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romeo212000

That is awesome. Very unusal for a first time dog to go out and put up a 4 and 4. I always tell new handlers to be happy if their new dog goes out and consistently puts 2/2 on the card for the first season. Congratulations.

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Now wait until the day when she acts like she has never heard the word woah in her life lol. She sure is purdy. Don't get too comfortable though. That's when they get ya

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She is out of surger and the doc seems really optimistic. He said he thinks we got her fixed up. Turns out it was an ACE Bandage. About 2 feet long actually. He said she should be back to normal before I know it.

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Doing surgery first thing this morning. Looking at the x-rays it looks like the small intestine may have rolled back into itself with sort of a telescope effect. They know exactly where to go look. I should get a call around noon. I can't blame the vet for anything. They did a good job in my opinion...

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THanks. I just talked to the vet. He said he had some good news. The Barium was not making its way through her system. There is something causing a blockage. I say god news because it explains the symptoms and is treatable.

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If it is addison's I don't think it would be fair to make her live with it just so I could keep her around.

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How would a thyroid explain her not wanting to eat but everything else being normal?

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Vet says there is not temperature and no vomiting so he doubts any kind of infection. The odd thing is she acts prettty normal except for not eating and a little less energy due to the lack of food intake. Her stools don't look that bad either. He says he is going to run a Barium (sp?) test on her t...

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Yes it's the same dog, and one thing has nothing to do with the other. She always has eaten everything she could get her mouth on. The bird eating things has nothing to do with what she is doing now. It just may have to do with the fact that she was hungry at the time of the trial. This is much diff...

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Possible. I will run it by the vet tomorrow.

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I am at my wits end here. My girl is acting pretty normal but I can't harly get her to eat anything. She has lost weight because of it and looks awful. I don't have any idea what could be causing this. She acts like she wants to eat at times but can't. I am wondering if she might not have a sore in ...

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Vet did a blood workup and nothing abnormal showed up. He did say her eating might not return to normal for almost a week.

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At 6 months let her chase to her hearts content. If your real worried about it loop a check cord around her belly and when she goes on point stake it into the ground. But again at this age I would let her build up as much prey drive as possible. When she gets to be about a year of age I would start ...

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This dog is driving me nuts. She is acting better. We went for a run yesterday and she did fine and even ate some dry food yesterday evening. Today she is out and about but won't eat anything. I put dry food down, then mixed some wet food with it and she still won't eat. She has lost weight I can te...

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Sorry about that guys. I had to judge a trial this weekend and I have been real busy. She is coming around fine. The vet took her for one night and he ran a chem test. Everything was actually normal. I got her back Friday and we actually went for a run today. She ran good and started eating solid fo...

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Doc called. She is perking up a little and she ate some wet dog food. We'll see tomorrow.

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Wife is on her way to the vet with her. Doc wants to keep her overnight.

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I had to leave for work early this morning so I did not get to check on her. My wife says she is out of her house not and acting a little better but had real dark (almost black) diarreah.

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When you ran her the other day did she jump up in to anything here is something I have seen happen a few times over the years a client his dog went to jump in to the back of his van she didn't quite jump right and smacked her belly into the edge of the van floor with in a few hours she wasn't actin...

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Well her nose is dry again. She was not the least bit interested in coming out of her house when I checked on her. I pulled her out and looked at her. She was clearly not feeling good. She has not had another bowel movement and has not eaten. I will put a call into the vet tomorrow and see what they...

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Her last couple of stools have been prety solid. I just checked and her nose is cold and wet again. Also, she was in heat in January so it shouldn't be that.

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Her nose is dry and warm. The color returns to her gums about a second after pressing on them so i don't think it is anemia. She has pretty much just laid in her house with her head hung out the door all night. Like I said she is drinking water, and had solid stools today but still won't eat.

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She is almost 2 and she is drinking fine.

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My youngest female is not feeling well. She hasn't shown any interest in two days in eating and had some nasty diarreah yesterday. Her stools have gotten solid again but she still doesn't want to eat. I took her out for some exercise and she ran a little but wasn't that enthusastic. How many days of...

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I would tend to agree with you but I am going to let the trainer help me make that call, and help decide how best to approach it. 2 months with the trainer ought to do both of my dogs a world of good.

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Well I have actually made the decision to quit working her on birds alltogether for a while. I talked to a trainer who came recommended by some others I know. We spent about 2 hours talking about my dogs and where they were weak and how he goes through training. I am going to see him for a weekend a...

