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Don't have any here, but Ronnie Smith Kennels has two litters with L&Ws and there are recent pics on their website and FB page. Thanks for the info, CC, I'll look at their sites also. In the late 80's I used to breed a wh/liv male & a wh/or female and usually had a good mix of both in the litters. ...

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I don't believe I have ever seen any pics of Liver/White Britts posted on the forum. I've had several in my day. Love their look. Let's see yours.

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AHGSP wrote:A quick Google brought up this, which should be a good starting point for anyone that is interested:
http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?op ... ached=true

Because of budget cuts in Obama 2012 budget cuts nbii.gov is no longer on the internet. Vote anyone but Obama.

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Being that I am a little older than some (going on 69) I learned about dog training from Wolters, Delmar, and others. I never used an e-collar (kid's braces had a higher priority). Same thing for launchers as they came in to vogue. My family got me one for Christmas. It is great for launching tennis...

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I don't have any scientific proof of this but a friend years ago who had several beagles in above ground kennels, swore that if they were at least 30 inches above ground, when the bitches were in heat and peed, no males came around because the scent of estrus would be gone by the time the pee hit th...

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I believe every dog I have ever owned howls at the sound of a police, fire or ambulance siren. Will not quit until they can't hear it anymore. Really great at 3 am.

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I used to feed my dogs Iams for years. Never had a bit of problem. They ate less, had firm stools, and ran all day. I worked in their plant near Xenia, Ohio on their telecom systems and you had to be impressed with the cleanliness of the plant. Wish I could have been paid in dog food.

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terrific. thanks for the feedback. just such a departure from the other two i wanted to make sure i was reading it correctly. i've seen quite a few people push young dogs hard in training and consequently i've seen quite a few poor gundogs so the 1-year waiting period felt good to the gut. any bad ...

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Go to "search" top right and type in "above ground kennels". FarmTek has flooring.

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Thanks again. One tornado was heading for my brothers home but then veered up the Ohio and destroyed about 80% of the town of Moscow, killing one. My 19 year old grandson and his buds have volunteered in the cleanup. He leaves for a tour in the Air Force this spring. Gonna miss my hunting buddy whil...

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Thanks Cajun
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There was a devastating series of tornadoes in our area on 3/2/2012. West Liberty, KY was leveled. That is the home of Bob Bailey's Straight Creek Kennels. I have tried to call Bob, but the phone lines are down. If anyone out there has a way to contact him and see if he and his family and his Llewel...

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A launcher gives you more control of the situration. If he moves after making scent, you pop the bird. Without a launcher you are going to need very spooky wild birds, that will not take much pressure. It will just take more time. Thats the problem!!!!.....I have very spooky wild birds, and he poin...

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I was taking my 5 year old granddaughter for a walk in a small woodlot when she spotted a Tom in a pasture. We ducked down by a tree to hide and I told her to call him in. I was expecting her to gobble, but she yelled cock-a-doodle-doo. In about a minute we had over 25 turkeys surrounding us running...

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South Africa. I have friends from that region. But they don't hunt. Just raise parrots that sell for about 5Gs
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Your dog does not understand the whoa command. Keep in mind that dogs are place oriented, this means that they understand commands or cues relative to the place they learned them. Each command needs to be taught then generalized in different places before they are learned behaviors. Dogs will rever...

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Just one dog for now but getting some pressure from the better half to add another (she wants a Lab), so it may not make sense to stockpile like some of the breeders, trainers or people running multiple dogs. I've got a garbage can with a lid (plastic) that will need to be replaced - mice have chew...

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Craig Morgan- THIS OLD BOY- utube video

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If you have kids, take them and let them pick one. If not, take a neighbors kid.They will be the ones that will set the socialization of the pup for it's lifetime. Don't worry about the point at that age. If from good breeding programs that will take care of itself. Not to worry.

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For more info on FDSB registered Llewellins, go to:

http://www.nalba.org/llewellin_setters.htm

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Anybody know what happened with King and a couple other llewellin guys that caused them to lose FDSB registration?....you can see they bred a ton of generations of dogs in almost all of the FDSB pedigrees out there but then all of a sudden they switched over to the "other" registration that Cotton ...

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I have purchased two Lews from Bob Bailey @ Bob's Straight Creek kennels in West Liberty, KY. Great close working Grouse Dogs. His dogs are usually $500. m/f and he works his dogs with about 700 quail on prem.
http://www.bobsstraightcreekllewellins.com

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My first "rig" was a Plymouth Horizon with a two dog box in the back shaped to fit the hatch back, with about an inch to spare. Whatever gets you out there to the out there!

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About 5 years ago our granddaughter brought a yard sale give away kitten to us. It had it's tail partially chewed off by a raccoon, but survived. It took no crap from our Llewellins' at all. Last summer it got out of the house and over the fence only to be swooped up by a large barn owl, flown away,...

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I installed "gun racks" on the dog box and they have become a standard for me for many years. Vests hang nicely there also when taking a break.

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I posted an older version of this in Dec. 2010. Maybe it will guide you somewhat. I happen to agree with Ray G, and others. Above all, be patient with the pup and do a lot of reps.

