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Warrior372

There is a guy( sorry can't remember his name), who has some red hot French Brittanys in Nstra. He is from the west Texas region of NSTRA. They hit the field like a rocket. I competed with him as a brace mate at AZ Nstra. The fields are 65 acres. Those dogs flat cover ground fast. Go to NSTRA.org, ...

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Can I get any feedback on these guys: http://www.suncountrybretons.com/index.html Thanks a ton! I have read a lot of good things about them and never personally seen anything bad. I know they have a lot of AKC master hunters. I am by no means a pedigree master, but Josie and Nellie have great looki...

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I have a French Brittany from Mark - he looks like the dogs in you first and third pictures. Generally speaking, they have all of the attributes you mentioned - close working (mine ranges to about 150 yards), a lot of natural hunting instinct, and very sweet with people. If that is what you are look...

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My dog ripped through every crate pad / mat we have put in there within a day to a week. I do not care what it was made out of - he ripped through mud rivers nylon one about 10 minutes after I got home from cabelas. . . We started using a fleece blanket around 6 months ago and it works well. He has ...

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Since I'm not a breeder, it's of little concern to me but I suppose the Ryman setter is also an offshoot of the English setter, no? They're all beautiful to me. Out of curiosity I looked into that a little bit. Apparently George Ryman used English Setter hunting show lines for looks and Llewelin Fi...

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To add to one of the OPs questions on breeders - Are there any good lists of reputable breeders? I know the line is somewhat rare, but the Llewellin Setter Club only lists 3 breeders and the North American Llewelin Breeders Association only lists 6 - and some of them seem to be defunct. Seems extrem...

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I guess I forgot to mention this in my original post, but the Carhartt upland pants come with what they call Rain Defender Water Repellent coating on them. I just put them in the wash with the Nikwax every now and then. Also, it looks like the base of the Duluth pants is 100% cotton and the Carhartt...

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That is a great price for that crate!

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I have a Ruff Tough for my 45lb Brittany size Intermediate - 30.5"x20"x22.5". Works great! If you go that route, the USA manufacturer actually has the best price most of the time. There are a lot of nice options you can get on them as well.

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I wear Carhartt Upland pants and occasionally wash them in this Nikwax Cotton waterproofer. I am not sure what it will do walking through a swamp, but it sheds water pretty well once your pants get wet from the rain. http://www.nikwax.com/en-us/products/productdetail.php?productid=766&itemid=-1&fabr...

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D*mn! I've hunted more days than I care to remember in tennis shoe's! I had a pair of Daner's one time and they were nice boots. Then a lot of my foot wear come's from the Bi Mart. Just depends on what's on sale. If I paid $100 or more, it would take away from my gas money! Don, we come from a diff...

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The comment about the Sportiva Trangos falling apart scared me into a back-up plan. I found a great deal on a pair of Scarpa Kinesis Pro GTX boots so I order a pair of them as well. They look like Scapra's version of a Hanwag Alaska, Lowa Hunter, etc. They seem to fit the general consensus of everyo...

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Thank you for all of the feedback!! Oddly, as I perused all of the various outdoor gear and boot websites online I stumbled upon a recent boot review from Bob McMichael - an Idaho guy who runs ChukarCulture.com. He has done several boot reviews in the past highlighting various boots that excel in C...

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After the Trangos you started using the logging boots and Meindl's?

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Thank you for all of the feedback!! Oddly, as I perused all of the various outdoor gear and boot websites online I stumbled upon a recent boot review from Bob McMichael - an Idaho guy who runs ChukarCulture.com. He has done several boot reviews in the past highlighting various boots that excel in Ch...

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Not a bad idea. I am sure your pup will like to get out of the car / crate and run around a bit every day anyway.

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I have a pair of Asolo TPS 520 GV hiking boots that are just not cutting it in steep Idaho chukar country - they are too low to offer enough lateral ankle stability and the sole is pretty bad with braking as I descend. I need a higher boot with a sole made for ascending and descending steep and scre...

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I use a Dogtra T&B 2500 along with a Garmin Astro. I like having separate units in the event one stops working. It also allows me to give quicker corrections as I do not have to toggle through screens because I have two separate handheld controllers.

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If the water / mud are dry and minimal, I brush him out. If he is an absolute mess, I put him in the sink and spray him off. If he smells swampy - depending on the water he was in - I will use soap. You can add healthy oils to their food if you are concerned about dander - fish oil, coconut oil, etc.

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I like your plan quite a bit and I did the exact same thing in Idaho with Hungarian Partridge last year. We live right next to the Boise foothills so we can get out into some nice areas really quickly. Our French Brittany was born in June and once he was up on all of his vaccines I started hiking hi...

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There is a very well known breeder in SW Idaho who has been breeding GSPs forever - 40+ years. If you search through his website and Facebook page you will see a lot of solid black dogs with just a little white on their chests - not so much with any of his studs, but the puppies. The kennel is No-Ma...

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I have a very picky eater. Her GI gets upset very easily with a lot of foods to the point of giving her colitis and she will defecate almost completely blood. In addition she is very particular about dry kibbles and will often refuse to eat new ones for days at a time. I have tried foods from every ...

