Gun Dog Forum

Don

I wouldn't burn the stock and expect it to make it more valuable on any gun. A $400 gun is a $400 gun, a $4000 gun with even something as well done as that done to it, detracks from the value. I have an 03-A3 built by Paul Jaeger himself. It lost value just refinishing it myself. To me the gun is no...

Don

+1 Ray. My pointer's were great around the house once they got a little age on them. Most bird dog breeds, including the pointer's adapt to the house well, some sonner than other's. But I would not get a pointer just to keep the wife happy. Neither of you know enough about them and ahe's wanting on ...

Don

Boy am I glad to hear this, my favorite ice cream is chocolate but I seldom get it because of the boy's. I usually get vanilla so they get some too.

Don

+1 on that. A lot of people that have tuff problems do jump around from one method to another.

Don

Suoer photo K9!!!

Don

I like this one!

Don

I like that! Did you crop or scan a pano photo?

Don

I have a hard time getting pigeons, so had to be innovative. In the launchers I would alternate between 20' of ice fishing line and a weight. Here's how it works. Put an electrical tie on the pigeons leg and leave it loose enough to get a swivel through it. Now attach 20' of black ice fishing line ...

Don

Every once in a while a lost or tired homer will show up here. Stays in the loft a couple days and gone. I'm guessing that good racers/homers can't be trasnplanted to a new loft after some age as ferals can?

Don

Hey Rob, I'm awful with fixing phoro's, usually just use the quick fix auto stuff. But I recently got a new Canon scanner that came with "Photoshop Elements 5.0" and if I ever figure it out I think it might be alright. About all I can figure so far is I can lighten shadows and bring out detail and d...

Don

I'd be awfully laid back too if I had to wear a pink collar!!!

Don

For me the most important thing to remember about the whoa post, no matter how it's used, is what it does. That is it stops forward movement from behind. That inability to move forward is exactly why I take the dog, by the collar, to the end of the cc and get it stopped the first few times. At that ...

Don

You got a lab, basicly a flusher. (don't want to get in trouble with the pointing lab people) Take a wing cliped bird and throw it on the ground. Then throw it in the grass. Then plant some in the grass and let it trap them all it want's. Once it learn's it can catch them it'll charge them harder an...

Don

I'm not taking sides but, AMEN!

Don

Good post Benny!!!

Don

I'm on Brenda's side here. I started doing the original Delmar way, pinch collar. found out I didn't need the pinch collar and went to a simple choke. I'd bet a hundred dollar's to a sugar cookie that I can whoa break a dog with two nylon collars and none of that half hitch stuff. For some reason pe...

Don

I've got feral pigeons that have homed from the other side of Bend, that's 100 +- miles. I used to train a lot at Boyce Corrals outside of Madras and they came home, that's about 45 miles. I never trained mine to trap but I don't have neighbors to worry about either. When not being used I let them f...

Don

I suspect by not getting a trial bred dog, Bobman was refering to a hunting bred dog, something many like to call backyard bred. A lot of hot trial breeding up close and you might get a dog that's a handfull. With a backyard bred dog you might still get a handfull but I think the odds go up you'll g...

Don

Boy there were a lot of good photo's, picking one a month seem's impossible to me. Congrat's to the two winner's, great stuff. I think there's enough good one's to fill a calender right now; maybe two!

Don

Lawdog wrote:Ok here is my February picture.

(is it cheeting?)

I love it!!!! I suppose someone will have a dog fecthing a turkey for Nov!

Don

Your getting the cart before the horse. 6 mos is happy timing time. Let the dog discover cover, develope boldness and chase wild birds, game birds or otherwise! Let her drag a check cord and you learn to use it. I'd hold off on whoa for awhile yet also. Maybe sometime around a year. also the remote ...

Don

Gotta hand it to you lady. Never thought I'd hear a trialer say they were willing to pull a dog and wait for it to mature. That is super!!

Don

Sounds like the pup was not properly introduced to the gun nor was it properly socialized. If you can't take it back, lay off it and socialize it before anymore shooting. Take it for walks and let it run dragging a check cord. Make it a short one at first, maybe 10'; bet the guy hasn't been on any k...

Don

This is my coop. It's 2' deep and basically 4' wide by 4' tall at the front, made to use just 2 sheets of plyboard. It's got 12 birds in it currently, which is just a touch crowded...but really not too bad. You might be able to make one for 4-5 birds just a touch smaller. They are really pretty qui...

Don

Ya wouldn't get an argument out of me. In fact the female may be more important.

Don

There's some really mistaken belief's about feral pigeon's here. First off, you don't need homer's, ferals will home from farther away than your likely to train. I've had them come home right at 100 mi! If you live in town, a small coop is all you need but if you want to keep them out on the farm, n...

