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How many of you think that a Hunters Safety certificate or an educational gun course should be required to buy a firearm? I can`t believe that the NRA hasn`t made this proposal yet. It would actually put money in their coffers and shed some positive light on the organization. I have often wondered f...

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I have tried the fancy pants and they never held up. Lately I have been wearing the Wrangler brush pants. Very comfortable and are good chore pants also. If I need more in the cold or wet I put on my trusty Wick chaps/ About $40 for the Wranglers. Pretty hard to beat.

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Beautiful pics. , are they taken with the Gopro?
Had many great hunts in that area back in the early 90s. Met some great people also.

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Since a good collar is a pet peeve with me, every training dog leaves here with a Leather Feel collar and nameplate.

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Have you tried a different species of bird? If you have been using quail try chuckars in the launcher. If he moves that tail pop the bird.

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Congrats to Dave and Page. Your a good Coach Vern!

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Mouse trap.JPG I put a tom cat in the office overnight for two nights. Sh_t hit the fan as there was stuff knocked off my desk and window sills. The cat seemed plump when I threw hi out the door in the am. I will continue with the cat for another week and make sure the critters are gone. The cat ju...

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I don`t know for certain it is a shrew. But because I have tried every trap they sell and can`t catch it tells me it is a shrew. either that or it is the smartest mouse in the world. The biggest reason I hate it so is that it sh_ts all over my counter top in the kennel and I have to clean it up ever...

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Let the cat eat the shrew then stomp both the cat and shrew, two 'birds" with one stone!

Now that is why I came here for help!! Sounds like a winner.

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Get a cat, the meanest nastiest SOB that you can get from the shelter. (and dont feed the cat till it catches it) :twisted: I have two of the worthless things outside. The shrew is in my Kennel office and dogs coming in and out all the time won`t work very good. I may put the cat in her at night an...

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I have a shrew in my office that I cannot catch. I have tried live traps,mouse traps,glue boards and poison. This little b_stard has to go. I looked on the internet but all I can find is Humane ways. I don`t want humane,, I want DEAD. Suggestions anyone?

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lol I guess if you stimulate at a low level then it's not inhumane but if you dog continues to bark and the intensity increases it becomes inhumane? Anyway the point was to give you my experience with the product. The biggest fault of any bark Collar is stimulation at the wrong time or stimulation ...

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The Dogtra YS300 is the best because,, it does not increase intensity which will only create a chain reaction of bark, stimulate, bark, stimulate higher,,,ouch,,,,stimulate Higher,,,OUCHH,, STIMULATE HIGHER ect. ect. inhumane? It has the page feature, nobody else does. it is rechargeable you can adj...

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brad27 wrote:Why does the dog stand still on the barrel the first time you put it on it? Or maybe the second time? Not all will stand still the first time or the second, but 95% of them do. Most dogs do not like being up off the ground, the basis of the table and barrel. The difference between the ...

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I currently am woahing my pup at the food bowl, and a variety of places around the house when I want her to stand still. I have her woah outside some, I do my best to time it to when she's paying attention and slowing down, not lost in smells or chasing squirrels. I understand what you're saying an...

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and the generalization process can be started much, much earlier - in early puppyhood even - teaching "whoa" at the food dish, water dish, kennel door, in and out of a vehicle, marker training and so on, beginning as early as 9-10 weeks of age. By the time these pups become mature enough for the "b...

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The dog learns faster and feels less "pressure" with the barrel. That is my experience also. For those that may not completely understand the barrel method, all I use the barrel method for is teaching the dog what the word Whoa means. It means stand and don`t move and look as pretty as you can whil...

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Keep working. Downloaded and half the tabs do not work.

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I currently have an NEF Blank Pistol that was made too shoot .32 cal. blanks. At the time, I could not buy a 209 primer pistol, so I bought the brass .209 inserts that allow the gun too shoot the .209 primers. It has always been a hit and miss with this setup because of tolerance stack. It will only...

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I found this on Wikipedia. The majority of "modern" Model 12 shotguns manufactured after the 1930s were chambered for 2¾-inch shotgun shells, only, although some specialized models such as the Heavy Duck Gun Model 12 were chambered for 3" Super Speed and Super X shells basically a 3" magnum. Some ea...

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I don`t shoot the gun anymore, and I never tried any new{current} paper shells. But old paper shells made pre plastic will measure 2 9/16, even tho the barrel will say 2 3/4 in shells. My guess is, if you can find a manufacturer of paper 16ga. shells they also will be 2 9/16 in length once fired. I ...

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The 2 9/16th chambers are for paper hulls. Do not buy for a shooter unless you plan on reloading paper. Not sure when they went to 2 3/4 chamber. Winchester could probably tell you. My 2 9/16th 16ga. was made in 1916 if I remember right. It is also made of Nickel steel.

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If my memory serves me right there are two different Zoli`s. One expensive and one cheap. Be sure you know which is which before you buy.

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4dabirds wrote:Every thing gonehuntin said is spot on. The only thing i would addd to that is that dogs use cues to get everything they want in life. Simple cues by you such as going to the cabinet for dog food will tell the dog that it is time to eat. In the beginning the food hitting the floor in...

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At some point you have to transition away from them and I find it easier to do it from the beginning.

