.
RGD/Dave
by Ryman Gun Dog
Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:53 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?
Replies: 30
Views: 10373

Re: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?

Cherrstone, It was my fault he addressed you as a man, in his post. I sort of led him down the path of distruction, when I did so in mine. Congrats on your achievements with your Weimar dogs, our versatile dogs are exclusively trained for hunting, mostly birds and some other small game. We do not sh...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:13 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Bonding
Replies: 4
Views: 1429

Re: Bonding

Cashiers, I let my pups play with my older dogs on a limited basis, the pups get to play with each other in the same kennel on and off, they are not housed that way however, and all the pups & dogs know I am the big dog here. We expect our dogs to be of a very high quality, it starts with great gene...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:36 am
Forum: Training
Topic: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?
Replies: 30
Views: 10373

Re: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?

Titan, Cherrystone is giving you good advise about the cage and housing the dog, especially when you are away from home. A fenced yard is the best way to keep your Weimar, I do have mine trained with the Pet safe invisible fence also, however I started her as a pup to respect the fence, as my other ...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:48 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Spring Training
Replies: 23
Views: 5153

Re: Spring Training

GDFavor,
Great stuff, thanks for posting the great pictures. Looks like you gentlemen had a fantatic day in the field.
RGD/Dave
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:42 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: How Smart are Dogs?
Replies: 58
Views: 14880

Re: How Smart are Dogs?

Neil, No doubt about it dogs do think, and reason, but by no means on a human level. However they do have something that no human will ever possess. Their sense of smell is many many times greater than a humans and with their sensory equipment connected directly into their brain, they have the abili...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:26 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Brand New to Puppy Training (for the 4th time)
Replies: 10
Views: 3703

Re: Brand New to Puppy Training (for the 4th time)

LemonPointer, Its hard for me to relate to this because at any time we have a min of 6 hunting dogs here at the home kennel, the people here on the forum have given you good advise and you have had experience enough to handle training your own hunting dog. If you need further help there are a lot of...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:57 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Kennel Size
Replies: 8
Views: 4144

Re: Kennel Size

Ezzy, What you say is definitely true if the man needs to be money concious, however you are extremely lucky to have had only one dog that ever climbed your kennel, especially if the kennel fencing is 6' or under, and the dog was along 8 hrs every day. As you can see in the pictures my mountain kenn...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:34 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Kennel Size
Replies: 8
Views: 4144

Re: Kennel Size

CptHunter, If you can, make your kennel of Chain link fencing and as large as possible, my mountain kennels are each 18' wide and a min of 30' long and 10' high. If you are planning to leave your dog for 8 hours or more, you also need a lid on your kennel and concrete floors. The doglow houses are n...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:23 am
Forum: Training
Topic: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?
Replies: 30
Views: 10373

Re: New Weim Pup....How do I get started?

Titan, Congrats on your new Weimar pup, I have trained and raised many Weimar dogs, especially in the lat 60's early 70's. In fact I have a new Weimar pup right now that is doing very well in the Grouse woods. I waited 30 years for the pup I wanted, finding good Weimar hunting stock in the USA has b...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:55 am
Forum: Training
Topic: e collar in the house
Replies: 9
Views: 3826

Re: e collar in the house

Vino, I never use the e-collar around the house, you need to spend more time with your dog, if the dog is jumping on the counters. After the dog understands what you expect of him, discipline the dog properly and become the big dog. At four months, the dog is only starting to understand what you exp...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:11 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: English setter
Replies: 15
Views: 7795

Re: English setter

ES Fan, Gangreen is giving you good advise, there are different kinds of ES dogs from different lines. Investigate the different lines, and decide which dog would best fit into your family as both a hunting companion and a home companion. I own or have owned different dogs from most of the different...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:06 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: elbow and hip x-rays
Replies: 2
Views: 1060

Re: elbow and hip x-rays

nanny1,
This also depends on which testing format you are talking about, Penn-Hip is a multi shot test from different angles and actual measurements are done.
Not sure about elbows, but from the criteria it seems at least one of each joint is required.
RGD/Dave
by Ryman Gun Dog
Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:00 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Raw eggs???
Replies: 9
Views: 3109

Re: Raw eggs???

