Gun Dog Forum

Karen

http://www.raystackshop.com/

check out Ray's tack shop.

Karen

It's been my recent experience that, at least with the breed clubs in my general vicinity, are all about power & control, and the dogs are a VERY distant third in the list of priorities (if the dogs are even on the radar). I've had it, to be honest. The club politics, the power struggles, the recrui...

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The trial is cancelled. I got an email this morning saying there is still a foot of snow on the grounds and parking lot and with temps dropping again this week, the grounds won't be safe.

Hard to get excited about trialing when temps are down in the single digits at night still. Come on spring!!!

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JKP, I can give you the name of a judge who will leave your dog down if a bird goes up on relocate. You have to be friends with him, but he'll leave your dog down

(I don't waste entry fees to run under him anymore).

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Yes, they're plenty old enough to feed once a day instead of twice.

Karen

I use PVC to road my Brittany...but she's probably 28 lbs soaking wet. So far, so good. I keep a check cord on the bike just in case I need it. Our paths are too narrow to road a dog next to the bike, so the pole sticks out in front of the ATV far enough so that if she stops, I can't run her over, b...

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If the dog stands there, high head, high tail and as intense as ever and the word "whoa" doesn't put any visible pressure on the dog, I really don't care what the handler does or says while flushing. A dog that wants to break will let down, it's tail will tick or drop, his head will move around....y...

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We just returned from Wykoff, MN from purchasing our new LQ horse trailer and I HIGHLY recommend anyone in the market for a horse trailer to look at Denny's. They are absolutely worth the trip. I had the poor sales guy (Sean) measuring anything and everything that could be measured (ground clearance...

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Picked the new trailer up today!! No modifications necessary! The dealer had the good sense to order the trailer with the swing wall 4 feet from the mid-tack, which leaves a 10 foot box for horses (plenty of room for 3 horses). So we have an extra 4 foot storage area with a walk through door from th...

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We've purchased "just enough" in the past, thinking we'd never need more, then outgrown it in a couple years, so we decided to not make that mistake again, and many of the pros have gone to stock trailers. I think, long term, it'll be more versatile. We should have room for a dozen dogs and 5 horses...

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We're actually on our way to pick up the new trailer right now...sitting in a hotel in Richmond, IN. The new trailer is an Exiss LQ with mid-tack and 14' stock box for the horses. I'll have to post pictures on Monday when we are back home.

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The oranges orange up as they get older. Cute!

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Has anyone added a saddle rack to the back of a stock trailer? We bought a new trailer (we pick it up in a week...woo hoo!!), that has an 8' x 14' stock area. We have 3 horses, 2 on the smaller side, so PLENTY of room in the back. Has anyone added a saddle rack & water tank to the back of their stoc...

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Great ideas! Now to talk my hubby into one of them. He wants to call her Shaniqua. UGH!!!

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Here is what I would've done had it be my responsibility. I would've notified both parties the day of accident. I would've discussed with both parties how we r going to handle this should a multiple sired litter be whelped. What the stud dog owners wishes r? The bitch owner? Pending DNA I would've ...

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As far as I'm concerned, the dam's owner is TRYING to do the right thing. Take the stud fee, let the pups be registered, and be done with it. It was an accident. If you feel the trainer was irresponsible or negligent, take it up with the trainer. Don't punish the dam's owner, or the people who bough...

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They MUST be AKC registered. The rule changed a couple years ago.

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I think ours outgrew it by the time they were a year old. We traveled nearly every weekend with them for 3 months straight, and that seemed to do the trick. Keep in mind that it can take another 45 minutes once they're out of the car to get over the car-sickness. Just something to keep in mind if yo...

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So sorry. They never stay long enough.

Karen

I know we've discussed this before, but I can't find it.

What does AKC require to cross register an FSDB registered pointer or setter pup with them?

Thanks!

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Apparently he was found by a family in the area Laurie was searching in yesterday. He followed their springer into the house. They said he was fine (uninjured) but starving, so they fed him his dinner, called the number on his collar, and he was hanging out with their dog. Because it was late in the...

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They JUST found him!!

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Friends are missing their orange roan male brittany. He got out on their 100 acres on Sunday 1/19, and hasn't been seen since. Spence has run and hunted this land since he was a pup, so they think he may have gotten off on deer and couldn't find his way home. Animal control in the area called the ow...

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Yes, you have to give them a way out. But I've also read that the mortality rate in puppies is much less with the whelping nest than with a heat lamp. Everyone with one swears it's worth the $250, especially if you plan to have more than 1-2 litters.

Karen

Thermometer and some KY jelly (to take mom's temp). Newspaper Heat lamp with an extra light bulb OR a puppy nest mentioned above Thermometer for inside the whelping box Kitchen food scale with a bowl large enough to fit a puppy Ribbon or yarn in different colors. A few cans of Goat's milk, in the ev...

