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Dave Quindt

Pokerstr8 - Linebreeding and selective outcrossing such as that practiced by Whele and Miller certainly is a huge plus for the breed. Linebreedings purpose should be to provide a stable genetic base which will produce a consistent type of animal. Linebreeding should reduce the probability that wide...

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I received BOTH my Christmas issue AND my normal 12/18 issue yesterday. It has certainly gotten smaller over the years; this year's edition has more than 50% fewer pages than the 2000 edition. This medium used here is certainly the leading, but not only, cause.

JMO,
Dave

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Dave, Can FF help a fix a dog where you migt not know how a particular problem is created? FF can certainly be used to solve problems. Whether it can be used to solve a problem with an unknown cause I guess depends on that cause! I can tell you that trying to FF a dog that someone has already start...

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I've never had a dog quit me. I've won too many trials with the retrieve alone. Given the standards of retrieving at our trials, and the low overall "degree of difficulty" I'm not sure I'd brag too much :) I look for dogs with a high degree of biddability, intelligence and trainability, along with ...

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I am a bit perplexed and confused by some of this as well. The friend/breeder I bought my Annie dog from has always told me she was more Rebel bred than anything but when I look at her I see mostly Miller and Fiddler in her pedigree. The guy knows dogs and bloodlines like no one I have ever known b...

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I PM'ed Allen back, but wanted to post here as well. Everyone can start breathing again. Based on the pedigree I told him to keep working with his vet to rule out the normal stuff, as the pedigree is far from a "smoking gun". If his vet comes up empty, or the condition continues to worsen, I told hi...

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For most travel trailer a/c units you'll need at least 3000 watts; maybe more depending on the size of the a/c unit, the conditions and the other power draws. Without a/c, you can get away with 2000 watts or sometimes even less. Lots of good info here: http://www.hondapowerequipment.com/products/gen...

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Is there a pedigree on your dog available anywhere? PM me if you want to take this offline.

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Unforuntately demand for field-quality Goldens outpaces supply, so prices do get a bit steep. Golden breeders have had to deal with a number of health challenges in their breed, cancer particularily in the field dogs, which has driven some of them out of the breed. Many of the trialers have moved to...

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thanks. good idea. How about subsections in the EVENTS forum. EVENTS ---General Event Discussion --- AKC Pointing --------------- Hunt Tests --------------- Field Trials --- AKC Retrieving --------------- Hunt Tests ----------------Field Trials ---American Field --- NAVHDA --- NSTRA This site gets ...

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So how do y'all want FORUMS organized? Well, since you asked............ I want it organized the same way it's been for the last few years. Hit the undo button and take us back 2+ weeks, before all of this began. There's been more change to this site in the last 48 hours than the last 24 months. Wh...

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W, You might have to rephrase the question because obviously the offspring are not clones & the other half of the genes in offspring come from the other parent. And that doesn't even address the issue that the genes responsible for the performances of those "phenoms in the field" are not necessaril...

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For an American Field breeder, conformation is by-product of performance. Form follows function. We just look at things from performance first ...the conformation will follow. The bite issue is a cosmetic issue imo and has nothing to do with performance. Bite is not a direct performance issue; it i...

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Ezzy wrote You might be right about taking a step but the other side is what does it harm if the dog thought it could judge the fall better by taking that step? It didn't offer to chase or do anything else to harm the quality of the hunt by trying to mark a fall in my opinion. I miss the time before...

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Brushbustin Sporting Dogs wrote:No but I'm sure you'd be more than happy to tell the vet all that they were doing wrong cause you do know one vet and they said......

An average vet isn't good enough; needs to be one that can work at -30* temps with 6' snow drifts.

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I've hunted with them on numerous occasions. I was almost kicked out of my hunting party in SD because a friend of mine brought his FT dogs and they ruined a few great fields. Now, those dogs were fantastic wild quail dogs, just not phez. They could have been, but they weren't. What's your definiti...

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Correct he does not have the NSTRA CH. NSTRA awarded CJ a championship; showed on the website and Arlene got the certificate. She didn't think the math was right so they called the office and they found the mistake and withdrew the championship. If she hadn't brought it to NSTRA's attention, no one...

