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Yes, If they didnt I wouldnt have them. I love a high prey drive and can easily train them to be called off. +1 on this!!! Unfortunately, don't encounter them often enough to really worry about, but when we do they are easily called off with voice and/or dog zapper! One of my older dog's first poin...

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GUNDOGS wrote:sorry if you look at it as driving myself crazy :roll: .....ruth

Sounds to me that you are doing the "right" thing.......at the end of the day, you need to have confidence in your vaccination approach. I can certainly understand having the analytic data to back it up.

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He is a cutie!!! I'm jealous!

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gittrdonebritts wrote:
mcbosco wrote:I hope he didn't get the hip ball and socket that was just recalled...oh my...
No he picked a cheap one up from the dollar store the day before

I bet it was corn based!!!

Good luck and hope you're healing well Ezzy....you'll be jogging in no time!

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Genetics matter most, experience and training 2nd and 3rd and last is HT/FT events......I only look at them to mitigate my risk in picking a dog with a proven ability to hunt, when I can't or am not able to hunt over the parents. The events have no bearing on whether a dog will be a good "foot hunti...

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Not something I want my dogs to encounter for their first bird....I'm not looking for caution when dealing with birds. I always have the wings immobilized for the first intro....

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Nice looking dogs.....and Bella looks like she is catching on quick! Bryant looks almost identical to one of mine.....enough that I had to check the pedigree (which was totally different).

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I think the real bottomline here is #1....find a vet you trust, if you don't trust their judgement then you don't have a good "working" relationship with them and need to find another.....and #2.....have an honest dialog with your concerns regarding all vaccinations (or any other treatments for that...

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Chafing kind of depends on the dog. I've used skidplates for my two dogs with varying success. One of my dogs has a very thick coat (for a shorthair) and has no problem with them or with vests the few times he's worn them. Unfortunately he is the one that needs it the least. My other dog has a very ...

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Even though I'm not sure it is classified as an upland bird, I had to go with dove. There is something about wingshooting dove that I've always loved.....heck if I could get a good dove hunt all season I might not hunt anything else!!! They give even the best shotgunner a pretty good challenge and y...

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Good to hear!!!

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ive seen bumps show up on dogs within a day or two of vaccines but not almost 3 weeks later, have you? Only the rattlesnake vaccine seems to do it to my two dogs and with both the lump (exactly as you describe it) shows up a couple of weeks after the shot and stays a couple more weeks. I suspect it...

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Quick question for you Dogtra people, I have a 2502 that is giving me problems. I just sent them back to Dogtra to get batteries and antenna fixed/replaced and I went out training and dog took off after a deer. I cranked the collar up to 127 and hit continuous and he just flinches! I used to be abl...

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I have never noted any issues and I use them quite a bit when pheasant hunting. I do run mine on point mode only though.

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On the migrating chip..it happens quite a bit this is why people with scanners are told to scan the dogs entire body but you start at the shoulders.. I have found chips in back legs down by the elbow in the front leg under the chest area...Never seen a migrating chip bother a dog or ever heard of a...

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I also have always put the amount of waste the dog produces rather low on list of things we need to worry about. I know some of the owners are concerned when they have to clean the yard. But I always felt the health of the dog was much more important than the amount of waste. We actually agree on s...

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My pup is taking her NA test in may, sorry to ask a question on your post steamer but this is a good topic..what i would like to know is how do they set up the tracking part of the NA, whats expected of the pup?..thanks....ruth :D From my experience, they generally release a pheasant with enough fl...

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I have 2 Dogtra 3500NCPs, a TriTronics Upland G3 EXP, and a TriTronics Sport Combo G3 EXP......from my experience I like the features of the Dogtra much better and believe it is a better training collar, but the Tritronics are much more reliable.

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I got about fifteen Pigeons this weekend and started out with a locked wing pigeon, and threw it out for lane, and he had no prob, then on to a clipped wing, again no prob, then i tied the legs up with a rope, and he had a full blown flappin bird, again no problem, he was all over it. So on to a 20...

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At the other end of the spectrum.....for my 50-60lb dogs, I use 0.04cc.....which is about 2.5 times what is in HeartGard.

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That's a great looking pup.....both style and coloration! She looks like she is doing well.

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Here's a device that's been around awhile (couple of years?) that provides a location service, and it will notify you if your pet goes outside certain boundaries (for a service fee).

http://www.zoombak.com/products/pet/

Don't have any experience with them....

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I believe i read somewhere that you would have to get to 27 times the normal dose to get into the toxicity range. For most birddogs you may be right, but I seem to remember that this is ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE for any dog with collie-type genetics. For some reason the ivermectin passes the blood/brain ...

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Mixing also allows you to measure it more accurately on most syringes if you are using the lower levels that match what most HW medicine contains.

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Legality depends on the type of dove......some of the states that have the invasive Eurasian Collared Dove allow shooting them yearround. That being said.....as the previous posters have said, and for all the same reasons, I would not use a dove (dead or otherwise) to introduce a dog to birds...