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Love Yuengling, that's my everyday beer - the stuff I drink regularly, that I buy by the 12 pack or case. Yuengling opened a brewery in Tampa about 10 years ago, so we've been enjoying it down here for a while. I hear the delay on selling it in Ohio was that Yuengling wanted to build another brewer...

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No concern really, Ezzy. Just an informational post for those interested. Although, I do have an friend who became legally blind at an early age from bird poop dust. He used to play as a kid in a 3rd floor attic that had feral pigeons in it for years and used to sweep the poop with a broom while it ...

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Interesting information about pigeons & cleanup.

www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/epi/epi-pigeon.shtml

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As always, follow the money, or follow the cause (animal rights activists). Just saying... Once a freedom or right is taken away it is very hard to get it back. Personally, I am a member of PETA (people eating tasty animals). Lets find more uses for corn and soy beans. That will be the end of CRP, s...

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After the blizzard that went through Ohio in 1977-78 about 90% of the quail were estimated to have died. In the following year or two the state released 40,000 bobwhite quail of which they estimated none survived to the following year. Quail hunting is still only allowed in 13 southern counties. I n...

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Just shows how fortunate we are to live here in the good ol' USA. In Vietnam, 30,000 people die from rabies every year and in Africa the rate is about one death every 10 minutes from rabies.

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Nebraska Birdman,
Welcome aboard and good luck. Thank you for your service. It's folks like you that allow us to enjoy our sport. Combat Engineers, first in, last out.

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Hide the whistle and enjoy what you have. I agree with Ezzy 100%. I bet when you were a teenager and beyond you were a pretty hard charger too. Great looking dog even if it doesn't point. LOL

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B4,
One of the best sources of info on Grouse is by Stackpole (1989) and found at Amazon.com and others from 3.50 to 35.00 used.

It is "The Wildlife Series, Ruffed Grouse". Lots of colored pics and over 25 contributors. A great read for a Grouser.

TD

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Spray it with Clorox Clean Up. Dogs used to get in my garbage until I poured Clorox on the lids. They quit immediately.

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Thanks for the advice, Hooka. I've seen the gray, but didn't realize it was outdoor grade. Handy information. Vision, do you have any photos of your johnny house? Mine is a 4x8 also and worked pretty fair, but I went up on my tip toes once or twice when the dogs almost caught a bird. :wink: You can...

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For PVC UV protection, use grey Schedule 40 electrical conduit. Designed for outdoor use. If mounted on 4x4 or 6x6's it may not blow into the next county.

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Anyone out there have any Hasenfeffer recipes ( German Sour Rabbit ). I'm already drooling.

Also looking for different Smelt cooking recipes.

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True story. Even made the newspaper. A guy my father knew was crappie fishing on Lake Harris in Leesburg, FL. He landed one crappie, but before he could get it off the hook, he caught another crappie on a different rod. While he was trying to land the # 2 fish, a pelican spotted the flopping fish on...

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I shot a ferret or something, not quiet sure what it was with my 30.06 at 100 yrds. Got over to it and their was nothing left except a large red spray pattern. Didnt think that would happen. Almost seemed as if it was a explosive round. You may have been using an old Army armor piercing round we us...

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My brother was bass fishing a local lake, right beneath a cliff about 25 feet high. He heard dogs barking and chasing a rabbit, he thought. Next thing he sees is three deer jumping off the cliff flying directly over his bass boat. All three then swam to the other side of the lake and kept on running...

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All good points from all above. I'd like to add a couple more. If you can hunt the area without shooting glasses, you're hunting the wrong cover. If you can hunt the area with the bill of your blaze orange ball cap facing forward, you're in the wrong cover. Find cover where you HAVE TO wear it backw...

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I would also have anyone interested in Ruffed Grouse Hunting to go on the internet and download a copy of the PA Ruffed Grouse Management Plan 2011-2020. It has 64 pages of interesting info on Grouse Management that is usable for any state's management plan. Check it out. Very helpful message. I am ...

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When using Google Earth, figure what county and state you will be hunting in. If you know the roads or a town in the county you choose that will help also. On the bottom left you will find a time stamp of the map. If it says say 1992 in the box, click on it. A time line will open on the top left of ...

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Welcome to the wonderful, often frustrating world of Grouse Hunting. It all begins with the dog(s). Get them into as many birds as you can (pigeons, quail, chuckar, etc.) and build the drive. TN tried establishing grouse in the west without success, so I would start e of I-75 around the Cumberland W...

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About 20 years ago my 6 year old female Brittany went for a run by the creek behind our farmhouse for about 10 minutes. When she came back to the house she was covered with ticks. We put her in a tub in the basement and for the next 4 hours we used tweezers and wire dog brushes and filled a baby foo...

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Not being used to hunting in strip mine country, we wondered what the loud siren was coming from a distant hilltop. Then the dynamite went off, showering us with about ten thousand clods of dirt & rock. The dog's were not impressed with us. In that same area the Air National Guard used to practice e...

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rockyridge kennels wrote:Once I was swimming in a lake in Scotland and hitched a ride on the Loch Ness Monster....

Sure you weren't drinking scotch and thought you hitched a ride. :roll:

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All I ever use is a 24 oz. used syrup bottle with a snap cap, toss it in a fanny pack with a first aid kit and refill back at the truck.
Tightwad and proud of it. Doing that at least 25 years.

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