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You can tell best how much to feed by looking at the dog. I feed a 40+ pound male britt 2 cups of PPP a day and a 35 or so pound dog about 1-3/4, my two females 30 pounds or so bet a cup a day. This is total, not twice, once per day. They are performance dogs and trained/roaded consistently. They st...

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I have only been in trials for 5 years but I have yet to see or hear of a birdless dog winning a broke dog stake....AF included. I am sure there are examples but they are few and far between...

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It is a rare day that a dog can win without genetic given style nurtured by a competent trainer in an open stake. Ground application, intensity and bird sense can all be mutually exclusive but not In a consistently winning dog. These questions are not about the dog they are about people. Field trial...

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I am guessing Ben O Williams as well

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At some point when you are judging, especially in an hour, and especially when you are liking what you see, a judge will ask to switch off dogs so that both get a chance to see the dog with adequate attention.

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Hey...I plum missed this post. I was chukar hunting, trialing and working. Nice of you to ask huston! My two boys went to Arizona after Christmas and ran in the trials there...The American Brittany Club Western Open All-Age was the first AKC Grand Field Champion thingie in the country. The champions...

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The generation gap cannot be solved, as long as i can remember, have read in books, seen on the TV, heard on radio, read in Morse code,seen depicted in hieroglyphics, etc... Somebody has said you are too young and or you are too old to deserve, understand, blah,blah,blah... If you are inclined to qu...

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I believe it is mostly cultural. As described, entertainment has been transformed dramatically. The formative ages are over run with electronically created stimulus. That is a difficult habit to break; even if we felt compelled to try and frankly I don’t think as a whole we care to. Those of us who ...

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I suppose like all traditions the overwhelming factor is the cultural motivation of the populace. Instant results, if not gratification is the enemy of dog training and can be the dark side of harvesting fish and game. Technology and an ever increasing desire for faster and constant entertainment ma...

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I took an old friend, an old dog, and a really old dog to the desert to help ring in the new year. The human was good company talking sports, politics, dogs, family, friends and business; the year behind us and the one to come. The dogs neither hinted at or mentioned any of it. We complained of ache...

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Beautiful puppy Don...looks like it is fitting right in the Fisher pack

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The point is that some drills are no more difficult,effective or ineffective...you chooses which based on what you want to achieve... than most basic dog obedience exercises. With due respect it does not take much talent to make a dog retrieve and stand birds. Lots of ways to do it. Very similar to ...

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The answer is no...whether you use a handsaw or a power saw wrong the lumber is still cut.

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If I have to "teach" or verbally command (whoa) a pointing dog to point... Me too, but I have no problem at all with teaching "whoa" to produce a broke dog. In fact, if you can do it without I'd pay big money to learn it from you. Well I fear we may be caught up in what whoa means but if you mean t...

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If I have to "teach" or verbally command (whoa) a pointing dog to point...I want a different dog. I would be really shocked if your GSP did not point fairly rapidly with a minimal amount of live bird contact. Any simulation of wild birds poses a risk. A risk that dogs will not respect birds. I see i...

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Dale, This is likely an exceptionally long process to overcome an entrenched behavior. Whatever the cause may be you have to now accept that the dog is who he is. Dogs have triggers; as do humans that incite the undesirable behavior. The way to overcome it is sustained and controlled confrontation o...

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Not to change the subject...but what kind of kibble was Lassie on? Looks very healthy in that photo...

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SK is a show off...
Has a 10 year old daughter that can ride like the wind, handle dogs and put a gooseneck horse trailer anywhere it needs to be

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As Fishvik stated most of the ranges in the region will hold birds, you are in the heart of Chukar country there...and I would have strong suspicions the ranch you are on will be loaded with Valley Quail.

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Great shooting Doc...I refer of course to your camera work
Joe

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Congratulations Don I hope to see the puppy this spring

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Welcome it will be nice to hear your perspective on performance dogs. It appears there are now an endless supply of feeding related discourse...you would rapidly be my favorite poster if you would sort it out. All kidding aside...welcome again

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....and by the way, I will cover whatever bet you care to make that the winner of every breed national next year is fed kibble...I will take it further and take Purina and Loyall and you can have the field. At years end I am money way ahead. I have another thought, nay...a proclamation. If you were ...