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Dave are you still running dogs bred off of Cecil? I've never owned anything out of Cecil. When I got involved with the kennel, I already had a pup. By the time I was ready for another, Cecil was done breeding. My interest in Cecil was purely as an observer and someone interested in breed history a...

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I sure hope the kennel would have others, no? Prepare to be disappointed. I have some outshots taken at the same time as that one, but that's basically it. The kennel has nothing else, and this is coming from someone who has dug through dozens of boxes and looked at hundreds of photos in hopes of f...

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mrcreole wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong guys....

That's him.

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Winchey wrote:I wasn't trolling,

Sorry 'bout that, comment wasn't directed towards you. Your question was perfectly valid.

Dave

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Do they exist? I have no experience with wild pheasants but it seems to be the consensus that people prefer a dog that relocates on it's own. If there are wild pheasant trials, are the dogs allowed to relocate on their own? Dogs are allowed to relocate on their own in every FT run under either the ...

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I just found one at http://www.hunterk9.com for $36. It is 63" long. Has anyone every heard of this website? Never heard of that website but here's one that's 63" as well for $29.00. I've ordered from PetEdge before and gotten good service. http://www.petedge.com/product/Home-Kennel/Car-Travel/Car-...

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Very well said Dave. Your can take the run out of a dog at a young age, but you CANNOT put run in a dog. Thanks, but I hate to break it to you - that ain't what I'm saying. You can certainly put run in a dog; seen it done a hundred times. Teach a dog what objectives to focus on (usually 5 to 25% of...

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There are so many good sources for GSP, that to me it would seem wisest just to get a pup from lines with the range you need rather than a 400 yd dog and hope that you can condition it to hunt at 150yds. It is possible but I guess my thinking is if you need a pick up you buy a pick up rather than m...

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Steve Lithgow owned Rexx; his website is http://www.waycoolkennels.com (seems to go up and down). Steve is, to my knowledge, out of the FT game and has been for a while. Rexx passed away in 2001. As a producer, Rexx produced everything from NSTRA champions to the only GSP in the modern era to win an...

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shadymeadows wrote:

Did it have a fuzzy coat is whole life or just as a puppy? How the heck can that show up in 2 whole litters when none of the parents, grandparents or any dog that I know of in the pedigree have it?

Welcome to the wonderful world of recessive genes.

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Here's something that will make some folks' brains explode:

Instead of thinking of this as "hunters versus trialers", how 'bout thinking about this as "hunters who don't trial versus hunters who do trial"?

Always been curious as to why trialers are not considered hunters.......

FWIW,
Dave

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Funny thing, Why is it that some Field trialers love to bash the navhda testing system ??? :roll: Could they' be the ones with blinders on. I never hear on this board NAVHDA bashing the FT system. Howie, got some recent examples of trialers bashing NAVHDA? And by trialers I'm assuming you're talkin...

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I really like My DD, but she isn't lazy in the house. I think the PPs sound a little mellower. :D Ah yes, the grass is always greener....... Seen some mellow PPs, and some hyper PPs. Same goes with every breed. Personally, considering the PP coat & build is the thinnest of the the wirehaired breeds...

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Birddogz wrote: I will probably get a PP, since it is a pointer with a thicker coat. If you mean that it is a pointing breed with a wirehaired coat, then you are correct. If you mean that the breed is basically a Pointer with a wirehaired coat, then I'd suggest you need to spend a lot more time arou...

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Question: I have a Cecil grand daughter out of Ruger that is a relentless retriever. We shoot a couple of hundred wild pheasants over her every year in tremendously tough cover and she hasn't lost a single bird in I can't remember when. She just absolutely refuses to ever give up on a crippled bird...

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Howie, Don't have those stats in front of me; never kept track that way. Might try and dig up one of the old progeny reports I've got around here to see if I can find it. Hard to put a lot of value in it as many of those UT1 dogs were trained and handled in other programs. It took CJ three tries to ...

