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ohmymy111

I feel for you on the distance to the airport. I am 150 miles from Fargo. I have checked into ground transport, but it really isn't convenient as the times they can pick up dogs really just doesn't work with when I need the puppies going. I always do early a.m. flights, so the new owners have a good...

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I have used Delta for most puppies that I ship. The last 3 puppies that flew out 3 weeks ago went to MA, OH and TX. Texas was going to be to hot to ship via Delta so I used United for the 1st time. They flew out of Fargo, and I could tell United's staff must not get a lot of puppies there, as it too...

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I don't really know about their dogs, but I have known Chad for years. He has worked with some of my dogs, and run Hunt Tests with him. He is a great guy, and if his dogs are anything like him they will be good. I haven't really seen him since I moved to ND, so if you talk to him tell him. Mark, the...

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The original breed standard called for only "natural bob tails" However when they discovered that the trait can be lethal when breeding 2 dogs with that trait, they changed it. Now with the changing of the laws in some counties, outlawing the docking of tails, they are finding that a full tail chang...

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I have done two dog with both PennHip and OFA. The first female I did the OFA at 1 year of age and she came back borderline. I did her PennHip a year later and she came back .35/.35. She is an EB and not enough of the breed were in the database so they compared her to ALL dogs that had been PennHip'...

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Do they work, or are they like mine, and intermittent?

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I think you did, want to sell it back or trade for the two I have? LOL

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I have 3 BL509 launchers. As a general rule I have to press the bird button about 5 times to get it to pop the bird up. I have brand new batteries in the transmitter and launchers,

Anyone have any tricks to get them to release a little more reliably.

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10 Epagneul Bretons, French Brittanys with one litter on the way and possibly a second

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The medication is doing its job. Hugo has not had a seizure in over 48 hours now, and is bouncing right back. I really think he had to have gotten into something. To go from no seizures, to 8 that I witnessed, and he probably had a bunch more I din't know about, overnight just doesn't seem likely to...

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Hugo had a seizure again last night at 7:30, before I could give him his pill. The Vet said that could happen. He didn't want to eat so I put the pill down the back of his throat. I am pretty sure he was seizure free the rest of the night. This morning he was much better. I fed him a bit, got him to...

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I got up at 3am like I usually do to get ready for work, not a thing I like to do, but it pays the bills. I let all the dogs, 10, outside to do their morning business. Got food ready and called them over to be put up. One dog didn't come. I thought what the heck, did Hugo get out of the fence? Calle...

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i might be mistaken, but I believe once the dog achieves a title or produces a litter, then you can not change the name. Passes or placements don't matter for that. A title changes the registered name, passes and placements do not.

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Hera, Greek Queen of Gods, Zeus's wife.

I named a puppy that this year myself LOL

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I have a book, more of a pamplet really, called "New Guide to breeding Old Fashioned Working Dogs". It has several breeding stratigies, and I picked one and follow it within reason. I think you have to look at pedigrees, and I have software to do that, look at the individual dogs and their conformat...

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I would also get the lanyardf they make for it. It is heavy duty. I have several of them I use to tether my garmin, my e-collar transmitter... I had a friend drop and lose his 220 in the grouse woods a couple of years ago. After 2 hours of searching we finally gave up, and he ended up buying a new o...

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All the people that have puppies from that particular female are aware that she is a carrier. I informed them several years after the fact, as sable was not an issue when the puppies were produced, and there was no genetic test at that time. But I still felt it was my duty to do so. Yes, I do DNA te...

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I am not in a position to comment on GSP's or Lab's, as they are not my chosen breed. That being said, we have a color pattern issue in Epagneul Bretons as well. It is called "sable". It is a coat that has black hairs intermixed in the orange hairs where they should not exist. It is caused by the Ay...

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It is the parent breed club that sets the standards and can change them. It doesn't happen very often, but it does happen. We went to AKC to try and get Epagneul Breton's split from from "Brittany's" and recognized as a distincy breed. They referred it to the "American Brittany Club", as the ones to...

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Absolutely they should be. Conformation is how you define a breed. If we don't adhere to it all we have are mutts in the end. That is not to say a mutt can't be a great bird dog and a wonderful companion, but the traits are not reproducable consistantly, which is what having a defined breed is all a...

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He was the 1st one to get any of the titles in UKC and to my knowledge the 1st and only American bred dog to win a Field trial in France. What I didn't know about that win, until this year, was that in couples(braced) trials in France, all the dogs are "Champions" before they run in braced trials. S...

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Hey Ryan,

Colleen and I took 8 of the dogs out for a run tonight and lo and behold, Hellion comes beating feet past us and Colleen screams "She's got a muskrat in her mouth" Must be that time of year!! LOL

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Yes it is Darius. I had not seen that picture as I had not looked at the online article before now. The 3 middle pictures are Vern, and the Black and White puppy is Gin, one of Vern's puppies. I typically have 2 to 4 dogs in the house all the time. They are very calm. I do have 2 that are a little m...

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The best things is they are great dogs, the worst thing is... NOTHING! Actually you already iterated the best things, and I think they are all true, but I am biased as I have 10 of them here right now. The worst thing, is really hard for me to say, as I am not real sure there is a worst thing. I am ...

