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Well, I am pretty sure it was not withheld in 2007, either that or I better give em the trophy back. I also sort of remember this picture I posed for, that was in the Field, course I am getting old and that could all have been a dream or something but I kinda don't think so. And I am pretty sure Ton...

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Assuming you are reading the list of NGSPA National Champions, the title is occasionally withheld. The official reason would be that no dog met the standard. However, the practicality is that Booneville is a very tough course, finds are not common, and dogs get lost. The typical qualified entry is a...

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Cover dog trials are all walking trials. In some, judges ride, but not handlers or scouts. what's the use, you can't get to the dog in the cover when it is on point, if you are on horseback. Judges have to be there for every brace, so sometimes ride. Has to be AF. Among other things, the number of A...

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It seems like an odd time to hold it. If it was going to be this close to Nationals in Eureka, why didnt they just move it to run with the Nationals in Eureka. My guess is that they are going to see a reduced entry at the NAGDC as a result of the chosen dates. They floated that idea. It was clear i...

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Boy, that "webbed feet" thing is old propaganda. When GSP's first came to this country that was a big selling point, at least we heard it alot in the 60's. Guess what, they all have webbed feet. All dogs everywhere. Check out a Pointer or Setter the next time you see one. Same with the undercoat and...

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Early in my hunting career I was definitely of the mind that I knew better than the dog, where the dog should go. Some disciplines never have gotten over this impulse, that human handler knows better than dog. Over the course of many years and many dogs I learned some things from dogs. One is that t...

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In response to the OP's original post, I admit that I can be a bit of a hamdler as many of us are. The scout is there to make you look good, or at least look better. Being a natural born hamdler is something of a hamdicap.

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Somewhere around 6 or 700 yds. the Garmin starts marking distance in tenths of a mile, don't remember exactly where that happens. .8, .9 . I have seen 1.4. I am glad the dog did not have a find out there, it would have been a long walk. Last fall a friend and I want hunting in ND. Had my girl dog on...

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Chicken and the egg. Without the wins you have no record. But winning alot against the weekend type of competition in GD and AGD stakes only tells you that you have a good dog, doesn't tell you how good the dog is. What is most important in the end is the quality of the dog and what it took to get t...

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I haven't read this whole thread, and they do tend to wander sometimes. I am responding to the original post. I guess I don't take this whole subject as seriously as some people do. There are lots of reasons for picking the trials that you run the dog in. In part, it is just good management of the d...

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Well, that is the point. The research indicates that there is no such thing as "having the[\i] gene." If an organism (human or dog) "has a gene," viz. has a particular genetic expession, it would have to have both the receptor and the switch for that expression. So which is passed on, the receptor o...

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Yes, that is an unfortunate trait, found more so in dog people with an agenda than elsewhere. I consider myself just a learner when it comes to genetics. There are things we know. And things we know we don't know. And there are also things we don't know that we don't know. And because there are thin...

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It has been kind of a chuckle over the years on this site, watching the Internet experts talk about how genetics works in dogs. Everything always seems to come down to simple genetics, cause that is what Mendel came up with in his peas. Well, it turns out Mendel is toast. Researchers have discovered...

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It has been some time since one pointer - or setter - competed in both of those events. I hope you are a little younger than that occurence Bill.

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Go on the www.ngspa.org website and look up the organizers for the Region 7. Call one of them. Mostly the same people.

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PS I really wish you would not talk about it in the open like this.

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I am insulted that you would say that the Brit is the organizer. Everyone knows that the Germans, with their versatility, are better at organizing and bossing everyone else around, and the GWP's just look too goofy to pull off something like that, so it is clearly the GSP's that are in charge of it....

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I'd stay away from the cheapies. I have had a number of them, different ones, and the earmark of them is that they have parts that come off. And those are always the parts required to keep using the pistol. Most common is whatever mechanism allows the cylinder to rotate, either the pin will come apa...

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Here is a link for info. http://www.ngspa.org/ Ranch is owned by David and Haley Killam. Lots of mesquite, but they have been using a crusher (wide heavy roller) and burning for several years so the course is in good shape. Quail, some wild. There are a few cabins on the trial grounds, otherwise Lar...

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I read about them a couple of years ago. Only one or possibly two western states where you can hunt them. Exotic import. Need an oxygen system to hunt them.
Try Hillary ( Sir Edmund not Clinton).

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You are either going to have to pay for the $2,500 surgery to save that dog, or pay for the $2,500 surgery and then lose the dog. That part will be up to a greater power than the surgeon. You will still have to put up the $2,500 to get your 50/50 chance on the dog.

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The Field Trial Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies are this coming weekend, Feb. 12. Regrettably, I will be out of the country. Contact the Bird Dog Foundation, David Smith, if you are interested. They have a website.

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"The fault, Dear Brutus, is in ourselves, and not in our stars, that we are underlings. " Julius Caesar , by William Shakespeare, Act I, Scene ii, ll. 104-141 "... the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert ret...

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Gary Nehring is a friend of mine. If anyone knows where you can find some stock from Ranger, he would. If you want to contact him, pm me and I will dig up his phone number.

That was a great dog, and the last solid liver NFC.

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I had the same experience with the mother of my current dogs, only it was my son who was diagnosed as high functioning autistic, and who now attends a technical college thanks in part to "his" dog, Reba. Wrote about it here, but I think that post is long gone. I hope your dad fully recovers, and if ...

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At six months you are expecting alot from a pup. I have some suggestions. When pup picks up a bird walk backwards, don't walk towards pup and don't chase pup. If it looks like this is going to be a problem, then have pup do his retrieving on a check cord so he can't get away. Best to force break at ...