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Not every NAVHDA dog can make it in the upper level of testing. What makes you think any Cecil bred or Saddle bred dog could do it? Out of the 28 Cecil get to run the UT test, 100% passed at least once and 20 with Prize I's (5 Prize II's, 2 Prize IIIs). I think the stats are in his favor :) Out of ...

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Holy smokes! It's a holiday week; I've got a turkey to brine and stock to make, and you ask a question like this? Looking at Cecil's pedigree, he looks like he was bred to be a trial dog. That's because he was. In '98 John Steger won the AA at Booneville with a dog names Windrow's Saddle Shoes; she ...

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I don't have any experience with the Fibre Pro product, but IMO fibreglass in an underrated material for dog trailers and toppers. No material is perfect; they all have their strengths and weaknesses. Having seen $40k chassis boxes made by the biggest names in the industry with busted welds, popped ...

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FC Dixielands Rusty NFC/FC Rawhides Clown FC/AFC Rusry't Blue Earth Rexx NAFC/FC/AFC P J Wildfire Any and all info would be great! Thanks! Does anyone have a dog out of this bloodline? I am a newbie so go easy on me. So here's the problem; there was no Dixieland Rusty bloodline. Same for Clown. Ste...

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Chris, a few more questions for you. When you say: It wasn't 10 minutes into the hunt when he started trotting and shortening his range dramatically and seemed to lose some focus on what we were doing. Was this the first time he was hunted that day? And what happened after he shortened up? Did he go...

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Chris, I don't think heat has anything directly to do with it; I think it's more nutritional and conditioning related. Dogs hitting flat spots 10-20 minutes into a hunt is a pretty classic sign that they've burned through glucose in their blood but are not converting glycogen into glucose properly. ...

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BTW, while I am thinking about it, above, I mistakenly left a stronger impression about neutering than I meant to. Be aware that if you spay/neuter a dog, you cannot compete with them in field trials or show/conformation. Greg J. One further point of clarification; spayed/neutered dogs ARE allowed ...

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There are two common approached to the problem. One is the approach Ray outlined, which is to convince the dog that you can correct him without the collar on him, either by chasing him down and making a physical correction or by taking him out of the field and away from the fun. The other approach, ...

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Neil,

There is a growing amount of anecdotal evidence of problems with the DC40, that are not being seen with the DC30.

Here's a recent thread from another board describing one users' problems:
http://www.uplandjournal.com/cgi-bin/ik ... =4;t=60730

FWIW,
Dave

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Dan, I might not completely understand your question, so let me start with this: We'll use the Brits as they are more straightforward than the current GSP arraignment The Brit folks dual sanction their national championship; the American Brittany Club is both an AKC and AF club. They hold one nation...

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Birddogz wrote:......... but I think it may be a cool event.

Understatement of the year!

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Maybe I am looking in the wrong places, but I don't see any late season trials in the states I have mentioned. Established field trials, particularly in those states that you mentioned, are primarily horseback events. No one in their right mind is going to run dogs off of horseback through the snow...

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The Ruffed grouse of early fall is not the same in December. I know that it takes a much more experienced and talented dogs to be able to handle birds that are far wiser and experienced themselves. Plenty of cover dog trials held in the spring; them March birds are far wiser and experienced than th...

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But I could not see it, just hear it.

No video here either

You're expecting video of a radio show?

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Tas wrote Where can I get a bell I can hear 400 yards away in the grouse woods? http://www.lcsupply.com/Product/Dog-Bells/Dog-Bells/Lion-Country-Northwoods-Long-Range-Bell.html I can confirm that I heard that bell at 9/10ths of a mile in the grouse woods last October, according to the Garmin. Now, I...

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hat is the difference between a NAVHDA GSP, AKC, AF sired GSP?

Everything, or nothing; depends on the individual dog.

Vague questions get vague answers.

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These are hour championships, and to reiterate what was said over on the other thread, the NGSPA Rules and way of conducting trials will predominate. John, Can you give an example or two of rules (not procedures, not guidelines, not things done "because that's the way they've always been done) wher...

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