Gun Dog Forum

Stoneface

Shot this a week ago. When Moxy was a pup she showed so much promise, but when we were burning out in the yard one day Moxy just happened over about the time an aerosol can exploded right next to her. Took me awhile to coax her out from under the pickup, but she was all shakes and we've had a time g...

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Man, you've got a beautiful Pointer there. Any more photos of him? Got a pedigree of him online?

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Does Mike have a website or Facebook page?

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Mountain, by "drop," I mean to kill the bird for the dog. When I'm going to let the bird go I like to use pigeons, but when I'm going to let the dog smell the bird, especially if the dog is going to get the bird in his mouth, I like to use quail. The dogs just get more excited over quail and since t...

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No, Sharon, this is just a basic overview of JUST the steadying process. I get my pups conditioned to the gun early on, way back in step number one. And, when I first use the gun while the dog's Whoaed up and I'm throwing birds, I often times have an assistant stand way off or behind a barrier and s...

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I have never understood how so many folks think predators could take that kind of toll on upland populations. I mean, how often does a birddog catch a wild bird? If Coyotes could do it so easily, why wouldn't someone have ever trained dogs to just catch the birds and bring them back? It makes no sen...

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Where do you go to find a listing of the CRP lands? It would be neat to see a map. I'm sure we wouldn't have anything in this area as in north Missouri.

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Thought I would post an update for the Birddog Jam in case anyone was wondering about it. Man, the Jam has really come into it's own. First off, the Jam will be the last public appearance for Dez and Dash. We'll have a tribute dinner for them where Dez will speak. Dez will also be doing clinics on d...

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Like I said: Always good for a grin.

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God deal. You'll love Pointers, they totally have me smitten. I just picked up another yesterday. I wasn't looking to take on another dog right now AT ALL, but I know a little about this dog's blood and held her littermate for a few weeks (the dog I'm planning on breeding Moxy to) and he blew me awa...

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Johng, I am breaking her out for broke stake because that's what's required. But, if they had AF or AKC-like trials that didn't require a dog to stand steady, I'd be all over it. UBH had it right, in my opinion, and the AF Gun Dog stakes (Am. Derby) is the right idea. But, I'm not a rule-maker, I'm ...

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Thanks for the input, Felicia, if I'm ever having a bad day they're always good to make me grin. Don't worry, though, I have a vet friend I asked about it who replied, "Off the record, I have to say not to use it, but on the record and as a friend I tell you that I use it on my dogs." Before I used ...

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The active ingredient in Frontline is Fipronil. A pro friend of mine buys a Friponil concentrate and cuts it 50/50 with with rubbing alcohol and trades me a big bottle of it for a collar every so often. One treatment lasts one of my dogs two to four months. No ticks or fleas. Between that and Ivomec...

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I just don't get why we put so much training on our trial dogs to begin with. I'm kind of beating a dead horse here, so I'll leave it at that, but if a trial is to gauge a dog's ability, why judge dogs after they have so much man-made behavior? There's just too much variable. I don't own any contine...

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I trained my first dog with Delmar Smith's method. That's the way I've done it for most the time I've been in dogs, but I've been transitioning. This is where I'm headed. I'll make it general to to keep it from turning into a novel. 1. Get the dog into PLENTY of free birds. Let him bump, chase, have...

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I'm not sure if this is a trial dog or what, or even what the rules would judge if a dog establishes point on old scent and the handler never calls point. Either way, I think that's what happened here. The dog didn't actually scent the bird, he scented old scent so he stopped. Then he worked on, cau...

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BUT lets be honest. There is a VERY narrow audience that appreciates a dual champion. They are widely considered mediocre at both show and field. Even in the Brittany, they are not well respected. So why bother breaking your butt and your wallet to accomplish something the masses don't appreciate a...

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Wyndancer wrote:
deseeker wrote:I don't see a 12 o'clock tail on that pointer on the magazine---he wouldn't place in today's trials :roll: :roll:

From the person that runs a dog with no tail :roll:

Not saying it's right or wrong, but that was funny bleepin' bleep.

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I've never been a whiz when it comes to conservation or bird husbandry or anything, but just a little common sense tells me it's almost entirely (1) loss of food and (2) cover. About twenty years ago the reports are that people could walk up covey after covey on their way to school, even without a d...

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http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/pdf/201101/20110123obit_sewickley_dog_1891.pdf\ It's a shame how far birddogs and field trialing has fallen in the public's eye. Birddogs and trialing was about as American as horse racing, but now it's hard to find someone who even knows about it. When they came out w...

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How many hours do you stay out when you're hunting? If you hunt, then break and pick up in the afternoon, what is your typical itinerary? I can honestly say I've never been knee-deep in birds, never been hunting any place you'd consider bird country. Always wound up hitting the sticks in places wher...

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Dig all that paint! I like a lot of color on Pointers. He sure is a cute bugger.

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Boy, this is really a topic I wouldn't hesitate to get into it over, but this thread is starting to detour and it's not too classy to hijack threads.

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We have been heavily involved in therapy dog work in the past. Our American Pit Bull Terriers tend to be ready for the work more quickly than our GSP's. That being said I think any dog brought up in the atmosphere and trained from the beginning to do it would be just fine. GSP or otherwise. I know ...

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Therapy dogs are great and really serve a purpose. My first Malinois and I used to go to nursing homes and put on shows and such for the residents. If you live in a rural area you can get ahold of a nursing home and tell them that you have a dog that you want to bring in to meet the residents and th...

