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LincolnAlexander

the CKC, AKC and NAVHDA are all a ways away from me unfortunately, we have to drive like 3 hours for training days and jerseys UT test is almost 5 hours away so i dont mind driving but try to find closer if we can, we just want her to achieve all the titles in all the clubs and do some confirmation...

LincolnAlexander

My wife and I got invites as well (thinking it is everyone.) We haven't gone to volunteer but the breeders we got our Weim from have and they said it was great.

LincolnAlexander

deseeker wrote: You gonna run her in the Canadian Hunt tests--fd,fdx or what ever their titles are?

FDJ (Field Dog Junior), FD (Field Dog) and FDX (Field Dog Excellent). Could be wrong but I think Ruth was looking at AKC Hunt Tests because they are typically closer to her then the CKC ones.

LincolnAlexander

AKC keeps the different group tests seperate, but UKC (HRC) retrieveing tests for example are open to versatiles.

LincolnAlexander

Lincoln that is one of the nicest tails I have seen on a weim. Yea actually the nicest. You don't see many that hold a point like that. BTW thanks for the complement ... she was under a year old in that pic. Thank you! That is his nicest picture but he has a pretty nice tailset normally (just wish ...

LincolnAlexander

My 3 favorites I have seen are:
1) Ultracarry
2) Ron R
3) Kall It Action (That picture is crazy! Can you post the full picture?)

Lots of others that are really cool though.

LincolnAlexander

I will run my boy even in hotter weather (it gets fairly warm here but the worst part is the humidity in the summer), but the locations where we do training have water for swimming to cool down. I also keep a very close eye on him since he will push him self too hard if I let him run to long :? . Us...

LincolnAlexander

I didn't say navhda was a joke, did I. They're tests not trials. And most people who set the standards don't have any idea what they're doing. Read it again. True you didn't write it directly, though to say the people who set the standards have no idea what they are doing somewhat implies you hold ...

LincolnAlexander

Ezzy, sorry for that one post. I read and you're right, it didn't come out right. So we're all not perfect in grammar. But I have watched a number of them and some of the MH dogs that passed was a JOKE. Flat out joke. But to each his own. What a lot of people don't realize is that hunt tests are te...

LincolnAlexander

ultracarry wrote:If you go to a hunt test for the first time just remember to have fun and not to call your dog or blow on a wisle . The best thing you can do is let the dog run.

+1

LincolnAlexander

I wouldn't waste your time on a JH title. It's not worth the time, effort or money to me. Just my thoughts. I like the JH title if people will do it right and not train for it. It is a natural ability test or was supposed to be and that is what I want to see in any dog. SH is ok as it shows mtraina...

LincolnAlexander

Here is the NAVHDA test calendar for 2011 if you are interested
http://www.navhda.us/TestSked/ListUpcom ... _MODE=DATE

LincolnAlexander

Always an interesting discussion even if it has been hashed out many times before :). I appreciate your argument Ruth that if an animal is allergic to Corn, then feeding it Corn is going to be bad for it... but that is true of any food allergy... Dogs can be allergic to Corn, but they can also be al...

LincolnAlexander

There are title's awarded by NAVHDA, not sure if AKC recognizes them in their registry though I know CKC (Canadian Kennel Club) does not. Natural Ability (Prize NAI,II, or III) Utility Prep Test (Prize UPTI,II, or III) Utility Test (Prize UTI,II, or III) Versatile Champion (VC) http://www.navhda.org...

LincolnAlexander

baileydog2007 wrote: I didnt want to start a new thread for this, but is that even a real breed??? Long-haired Weim????????

Yes Long haired Weimaraners are real

, though in the AKC it is considered a disqualifying fault conformation wise.

LincolnAlexander

I posted a bit about myself in "a little about you" thread, but thought I would post a few pics of the pup :) In a whoa during training http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff237/whyshecried/Lincolnwhoa-042010-1.jpg On point http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff237/whyshecried/Lincoln_point_packrd-1-1...

LincolnAlexander

Glad he is okay!

LincolnAlexander

By any reasonable measurement I don't believe a "hobby breeder" can profess to lose money selling pups; owning sporting dogs comes with a cost and selling pups mitigates some of that cost. I just had a litter of only two and I sold one, I am $800 better off than I would have been. I would see "hobb...

LincolnAlexander

Try H.I.I.T to build up your endurance Works best for me on a treadmill I started out at Running 6.3 MPH for 30 sec. Then put my feet on the side of the treadmill for 30sec repete that for 15 min then i built up from there. Funny I just heard about this for the first time from a Marathon runner usi...

