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The dog can be pink or Tartan for me , as long as it does the job it is trained to do. The color has no relevance to performance, although achievements in any competitiveness can and has had restrictive progress based on the vision of those deciding any awards.

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What are the best and worst dog training books on the market? I have read some of the reviews for a few of the popular ones, such as Good Owners, Great Dogs and Raising Your Dog with the Monks of New Skete, but I would like to get your thoughts on which books you have found most and least helpful. ...

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Well said, ...but it is more (imo) in the nurture and the training , rather than the breeding of any breed lines tbh. You can train a Whippet to be a champion at agility just as much as you can nurture a field trial champion Setter bred dog to be a couch potato . Terriers, however are somewhat diffe...

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In my opinion, anything a dog is happy to carry qualifies as good. I agree. My little Cocker 'Paddy' in training point blanked a canvass dummy in training, but he loved collecting my my slippers and bringing them to me. IWe called him the 'slipper collector' . One day I put a canvass dummy inside m...

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Books are Great! I had a client recently ,well two actually, they were Husband and wife with the same dog. Our first meeting with their over exuberant young spaniel was an exchange of dialogue on what training has been done so far and at what level. As we slowly walked along a footpath to our traini...

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I guess the question is: s hould I just stick to what I know and train her as I did my Labs or is there another method (for lack of a better word) that you would suggest. I really have gained much already just lurking here the last couple months in anticipation of her coming of age, I've named her ...

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I used to hunt waterfowl with Labs, currently dogless :cry: . I have an out of town work assignment that will last another 18 months so not looking for a dog at this moment, but I am looking forward to getting a pointing dog for preserve hunting in the Mid-Atlantic when I am back home. I plan on ge...

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Hello new here I am looking for breed reccomendations and hoping you can help advise. Easy to train What would you reccomend? This one threw me :) She posts she is in the UK so you are closer then us in the USA,maybe she can show you the "easy to train" method!😎😀☺ shucks! here was me thinking you g...

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Goldenmom wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 06, 2021 2:06 am
Hello new here

I am looking for breed reccomendations and hoping you can help advise.

Easy to train

What would you reccomend?

This one threw me

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I guess the question is: s hould I just stick to what I know and train her as I did my Labs or is there another method (for lack of a better word) that you would suggest. I really have gained much already just lurking here the last couple months in anticipation of her coming of age, I've named her ...

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Oregon is more courteous in reply , whilst also being continuous variation in reply . Affenpinscher and belgian street dog , then breeders want a pointer in the mix, then add wirehair , ..hey' let's have them small. Add in colour of coat , more liver than white, or more white than liver , or more sp...

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BigK 75 Your thread seems to have gone off the tracks. Feel free to continue to ask questions about your dog; lots of folks here willing to give real help. You are definitely not the only one who struggled for a year (or2+) with their new dog. Reminder to members to always read the original post be...

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Is there a club you can join on here where only the members can agree with each other as long as it's a member ?

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about picking a puppy:
If anyone can tell me the secret to this I'm all ears!
Not sure what it has to do with the thread ,or anything really, but sure would like to know a definitive answer, so I can sleep at night . lol x .......

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Hey Guys, Need some help. I asked a similar question but slightly different a few months but I am at a loss at what to do and need help. I love my dog but every time I take him to the woods in Ontario I come back back super frustrated. My dog will not check in on me and its starting to really irrit...

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My two pointers have outside runs off the back of my attached garage, with dog doors providing access to the interior sections of their kennels, which contain wooden boxes in which to sleep, along with small adjacent areas where they can be fed and watered. The boxes' interiors measure 22 x 32, pro...

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ckirsch wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:18 am

Anyone found a good chew-proof mat that might work for me?

Cow/horse rubber matting 2 inch thick ,fitted perfect with no edges is more important than the product or the thickness or the name for it ......For You.
Regards
It works for me.

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Looks great. Summer is good season for a puppy.

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http://www.polmaisegundogs.co.uk/blog/h ... n-dog-cost

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Sad to inform everyone . Bill passed away . God bless you Sir.

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Polmaise, so I guess from the pups point of view he found a bird and got a lot of praise for finding it and bringing it to me. He thought it was his bird and didnt want to give it up and got aggressive ......I think i answered your question? I see how it's valuable looking at his perspective as wel...

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Hello, Ive been a long time forum reader but first time poster. I recently acquired a field bred english cocker pup back in late February. Brought him home at 7 weeks old and everything has been going great so far. The only thing that has been sort of challenging was integrating him into the family...

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Personally, I train my own dogs to walk at heel from puppies without any apparatus ,but the environment is not always available for everyone who lives in suburbia , or even Alaska with wolves. Heel (imo) is a place not an activity. Walking a dog is movement and continuation of that place, walking a ...

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I'm trying to make some decisions on the best way to train my GSP to walk on a lead. He's young and likes to pull, to the point that it aggravates me. We've worked on heel and he's improving, but we live in town and some days we don't have time to train and it's just walking through the neighborhoo...

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Almost 6 months!, she could be coming into season, or even false, 'teething' is usually earlier about 3-4 month , but some are later. Repetition , to get Perfection, or Precise' usually results in lack of desire ...specially' with retrievers, at 6 months old. Lay off for a couple of weeks, just play...

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Crossbreed with a Goat would be interesting ?..Well, they have been successful with everything from cockadoodles to spaniadors, and even Silver labs .So why not Goathounds .