56/26, I agree but I only feed one egg a month and use the fish oil from our actual meals to supliment, the diet also consists of small amounts of bacon grease and Deer meat. My dogs live to be a very old age, averaging almost 18. Usually the better you house and feed your dogs the longer the dog li...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:17 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Exceed, now that it's back
Replies: 19
Views: 7914

Re: Exceed, now that it's back

nanny1, One of my dreams was to have all three major Setter lines in my Grouse Dog Training Kennel, wanted a good Irish Setter to go along with my Ryman ES and Thomason Gordons, I was led to beleive the Red Setters were a little better dog than they really happen to actually be. Rory is a very good ...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:23 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Diamond Hi-Energy Users
Replies: 29
Views: 11991

Re: Diamond Hi-Energy Users

Gentlemen, I priced the Diamond food here in Pa and we are not seeing the decent prices you men are seeing out west, still about $25.00 here for a 40lb bag, the large breed, which to me is the best for my dogs, is even mode expensive. Further its harder to get around here now, due too some store clo...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:06 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Exceed, now that it's back
Replies: 19
Views: 7914

Re: Exceed, now that it's back

Snipes, I agree something has changed with the Exceed dog food, my dogs are a might slimmer, no green color however. Seems to be a little more crap also. My dogs coats and energy have not chnaged however, feeding a min of 6 dogs, its still the best way to keep my food cost reasonable. I may mix a 40...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:29 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Miller's Ch White Powder
Replies: 10
Views: 4799

Re: Miller's Ch White Powder

Yawallac, You bet I have heard of Montrose HS, what year did you graduate? The cover dog games are nice, but how does your dog due in the Grouse woods when you really hunt spooky Grouse and shoot the birds, is he finding and pointing the birds for your gun, and retrieving after the kill. My friends ...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Miller's Ch White Powder
Replies: 10
Views: 4799

Re: Miller's Ch White Powder

Gunner,
Real nice looking Miller dog, I do like them very much, one of my friends has one, the big boy is a Grouse hunting maching, and smart as a whip.
How does you Miller dog do in the Grouse woods?
RGD/Dave
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:53 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: 2009 Season
Replies: 7
Views: 2616

Re: 2009 Season

Texs, Tom I have never talked with you before, but I really liked your hunting Video, great stuff. If I ever own a Brit it will be a Frenchie, real nice hunting dog! RGD/Dave We do a little Grouse hunting up this way also http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/pine-creek/Grouseopeningday2005005-1....
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:10 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Vizsla training - with or without ecollar
Replies: 19
Views: 9113

Re: Vizsla training - with or without ecollar

O/C, Lots of good advise here, I really like the statement about making sure that the owner fully undrstands the proper use of the training collar, again we recommend the T&B collar with a training program for both the dog and master, especially if this is the owners 1st bird dog. Having someone tea...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:53 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Changing come to here
Replies: 7
Views: 2182

Re: Changing come to here

CHD, These gentlemen are giving you good advise, I will go one step further and advise you to get a Dogtra T&B collar and use the master initiated double beep as a recall tool. In this manner you always have complete control of you animal while hunting, and you can locate the dog immediately when th...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:44 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Teaching come with collar
Replies: 5
Views: 1859

Re: Teaching come with collar

A/C guy, Absolutely correct sir, we do the check cord method with pups that have not already been started in our kennel, the pup must understand what the call command is prior to any discipline, no matter which method you choose to use. The actual shock end of the T&B collar is used so little with o...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:39 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Setter Run Off Issue
Replies: 10
Views: 4560

Re: Setter Run Off Issue

Quail Tail, Ruff Shooter has given you some good advise, bonding is especially important with Setters. Even after that depending on the line you purchased from, your dog may very well work better with the T&B collar on than off. Some independent setters are very easy to handle with the T&B collar, b...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:06 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Teaching come with collar
Replies: 5
Views: 1859

Re: Teaching come with collar

Fratelle, This is the technique we use here at Pine Creek Grouse dog Trainers. First we train with Dogtra Train and Beep collars, the collars are usually introduced to the pups when they are about 6 months old. They play with them on, around the kennel property in our large woods, at this point they...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:00 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Revolution for dogs
Replies: 5
Views: 2165

Re: Revolution for dogs

Meat, I do not use it any more, I found a better product called Advocate, an external product that works well, I further use Adams spray to keep all Ticks off my animals. You can purchase advocate from Joes on line for reasonable money, I have a small training Kennel with 6 dogs and absolutely no pa...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:52 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Snow balling up in pups paws
Replies: 9
Views: 3019

Re: Snow balling up in pups paws

Jeff,
What I do about his problem is keep the hair trimmed short, then rub Cowboy Magic on the dogs paws prior to each outing. Cowboy Magic also works real well
on all feathering to keep snow ball from forming.
RGD/Dave
by Ryman Gun Dog
Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:33 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Dogtra 2500 T&B or Tritronics Upland G3 EXP
Replies: 21
Views: 10711

Re: Dogtra 2500 T&B or Tritronics Upland G3 EXP

Sir, I recommend the Dogtra T&B, I train Grouse dogs on a constant basis. The Dogtra T&B is the best unit on the maket as far as quality and reliability. We use the older dual Collar units here at Pine Creek Grouse Dog Trainers, some of these units are over 17 years old now, they still functioning l...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:54 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: temporary life change and a dog...Honest opinions needed
Replies: 29
Views: 7433

