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jimbo&rooster

We dont have a ton of wild birds but I spend 20-30 days a year chasing birds. if you throw in doves and waterfowl I imagine I hunt closer to 60-70. Course now that ive graduated college thing may change. But teaching jobs are few and far between so I may get to hunt alot again this fall........
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My GSP has more natural retrieve than my lab ever thought about having.
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on using launchers to estabolish point. so I have located some remote launchers that a guy I work with is going to let me borrow for a while. I also think that I have some pigeons located. My pup will point but he will only flash point then moves in for the flush. I have been running him where there...

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thanks for the info guys. ive got a guy I work with that is into the NAVHDA scene but from what I gather they do most of their training on weekends and as I said my weekends are hit or miss, which has made finding some one to train with difficult to say the least. MMDUNCAN I got a line on some pigeo...

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thanks for the info guys. ive got a guy I work with that is into the NAVHDA scene but from what I gather they do most of their training on weekends and as I said my weekends are hit or miss, which has made finding some one to train with difficult to say the least. MMDUNCAN I got a line on some pigeo...

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I wouldnt really say that im doing any bird work so to speak....... Basically I take my dog out to run him on some local FWA CRP ground so that my wife doesnt throw me out of the house for him bouncin off the wall. I had considered myself fortunate to have an area with wild birds to train on, but I ...

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Millie and Roscoe? haha thats great. I agree with what you say and you do paint a fairly accurate picture, my point from experience is that many times flushing dog and pointing dog owners have a very different agenda in mind and while most flushing dog owners are willing to run their dogs along side...

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I occasionally run my lab with a guy who has a Britt, I usually keep my lab at a loose heel (10-15yds) and let her work the immediate tree rows and let my buddies Britt work the field edges and get out further ahead of us. I keep my lab under complete control at all times and if the Britt starts to ...

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Ok I have decided that dispite my best efforts my GSP will probly not make his full potential with my limited experience training pointing dogs.... so I am looking for someone to train with who is within an hour or so drive of Terre Haute IN. I would be willing to pay for birds and do whatever I can...

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I also just teach my dogs to put their feet up on the tailgate and lift them in to the truck. whether the dog is jumping into the cab or on the tailgate there is a possibility of the dog missing the intended target and slipping, which can lead to torn ligaments and worse. just food for thought.
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I soak those pads in epsom salts and warm water a couple times a day. The problem with super glue is : If you glue in any bacteria ,even though you cleaned it out well you thought, you will have one heck of an infected foot. good point. we used to glue the pads on our coyote dogs for a quick fix an...

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as I said in the original post I have no desire to run my dog on fox or for him to run anything that doesnt have feathers, but, these are versatile breeds and I was curiouse as to how it was done in Europe.
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thanks for the help. I believe it was one of her posts about her DKs retrieving a fox for a test that I was thinking about. other than that from what I gather the GSPs and other versitiles are used for retrieval of shot game in a driven situation I guess
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superglue it back on itll be fine in a few days
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I have posted about my GSP pup several times over the last several months and have another question, (or two :D) Ok so rooster is about 8.5mo and he is doing very well with the whoa breaking but it seems like his bird work is suffering..... I do not use pen raised birds or launchers partially due to...

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Ill agree that for a pointing dog a heavy OB regimine is probly not a necesity. But if I read right the OP has a flushing dog and to have a good steady flushing dog then heel, sit, stay, and come are extremely important when it comes to teaching a dog its range and to hup. I prefer to have these thi...

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I was in your possition about 3 years ago with my lab. being as your dealing with a flushing dog, obedience will be your biggest concern. once you have obedience work to a T, then its a matter of keeping your dog in range and teaching it to quarter. next its on to introducing your dog to birds and t...

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Good for you. At least they were good enough to drop them at a shelter and not in a road ditch....
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I am aware that in germany the GSP is used as an all around dog and remember seeing that they were required to track and retrieve a fox in testing. well my pup bumped and ran a fox today while I was out running him. While i intend to break him of pursuing anything other than birds it got me wonderin...

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Ive got a buddy who shoots an older franchi 20ga that his grandfather gave him some years ago, in my opinion it is alot better firearm than the newer ones. the only newer Franchi that I have shot is the I-12 and its a nice gun but It doesnt have the feel of the older ones Ive used.
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well ol' rooster just turned 8mo old and he just started to act really dumb :D so Im gona slow down and just continue to work him on the long line and see what happens. i have no intentions of doing anything more than enjoying this dog so time is somthing Ive got plenty of. I really appreciate every...

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rooster is righ at 8 mos and weighs a very lean 50-55lbs.
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Im not very familiar with the breed but you might look into the Nova Scotia Toller. I dont think they are very big but Ive heard good things about them. I dont think you can really go wrong with either the Springer or the Boykin though.
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My current lab was from an oops litter from a hunting parent and a yard lab parent, she had no desire to retrieve anything that didnt have feathers, and I wont say that she was reliable at that. I will agree that a lab with no desire to retrieve should not be bred (mine was fixed for this reason) bu...

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for a light o/u you may look into the mossberg silver reserve. not the pretiest gun on the planet but a decent buy especially for a youngster. not quite enough drop on the comb for me, but im thinking of one in 20 or 28ga for my wife. I know that they had some trouble with the firing pins early on b...

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thanks for the advice. my original intention had been to work him informally on whoa through the summer and early fall and hunt him as is through his first season, and then to get seriouse about breaking him next spring once I have had the opportunity to put some feathers in his mouth. but ,he seems...

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Well after several weeks of working on Whoa with my pup I am starting to see some success with him. I have gone from the half hitch around his waist to simply using the CC hooked to his flat collar. He will stand at whoa before entering or leaving the house and before leaving his kennel until releas...