Don

If you put their head under the wing on the ground side and pull their feet straight out for a second with the body pressed to the ground until the feet stay straight, they will stay for a little while, but a release trap is the best and most reliable. Much less chance of the dog catching the pigeo...

Don

Boy this is gonna be something. First month ain't over yet and there's enough good photo's to fill a bunch of calenders!

Don

I got a few PM's asking "what's wrong with my picture". Well I'm not really the guy to ask. Tim does this for a living only with horses. And Doug Favor is definately at worst an advanced amature. If you look at both of these guy's photo's there's three common thread's. Composition, lighting and focu...

Don

Thought I would inhance this a bit if I could.

Bodie in a picture I didn't realize I had. Darn and I like this one!

Don

Latest Bodie photo. he run's without his collar anout 50% of the time now.

Don

Sonny Hawkins wrote:Lookin Good Don----------Sonny

They grew up while you were gone. Don't stay away so long!!!!

Don't think I posted this here. Get a better one and I'm gonna have me a 12 x 30 done.

Don

Squirt

Don

Fraze wrote:

I will see if this works.....

This is my 10 mos old Springer "Milo" out for an early season Duck hunt to get him used to some ducks. He was busy on the "lookout".

Jamie

Great shot, great shot!!!!!

Don

I fed straight scratch for years. Tried a pigeon mix but it was costly and birds didn't seem to do much better on it. Since harvest has been over, I've been feeding wheat I got for free laying on the ground. One thing I'm pretty sure of is that pigeons aren't to choosy what they eat and seem to do a...

Don

I've heard rumors of toy breeds that lived 20+ yrs, never known one. Hannah made a few days short of 16 and her daughter made just over 17 so my ex tells me. Otis was three months shy of 16.

Don

I would like to say something but Ray's doing a heck of a lot better job than I could. +1 Ray!!!

Don

Cjuve, Really love that first one, with one exception. Bet you could guess what that is! This is Bodie with his TRIMMED BLACK e-collar on. Lousy photo though! :oops: http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o277/DonFischer/SuirtandBodie008.jpg I bet I put that to indelicately. I really really like that ph...

Don

That's great!!!!

Don

Ok I am on my laptop now On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Yeoman Jake <admin@yeomanbee.com> wrote: Dear Arlette, I am sorry for this. I was constructing the site, I just used that picture to show the owner what a front page would look like. It was a cute picture of puppies and I just "borrowed" it...

Don

I can see why he would want to. Call Tim, its a copyright violation. Call Tim!!!

Don

I teach STF, STWS and walkinn birds all as an extension of the whoa command. First you need a solid whoa command though. Now I don't start whoa till somewhere around a year usually. and I don't kill birds before then either. I do like to force break before killing but you don't really need to. To ge...

Don

Actually Squirt and Bodie are not litter mates, Squirt is about 10 days older and they are both from the same kennel. They spend a lot of time together but a lot of early training and happy timing apart. If that's necessary, I don't think so. I've raised a number of litters of shorthairs in the past...

Don

There is or used to be a thing called springer rage. It was usually found in show springer's. I never read what caused it and I've never seen it in one. But I have seen it in a Brittany years ago. I works juast as you described. When the attack is finised the dog goes back to normal. I don't know th...

Don

Hard to tell from this photo can't really see the shaking and eyes. In your opinion; Which one has the most intensitiy and Style On Point, (both are pointing the same bird Not an honor) and Why? http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh42/Ruffly/Mercy002-1.jpg I would say definately the shorthair. The ...

Don

I have seen to many dogs that stand tall and look good standing there that have no intensity. If you watch many of those dogs, some let down if the handler turns his back. What Walker used to do to get a dog standing up better is shuffle his feet as he approached the dog. He'd taught the dogs to sta...

Don

Makes you wonder what something other than a pointer has to do to win there doesn't it? Whaat do you think the chacnes of anything other than a pointer winning at the National championship? The year Sunrise came close, I ran into Eric Mauck over in Condon. He talked about it a great deal, as he woul...

Don

Style without intensity is wasted on me. Intensity is an indication of desire. Style could be a pretty girl that can't cook.

Don

Some pups may be ready at 4 mos. Many will not. Most are ready by 6 mos. The problems that can arise from spooking a young pup are serious. There are no problems that can arise from waiting. The temperament of this pup is unknown to any of us - which is more prudent advice? Ditto. I might add that ...

Don

A lot of people I;ve known have taken very young pup's out and put birds down for them. Often they pick up a bird that slaps them around with their wings. Bad enough with a bob white depending on the puppy's age but a pigeon can really slap the snot out of a small pup. I don't put pup's on birds rea...

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