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I just fed two of the Brittany's competing in the ABC National Championships Pro Plan and witnessed most of the others being fed the same.

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There is an AKC rule that says you have to dismount, but nothing that I read in the AF-AFTCA guidelines

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In the USA we still have private ownership in a number of things. Websites are one of them. You have a constitutional right to speak your mind however, you may have to provide your own medium to deliver it. In another thought, it is considered in poor taste to barge in to the party and immediately s...

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That's quite a run Doc...and thanks for being a shutter bug guy. We all get to enjoy the ride through your pictures.
Joe

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I just want a t shirt that says this

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Come on guys, air is air. Speed of movement, temperature of the air, humidity, and probably a thousand other things all can effect what the dog smells but I don't think you can see a difference that is caused directly from the direction it is moving.Ezzy I believe it is other factors as well, the w...

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I find that a cold north wind is usually dry, and whether it is hunting wild birds or watching dogs in a trial; conditions and places that dogs smell birds in go barren in the north wind. I don't know if its a western thing, the great basin or what? However, in reviewing my notes reporting at the Br...

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What is your opinion of wind and scent? Have you noticed, and or been taught that the direction the wind blows from has an effect on a dog's ability to scent birds?

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What a piddling waste of time and here I am entering the fray once again, a part of the problem rather than the solution. I hate myself. Whether or not you choose to feed a raw diet to an animal is an individuals choice. However, arguing that by doing so you are in some way, shape or form a superior...

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Yeah I am not intentionally arguing either I think the discussion is interesting. In most of my experience prior to say the last 6 years, is that most of the pointing dogs I have been around, for all intents and purposes "broke" themselves. A high percentage of the dogs I encounter in the desert of ...

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Don't we only get two choices based on what we know regarding behavior?
Genetics or environmental conditioning?

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it is odd

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Vet: ok everything looks good here, I suggest feeding xyz because of abc.

Me: thank you for your input, I will give it some thought. I appreciate what you do, and have a good day.

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I have avoided the details in this because it has gone a place i doubt either side is pleased with...however, I did see a reference to a 6-9 month old dog. If I am forced to speak in generalities, i will say this makes little difference in the scheme of things. I personally do not do it, perhaps as ...

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mask wrote:He is a little grumpy but still willing to help anyone that asks.

I have a personal belief that gets stronger every day that most good dog/horse trainers are extremely patient with animals and less so with people...
This is the excuse i give my wife to avoid social interaction...I am in training

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If the website is accurate he is in the ABC Hall of Fame elected in 2007, but not the BFTHOF.

http://clubs.akc.org/brit/ABCHallOfFame.htm

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Anyone that doesn't admit that feeding fresh, raw food to a canine is better than bagged dry food is simply being intellectually dishonest. The question is not whether it is better, rather is it worth the trouble or not and is it possible for everyone.There is no question that when it comes to oral...

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What the difference between correcting, re enforcing, and teaching I have heard differently from other around me I think you will probably continue to hear different based on the context and point of view you receive the information from. Short of simply defining the terms and focusing the answer s...

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If its not genetic why are breeds different ? Why wouldn't hounds point coons before they grab them?

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Mayish ... Doc details to come
we would love to confirm and order you a lovely gift

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It is important to network with American Filed and other breed clubs and make yourself valuable and available to judge for them...trading assignments with competent people outside the inner circle is good business and really helps with the perception issue of nepotism in our judging. In the spirit ...

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Arlette, this is certainly a challenge. I hate to sound like a broken record, but field trials are a voluntary activity not just for participants but the administration and judging as well. We have an expectation to receive a service that meets a written standard without an efficient and accountable...

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..better safe than sorry if you can carry

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Nope, and it is hard to define over the internet and not difficult in person when you are hearing it.. and the judges authority is clear enough to straighten out any argument quick enough

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Here you go Redfishkilla ...resized

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