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You are jumping to conclusions based on a brief update and not seeing the dog. You are wrong.

I'll take cash or a bank check, no personal checks please.

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I bought one as a light weight more simple system to compliment my Alpha. The Alpha is a bit clunky for a daily walk IMHO. Mine is the slightly cheaper one, no bark collar function and less flexibility in the programming. I like it. In my use, it gets several weeks between recharges with 1hr+ long w...

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Update on this - 100% resolved. Retrieving a couple of ducks and a pheasant in the water solved it, she seems to have made the connection. I may have to pitch a rock as a redirection tool if she is having trouble finding the dummy while already out in the water - but she is definitely motivated now....

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My uncle lost his favorite lab retrieving a pheasant that way years ago. He still tears up a little when he talks about it.

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Disclaimer - I have no relevant experience here... Would it be useful for the OP to find another party with a litter of similarly aged/sized puppies of any breed and stick his pup in with them for a few weeks to be better socialized? no.......................Cj Thank you for that very illuminating ...

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Disclaimer - I have no relevant experience here...

Would it be useful for the OP to find another party with a litter of similarly aged/sized puppies of any breed and stick his pup in with them for a few weeks to be better socialized?

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Sorry, you guys have had too many recalls over the years to even consider your products now.

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asc - if you were in this exact scenario (trespassing to recover a dog) in Florida and trespassed while armed, you would have just committed a 3rd degree felony. You might want to rethink those broad types of statements. http://www.floridafirearmslaw.com/orlando-criminal-defense-services/trespass-ar...

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I joined because all of the other forums I poke my head in, might have a "hunting section" but are not areal resource. Threads get derailed too quickly. An example would be asking about tips to help steady the dog to flush, and immediately some dude starts ranting about how steady isn't necessary. T...

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Every dog I've ever had, when that young and thrown into a new environment - or sometimes for no discernible reason at all- will spaz out sometimes.

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I question the misdemeanor vs a felony of some sort, but seems like the court system otherwise handled this well. However, if it were my dog I would make a career out of making sure the shooter's life was ruined. At a minimum I'd make sure that every potential employer when the googled the guy's nam...

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We had our first minor incident yesterday. A little history... Maddie has no fight or dominance behavior in her at all. She is not timid or shy. She is very outgoing and approaches everybody assuming they want to play. However, if another dog is aggressive or shows dominance behavior, Maddie will in...

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I think I can see why they recommend the collar and am interested why you don't feel comfortable using it? But what ever works! Ezzy Two reasons - 1) is there would be a fairly constant pull to the right on her neck 2) if she trips or stumbles and gets a hard jerk forward it the pressure point woul...

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http://www.biketowleash.com Maddie the GWP is now almost 2 years old and it is time to step up the physical training a bit. Many weekdays I don't have time to do a long hike with the dog so my backup has always been a chuck-it thrower in the park to wear her out some. It works great, but I don't ge...

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Anybody have any personal experience with any of the dog mounts for a go pro? I don't mean go google it and come back with a list, but any you have used your self?

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I always tell me Mom that her chocolate lab started as a yellow lab. She is such a turd hound she turned brown!

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Speaking as a person who has never so much as attended a field trial and is new at owning their own hunting dog... There are no upland game events of any kind anywhere near western Montana (unless I'm looking in the wrong places and I'd love to hear about them). There are lots in eastern MT all 5+ h...

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reba wrote:I think a top mount would roll back and forth a lot.

One mounted on the chest would be more stable, but I don't know what the view would be.

Well, if you are into videos of grass rushing by it would work great! You would have to get some altitude for it to be at all useful IMO.

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I have been unable to make Lewis dog boots stay on my GWP for longer than 15 minutes. I've done the vet wrap and duct tape method and the inside out duct tape method using a couple of different brands of duct tape.

Part of the problem is my dog has huge feet and really skinny legs.

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Report: it went fine. She towards the end figured out that pheasants are fun to find. She got to flush and retrieve a couple. We had to steer her into the bird that went down at a distance, but she got it done. Lola (the lab) has two issues that help and hinder her as a bird dog. 1: She's nearsighte...

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Thanks, it will just be take the dog and gun for a walk time.

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If you have an Aastro 220 then a DC 40 is the only way to go. If you have a 320 then you can get either a DC 40 or DC 50.

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+3 Every dog I've ever had (hunting or not), I gave as much freedom to as possible out of the house. Off leash hikes in safe places and a heavy emphasis on recall. Every few minutes on every early hike I'd call her and give her a treat. If the dog started getting too far away, I'd hide. The dog woul...

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I am taking my cousin hunting Sunday. He has a 2yo yellow lab who has some duck experience, but little in the way of upland game and no training in that regard. Mostly we just want to see if his dog is at all birdy. There are no expectations that the dog will get us any birds Sunday, but it might be...

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Had a fantastic weekend with Maddie the GWP. Saturday she pointed and retrieved 11 pheasants in 2 hours. Sunday we went to some private land and had her chasing wild pheasants. She pointed and retrieved 5 of them. One retrieve was extra awesome. I just lightly winged the bird (bad shot) and it hit t...

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The only time mine gets confused is if it is a blind retrieve. Say, my buddies are trying to recover a bird and I head over to get my dog to help. Sometimes she gets a little confused and points the dead bird. I just tell her dead bird again and she gets it. She is a strong natural retriever though,...