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The newest issue of Gun Dog Magazine features French Brittany's. My dog Darius got a full page photo to start the article!!

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I am not sure if that is the exact one i have, but if not, it is very close. Works good for me!

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I have 6 different French Brittany's on my web site, you can go there. Easier than posting pictures of all of them.

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In FCI the country of origin controls the breed standard. So it would take the motherland to change a breed standard. Franly that is a moot point as the US is not a member of FCI, neither UKC or AKC have to abide by FCI standards, it is the breed clubs that determine the standard in AKC or UKC. UKC ...

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Florida would be ood too

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Does anyone know of someone who does Snake Breaking in Georgia or Texas.

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Ran Vern and Darius this past weekend at a NSTRA trial in Georgia. There were 32 dogs per field. Vern had 4 finds and a back on the "A" field, and was simply out raced by an EP as he was on his way towards 2 more birds. That being said he ended up recieving 2nd Place, for his 1st NSTRA placement. Gu...

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Right now I am leaning against running in Iowa. I will have puppies that will be ready to go to their new homes starting that weekend. It is doubtful I would run Vern, so really all I would be running is Darius, and I am not sure he will be ready to run in Open. His retrieving is doing great most of...

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Ran in the Epagneul Breton Dun Dog Club of Georgia's trial, and then a couple of days later in the EB Nationals. While Vern didn't win anything tis year, 3 of his progeny won trials and finished titles, which is now what I am really interested in. Darius de L'Etoile du Nord o/h myself won in the "GU...

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Hello Rick,

The Show was in Minneapolis, hosted by a German Shepard Club. There were 20 or 30 different breeds there, from foo foo dogs, to Nova Scotia Duck Trolling Retrievers, so I was very proud of my little boy for beating them all.

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I am happy to hear you are not going to just dump her and start over because she isn't showing much drive. I have seen several dogs that were not really interested in birds or hunting at a young age. I have two right now that were that way. One that was given to me. He is now a hunting and running f...

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Girls names are

Ardoise, imported from France, means Slate
Etoile
Chloe
Frances

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I depart the frozen hinterlands of Noth dakota for the tropics of Georgia for part of the winter. I was told by a Vet in Georgia, that works with plantation hunting dogs, that they can see snakes out in the 40s. They won't be real active, but you can never truly be certain you won't come across one....

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Ryan, Because Vern went to Best in Show, I ended up not coming through Fargo until late. So it probably was not going to work anyway. Did you get a deer?

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When I hunt with someone new, which is really not that often, I tell them since the dogs can't shoot back when shot at, I will shoot back for them. I am joking of course, but if it ever happened, I am not sure i wouldn't shoot back.

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Vern finished his Grand Champion Show Title, doing it in style. He took Best of Breed, then went on to win Group. From there he went for Best in Show, and to my utter surprise he was awarded Best in Show!!

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Does anyone know of one. I have an 8 hole trailer, and while the dogs stay pretty warm in it, I would like to heat it for when I have puppies in it. Up here in the hinterlands in North dakota, it gets a mite nippy some days.

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I have a Field 90 that I don't use that I will sell. I don't have a wall charger for it, but do have the cradle. If you are interested let me know.

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I am cross eye dominant, and can shoot prett well left handed. BUT I wanted to shoot right handed as I prefer to carry my gun that way. I bought one of the Easy Hit sights about 2 years ago, and i was AMAZED. It actually works. I say get it, sure you can smudge your glasses, or close your eye, but t...

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My dogs check in with me when I hit the locate button on my 2002 T&B. I want them to, and trained them to, but they are trained to come in on multiple rapid beeps, not a single beep or slow beeping. But when they are on point, they know they don't leave a bird

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I have a friend that has one. She is a young dog and is a runner in the field. Not sure how much she is really hunting as opposed to just running though. I am not sure about the easily trained part. She is pretty high strung, and he says she is a knot head. She may not be typical of the breed, I don...

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Hey Dan, Did you move out this way? Here is where I get my birds from.

http://www.dakotagamebirds.com/

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I have Epagneul Bretons, French Brittanys. Except in the grouse woods I always have 2 dogs on the ground. I routinely hunt an experienced dog with a young dog. The experienced dog teaches the younger dog alot of things. Where the best cover is to find birds, how to handle birds, in addition gives th...

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I would wait for a while before getting a second dog. Your dog is just a pup yet, and probably still needs training. Get him/her further along and then get a 2nd dog. I would wait until close to 2years old. That being said I have 9 dogs at home right now. Going from 1 dog to 2 was no big deal. Going...

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Now you know why I shot them when we found them last year in Montana. Although I think that was when I lost my Droid last year, when I went to show you where it was, so thinking about it Derek , you owe me a new one :) . A dozen Quills isn't too bad. Did Jovi go in on it? I actually shot a Woodcock ...

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All depends on the breeder. I register the puppies for the people that get puppies from me. In the French Brittany world a lot of us use a naming convention, which is every year is assigned a letter that is used for the 1st name, and then the kennel name is appended tp the end. I ask the owner of th...

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