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Coveyrise64

Congratulations, I'm sure you are very proud of Spot's and your accomplishment.

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Interesting, I had just the opposite experience with a judge. Bird was shot at, gunner was saying that he hit it. I sent my dog on an extremely long retrieve in the heat with very little breeze, and he couldn't locate the bird. After awhile he came back, wiped out, no bird. The judge told me that i...

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Thanks for all of the advice, I'm sure my wife will appreciate it. :) In reality she would like one of those rigs. It would give her some place to kick back. I can't sit still long enough and she gets tired of sitting in the truck waiting on me, but I'm the one that can't or won't pull the trigger. ...

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Warning => Field trial success can lead to addiction involving expenditure of vast sums of time and money. Thanks for heads up! 8) Now that the kids (two girls) are through college and on their own the time isn't an issue, it's the two pending weddings that's holding me back. There was an aluminum ...

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Decided to get my feet wet (literally) and entered my first ever field trail (walking) this weekend. After raining most of Friday night, Ok and KS got close to an inch of rain in places. Early Saturday morning it didn't look like it would let up but by the time I got to Howard, KS the rain stopped a...

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Steve,

See you on the 24th at Mark's.

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Steve, In his NAVHDA N/A test his lower scores were in the desire and manner of search. He found and pointed 3 birds right off the bat and then he just peed on bushes and sniffed cow manure. This comment also caught my attention. What seems like a loss of drive or desire could actually be the lack o...

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Steve, A few wild birds would probably help Avery, but the poor bird numbers coupled with hot dry conditions early in the season didn't help matters. Sometimes if I know I'm going to be in the field with a young dog (especially if it is the only one) I will take a few birds along in my bird bag. If ...

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Very sad news. I met Pat at my first NAVHDA Test, always willing to help and very proud of her GSP's. We lost a good one for sure.

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Pryor Creek,

Good luck in your relocation. I have a friend in Pryor that raises GSP's, some really nice looking dogs. His male and female are from Sundance Kennels in Missouri.

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I own both Tri-Tronics and Dogtra. The Dogtra is only a year old and is a T&B2000 I use for hunting. So far I haven't had any problems with it, the only thing I don't like is the rheostat intensity control. I prefer the positive switch positions like the TT. Dogtra does make one with the positive sw...

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Congratulations... what a feeling. I too experienced the thrill of finishing a MH this year and a UT-II. Would like to put a UT-I on her this year. Never had a need for a dog broke STWSF but this was an experience I will never forget. Opened up two new opportunities to extend my season and already w...

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I have been feeding PMI for a while and I'm satisfied with the results. I normally pay about $25.00 for the 35lb bag from the local feed store. The quote from Will got my attention though. I haven't seen it 50lbs bags. Are they in the same type bag? I know Euk markets a brown bag formula (no labels ...

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Congratulations to all...!

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Congrats to all. Sounds like a pretty sucessful weekend.

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Thanks so much for the compliments and encouragement. Still working on that UT I and hopefully can finish that next month. If not, I am going to turn her loose on what Okla quail I can find and then pick back up next year. Who knows, I might even try a FT or NSTRA event. I also have her half sister ...

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TJ's Miss Filson finished her MH Title on Saturday at the Trinity Valley Weim Club event in Alvord, TX. To say 2006 has been a good year is an understatement. Freckles finished her SH and MH in 8 out 10 entries and has 2 prize III's and 2 prize II's in 4 NAVHDA Utility Tests. Her best scores were 19...

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I might be wrong but I thought in SH you could only whoa your dog after it had acknowledged the pointing dog, as in breaking stride or stopping on its own. Then you could ask or would be told to collar your dog while the pointing dog finishes the retrieve. The thing about hunt tests whether SR or MH...

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Honeyrun,

Congratulations on your MH title. I can hardly wait for the time my dog passes her final three legs. I am glad to see you have a Utility Prz II on your dog also. Both titles show the qualities of a good dog and a tremendous time and effort on your part to get them there.

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If you are really consumed about having a Prize I go ahead and try again. I would move on to training for the UT, time better well spent IMHO. There are an awful lot of good UT Prize I and VC's dogs out there that scored lower than a NA Prize II.

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Delmar autographed my copy in 1977 at one of his seminars. To me the book has stood the test of time, yes the methods are somewhat outdated, but the principles he employed for training are priceless. I still refer to the "Manual" whenever I encounter a problem, if it worked then it will probably wor...

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I also use the setup like WM. The only thing I do different is add a long black bungy cord to the chain and attach to the harness. The bungy cord helps reduce some of the shock to the harness. As with any conditioning with weights you should start light and increase the weight and time as their stam...

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I have seen some of the retriever guys use an automotive electric fan mounted on the back of their diamond plate boxes. Already a 12volt fan so it hooks up easy and could be ran off the truck battery or an auxillary battery as already mentioned, plus it has the mounting brackets attached. Throw in a...

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llewgor wrote: Another way is to use a shell belt with velcro pockets if you want to toss a bird in the air quickly. That is a great idea I think I wil give it a try http://www.gundogsupply.com/doublepouchtbi.html Try this, it works pretty good for a couple of birds, more than that you still need a...