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Deseeker gave you some great advice....matches my experience as well. Only thing I would add is regarding the experience w/ horses....since it is hard to come by for some of us.....my dogs had always been hunted over some by the time I did the HT and they were very focused on hunting and ignored the...

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Great pictures!!! Teach them well, the future of hunting is in their hands....

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What is the deal with people posting gargantuan sized pics??? If you don't know how to resize a pic, Ask... Or just don't post them. I like seeing pics as much as anybody, but nothing turns me off of them quicker than a pic so big that you can't view it properly. I am now off my soapbox... Carry on...

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I started giving them to my dog that had the hip and pelvis rebuilt. The specialist that worked on him said I could try it but there was no evidence they helped anything. He was against feeding any supplements on a regular basis and I have to agree with him after being involved in the feed testing ...

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One of my pups had OCD and since then I've used the jerky strips with the joint supplement as their daily "go out in the garage as I go to work" treat. It's a pretty light dosage and may not do anything for the dogs but makes me feel better (and I don't even eat them!!!)....

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I don't know that I would intro the ecollar with the "come" command. I would be afraid that your dog might associate the correction with "come" later when trying to train other commands such as heel, whoa, etc. and cause extra effort to overcome. I generally introduce the ecollar with the kennel com...

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thanks so much for all of the replies. i have a few questions 1 can i use a check cord instead of a pen? 2 should all 4 steps be done in one day as long as the dog is doing ok? 3 im guessing the birds in steps 1 and 2 are done for how long should the dog be allowed to play with them and should they...

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I understand what you are saying but I prefer to release Flight conditioned birds and let my pups chase them rather then planted bird that they might be able to catch Let me clarify.....I use pen-raised quail for the bird intro, but from the moment I start them hunting they will never see another p...

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+1 on welding their rears to the ground! Not so sure about the "not saying anything" though......I generally want mine to know that it is my desire that we play by my rules. Helps them sort out the alpha dogs from the ALPHA DOG !!! My dogs are spoiled beyond belief (one is asleep on my couch right ...

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You can prove you are the alpha dog later but what you want now is "the dog not wanting to chase a deer" and not "wanting to but I better not when someone is looking but I;ll get my chance later". Ezzzy No, what I want is for the dog to know exactly what the problem is and who is demanding that it ...

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Good info.....thanks Ruth! Nice looking dogs (except for that funny lookin' black pointer...Dallas!!!

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+1 on the socialization.....if you want to haul him around hunting, staying in motels, going to trials, or whatever socialization (sandbox skills) will be important and this is the time to do them.

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+1 on welding their rears to the ground! Not so sure about the "not saying anything" though......I generally want mine to know that it is my desire that we play by my rules. Helps them sort out the alpha dogs from the ALPHA DOG !!! My dogs are spoiled beyond belief (one is asleep on my couch right n...

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...keep in mind that the intro to guns should be followed through with increasing size of guns as well. Start with the blank gun and work your way up through from lighter gauges to heavier always starting at a good distance then gradually moving closer.... This is an excellent point.....and is exac...

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+1 for the George Hickox method to introducing a dog to birds and guns. It amps up their prey drive on the birds first and then they become so focused on the bird that they totally ignore the gun's report. One of my dogs freaks out anytime there are fireworks and doesn't particularly like thunder......

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Talk to Snips as she has some of the best in both breeds. Ron Wilson has some excellent GWP's and Fuzznuts on this board is another good one. JMO Ezzy Thanks Ezzy....will do! I would say add a female if they are all going to be in the house together..we had 2 males and a female all in the house and...

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+1 for the conditioning, but I also use Xtremefuel Booster Bars during hard workouts for my dogs. I spend about a week pheasant hunting SD every year with just my two dogs and no days off (unless weather is really extreme) and the bars seem to keep them going pretty well during the day.

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I'm starting into the planning stage for our next puppy.....which I'm planning on in about a year. Looking for some advice on the following topics: 1) My other two are males...one will be about 4 at that point and the other will be about 3. Both are very much house dogs as well as hunters, as will t...

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Don't know how I missed that post!

Good to hear nothing serious....

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From the pictures looks like a histiocytoma.....which generally goes away by itself in several weeks and is nothing to worry about. One of my dogs just had one come up before Christmas....vet confirmed what it was. As others have said though.....take your dog to the vet to be sure. I always feel a l...

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Nice dog box! We'll be expecting a good review on it now after a little use!!!

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Those look suspiciously like what I heard called "puppy pimples". Both of my dogs get them occasionally, but they are generally around the lips and the underside (tip) of their bottom jaw. I've never seen them on top of the nose. Mine generally just get one or two at a time and never quite the mass ...

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Is there a wormer that covers all worms,,,, what's the broadest spectrum wormer out there right now,, regardless of cost? Droncit or Drontal (but I don't think it's available over the counter). It does all rounds, hooks, tapes, whips... Otherwise fenbendazole (Safeguard or Panacur) I think you want...

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