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DudeRN

very nice! although she looks a little embarassed

DudeRN

I don't have a tool recommendation, but I was just curious: do you cut off the tip of the quills first? I have been told they are hollow, and if you clip the tip off the come out much more easily.

DudeRN

wow, beautiful country and a fine dog there! welcome to the forum !

DudeRN

that is very strange. I know we think ears when there are questions of balance, but it makes me wonder about his eyes. it might be that on open ground he can see well enough to know up from down, but in the tall grass with a limited field of view he can't. just a thought.

DudeRN

ezzy333 wrote:Will it point cow pies? lol

no, but she will sometimes try to roll in them if I don't watch out :roll:

DudeRN

nice picture of my girl Ginger, from our walk in the cow pasture this evening. dreaming of hunting season!

DudeRN

Just an update on the Seresto collar: we have been using these on both of our dogs (almost 2 year old Britt and 15 year old mini poodle) for just over two weeks, and I have to say I am impressed. It is very dry this year in the northeast, so that may be affecting the tick numbers, but I have found o...

DudeRN

that's too bad. nice tribute to your pal though.

DudeRN

My pups would "attack" me one time,and quickly find out that was the wrong thing to do.This needs to be addressed right now.Snatch that little bugger up and remind him who is the boss.This is no time to be timid,your pup needs to learn you and everyone in your family is in charge. +1 unfortnately, ...

DudeRN

I just picked up Seresto collars for both of my dogs. Still thinking about the Bravecto, going to wait and see how the collars perform,

DudeRN

glad it was good news!

DudeRN

yes, it has been a brutal winter here. but the snow is almost gone, we've had some very nice warm days. I want fall for hunting, just not what comes after!

DudeRN

very nice! saw one today in my backyard

DudeRN

planning on getting my Britt's coat trimmed this week. Starting to warm up (finally) and she's wearing a heavy fur coat!

DudeRN

was sitting out in the backyard today, enjoying the sun and temperatures that have finally climbed above 60 degrees, when the pup started running through the brush at the edge of the lawn, very excited: out flies a woodcock. every day is hunting season for my Britt, but for me it is 5 1/2 months awa...

DudeRN

thanks for the update. let us know about the biopsy results. it sounds like you made the right call.

DudeRN

That's too bad, sorry for your loss.

DudeRN

My vet is recommending Bravecto, too. He trialed it on his bird dogs during the fall season and did not find any ticks on them (very unusual for here in NH).

I am going to make the switch this spring, as soon as I use up the topical stuff.

DudeRN

I was going to recommend Greenies, because we occasionally give them to our dogs as a treat. But before I posted I googled them, and it looks like some people have had some problems with them -- specifically with their dogs swallowing larger pieces that then don't get digested and cause an obstructi...

DudeRN

is there any chance it could have been a bear, or dogs? I see your location is long island, probably aren't any bears out there, right?

DudeRN

very nice!

DudeRN

I see flickers on the ground pretty frequently. they are insect eaters, but don't catch them on the wing -- they eat ants and beetles on the ground, using their tongues to eat out of holes in the ground.

DudeRN

well, then you should really change their names to Chip, Robbie and Ernie!

DudeRN

excellent advice. getting your dog to bond with you will be job #1 I think. good luck!

DudeRN

when I got my Britt, we already had a geriatric miniature poodle that is more cat than dog. when we adopted the poodle, he was about 5 years old and had clearly been allowed on the furniture by his previous owner. so we quickly gave up trying to keep him down, he is a snuggler. of course, that meant...

DudeRN

keep us posted!

DudeRN

nice! good looking dogs and beautiful country

DudeRN

weird. the pictures make it look like it is red, like it is inflamed, which you would usually associate with infection. is that the way it looks to you? or is it just the color of his skin? our non-hunting dog (a 15 yo mini poodle) has dozens of little skin tag-like bumps all over him, has been like...

DudeRN

luvthemud wrote:
Sharon wrote:Yep. Slippers are not needed and should be disposed of.

Good call. Especially the pink furry ones!

in my house, it is only my wife's shoes. this creates no tension at all. :roll:

DudeRN

I am not a vet, but the more I look at your pictures, the more I am convinced it is a blocked tear duct. Is the eye watering/draining more than usual? if the tear duct is blocked the moisture will tend to overflow the eye and run down the cheek. moist heat might help, if he'll let you hold a warm wa...

DudeRN

could it be a flicker? http://sharkenterprises.biz/photos/animalia/aves/picidae/colaptes/ColaptesAuratus07.jpg https://bybio.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/northern-flicker-3.jpg http://www.neoperceptions.com/snakesandfrogs.com/scbirds/images/Northern%20Flicker%201.jpg the behavior you describe sounds ...

DudeRN

did they mention the possibility of a blocked tear duct? it seems like a likely culprit.

DudeRN

let the fun begin!

DudeRN

the real trick is getting them to point, then you just slip the piece of wood under them.

DudeRN

just curious, do you keep a pheasant or grouse in the freezer for training throughout the off season? if you do, do you gut it or leave it whole? and do you thaw it out for training, and put it back in the freezer for the next time?

DudeRN

The next time you get a grouse (or any game bird) don't field dress it. Hang it for several days in a cool place. I would let a grouse hang for at least 3-4 days. Then pluck (or skin it) and clean it. Much more tender, much more flavor. Pheasants I hang for a week or so. Cook like any chicken recip...

DudeRN

nice! congratulations and nice picture!

DudeRN

...early and often

DudeRN

I doubt it would be frostbite, since the armpits would be one of the warmer places on a dog, much more likley on nose, ears, toes just like in people. We have had a few other people here with similar issues, and most often it sounds like something plant/environment related, something that is coming ...

DudeRN

wow, all nice pictures!

DudeRN

nice looking pup there, Whip is a great name.

DudeRN

I had never heard of a grass awn before -- I thought maybe it was supposed to be 'grass lawn', but still didn't make any sense. you learn something new every day. scary

DudeRN

my 18 mo old Brittany loves to chase tweety birds in the off season, I think it helps her get her bird fix when we are not able to hunt. The only times she points or chases them while we are hunting is if we havem't had any luck, and she knows we are getting close to quitting for the day. Then I don...

DudeRN

and some studies have shown that there is a correlation:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16407788

DudeRN

no, sorry, I guess that didn't sound right. I just wanted to say I am sure that you really want to be sure that what you are doing is going to keep your dog healthy. which is of course what you are trying to do. as you can guess from my user name, I am an RN and we get people all the time who don't ...

DudeRN

the nice part is watching the working dog group, and hearing how just about all of them are not just show dogs, but also hunt. it is the group that probably has the highest rate of doing what they were bred to do, not just being show dogs.

DudeRN

that looks like fun! nice pup

DudeRN

nice, congratulations!

DudeRN

I think you want to be real careful. You've invested a lot of time, money and love in your dog, you wouldn't want to have your trusted hunting companion to get chronically ill because you wanted to save a few bucks. I think you should get a very clear guideline from your vet -- the right drug, the r...

DudeRN

I don't know about dogs, but I do know that anyone who works in a hospital (and probably other professions, too) dreads the full moon. Things do go crazy. The ER gets swamped. Why? who knows. But there really seems to be a relation between phases of the moon and behavior. Why should dogs be any diff...

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