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There are an awful lot of dog owners that would disagree with you but I will try feeding her more and putting a little weight on her to see if that helps. Thanks for the tip.

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I agree that I handled it wrong. There is nothing wrong with reinforcing a little when you come off the field. Remind the dog with some light corrections but I admit I was out of line. The dog is not screwed up though I don't think. I think I may send her to John Hahn up at perfection kennels. I hav...

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If I recall on Saturday when he came into the gallery he headed straight for the food bowl at the back of a truck and was helping himself. He was then collared back to the boundry and then the bird was thrown which he promptly ate. He looks like he is under nourished. As for the other issues they l...

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She has been in several braces before this one. This has never ever happened.

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I had a pro do it. But the more I talk to him the less impressed I am with him. I went back to the table today and did nothing but table work for about 15 minutes. I then spent about 5 minutes throwing a frozen bird for her and making her retrieve it %100 correctly and cut her absolutely zero slack....

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I am saying this is the first time it has ever happened.

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I have a GSP that is coming up on 2 years now. I have heard of dogs challenging for pack leader around this age but didn't expect it in this form. This weekend my dog ran two braces. In the first one she made a nice point, I shot the bird and she retrieved it nicely. The second brace I shot two bird...

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A full season of wild birds. Let him be a puppy.

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I don't know either... but just for the heck of it, I thought I would show you a picture of a female that is half Hege-Haus that I owned. Hege-Haus is a line bred for temperament & personal hunting dog. Not big runners, just sweet and intelligent, and are one heck of a bird dog. I guess that could ...

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You can hunt him hard for another 3 years or so. Then possibly look at slowing it down a bit.

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That's usually when his dogs place. Scenting conditions were tough this weekend. It was dry and dusty at the grounds we were running. Pepper had a nice 3 bird run but she was about the only hard running dog to do it. Everyone else was splitting the field two and two.

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Not too shabby at all. They are just a little heavier in the German lines than I like.

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I never chastized the guy for keeping his dog in the house. I just said if you dont want to deal with it put him outside. A smaller dog will be easier to clean up after. I didnt bust anoyone's chops here so chill. As far as keeping a dog inside the house goes, to each his own. But you can't say for ...

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Do not, I repeat, do not nueter him at 6 months old. You nueter him and you change the way the horomones work in his body. Horomones needed to develop him and his body. Look at the number of dogs with ACL injuries, then see how many were nuetered before the age of two. You wanted a hunting dog. If y...

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Dale and Linda Garner ran here in the Mid-South and Dixie regions before they retired and moved to Texas. They had pokers named Gretta and Moby. Given the righ condtitions both dogs could place. I even remember once when Moby placed first while braced with Copper. We used to kid Lee about "turning ...

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On Sunday, that Slowpoke dog of the Garners won it. It wasn't a very impressive day. I think Burrell's Belle dog took third, and Bryan Hankin's Brittney took Second. On Saturday that same Brittney took first, I can't remember who else placed Saturday. My little Pepper dog ran good with three bird ru...

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Come on down. I'll be happy to take ya.

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I was at the one in Weathorford this weekend. I am planning on entering two dogs. We do need dogs or it will be cancelled. I know we are very close so if you are thinking about entering call Tarena or Rhonda and let them know you will come if it stays open. I am sure they will draw as soon as they h...

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What do you wanna know.

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We have been very busy getting ready for this spring trial season and the dogs are showing a lot of promise. First trial is this weekend and I got some decent draws so Im eagerly waiting. Took some pics from this weekend. I have never put pics of my girls on here so let me know what you think.

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What do you guys think of my girls? Been doing a lot of training the last two weeks to get ready for this upcoming trial season. Took some picture while we were at it.

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Hey Romeo, I've heard that from several people actually. I have about a dozen clients that run in Oklahoma and they all enjoy it and speak highly of it. I even have a couple of clients from up this way that travel down there just to get a fair shot. You'll be running against quite a few of our Crow...

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That's a bummer that's how it is. Come down to Oklahoma for some NSTRA trials. We have a strong region and we play by the rules. I assure you there is no home cooking here. That is a big deal in our region is to uphold the integrity of the trial. We have newer people, and people from out state place...

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She is a pretty little thing. I love watching pups learn. It is so cool to see that light kick on.

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