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Most probably, 'words' /commands are more for the handler than the dog? :wink: Early days of Pup, the 'Tone' is most likely to be best responsive (probably why Females are successful dog handlers in obedience disciplines) I was at a competition the other weekend ,where the Judge made comment after t...

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Hmmmn... *Puppy barks in Outside Kennel *Puppy barks after run in outside kennel *Puppy barks when it is made to wait for food after run and put in outside kennel *Owner likes to run dogs *Hard run or run is deceptive , so would be heat/temperature/terrain and distance *Owner wants puppy to not bark...

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I have been holding off on feeding right after running to help cool down and reduce possibility of bloat You have also possibly been conditioning bark/noise after a run? .....with the procedure . Huntsman , with 100 hounds don't have this problem/issue with bloat! Perhaps over the last 100 years th...

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Hey guys wanted some advice. Currently have a new puppy, 4 months old, who is in an outside kennel during the day next to my older dog. During the day he is fine, quiet and sleeps. When I get home, I take them for a run, and put them back in the outside kennel until they are fed, and they come insi...

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Gsp or any other! Starting at the start for some is easy , starting at the start creates an issue! Allow me to expand with leisure of not seeing or knowing any history of personal knowledge of the OP' or the dog with the OP. Much like anyone else I presume. .. I had a client with a dog that refused ...

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Back with another question about my GSP. I know GSPs are primarily upland game dogs but I’m an avid duck hunter, and I’d like to train him to retrieve ducks as well. When is an appropriate time to introduce him to bodies of water? He enjoys the back tub when I wash him but does anyone know when I s...

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Body development in a Lhasa Apso is the same as a Great Dane. Structural differences through genetic breeding make it more difficult to achieve the same physical achievements than others at any age. The development of bone structure however remains the same pro-rata. .... Setters btw , were once the...

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FWIW. My penny's worth . Urban myth that Gsp's as a breed mature any older or younger than any other. Running 3 miles on tarmac road is harder for a dog with pads than one running 3 mile on heather. Running a constant pace/speed for any dog of any breed to keep up with a human is best for carriage d...

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Nice bunch !
Once upon a time I competed in Racing them.
These days ,in later life the 1 milers serve my purpose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb0bbznFCPo

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Can someone give their opinion - preferably based on experience - to this new member? I have no idea. :) Don't know what intensity some want or perceive , 'Sight point' rather than 'Scent Point' can be confusing , whether it is 'Short Haired' or 'Wire'? .lol It makes no difference (ime) whether the...

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Gun introduction translating overseas, I normally lay a shotgun on the floor and let the pups play all over and around it and let them sniff it , which they will, then when it is inanimate to them , I lift it up and allow them to interact with me . (you could try this with yours,even now?) The smell...

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My thanks to all of you for your good wishes. I am finding it very difficult to type due to the many painkiller drugs inside me .... I feel afloat on a sea of drugs ! :roll: I cannot focus well enough to type coherently and I am permanently tired . I did have a really good life though and I'm happy...

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Can't bite if it's running grandpa said.
Can't bite if it knows sit or stay or any other obedience things the owner thinks is obedience grandpa said.

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You'll have to keep in mind with these German dog's that some take to becoming a handling waterfowl dog and some don't. They are brilliant dogs which can make them very difficult to train; they bore easily. So, if you are to make it a full fledge waterfowl dog, keep sessions short and interesting. ...

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Putting scent on balls to play fetch can be precarious to say the least ,fortunate if one has a breed with a soft mouth, but not a game I would play. :lol: I always like those dog owners in the park with those 'ball throwers' ,and the dog absolutely loves the game of chase, and will do it over and o...

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Newbie question here. Is there a list of all the skills I should be teaching my dog and in what order? I have several books on dog training but all of them focus on formal gun dog training and not obedience training. The AHDC "Orange Book" focuses on everything and overlooks nothing: http://www.ahd...

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Howdy, new member here and I hunt. I’m looking forward to training my first hunting dog. My latest trial was just poor shooting on my part. I was working the northeast corner of a pivot irrigation field with some fresh snow on the ground. My dog is over to my right and I see rooster tracks in the s...

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crackerd wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:44 am
or do you still require a tap on the haid for permission?

MG

Often a Glesga kiss is required for some

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cjhills wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:26 am

My apologies to Polmaise for the highjack. i just thought it was interesting..........Cj

None necessary ! It always is interesting appreciating the 'differences' .
The thread can take whatever route or direction as far as I am personally concerned .

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I'd bet money if you hunt your dog a good bit and remain silent it will start relocating again on its own when it needs to. Mine do. As you mentioned dogs know full well when they are in a hunt test vs hunting wild birds. Kinda goes against the grain of them folks who have dogs that just stay there...

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'nevermind' , August and September is our closed season for pheasant ,the hunting season for them start on 1st October ,so.. any pen reared and released on wild cover would have little tail and just on the wing ,hardly flying and thousands on the ground ,mostly running, or pure "bleep" stupid. Augus...

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My preference has always been steady to WSF . I don't really see late season birds being spookier. I think birds generally hold better in snow. The young birds that survive get older and smarter. It has been my experience that some times birds hold tight and sometimes they flush wild, be it October...

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Downwind is a pile of xxx
Stories of yesteryear.
I'll dig out the old clips of Rosie and hollering and bellowing ,

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Everyone has a lovely viewpoint on a forum.God love them all.

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Polmaise - Yes it is a different way of going about it than the American field trial version. Not better, certainly not worse...just different. One could say...more utilitarian, more useful to the typical hunter. Buddy was intent and intense on his game, with very nice style, responded perfectly to...

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