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My local cabelas had the sport dog tek 2.0 on sale for $499.99 around 2 months ago. I asked the manager why and he stated that Sport Dog was discontinuing it. I have not looked in the store since then, but if you have a cabelas near by and want that collar it was a great deal.

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We just went though a similar experience with our French Brittany - now almost 10 months. He seemed to regress on potty training a little and listening to commands in general -- almost like he wanted to test us a bit. It happened at about 7 months and again just before 9 months. All of a sudden over...

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Does anyone have contact info for Ray? I am not having any luck finding contact information on the Internet. i'm only able to find pictures of him with his English Pointers.

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I'm interested in training for Upland and waterfowl hunting. I have no intention on trialing unless I run into some locally just for fun. I know that French Britney's are not renowned as waterfowl hunters, but for as much as he insists on daily hikes in snow as deep as he is tall and his lack of con...

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Does anyone have any recommendations for hunting dog trainers in Idaho? First hand experience would be preferred, but I will look into any highly regarded recommendations. Training would be for a 7 month old French Brittany.

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I have two vests for my French Brittany. I have a 3mm Banded Neoprene Vest in size small and a Cabelas 5mm Neoprene Floatation vest with chest armor in size Medium. Both fit him in the neck and chest really well with his belly being too slim for both. If you measure the diameter of your dogs belly a...

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Food allergies - whether in animals or humans - are a flagged response by the immune system to a protein. With that said, many sources of food other than meat contain proteins and thus can be flagged by the immune system - Corn, Wheat, Pea, Oats, Soybeans, Quinoa, Dairy, etc. Once flagged by the bod...

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One problem (of many) with bagged foods is that what's in the kibble almost never matches what's on the label. Time and again, when food is tested the analysis doesn't match. Ezzy says that's because machinery isn't cleaned between runs of different formulas. But assuming you won't find ingredient-...

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A lot of dog food companies make limited ingredient / single protein source foods for situations like yours. I have a preference for Acana and my dog does well with it. Their limited ingredient foods fall under the name Acana Singles. I am not sure what you found with the food elimination testing, b...

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I just received a Ruff Tough in the mail today and I have to say that I am impressed. The intermediate size takes up almost no more space then the smaller 2 piece crate it is replacing, yet because it is a solid molded shell the interior dimensions are much more spacious for my dog. The build qualit...

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We have a 19 week old French Brittany who had similar behavior until he was about 16-17 weeks. We ruled out UTI with the vet. The only way we found to control it and keep some of our sanity was to literally bring him out every 20 minutes on a leash and tell him to "go potty" - we would then stay out...

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Every single university and pet food industry backed studies on the subject shows dogs have much more stamina when fed a high-protein high-fat diet vs a high-carbohydrates diet. It is one of the least controversial subjects in the veterinary literature. Yet we get to read "free" options on this web...

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Dog Food Adviser is just an opinion piece written by a dentist in California. It does not include any research or other scientific information but all of the info is taken from the a companies website. You get what you pay for and this is a good example of web based free material. I am using that w...

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I feed my dog Acana Regionals Wild Atlantic - it is a 33%-17% food, so a similar protein / fat breakdown to you. I supplement it with a few spoonfuls of Trippett Lamb Tripe to increase the fat content - long chain fatty acids due to lamb consuming grass - as well as the benefit of the nutrients and ...

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I live in Boise, Idaho and prior to purchasing my current dog - a French Brittany - I explored several breeds. SW Idaho has several world class breeders various hunting breeds who have trial proven dogs and one of them is Cedar Woods Pudelpointers. Bob Farris is the breeder and is likely one of the ...

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I am not sure if all locations offer the "employee discount" coupon at the same time, but our local store had one 3-4 weeks ago. The Garmin Astro was around $509 with the coupon. If you are not in a hurry, it might be worth waiting assuming you have a physical Cabela's store near you.

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Acana Regional Wild Atlantic Grain-Free with Tripett Lamb Tripe

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I would strongly recommend Duck, Duck, Goose by Hank Shaw. It is a stash house of waterfowl recipes. I love cooking and also look Duck - this is hands down the best waterfowl cookbook I have found!

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I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that LL Bean has 20% off plus free shipping through Oct 11 with coupon code SAVE20. I got a Interneduate Ruff Tough Kennel for $143 with free shipping, but they also have E-collars. The code worked on Dogtra products, but not on the Garmin Astro.

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Thank you for the info! I am located in SW Idaho, so the Western Rattlesnake (not diamondback) is supposedly the biggest problem around here. I wonder if the venom is close enough between the various members of the rattlesnake family that the vaccine would still have similar benefits. I will reach o...

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A magazine I got in the mail has a better description of it versus what I have been able to find online. They state that the leg holes in the vest are lined with fleece to help prevent rubbing around the front legs. They do make it in blaze orange as well. Has anyone used this or any other vest to p...

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Do any of you have experience with this particular vest? If so, what are your thoughts on it? Does it seem restrictive or cumbersome? Is the material too thick to use in hot weather? The neck protector looks a bit odd to, so any thoughts or experiences with it would be appreciated as well. It could ...

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French Brittanys come in Black and White, among other color combos. With that said, that picture does not really look like any French Brittany that I have ever seen. If you are looking for French Brittany's in SD Plum Creek is an well established kennel in SD -- http://french-brittany.com/ .

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