The exact same thing can be said about E-Collars also, but you use them.

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+1. Trap's are right behind my ecollar in importance to me. I can train them faster, better, and more humanely with traps and ecollars.

+2.

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Good job!!

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One of my pet peeves here is too grab a dog by the collar and have it shake his head and all I have is a collar in my hand. When I ask the owners why the collar is so loose, they say they want the collar to slip if the dog ever gets hung up. I am not shy to ask them if they have ever worked around m...

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Sorry to hear that

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It is a very good collar. For the money it can`t be beat. I have sold many of them and have never had a complaint. I also use one, and just had to change the batteries after 3 years, and I use it extensively in training.

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You can also use a FarmTech Hoop building. I know a guy in Iowa that raises his chuckars in one. Works great. Just put the feeders up on a 2x6 box with wire on top for the feeders too sit on. Any spilled feed can mold and then you have problems. This will keep the birds from getting into the spoiled...

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I have seen several flight pens over the years but the best one I thought was Checkmate kennels years ago. He had a pole barn with no steal on it. Only netting. He had a suspended wire floor with a couple of walking planks to gather birds. The birds were clean and could fly. The height of the pole b...

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Wished I could. There should be some nice Vizslas there. Good Luck!

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Rockwood Kennels is proud too announce the we have received the NAVHDA Invitational Breeders Award. This a brief synopsis of the achievement. 1st ever breeding of PZ1 Utility Vizslas. NAVHDA NA Breeders Award. 1st ever NAVHDA Utility Breeders Award for the Vizsla. 1st ever NAVHDA Invitational Breede...

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Re: Help me understand New postby mountaindogs » Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:46 pm It means dogs make visual, environmental pictures to remember. They do not generalize behaviors well, naturally. If you teach a command in your bathroom. You might have to also teach it in your porch, down the road, and in t...

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Thanks for the replies. I think I understand the meaning a little better. I do understand "place Oriented" in regards to training in the yard vs. training in the field right away. I do see how dogs will do it in the yard but when they are let loose in a field we have to show them that they have too ...

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Thanks for your post Ultra. But my place oriented question is derived from given commands. I always here it used in conjunction with Whoa and Heel. Heel I can understand. It is a place that I want the dog to be, by my side. But I can`t grasp how it relates to stopping a dog at 50 yards or more and n...

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On another thread I was participating in, a poster wrote "Dogs are place oriented". This is not he first time I have heard this. It appears to me that everyone knows this but me. I don`t understand how a dog that is bred to cover ground, and the more ground it covers, the better the dog,[generally s...

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On Fri. I showed pics of Naya on the barrel. I did not touch her in regards to Whoa since. Today I put her back on the barrel and took a couple of pics. Then I moved her too the ground for the first time and gave her the Whoa command. She understood and I never made a correction. I then let her run ...

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Tail is up in heel. I got him keeping his tail up on whoa now too, short periods, gently saying whoa, then releasing him after 2-3 seconds before he can drop it. Usually give him a treat or very high praise afterwards. Only do it 1-2 times and just do it randomly during the day. Seems to be working...

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Vman if that's a pic of the pup on a barrel what's the consequence for the pup jumping off. I use a barrel and a table also to whoa break but my dogs have a bad time (self inflicted) if the decide to jump off. Also what's the pinch collar for on the barrel. I can see it on the ground (although I ha...

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Naya 4.JPG Naya 1.JPG This 8 month old female came in on Wed. the owner wanted me to spend some time with her. I put her up on the barrel for the first time today and after a minute of wiggling and squirming, I got her too settle down and this is what she looks like within 5 minutes. I was able to ...

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Following the method Jon Hann uses to teach whoa - just on a leash in a heel.

I bet he doesn`t heel with his tail up either. So why would he raise it when Whoa`d?

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Re: Tail Dropping on Whoa Postby snips » Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:33 pm I honestly think most Viz's do better waiting til 18 mo to 2 yrs to start breaking..... As a general rule most Vizslas do mature later compared to some of the other breeds. So when training or breaking a young Vizsla, the method tha...

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Whoa barrel.JPG Rocky whoa.JPG Bud Gooly.jpg At this point in his training he is still learning what the Whoa command means. It isn`t cut and dried just yet, so you may very well see the tail drop some. Not a big deal at this time. Just as long as it isn`t tucked, that is another deal. Couple of th...

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Unless they get snow this week, you will be fine. It was raining there over the weekend, I was told.

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I am planning on buying a trail camera. I know that Cuddeback is very good. But after looking at them, I see many other brands that seem to do the same thing. I know Cuddeback was the best 2-3 years ago. Are they still the best out there? I see Bushnell, Moultree, Wildlife, and now Leupold. Experien...

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I always introduce the beeper while the dog is excited about whatever it is doing. Like running or playing with other dogs. A distraction like a pigeon will also work well. Too me it needs to be introduced like gunfire. You can also run your dog in the field with another dog. The other dog becomes t...

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Jesse and others that may think this a dream job. First off let it be known that in my previous life I was a Toolmaker for 25 years. I enjoyed the work but it was a poor way to make a living. I would not go back into a shop for nothing unless I owned it. I have had pointing dogs for over 25 years an...

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