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averageguy

I was at the trainers yesterday picking up my dog. Wanted to see what the e collar feels like so took it off of my dog and held it to my neck. Had the trainer shock the collar. Couldn’t feel anything and he kept working the intensity up until we got to like 4 or 5 before realizing he was hitting th...

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FYI. Perfection Kennels has been doing live Feeds daily M-Sat at noon Central on their Facebook Page. They respond to questions and then go into a live dog training session. Outstanding information and opportunity to learn. Free! Here was one from yesterday. Each day is saved available on their Face...

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You can't do that with your pup at just 19 weeks! You should let it run and then let it run some more. Let it chase stuff, develop her independence, chase deer and rabbits and butterflies, and she shouldn't come back to you unless SHE wants to, if she even does come back. You should have to go get ...

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Seems your "No" is not working. Without consequences that would be normal. Like a kid who has never been spanked. I find something that does work. A pup jumping on you and biting is normal solicitation of play behavior and not necessarily an indication of trying to be Alpha at this stage of its deve...

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Good advice already given. A pup that age tires quickly. I run my pups in places where they can go considerable distances in numerous directions without being in unreasonable danger. (can't remove all risk anywhere). WMAs where there are not nesting birds, hay meadows, pastures with no livestock pre...

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Excessive rapid panting is a key one. When it is hot out I work my dogs in areas with ponds they can jump into. Honey packets do nothing for heat exhaustion, or worse heat stroke. Only cooling the dog off addresses that.

Avoiding it in the first place is what you want to do.

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Well I have learned my lesson. Next time someone asks for input about a breed I have hunted wild birds with all over NA for decades I will know better than to respond. Seems not even actual video of the dog hunting Chukar on the 5th day of trip is well received by some. Even when the breeder of the ...

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Pups lookin sharp. On sharing videos I upload to YouTube and then copy and paste the link here. People can click on the link and it takes them to video. That way you can share across any media you want. For example I can copy and paste the same link via a text on my phone and often do

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That litter was all sold out before they were born. The Breeder is a good one. He uses a lot of genetics/dogs from my Dog's breeder and has for years. He has a bitch out of the same Sire of my dog in the video and a littermate sister to my dog's Dam. The Guy hunts all over the NW and SW annually. Up...

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Garrison, All good and Thank You. Since it has become such a point of conversation that GWP actually did put in a couple of pretty full days back to back on days one and two of that trip. He was gassed but never let up. The guys I was hunting with were most impressed and said so. I backed way off hi...

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Garrison, I took no exception to you wandering off talking about your GSP in response to an OP which asked about the "Stamina Expectations in GWP vs PP". I did however point out it is in fact off subject. I did take mild exception to you putting words in my mouth when you characterized my first post...

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I agree and never said differently. Key being all day and 5 days in a row. The OP said "a few hours" not all day, nor did it say 5 days in a row. I drove for 2 days to get to Chukar country and had that one dog in my truck at the time. I did not run him all day because I wanted to have some dog left...

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Brian Glock, I responded to your specific question as to PP vs GWPs. Does not seem anyone else has. I reread your post and it says your PP "would last a few hours" after which he became a "boot polisher". All of my GWPs would/will continue hunting as long as you have them on the ground. In my youth ...

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Extended cab 1/2 ton 4x4 Silverados for me. 10 ply Michelin tires. Shell over the bed with full length contractor doors down the sides with slider screened windows in the center of each door so I can move air through it. Boat racks on the top of the shell to carry kayak and decoys when needed. Recei...

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Yes, I think you are likely to find a GWP that will have more endurance than what you described if you look at the right GWP breeders and litters. The Breeder of the dog in this video clip lives in Oregon and a key yardstick in the dogs he uses for breeding is how they perform on Chukars in the very...

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Nice! You live in a great part of the world for Walleye and many other things. My Spring Trifecta was completed yesterday when the Wife and I found some Morels. Ate fresh Walleye for lunch and fresh grilled gobbler breast tenderloin and morels for supper. Hunting gobblers again in the morning. This ...

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Pretty Pup. Take lots of photos, it goes too fast

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I have never had a perfect dog but have had several that were much closer to it than I am. I try to keep that in mind always when working with my dogs.

