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Ward, you live in lakeland. I might have told you this before but I used to live in Bartow.

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Basically the dog has to point a bird for 3 seconds. They have to have some training like range and they have to find the bird in the field. Finding a bird in a JH is not usually that hard. And they don't have to be trained very well but it shows the dog will find a bird and point it. SH is a very l...

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I don't have a floor in mine and built it that way on purpose. I fill mine with straw ( in winter) or if I want to clean it I just turn it up and that is it. I tie mine down with ratchet straps.

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Higgins is right on the money. I would not be shooting yet cause you will take the chance of scaring the pup. Wait until it builds confidence before shooting. Using some chipped wing birds maybe the perfect solution. Throw the clipped wing bird, release your dog and let it get some birds and kill th...

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DK, DD, Shorthair, wirehair, german or american, fench or american, This all sounds very familar. Oh and the black disqualification also. People can say the german dogs are different than ours also but they are all different and breeding is what makes them more different. They are still the same bre...

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I would give a pup to a good friend because I will be able to see what this pup turns out like without raising it myself. Best of both worlds. But I would never give a pup to someone who I did not know extremely well. Like was said the whole I paid nothing so it's worth nothing to me. I don't mind a...

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Psittacosis is a rare disease in pigeons but can kill people and it is reportable to the CDC. If you took a pigeon to the vet and it was positive for this you would be force to eliminate the disease. Pigeons can carry 100 diseases but the chances of getting them and it accually hurting you are rare.

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They can have diseases but it is rare. As was said wash your hands and you will be alright. The poeple who get stuff from these wild birds are mostly not cleaning up after handling them and eating afterwards. If your wife is really conserned get rid of those wild ones then spray down your loft with ...

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Sometimes they are very tired and looking for a place to hang out for a couple days (get food and water). If they don't leave on their own in a few days you could take them and let them go somewhere else (at least 10 miles away) and they will probably go home then. If they decide not to then you cou...

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Don the rubber bands are birds that got lost at a race.

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I use baking pans. Put it down for 10 min. then pick it up. I give fresh water daily. I would try to do this always. I use rubber bowls to break the ice out easily. Pigeons are very tough I once left a pigeon in a cage for 6 days cause it was under some straw and I did not see it until the next week...

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I could help you out but I live near toledo, oh. Kind of a long way to drive I am sure there is someone closer to you.

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All mine are nikon also and I have a D70 and it is pretty nice. You should be able to get a D70 for a decient price now. I would get something like don has 28-200 or 70-300 lense. You need something with some zoom for most the dog pics you will take.

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Don is right it is not the pigeon. Teach whoa then use birds that will fly away. Pigeons that are homed to a loft could accually be the cure if you have launchers. As soon as the dog creeps launch the bird.

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Ask a question or say what's up and tell us about yourself.

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When you stud your dog out. How many times do you tie them and on what days of the cycle?

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You will know when it is time. The dog will be totally restless and weird acting on the day. You will know don't worry.

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Let me say first. You are my dream girl. :) My situation is very simular to snips. If you are really into it, train your own dogs, and once you are doing good and have land to train exc. Then you make contacts from being in the sport and people will start to ask you to help them out. I let anyone co...

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It is a Hoatzin. They are from south america and the amazon. It is a real bird believe it or not. It eat only leaves and has a gut like a cow. Also when the birds are babies they have claws at the end of their wings. This allows them to jump from a nest when scared and climb back up the tree after. ...

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Probably like this.

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How many birds?

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You can keep them in but I don't think it will matter if it is only that far.

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Maybe your pens are to small cause I have never had this and I have done it for years. Or maybe the quail was sick?

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If you are not going to let them out from up at the house you will have no problems at all. Also as stated (the distance) if not too far would be fine anyway.

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Yes, they live together fine. I often keep quail in my pigeon pens. I thought when I first did it that the pigeons might kill them but that is not true. Accually I think the pigeons are more scared of the quail. Should work just fine.

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Wow, I am sorry for your loss. I never even heard of a dog having that around here.

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I block almost all the vents off. I basically cover most the coops with plastic.