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We have been planting sunflowers for several years. We generaly plant 3-4, 1/2-1 acre plots scattered across an area of about 30 acres with plenty of roosting/loafing areas, a water source and a gravel source will seal the deal. Some people mow their plots for doves, but we just drive through ours a...

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I decided to train my last lab without a collar, not because I didn't have one or cause of being any more or less humane but because she was very soft as a pup. All that I can tell you from my experience is that OB needs to be 100% before you can do much else. The basic commands for your flushing do...

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I know that you have gotten alot of good advice, not sure about the wild bird situation where you are at but it might be good for your dog if you can just get it out and run and be a dog for a while (maybe an hour 2-3 days a week for a couple weeks). let your dog just run and play and chase birds an...

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I think there is a walking trial at Pike County Bird Hunters Club in the works just before Thanksgiving. Usually there are two club and they make it a 4 day event. Don't know how far that is from you. Believe they are in Petersburg, IN. There are also rumors flying around that a new Vizsula club is...

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so Ive just recently gotten into pointing dogs again and have been reading alot about FTs and would like to go watch one to see what its all about. walking or horseback doesnt make much difference to me. Im located in Terre Haute IN and would drive a few hours if I had to. I would just like to see w...

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ok..... so I know I defended this format earlier in the discussion but I just watched the actual show in question and this is ridiculous. I just saw a handler call his dog over and whoa it because he had seen a bird the dog had run past! what a joke! this was nothing like the local event I had watch...

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Ive got a pair of the irish setter upland boots and I love them. I have had them about 18mos. they are as light as some of my tennis shoes. I put alot of miles on these boots hunting through farm country mostly briars and sticks to tear at them not much in the way of rocks. i have owned several pair...

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sometimes picking up a smashed mangled bird will lead to chewing and bad mouth habits. id say picking up the bird is the only option.
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I started with pen raised birds for his introduction to birds and he was catching them so I quit using them. since then i have been just running him in areas where i know that there are wild birds present. We have been getting into one or two birds about every time we go out. He has gotten pretty go...

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So I know that when starting a pointing dog it is important not to shoot the birds that the dog bumps, and to wait till the dog points the bird. My question is this... when do you say OK, that's a point, I can shoot the bird. My pup (7mo) has been doing a decent job of finding birds and will point t...

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I actually went to one of these events at the local preserve that I go to. it wasnt nearly as bad as what you see on TV. I never saw any of the competitors running to their dogs. What I did see was some decent dog work. of course these weren't big running field trial dogs, they were just hunting dog...

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I also am not a trialer but my dogs are required to put on a lot of miles during the hunting season to get into birds. I happen to be in a situation where I have time to run my dogs 3-5 days a week. I run them for about 2hrs on roughly a 2mile loop over some rolling hills and cover. I also try to sw...

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I think that your best bet is going to be either buy or build a trailer. the only other option and the one that I use in my ramcharger is that I have put one of those barriers behind the back seat. It works fairly well when we take multiple dogs on pheasant hunts. probly not the ideal set up but it ...

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Whats known as a sterile preserved Saline Solution is a fine rinse for human and canine eyes. It can be purchased at the pharmacy or box stores. It's good for the cleansing of eyes after a run or whenever eye gunk appears. this is what I use for my lab. one of the places we hunt is usually standing...

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well ive been at it for about two weeks now and am getting "decent" results. im in no hurry, i figure i got till bout october before its really that big a deal :). the reason that I use the half hitch around the belly is because this guy is a monster. (7mos bout 50-55lbs). over the last couple of ti...

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Sounds like you've come into this prepared. The thing I will tell you is to be patient. After reading all of those books it will be hard to convince yourself that you're still dealing with a pup. Especially when that monster is about 6mo old. Depending on ur intended use (upland vs. Waterfowl) I'm g...

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Ok, so I have started my whoa breaking process with my 7mo GSP. he will "whoa" and stand still if he is in the house and comes up to me, or if I put him on the table until released. I have read and been told that one way to go to the next step is to walk the dog on a lead and whoa them and make them...

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For a single dog to sire 1 in 10 pups is unreal. Especially in a breed with such a small gene pool to begin with. Not that this is necesarily a bad thing since this dog was obviously a quality sire (or at leas desireable) but imagine if one Lab sired 10 percent of the pups over his career...... Bott...

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So Rooster my GSP is about a week shy of 7mo, since he was about 3mo I have been taking him out in the field for runs. This has left me with a couple of questions. 1. if I run him in the field by himself he will only work at about 60-70yds, if I bring my lab along and let her walk at a loose heel (5...

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I usually will just pick the dog up and as i put them on the tailgate I just say load up. if they get to where they will jump up thats fine if they just get to where theyll put their paws on the gate that much the better. my 3yo lab will load 80% of the time but it doesnt bother me to pick her up. i...

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underwater obstacles? sounds scary! we hunt alot of back waters and a few marshes and when the water comes up on the river its hart to tell where that tree top you hid in a week ago may have ended up. also depending where you hunt mats of reeds or sea weed or anything can tangle up a young dog. not...

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Ive seen retrievers in the duck blind anywhere from 6mo to 2yr on their first hunt it all has to do with the pups level of training and the obedience training. my personal preferance is to not hunt my labs till they have been force fetched, and are rock solid on their obedience(OK 80% :D ). also the...

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Im in a different boat than you are, I am training my 3yo lab and my 6mo GSP to hunt together, my lab as a non slip retriever and my GSP as a traditional pointing dog. I do 90% of the training seperate because these two dogs live together and Play together constantly. when i take them in the field i...

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