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Right now I am a 1 dog upland game hunter mostly. I bought a 2013 Subaru Outback and put in the dog barrier behind the back seat. Works great. I put about 500 miles a weekend on the rig so the gas mileage is important. If I need off road ability or have to haul more stuff, I'll take my 94 Land Cruis...

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Don't know personally, but read the reviews on Amazon. One person said it did not do well with burrs and barbed wire.

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My Maddie - when retrieving has to do 2 quick victory laps around me everytime before she will give me the bird or ball. After that, without having to say anything, she brings it right to hand. The other thing is when she points. When she is pointing a bird her front end is kind of crouched down and...

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I bought one several weeks ago. It needs to be fitted to me (stubby arms) and is at the gunsmith waiting in line, but before doing so I patterned it and shot a few clays. The fit and finish are fine. It kicks like a mule since the factory recoil pad is just a thin bit of hard rubber and it is so lig...

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It seems like it is something that could be corrected easily in the software, just add an option to turn off the audio locked screen alert. Ideally, make it not react at all if the screen is locked so when I bump the screen while unclipping the unit to look at the dog pointer I don't have to wait f...

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It seems like it is something that could be corrected easily in the software, just add an option to turn off the audio locked screen alert. Ideally, make it not react at all if the screen is locked so when I bump the screen while unclipping the unit to look at the dog pointer I don't have to wait fo...

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What I did was buy the cheapest smaller sized Chinese crate the local chain pet store had for her as a puppy. Then, bought a nice big wire crate and a ruff tuff crate in the appropriate adult size.

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The breeder my old lab came from tattooed a number inside the ear at birth. The reason was one chocolate lab female puppy looks just like petty much any other and they wanted to keep them straight within the litter.

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RYNO wrote:Thought I'd give this thread a bump as my setter got nailed 1st thing opening day. She doesn't stink anymore but the Garmin Alpha collar sure does... Any ideas?

Break the collar and send it in for warranty replacement...

okay, no better ideas than others have mentioned previously.

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For the most part I like my Alpha except for one annoying "little issue". When I lock the screen on the tracking compass and tracking my dog, if the screen is inadvertently bumped like a branch ,bush or something in my hunting vest, the fricking "alarm" stating that the screen is locked and to unlo...

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To argue otherwise is to admit inexperience or just be argumentative. Whether you mean it or not, you are the one making this thread argumentative and ridiculous. I'm not saying you are right or wrong about quartering, what I am saying is your tone has blown any chance of it being a productive disc...

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This is getting ridiculous. :roll: Yes, it is. It is hard to have a discussion when others make up their own definitions. Quartering is to move side to side in a uniform pattern. Foxes do not quarter, they go from objective to objective, but not always into the objective, they skirt it, using their...

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polmaise wrote:Anybody on this thread actually hunt and shoot over their dog (s) ?
:roll:

Extensively. You might tone down the arrogance a few notches if you actually have a point to make. All this "bleep" waving accomplishes nothing.

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I just have a command "Do it" and she eliminates whatever she is holding. She will do her business whenever she feels the need when in an appropriate place or ask to go out. I just find it useful to have the command so she is ready for a long car ride.

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My GWP did that at first. I just made a point of getting her in water as much as possible and she figured it out on her own. Once in a while she starts out with her but too low, but she fixes it within a few seconds.

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Forgive my noobishness into a thread that has a lot of very strong opinions in it... It is not an either/or thing in my limited experience. Take the example of the land I mostly hunt. It is flatland CRP with a several hot spots around irrigation ditches and fences. Those spots are either where the p...

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Went to the vet this afternoon. There is an infection in at least one of the nails. She is now on rimadyl for any pain, an antibiotic, is wearing the cone of shame, and has socks duct taped to her feet. Not a happy girl right now. She should be good for this coming weekend though. http://i238.photob...

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They are worse this morning. We did the polysporin and socks and she is working the socks pretty hard. We go to the vet this afternoon. It will probably heal on its own, but I REALLY don't want to have her down more than absolutely necessary this season so I'll spend the $$$ on the vet's time. I'll ...

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My 16mo GWP Maddie had a fun weekend hunting pheasants in tall grass Friday and Saturday. I noticed last night that a couple toes on each hind foot have red rings around the base of the nails and it is sore. She isn't limping, but she is licking them. Just now at least one of them started bleeding a...

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Glad you didn't give the dog "a vitamin" like a certain mod suggested.

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A Garmin Delta or Delta Sport would be a good choice and in your price range. http://www.gundogsupply.com/garmin-delta-sport.html http://www.gundogsupply.com/garmin-delta.html I have a Delta that I bought to use for both daily walks and as a 2nd collar for around the waist while doing whoa training....

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Right Front: S&W 438 .38 revolver in pocket holster
Right Front Coin Pocket: Speed strip with reloads
Left Front pocket: Leatherman clipped, keys, cell phone
Right rear: wallet
Left rear: nothing

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Active dogs get little strains and muscle pulls like people do all the time. I wouldn't over think it. When my dog was a younger pup, it always seemed like she was limping on one leg or another. She was just clumsy, she would trip over her own giant feet all the time. My 16mo GWP still takes the occ...

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topher40 wrote:I think you know the remedy......... It starts with a "B".

Beating?
Boarding?
Boxing?

Humor those of us who don't know the answer?

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