Gun Dog Forum

There is noquestion in my mind that they have the heart and the grit to do darn near anything we could ask of them, but there are some things we should not ask. Heck, I can think of lots better places to be...for ME... when the weather is that BRRRRR nasty! Most of those places will have a nice war...

I will add that I have raised litters of my own pups in the past and will in the future once I get a very solid brood bitch.

I was hoping to get a little advice on an opportunity presented to me. In my search for a new pup I have come across a party that is interested in working a deal where I would take a pregnant bitch and care for her and pups until they are ready for there new homes in return for a puppy of my choice....

In Maine you buy a permit/gamebird license and you can train year round.

I will tell you IMO a dog inside of 25 yards isn't going to be very productive as far as pointing is concerned, the commotion from the two of you in such close proximity will eradicate your chances of getting a point on one with even the slightest bit of experience. I let my Pointer roll especially ...

SURE!! I jumped in and ran against pro's and am's, had never even watched a trial. We took a 2nd in our first and a 1st in our second in the coverdog scene I have a great dog ! Unfortunately she has a crook in her tail and I was told by many I would not be put up in the advanced trials so I never ma...

Great book! Not sure why it never really caught on I trained with the authors in a small group for years and got to see first hand how well the program works. There is no doubt that it is a lot of work but once through it you have a very nice dog!

People get way to emotional with the size of a Scott Kennel. I have both Scott Kennels and a 12x10 kennel and my dogs do the same thing in both, sleep and get up for an occasional P :wink: It's no different when they are inside, curled up in a ball someplace sleeping. NO ONE should rely on ANY kenne...

Get your dog out on wild birds and don't say a word about anything. Let him figure out on his own he will not be shocked for finding/flushing/pointing game. Say nothing at all when he does wrong, no eye contact, words, etc. When he does right PRAISE the heck out of him, you have to really sell how p...

Sammy, the thread starter commented twice, and I have not read in either post, anything about breaking. So, where is this coming from? It does talk on the dogs actions with birds, and I asked a couple questions about why people feel this is happening, and yet has anyone answered, it all gets revamp...

The choice is yours to make. I cannot believe that claim of dogs never letting you down is true, Sorry. You either don't get out much or have to be the luckiest person on earth and should start playing the lottery. I agree that we should be focusing our breedings on dogs that are strong natural retr...

[quote="Crystal kennels"]We avidly hunt our GSPs on Waterfowl. We have very cold temps especially late season here in NYS. We hunt the big lakes and ours hold up as well as any Lab or Chessie in the cold. I do use 5 mm neoprene vests. We hunt out of a boat blind and off land........ You have to be k...

Same goes for flushing dogs as with pointing. If you don't get the desired results you are looking for NO SHOOTING. You should have a dog that stops in the field reliably to the whistle and hand signal then you can move to stopping to the shot then move to stop to a thrown dummy then moving on to a ...

Yah, at $300.00 per dog flat rate it would be hard to make any money. I just assumed they were getting more money.

Was thinking of starting a business transporting dogs. I have the truck equipped with a topper and pretty sure with all of the people out of work it wouldn't be hard to find someone to drive it. I have never used a service like this and was wondering how businesses are setting the rates. Is it by mi...

It can be done, consecutive correct repetitions followed with Praise, it will take a little longer but on the flip side you will never need to worry about dead batteries and such. People seem to forget that an ecollar is not going to help unless the dog has been trained to know what is expected of h...

Cross your I's and dot your T's. Train to perfection, back off and admire what you and your best bud have become. Consecutive correct repetitions and PRAISE

Patience! I had a young dog that did just what you are describing. I let him do his thing and when he went into a fit I would stop him with the whistle ( of course I trained him to stop in the yard) once stopped I would start toward him and he would see me and I would send him on. I started wearing ...

I was told by more than one person on this board that handling a dog in a trial is a whole lot different than training one. Well needless to say my Pointer and I placed a 2nd and 1st in the only two coverdog trials we have entered :wink: It can be done and it is well worth trying even if you don't w...

Thanks for the tip. I have not seen anyone do this in person is why I ask. Also for all of you guys who like the PVC pipe go to an electrical supply house and ask for schedule 80 in the diameter of your choice and I will guarantee it will not break,bend,etc. Unless of course you do something dramatic

Can someone shed some light as to what distance there pooches are away from the tire of the ATV and maybe someone runs two dogs on one side can shed some light on how far apart

What is the distance from the tire on the four wheeler to the end of the roading bar where the eye hook is fastened? And if running two dogs on the same side what distance apart should they be? I put mine together with Uni strut and U clamps real economical and comes off in a snap. I have not used i...

Training the Sporting dog by Don Smith and Ervin Jones " The orange book" Hands down has to be the most well laid out and descriptive training manual that exists I don't know why it hasn't caught on. I have read some of the books mentioned in this thread and too be totally honest I can't see why any...

The gentleman who handles this dog has far more experience handling/training dogs than you by probably 10yrs I'm guessing and his opinion on the matter is much like my own NOT GOOD! :lol: :lol: he must be pretty old because I trained labs for 10 years prior to getting into pointers if hes got 10 ye...

If every dog that has a fault is removed from the gene pool there would be none because ALL DOGS have faults.We as breeders just have to breed dogs with the qualities we look for & the least amount of faults or the faults we see as minor faults to improve the breed.We must also keep in mind that we...

You entitled to your opinions about breeding, but I've owned and trained far more pointing dogs than most people over the last 35 years and every one of them probably would of ate the bird in those circumstances when they were 5 months old. ANd just because some else screwed up and didn't pay atten...

In this day and age where game is sparse we should strive to be conservationist and give 110% in retrieving all game, if the dog eats or mangles the prize rendering it inedible we may as well leave shot game in the field for predators to feed on rather than throwing it in the trash can. I think the ...

The pup was out loose around the camp ( we were up hunting ) I did not see the pup out as she was under the watch or lack of from her master and I had birds lined up and getting a knife to clean them when I turned around this pup had rifled one off the cleaning table and ran off under the camp where...

I recently purchased (2) puppies in my search for breeding stock for my kennel, these pups are from seperate kennels both females and are a week apart in age roughly (5mos) now. I have one and a friend of mine has the other as I believe it would be counterproductive to there progression being togeth...

Looking to buy a couple harnesses for my Pointer and Drahthaar they will be pulling a sled in the winter and scooter in the months we don't have snow,mud, etc. What type of harness would you recommend and where is the best place to buy?

Lenny

My female Drahthaar keeps splitting the same nail resulting in her hobbling around, what if anything can I do about this? Ithought of using superglue but don't know if that would be awise thing to do?

Lenny

Looking for a little help, last spring I attended a couple coverdog trials with my young pointer and fared very well. She is approaching 2 yrs this memorial day and want to get her polished up for the next level and am looking for the requirements for each level, anyone know where I can find this?