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Stereo, but be advised there are two different sizes. Well, maybe four if you count the metrics. There are 1/8" and 3/32" or 2.5mm and 3.5mm if I'm not mistaken. If you have a headphone set with yours, try to match the size and number of sections to the male end. Sometimes this is the hardest part i...

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Make sure you have the polarity right on the acctuator. Otherwise it will try to "pull in" instead of extending out like the launcher set-up requires.

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Big Steve46 wrote: Each to their own but I don't care about shows and I don't care too much about trialing. I'm just an old birdhunter who had a great E.Setter who among other great hunting accomplishments retrieved 2 quails at the same time. Can you top that? Nothing wrong with being just a birdhu...

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Scott wrote: One thing I had a hard time with was the jack from the headphones. I got them a bit too hot when I was saudering(sp) them and it resulted in the plastic liner melting. This didnt always let me have a good connection. After some trial and error I got it figured out. My launchers were do...

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The first launcher I assembled I tried eliminating the relay as a cost saving measure. Didn't work very well. What I found out was there is a pretty good voltage drop across the low voltage trigger, this voltage drop reduced the applied voltage to the actuator. Had to go back and add the relay. The ...

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Congratulation on your SH Title.

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On my way out the door right now. I will give you a run down of the details tonight.

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Didn't like the fact the topic was drifting from the subject so I thought I would say the mods some time and move the discussion to a new location "Hunt Test Rules".

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As for the AKC rep. being present at the testing grounds. I would bet they or some are not even aware of such a rule and how would they know if you, or someone was entered in 2 tests the same day within a 100 mile distance of each other? Holy Cow...!! Are you saying I have my dog registered with an...

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As I stated earlier there was a AKC Field Rep there both days. So I assume he and AKC both were aware there were two test going on at that time. Logistics plays a big part in this equation, even 20 miles apart would be difficult to coordinate. That being said, the two clubs do an excellent job in co...

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Honeyrun, Did you run both Senior and Master legs on the same day, same test? Check the rule book, you can not do that. Hope it wasn't the case, as AKC will take the master leg away. I checked the test results for AKC and I did get credit for the Master placement I ran on Saturday. Thanks for bringi...

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I am always amazed with how nice and helpful these guys and judges are (even when I get stuck in the mud and have to be hauled out!). I will continue to promote NAVHDA to new puppy buyers for their great training days and help to get people involved with their puppies in the field. Kind of addictiv...

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Congrats...! A MH Title is something to be proud of for sure. I hope to finish the MH this fall, right now focusing on Utility Test in June.

Stay the course...

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Great job Covey !!! Must be nice to be able to hit two tests in one day. I'm lucky if I can get two in one weekend grounds are really spread out in my area. 3 hours is a short drive from home it seems. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the compliments. The Sunflower GSP Club and the Southern Kansas...

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On Saturday her Sr Hunter was finished in the Sunflower GSP Club Test and her first leg of Master was run in the Southern Kansas Britt Club Test. Two different tests and grounds (across the from each other), there was an AKC Rep there as well.

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My young GSP, TJ'S Miss Filson, a.k.a. (Freckles) finsihed her SR Title Saturday and then put two Master placements in the books that afternoon and this morning. All in all, April was an awesome month for her, qualifying in 5 of 6 attempts in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas Hunt Tests. Now getting re...

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Congratulations Jay.

Tough conditions out there today, wish I could have hung around to watch her performance. Two good days of work put in this weekend. If we can set up a weekend to do water work at Westlake before the next training day I will call you.

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Ayres wrote: but I really like to just keep my dog in a crate until game time. He fires out of the crate, does his business quickly, and then hits the field blazin'. I think stake-outs and the chain allow a dog to be too mobile, play with close dogs, stress and whine about having to wait to get to t...

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That's what I have now. Always having to climb into the truck bed to reach something. The bottom storage looked a little appealing because of that.

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I am considering a new aluminum dog box for my pickup. The truck doesn't have a camper shell so the box would be exposed to the elements. My question is about bottom storage compartments and how well they seal out the moisture. It looks like the top of the drawer lip could catch water. Does anyone h...

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I think this discussion went down hill when the terms “burn to the pile” and “heating the bank” were introduced. Not blaming anyone, but that was the way it seemed. Everyone assumed a high level of stimulation, unless things have changed that is not the way the techique was presented to me. I am by ...

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I am sorry to see YAWALLAC decide to leave, I thought he had a lot to offer this forum. From the very beginning, I also felt like NAVHDA members were being stereotyped. The way this was handled was borderline censorship. He did nothing wrong except express his thoughts and opinions from the other si...

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Thunderhead,

From the looks of things out west they are on the verge of extinction. But from your perspective at least on the endangered species list. As soon as I get a picture of my blue quail mounts I will send to you so you can see what they look like. Looks pretty neat.

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Thunderhead,

In that case I will start my 3 mile nightly walking regimen this weekend. I think I should be ready by next year. Just pack a lunch because I already know where we need to go.

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Thunderhead,

How come there aren't any of those Blues in that picture?

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