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Yes, 26lb Eastern

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A Friend was attending a Start/Finish Clinic at Perfection Kennel the past 4 days, so I loaded my pup and ran down to see him, Jon, Jessica, Bailey for a few hours on Saturday afternoon. Always a pleasure to be around that scene and training dogs. Saw this 6 month old GSP hit two points in a row jus...

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11 weeks is very young. What you are seeing can easily change quickly as the pup develops. Assuming your pup's genetics are from dogs with good search odds are yours will too. I doubt you have anything to be concerned about and advise you to keep taking the puppy on walks as you are currently and le...

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Looks like a biggun. Congratulations.

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Garrison,

Looks like you put the right dog with the right trainer. 4 months working wild birds - can't get any better than that.

You have much to be excited about going into this coming season. Best of Luck with your young dog.

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WPGs far too often have very poor coats. Soft, long, open, a nightmare to pick up burrs. Breeders of WPG commonly acknowledge and discuss this known deficiency. They are often a slow and close working dog. Many are very lackluster in their pointing style. They are a very square built dog and their c...

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I call em like I see em. If I have no experience with a Breed I stay silent. I brought up my own chosen breed in this thread solely because FF found some need to specifically post he would go the WPG route before going with a GWP. (Kinda odd given GWPs or DD were not mentioned in the OP ... ) I am k...

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IDHunter, The videos I posted shows me working on Kennel, Come (most use Here, I use Come), Sit, Whoa and Down and the Positive Re-enforcement approach I use at that age. I start early and often. I admit teaching Sit and Whoa will result in the pup sitting some on a Whoa command. I work through it b...

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Garrison wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:35 pm
Pup found the right place! No doubt she will be given plenty of work to keep her busy. Congrats to both of you.

Thank you, Sir.

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WPG have coats that is a very poor choice of breed for hunting quail in Central Florida. They do not handle heat well at all. Hearing that, I think you should get a well bred Vizsla as they lack nothing in the way of energy in the right lines and you already like their temperaments. Your current Viz...

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Depends on what you want in your dog. I am well informed on WPGs and it is not a breed I will ever own. I am serious about hunting and want way more out of my dogs, including some style is why. I hunt with GWPs, like the one below. https://i.imgur.com/C5VYVDxl.jpg The average GWP or DD is a FAR bett...

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The approach used/taught in the Perfect Retrieve DVD is right up your alley.

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Ckirsch, My experience with EPs is not "limited". As I said I have hunted wild birds over more than 50 EPs including pro strings in Texas, South Dakota and Kansas recently. Let it die if you have it in you to do so. I am not betting on it. FWIW, when I posted that EPs are often more dog than most ca...

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Average, just curious, what do you hunt and how often? With my dogs, I start September 1st on Doves (3 states), then teal (2 states), then prairie grouse (2 states), then early waterfowl, Chukar and Huns, then bobwhite and pheasants open in home state and surrounding states, more waterfowl as migra...

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Ckirsch, What you call "denigrating" I call stating a fact. What you call "mis-information" is in my view an informed opinion which differs in some respects from your own. I give the EPs their rightful due and did so in this thread. They are the best at what they do best. Which is not everything. Po...

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Ckirsch, A Sincere, Congratulations on what you have accomplished in the NAVHDA test system with your EPs. Well Done. Sounds like your dogs are dogs I would easily appreciate and enjoy. However much of your two posts illustrate how Breed discussions too often go. Many are so over the top enthusiasti...

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Dare I add, EPs are alot more dog than most can handle.

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Loss of wild birds and access to land across the eastern half of the US plays a part in it. People in those areas are forced to hunt released birds. The fields used in many commercial released bird operations do not favor a big a running dog. Related to this the wild rooster pheasant remains the mos...

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Overlaying an ecollar has the been the last step in the Trained Retrieve process for all my pups. I have used the traditional ear pinch and more recently did not need it with my current adult dog. In all cases once Hold and Fetch had been fully trained and the dog complied on the ground and on the t...

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Seems we are all in agreement that much can and needs to be done with a puppy starting the day it comes home. The key being how it is done. Ratdog's work situation makes sending his pup to a trainer the best option and so be it. I am not picking at his situation or need to do the best for his puppy ...

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DId you overlay an ecollar at the end of your FF program?

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