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I've only been to one AKC trial, but it was the last trial I was at and I plan on hitting more from here on out. It was put on by a group who is mostly involved with show dogs and the show dogs made up a big portion of the entry, but the people were great, the format was awesome and I just really li...

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I'm *trying* to get into trialing. Last season was the first season I would say I actually "trialed" instead of just "went to a trial." I only hit four, though. This fall I didn't go to a single trial because I was trying to break Moxy out, plus I was working full-time and carrying 18 hours of cours...

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Felicia, are the Gun Dog trials ever sanctioned, or just strictly for fun?

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Here's a video of the SofTouch from our workout tonight.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=47 ... =2&theater

Here's a photo of it.

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The SofTouch products are all just one inch for now. We may have them available in two inches in brown and black before long, but for now just gauging to see what kind of reaction we get to it. So far, though, the reaction has been great and a lot of people like it. It's actually a PVC gel coating a...

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I may have been guilty of a me complex in designing this collar. I never run my dog with anything other than an ID collar and eCollar and often times just leave the eCollar at the pickup. When I starting thinking about building this collar, I didn't even consider any of that stuff because I never us...

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Maybe we could manufactuee the first field dog spray paint. The slogan would be, 'kill ypur dog with either shame or fumes.

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That's a good idea. Just cut a square section right out of the collar so you could put the Garmin on then strap the orange collar right over it. Definitely something to consider.

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I wonder if you could put the 3" on your dog then just strap the Garmin to the collar itself. Or, what if the 3" collar had a few D rings attached around the collar so you could thread the Garmin strap through the D rings so it strapped right over the 3" collar? Or, one last thought, what if the col...

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Maybe... Here are some photos of the leads. They also come in brown and in a few weeks they'll come in black, too. Nickel or brass hardware. Snap lead: https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/538517_153097624837897_75852899_n.png http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-135624033050619_2243_3793775 Slip lea...

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Haha. Moxy's a smaller dog, about forty pounds. I was afraid after seeing how big the collar was to see how much room she had. I left it on her for a couple hours this afternoon and she managed just fine. I'm going to finish the collar and try it a little more before I decide if it's actually going ...

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I believe they are aimed at some of the AA and Shooting dog guys who want high visibility from a long distance if I remember correctly after speaking with Rowdy. Looking good Rowdy. Don't know how crazy I am about the look of the 3 inch collar but ,visually, it sure stands out. I would like to see ...

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Here are some collars I've made recently. They're just concepts right now, but I think we've got some real home run ideas here and wanted to thanks a couple of the folks on this board for suggesting the ideas. Jim K suggested we do a broader collar in high-visibility as an upgrade to the reversable ...

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To keep from hijacking this thread anymore than it already has been: viewtopic.php?f=69&t=41041

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Hijacking someone's thread is just not cool and I didn't mean to do it, so thought maybe we'd be better off continuing the hijack in this thread... I think if you want to do something in this country and it doesn't hurt anyone else, do it. But, I'm a softy for dogs and my opinion is that if you can'...

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Felicia, unless you're talking about kennels in the top so many percent of any breed, the puppy/dog market is down. Just not enough demand. I bought The Moxy Dog for $200 because he couldn't get rid of her. I rescued a Pointer from up north that wouldn't have made it to two years old because there w...

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Felicia, common sense is a big part of it. With dogs in general, pounds are having to turn dogs away because they can't produce the kill juice fast enough to control their numbers. There are more dogs out there than we can physically euthenize with what's deemed "humane" methods. Beyond that, I know...

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I would NEVER have someone else do anything with my dogs. I've always done 100-percent of the work with my dogs, for better or worse. My first dog got the brunt of it, but with every knew dog I screw up just a little less. ;) I haven't done too terribly much with trials and tests, but am becoming mo...

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They euthanized him? No, they held him down on the tailgate while they removed the quills with a needle nose. Rick passed away a few years ago at around ten or eleven. From what I understand he was doing just fine then one day Jim got out of the pickup, turned and hollered for Rick, but he didn't c...

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What if old Belle is an exceptional specimen. If all you had to do to breed exceptional dogs was find an excpetional female and take her to an exceptional male, don't you think we'd have more excpetional dogs in the world? I think the average jo expects that great begets great begets great. That's ...

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Have you had experience with either breed or type of dog? For me, I've known some Labs that I'd consider a great dog, but they just don't push my buttons. Nothing wrong with that, just preference. I went to a retriever test once and the guy there told me once I get a taste of the retrievers I'll nev...

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I've not bred a little - yet - but I do believe very strongly that it will my life's work. That being said, I believe for me the greater feeling would to breed the dog. I am banking on Moxy to be my first titled field dog, but she carries the Stoneface prefix so I can almost fake it. ;) I don't get ...

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When I was young my dad told me I was smart. Sometimes I think that's an ol' wive's tale, too.

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I was surprised at how lay-back it was when I first started attending. The spaniel guys seem pretty layback, too. The retriever events are too up tight for my liking, but the birddog events are very relaxed. You'll probably see some back biting, but overall is good.

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Up in Nebraska a handful of years back the late, great Showtime's Rolling Thunder rolled in a dead Porcupine before we headed out to the kennels. I can still renember Jim and a client holding Ricky down on the tailgate, going after them. Rick took it especially well... he sure was a great dog. Used ...

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