Re: temporary life change and a dog...Honest opinions needed

Sir, I would look into acquiring a dog sitter when you need to travel, further if you are driving when you travel, I would look into staying some place where they will allow your dog, especially if the dog is well mannered. There are lots of places to hunt Grouse in New England after work and on wee...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:38 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Words of Wisdom
Replies: 205
Views: 361990

Re: Words of Wisdom

Gentlemen,

Never discipline your dog when you are argry.
RGD/Dave
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:33 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Wyatts last hunt for the season! (PICS)
Replies: 8
Views: 2477

Re: Wyatts last hunt for the season! (PICS)

1doggie,
Real nice dog sir, you have every right to be proud, GSP's are fine dogs, glad you are having a good time with him.
RGD/Dave
by Ryman Gun Dog
Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:23 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Labs good grouse dogs?
Replies: 21
Views: 15231

Re: Labs good grouse dogs?

Labman21, Labs can make good upland dogs when trained correctly, now their techniques are not like English Setters or most other pointing dogs, but they produce birds for gunning just fine. One of my close friends started out hunting Grouse with a Chocolate lab, she was one of the best dogs for find...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Long haired woes
Replies: 7
Views: 2719

Re: Long haired woes

Dan, Absolutely use the show sheen and the other great product is Cowboy Magic, it takes all the burrs right out, its really a horse mane detangler, and if you use it on your Setter prior to working in the field, everything combs right out. Cowboy magic is the best product for long haired dogs we ha...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:13 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: best breeds for ruffed grouse and woodcock
Replies: 31
Views: 18494

Re: best breeds for ruffed grouse and woodcock

Sir, Another dog that really handles spooky Grouse well is the Small Munsterlander, a German dog that is a very serious hunter. RGD/Dave Sampson on Grouse point in the Pa woods http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/pine-creek/SamonGrousePoint.jpg Sampson with his true double Grouse, taken with th...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:35 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ryman setters turned into PA shelter
Replies: 31
Views: 8546

Re: Ryman setters turned into PA shelter

Ladies & Gentlemen, Seems now everything is starting to work out with the placement of these DeCoverly Ryman dogs in the SPCA, all but one has been spoken for, and another man I know in Texas, is trying to acquire the last male. Thanks to all for spreading the word, it definitely got the dogs placed...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: best breeds for ruffed grouse and woodcock
Replies: 31
Views: 18494

Re: best breeds for ruffed grouse and woodcock

mcmant, I like the Ryman Setters and the Sure Thing Gordon Setters for Grouse and woodcock hunting in New England and Pa. They get the job done big time and are fantastic dogs around the house. I have 6 Grouse dogs here at Pine Creek Grouse dog Trainers, 4 Setters, one Small Munsterlander and one ne...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:06 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ryman setters turned into PA shelter
Replies: 31
Views: 8546

Re: Ryman setters turned into PA shelter

Dog Dr, There may have been some small effort to place some of the dogs, only Sardoni will know that for sure. However if he really wanted to place the dogs quickly, DeCoverly has a past and present ownership list, developed by Ken Alexander over the years. DeCoverly Kennels also has a world wide we...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:26 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Retrieving reliability test with fox
Replies: 5
Views: 2352

Re: Retrieving reliability test with fox

Madonna,
Looks like things are coming along wit the girls, I really like the fox retriever training of the GVP testing.
Hope all is well in Germany.
RGD/Dave
by Ryman Gun Dog
Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:59 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ryman setters turned into PA shelter
Replies: 31
Views: 8546

Re: Ryman setters turned into PA shelter

Gentlemen, All these dogs have been mostly kept in kennels, they will adapt quicky to a personal home situation, they will need training. Ryman dogs especially older ones adapt but probably will have seperation anxiety. They are beautiful animals, and make very loving pets. The SPCA dose not like to...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:33 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dog Crates ... Dog Trucks?
Replies: 8
Views: 5308

Re: Dog Crates ... Dog Trucks?

Neil, Lots of different way to set up your truck or SUV, the picture below gives you and idea of how I let my vehicle set up for training. I like the flight cages because they are easy to clean and move, the bigger dog box swings out from a large vehicle and hauls my birds and lots equipmet. RGD/Dav...
by Ryman Gun Dog
Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:16 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ryman setters turned into PA shelter
Replies: 31
Views: 8546

Re: Ryman setters turned into PA shelter

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am new here to this forum, I own Pine Creek Grouse Dog Trainers in the mountains of Pa. I own and train Ryman dogs myself. I have known Ken Alexander and the DeCoverly business all my life. Ken left the business in Sept of last year, the new management and ownership of Decove...