LincolnAlexander

I have just started running but trying to build up my endurance first before I take Lincoln with me because I hate that 'why are you going so slow?' look

LincolnAlexander

But you cant run a business like a hobby. Thats kinda like saying my Chevy truck only gets .25MPG. Cost of gas, insurance, oil changes, and the truck alone was 22,500. Add it all up, my gas mileage is terrible! More like being a roofer and saying 'I already have the supply of shingles purchased 6 m...

LincolnAlexander

OK, now please tell me how you do this? A person buys a dog, takes dog home. Your responsibility ends there IMHO. It would be like chevy making sure you didnt wreck one of their cars.........after you bought it. Have you ever bred a dog or any other animal? and sold their offspring? Do you go home ...

LincolnAlexander

For sure. I do tons of things I dont make money at. But to say "You cant make money whelping pups, Ive done it for XXX years", is not accurate. You can say "I have done it for years, and cant make money" I raised 3 litters and made a few thousand dollars. Not gonna get rich obviously, but a person ...

LincolnAlexander

My point is with the folks who are doing it as a hobby, want to claim they cant make money on a litter because of all of the expenses. The sire/dam, training, their hourly wage, ect. So if they didnt breed that dog, would they then not train it? Not feed it? Not take it to the vet? Not do tests/tri...

LincolnAlexander

I was not suggesting that those who do make money don't care about the breed, I don't think the two are mutually exclusive, just that some do breed and not make money at it for varying reasons. As for what constitutes a breeder, I think that is open to interpretation and varies really by breed and a...

LincolnAlexander

I promise you that no one gets into breeding dogs to lose money, and no one stays in it to lose money. I think this depends on what you qualify as 'getting into breeding dogs.' If you are referring to somewhat larger scale operations where it is the person's livelyhood (their business ) I would agr...

LincolnAlexander

I had another experience in Idaho where one of my shorthairs went out of sight for a few minutes. I was hunting on horseback and rode over to a ravine and found the shorthair playing cat and mouse with a coyote. The coyote was slowing drawing the shorthair up the ravine. I followed them up the ravi...

LincolnAlexander

Weimaraners for me. I had lots of dogs growing up with my family, but the Weim is the first one for my wife and I together, and the breed in general seems to develop a very special bond with their owners.

I like most versatiles, and find DDs (slick coated) and Pointers particularly interesting.

LincolnAlexander

Wondering if breed plays a bit of a role here... would people say there are more large scale breeders, as well as stud candidates in a breed like pointers as opposed to some versatile breeds? Might be that for some breeds there are few large scale breeders and they rely on the hobby breeders to prod...

LincolnAlexander

Curious on what the ideal coat is? To be honest I am more a fan of slick coated DDs then really wirey coated ones, but that is just me

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LincolnAlexander

The difference I see are the people who work a full time job, then also train/trial/breed, and in doing so, its more of a hobby than a business, yet they expect their hobby to be profitable. That just doesnt make sense. Hobbies cost money. And the extent of what is included in the cost of the litte...

LincolnAlexander

Hello - I am 29 years old, male, married and currently have one 3 year old male Weimaraner named Lincoln (he is a hard hunting boy!) Hoping to have a new Weim puppy in a few months from now if everything went right! Lincoln was the first dog for my wife and I. We were not hunters and while my wife b...

LincolnAlexander

As far as ways to make more money with less time and effort, Im sure that correct. I only know 2 actaul breeders, both make more than I do at my job, and they admit it. Is it work? You betcha. But to say one cant make money at it is absurd. Now, certainly not EVERYONE can make money at it, as this ...

LincolnAlexander

I believe there are one or two sites that show past CKC conformation results (colmars being one.)

LincolnAlexander

"Breeders" will stop at nothing to show they dont make any money. I think that is a rather sweeping statement :), lol. I agree that items that we would do regardless (I.e. buying the dog, feeding the dog, hunting with the dog :lol: ) should not be counted towards expenses associated with a litter. ...

LincolnAlexander

I am hearing about the expense of keeping, training, and the cost of competing the bitch and/or male dog. I don't see how this figures in on whether or how much profit you make on a litter. You have these expenses whether or not you decide to breed. This is true to an extent, however the cost of pu...

LincolnAlexander

New to the board (hi by the way) but from my discussion with several great breeders it is often not the cost of the actual breeding (though it can add up) but the cost of the work to train and prove your dog before it is bred. Birds, gas, travel, testing/trialing, etc, etc, etc adds up to a huge amo...

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