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Know what the only thing I wish this search had the option for is to "search titles only". Because you can find stuff easier that way.

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http://www.gundogforum.com/forum/viewto ... ght=pigeon

http://www.gundogforum.com/forum/viewto ... ght=pigeon

http://www.gundogforum.com/forum/viewto ... ght=pigeon

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Mine does the same running and whimpering thing. I think they are dreaming of hunting. My dogs do snore also.

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Your pup is not vacinated until after all the parvo shot series is completed. This would make him at least 12 weeks. If the breeder will hold him until then that would be a good idea.

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Looks like typical Iowa country there. I wish I lived there. We have no hills here at all. Looks like a nice pup there.

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I believe the next day is too soon. That it must have got it somewhere else. Ask your vet. It does stay around for a long time and it is the nastiest stuff to ever have. Most dogs die a horiable death.

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Check out this post. I won't have any for sale for a long time now but this will give you some info.

http://www.gundogforum.com/forum/viewto ... ght=pigeon

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Yes, 5 dollars is a good price for nice birds. You need young birds that have not flown. If not you are taking your chances with losing them.

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This is normal. If the dog catches birds it will remember it for a long time. Once your dog is just dead broke it won't happen. My finished dog would just keep pointing and relocating and would never take the bird out in that situation. If you run HT's you learn to train for stuff like this cause it...

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Make the landing board on hinges and fold it up for the door. Close this every night. I would leave them in for 3 weeks. They have not flown before right? Here is a link to a thread about pigeons you might also get some info there. http://www.gundogforum.com/forum/viewto ... ght=pigeon

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My dog choice of a lab has nothing to do with temperature. You want a dog to sit in a blind and do retrieves mostly and the lab is the dog for that.

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Those white dogs are easier to see and especially when they are 500 yards away and running down the next fence row you need that. It is all that pointer that is bred into them. :lol: P.S. I don't consiter myself a Trialer. I do mostly hunt test and some FT's but I like the dogs and that is really wh...

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You are right about the dogs changing but alot of people like it. I firmly believe you can make those big runners hunt close all the time if that is what you want. Then you have a closer working dog that just works harder and covers more ground. If you don't like the FT lines of today just buy dogs ...

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I was not really talking about trialing. Let say you are going to hunt a field and it is corn stuble and the whole field is surounded by fence rows/waterways (I just got back from Iowa and most fields are like this). Where are you going to shoot your birds? Let just say I wish I had a 4-wheeler or a...

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Labrador

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The cover would make a great difference in if your dog would cover a square mile in a hour. If it was thick no but around here where I live we hunt ditches and fence rows and you can easily cover a mile in a hour. Ft's are not about covering the whole ground anyway it is about hitting the spot the b...

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That is a very specific question there and would be hard to find. You can find lots of info on FT's but I am afriad it always turns into a argument. That is definatly where your question would end up but it would not be your fault. I will post it if you want.

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As long as the post is for nothing really. I am going to rant a little. Know what gets on my nerves. When someone goes through the whole internet and finds every forum for gun dogs and post the same question with in a half a hour. Do they think most these guys don't visit most these forums? Are they...

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It would be enough room. The wings would stay strong when they are out flying. Most people use a bob trap. Like this. Scrol down and look at the one that says Heavy Duty Traps.

http://www.foyspigeonsupplies.com/catal ... index.html

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Cool, thanks for your help.

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Ohio GSP: We have a small shorthair database, and my wife calculated your bitch’s inbreeding co-efficient for you. It’s 11.6%. using 8+ generations. You actually have more Rusty in there than you think. Twice in the 5th, in Stormcrow In Dixie and Rusty Spur, who were Rusty sons, and once in the 6th...

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There is a door that comes up when the birds are flying and I close it every night. I left it open before and had problems. Even with a high door it don't stop the hawks. I have had coopers in most my lofts. I am building a really cool trap that I believe will eliminate pretty much all predators. It...

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Here is some pics of some of my lofts the newest is the large one. It strictly a flight loft as you can tell by the perch style. I have not made the trap for it yet. Besides these pictured here I have anouther one like the small ones here and a 8x16 loft. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/crazy...

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