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In breeding dogs for hunters there are several challenges. In these times, most of us want a highly skilled stylish dog that is very trainable and has a great personality around kids, the family, and the neighbors when they come over. Also, because alot of us do hunt pheasants and other birds that, ...

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With that litter they did.It can be done and some do it,But the breeder has to know what he's doing and with the right dogs.It's usually done to lock in quality and desirable traits in the offspring.One of Sean Derrig's Ch Pointers is out of a brother/sister mating, Or because the brother and siste...

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Haven't talked to Bob in awhile. My son used to call him the Chocolate Milk Man for his habit of drinking chocolate milk at the trials. Pat Waresk sees him often though. Got to hunt over Luke. We used to go down to IA to hunt quail along the MO border with Bob. Remember Gerald S. better than his dad...

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Haven’t they been drilling in Pennsylvania for about a hundred years and they still have grouse? Anyone with knowledge on this? Thanks in advance. They do? Seriously, there is a big difference between 5 flushes in a day (East coast) and 50 (midwest). "Have" is a relative term. Also, two totally dif...

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Maybe percentage wise Setters and Pointers may range bigger Well, again, you can't lump setters with pointers, with a small number of great exceptions they are not competitive against the pointers as AA's and do not have more "punch" than the modern shorthair. In fact, if you lump in the bench sett...

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Entirely true. You can see examples of every kind of range in both breeds, setters and GSP's. Same with all the other pointing breeds. On larue's post about walking and AA being contradictory, it again depends on what breeding or line you want. There are some AA breeders/owners who have and want dog...

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You also rarely see a setter in a prairie all age trial, so what's the question. Yes there are one or two. The last setter to win Ames was 1970, that's forty years ago. So don't start using the prairie all age or pointer/setter all age trials as a yardstick, the number of setters that are competitiv...

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No way! Shorthairs for sure. Don't take the word of a couple of setter guys. The reality is that there is a very broad range of "ranges" in both breeds. There have been a small number of horseback setters that can range with the pointers on a good day, but that is a small number. We have an at least...

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The dog looks a little skeptical of the whole thing.

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Well, ok, but the world is going to end on December 21, 2012 so probably a waste of money. I, personally, would have made the business decision to wait until the morning of the 22nd to see if there was any point in renewing further. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon And in all seriousness...

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The only difference between what Bill said and what I would say is that I have two, not three, and they are home sleeping on the bed. His probably have better house manners than mine. Mine are awful, couch, bed, begging for treats and such like. I never fed them table scraps but my "pals" up at hunt...

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People who focus on quartering by pointing dogs have not hunted many places. Quartering works in heavy consistent cover, such as grass CRP. A dog quartering in the barren wheat stubble of western Alberta looks pretty silly and produces nothing, because the birds are up ahead, in that dry slough a ha...

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If you can find an old Tri-Tronics A1-80, they were great for this.

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The birds may hold longer yes, but that is driven quite a bit by the wind. If it is windy they won't hold, rain or no. Light rain won't have much impact on anything. Heavy downpour and they will be looking for cover, may even go into log and rock piles.

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ezzy is right it is your choice. I will add, though, that one really good way to wind up having a dog shot is to take ground shots, or worse yet to allow others to do so. Having seen it happen, I don't allow it. But if you are willing to hold off on the shots unless you absolutely know the dog is no...

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I have done em, and I miss em. I miss not getting shot, or having other people get shot, and I especially miss not having the dogs pick up a BB or two.

Seriously. I have seen all three of those happen on group drives of as "few" as ten hunters.

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Last year (2010) the Savannah River was Jan. 30, and the R16 was Feb. 4 or at the conclusion of the Savannah River. Both at Leesburg GA. Call Tom Oswald (803) 600-9153 for further information.

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The NGSPA trials tend to be on the same weekend each year. Like everybody else though, we are out hunting not planning right now. There is sometimes a little schedule shuffling, conflicting trials on the particular grounds, conflicts with other hour championships, etc. The trials get posted on www.n...

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It is hypoglycemia, and sometimes Hunting Dog Hypoglycemia. It generally causes seizures. Blood sugar falls to zero, and causes the seizure. You can try a different diet. You can also feed the dog honey or small candy bars during the hunt (not chocolate, or if chocolate only very small amounts). How...

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Well, if it is just the two of you, and if there are clumps of cover in the stubble, I would say the best approach is to hunt together. One poster or one driver can't control birds in a stubble field. If you have the choice of working towards a piece of cover like a treeline or cattail slough, I wou...

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I don't know rice stubble. I do know wheat stubble. I agree on the protection for the dogs. As for tactics, you really need posters and drivers for that kind of hunting, or you need to drive towards a piece of cover that the birds will run to. You would not believe how far ahead of you they will run...

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John, you know better than to post this here. Move it to the "Tribute to the Newly Departed" where it belongs and we can pay tribute for months to come. Yes, sadly I have never been good with rules. My excuse is that I was following Joe's lead to inject some goodwill into a thread that sometimes ge...

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I need a Scotch. May I recommend Glenfarclas. Little known, and my personal favorite. Get the 25 year. Or....when Spot won his first nationals in 2007 I bought a bottle of 1968 Glenfarclas to share with whomever would have a sip at GSPCA Nationals at Eureka that year. $259 a bottle. The store had t...

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Moist, cool to cold, light to moderate wind. Moisture improves scenting. Cool temps mean a dog can keep smelling things, when overheated they tend to use their mouths for cooling and scenting shuts off. Wind, but not too much of it, makes a nice long scent cone. Get the right conditions, I have seen...

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