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Don't know from where to where, but last pup I purchased I actually flew out and back the same day, and carried her in a carry-on luggage bag (Newark, NJ to St. Louis, MO and back). Her breeder met me at the airport, so I got to meet her dam while I was there also. My ticket was $300, hers was $100,...

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Anyone have a trailer similar to this one? http://www.horsetrailerworld.com/Home/trailerdetail.asp?ID=519325 With the purchase of the new horse (see Now she needs a name thread), we could use a bigger trailer. We have a 3 horse trailer that has an 8' short wall, 8' wide with a slide now (with a dine...

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Thanks guys. I ordered 3 new stakes from Don's forever stainless today.

Karen

Ordered a bunch of stuff from Ray this morning. Nice guy! Said he'll have it all out in the mail to me today.

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Bring supplies to clean up vomit. Better safe than sorry. My first pup was 3 1/2 hours away and he threw up at EVERY SINGLE toll booth (this was before high speed EZPass). Poor little guy. The 2nd pup was 90 minutes away, and he lost it at about an hour.

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That's him! Thanks!

Karen

There's a guy who makes all kinds of custom gun dog stuff, I'm thinking he's in the mid-west or northwest...collars, harnesses, garmin cases, etc., plus horse stuff. I think his first name is Ray, he's blind, but does great work. Anyone have a link to his website?

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We can re-purpose the stakes we have for dogs, I'm not worried about that. I was going to buy from lazy liz (we actually bought a saddle from her 6 months ago and she went above and beyond to get it to us), but her paypal account appears to be disabled, so no online orders. Thanks for the other link...

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Some of you may have heard about the tragedy at the ABC NGDC this past year. A very experienced field trial horse (one who has been to nationals 8 times I believe, and has been to countless trials) rolled over his stake out, impaled himself, and had to be euthanized on the spot. It was really terrib...

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6 dogs, all Brittanys Blaze (DC Britt Haven's Blaze of Glory) 9 yr old male Tessa (GCH Hope's Dream Weaver) 8 yr old female Chloe (Woodland's Money Pit) 6 yr old female Forrest (CH Woodland's Forrest Fire) 2 yr old male Moo (GCH Woodland's Water Fairy) 2 yr old female NoJenny (Woodlands Spirit of Bi...

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http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/travelerGirl/20131027_111135_zps1dbf4fcb.jpg She's registered Prides Shining Gold. Her previous owner (who has owned her on and off since she was 2) calls her Shiner. We're not wild about the name and are looking for suggestions. She's 11 yrs old, all black......

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Thanks Shags. That was the information I was looking for.

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THAT right there is the question. Are there common health issues that can be avoided by neutering him now, while he's still healthy enough to go under anesthesia? There ARE compelling reasons to spay an older bitch. I'm wondering about dogs. Blaze is my oldest intact dog, and there is nothing but CR...

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Blaze will be 10 in June. He's done competing. He's done making puppies. And he's healthy.

Are there any reasons I should consider neutering him now?

Karen

We kept 2 pups from our first litter, then added another that was 6 weeks younger (she was 14 weeks old when she arrived, so they were 20 weeks old), along with their sire & dam, and 2 other dogs (11 yrs old at the time and 5 yrs old). They are all house dogs. All 3 of the youngsters have very disti...

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...hopefully to our next dual champion. Forrest (Woodland's Forrest Fire who is DC Britt Haven's Blaze of Glory x GCH Hope's Dream Weaver) finished in the show ring last weekend and will be leaving to head south in a couple weeks to be broke. He's been in and out of training since he was a pup so he...

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I'm with you Wems. I'd LOVE a do-over with my first Brittany, who was neutered at 4 1/2 months old. I had no idea how well bred he was, and how my life would change in the couple of years from when we purchased Courage to when he was 2 yrs old. I COULD have afforded to train & field trial him by the...

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Thanks for the info dog dr

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I have an almost 9 yr old Brittany bitch...great dog, 3 litters, now it's time to have her spayed. She's seemingly very healthy. Is it worth paying twice the price to have her spayed by my "regular vet" with all the pre-op bloodwork associated with it, or is it such a routine thing, that I can take ...

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EXACTLY what Ray said.

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We stick everything in peanut butter....wet spoon, pill stuck in a bit of peanut butter, and it slides right off the spoon when they lick it and don't even know there's a pill in there.

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My horse is wide barreled and slab-backed and the fatboy strap helps. Worth the $$ for sure.

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I have 7 Brittanys. If memory serves, all dug as pups. The boys all outgrew it. 2 of the 4 girls still dig, but with purpose, so there aren't holes all over the yard. Moo digs to escape under the fence, Tessa will try to dig a "den" when she's getting ready to whelp her fake puppies, and only when t...

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