Gun Dog Forum

Check out this thread in the General Discussion section. It's got a wealth of info on snake breaking:

http://www.gundogforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=117

Really, if you're worried about shooting your dog then just don't shoot. If you're confident in your shot, then take it. I've rolled a rabbit five feet in front of a chasing dog before, no problem. You could even describe the rabbit as a "low flier". The thing is, there's basically no other way to r...

Ah, I also plan to get an e-collar at some point, but all this summer he's still just going to be a pup. Next summer comes the field training, that way he's ready to go by that fall, being about 1 1/2 years old.

So I eventually want to train my dog using pigeons (as to not risk the chance of burning him on quail, since I hunt quail) and have heard a story about people living in the city being able to keep pigeons roosting nearby in order to train with. I don't have room to build a pigeon palace, or whatever...

I had a list sometime earlier, but timing wasn't right and I didn't get a pup then. Now I've got a vizsla pup coming home in about 6 weeks, and I need to re-evaluate what I need to get before he comes home with me. Here's what I have already: 1. 42" Kennel with divider panel 2. Food/Water bowls 3. T...

Paying for the birds you hunt just baffles me. I guess I've always had the luxury of hunting on my grandpa's 40 acres full of quail, or would have ask&ok rights to hunt on many tracts of farmer's land back home. I'll just take it as me being lucky to live in small town USA when it comes to things li...

I've been looking around at topics like this too. First things first... If you're getting a new pup, feed it what the breeder fed it and gently mix in a new feed when switching, regardless of how you feel about the food the breeder fed. My breeder is feeding Euk puppy, and I'll go through at least a...

I carry a Mossberg 20ga. pump. It is my first and only shotgun, bought for me by my grandpa after I finshed my hunter's education course and got my FOID card quite a few years ago. Sometimes I get to hunt with my dad's Ithaca 12 ga. Deerslayer, but I actually prefer the 20 ga. I'd like to get a nice...

My name is Steven, and I'm from Savoy, IL, just a mile south of Champaign. I'm finishing up my first year of law school at the U of IL, getting married on June 5 to a wonderful woman named Danyelle, and we're getting our first pup following the honeymoon (a nice 23rd birthday present for me). He is ...