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Karen

It was posted on another forum that he's not making them anymore.

Karen

I certainly appreciate your concern, but you're missing the bigger picture. We have a 500 foot long driveway that's half gravel and off of a private gravel road (private road = no one maintains it). The driveway and road need to be plowed in the winter, we have a trail system that is truck-wide but ...

Karen

Well, we should have a delivery date on the tractor this morning, and then I don't think I'll be able to keep hubby off of it. I'll post pics of our progress regularly

Karen

Things must be a bit more expensive here in the Northeast. I couldn't find a dozer operator interested in doing the job...and the one that was recommended wanted $30k + all the firewood. Anyway, we have a million projects that we'd love to get around to. It made WAY more sense to buy a tractor than ...

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Here's Chloe, on her way to a 4th place at the ABC NGDC last year. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/travelerGirl/IMG_1575.jpg Blaze at nationals a couple years earlier. As of last year he was still the "poster boy" for the photographer at nationals :D http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/tra...

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Well, we got a quote for clearing & making pasture. The guy started at $48k to make it "golf course" nice or $30k'ish to remove the trees and level 4 acres of land. Obviously I can feed our horses hay for about 30 yrs for what clearing 4 acres would cost, so we opted to chip away at it ourselves ins...

Karen

Oh boy...you NEVER add it up! You go run your puppy at a walking puppy stake close to home. You get a ribbon, and the judge tells you what a nice little dog you got there, so you do it again, and you get another ribbon. Now your pup is derby age, and you're having a blast...and you get another ribbo...

Karen

Yup, we had an intact male visitor a couple of weeks ago (with 3 intact females and 1 intact male of our own). We caught Oli mark once, he was corrected, and didn't do it again, although we watched him like a hawk. You have to catch them in the act to stop it, and 1 correction is usually enough to s...

Karen

We always picked up the water bowl around 2 hours before bedtime. You may also need to get up and take him out in the middle of the night for a few weeks. It stinks, but sometimes they are just not capable of holding it overnight. Make sure when you take him out to do his business, you are taking hi...

Karen

It's worth a try. We always feed in crates, and I think it helps reinforce that the crate is a good place to be.

Karen

Do you feed him in his crate?

Karen

Can you pull him from the pasture/paddock and hand graze him randomly? Spend some time with him not working him? When we first got into horses we boarded them, so it really was hard to find the time to just mess with them and not work them. Now that they're home and they see us every day and they're...

Karen

Thanks all. We plan to run 3 strands of hot wire along the horse side of the fence, so that shouldn't be a problem.

Karen

Oh I didn't think the turkey would make her sick....but I could have KILLED her! The last thing I needed to be doing Monday night was tracking down another turkey to donate.

Karen

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/travelerGirl/IMG_20130513_160005_zpsb66991f7.jpg The company my husband and I work for give us turkeys for Thanksgiving every year. We made one for Christmas, and had one in the freezer still, so I offered it up to one of the brittany clubs we belong to for th...

Karen

I'm expecting this behavior from my husband when I drop his dog off this weekend

Karen

I'd definitely buy a Kansas Kid bred dog again. I've had 2, and they were/are both pretty darned special animals. I've got my first pup with Gambler's Ace in the Hole behind her now, and she has the potential to be awesome, but she doesn't appear to have any conscience or remorse. We've been calling...

Karen

Yeah, me too. I'd have been pressing charges against the guy.

Karen

Anyone find a good gundog door replacement that has a plexiglass/lexan flap or window in it? I have 7 dogs using the same doors and someone will get knocked out cold if they can't see out.

Karen

We do have some diggers. We ran a hot wire about 6" from the ground on the dog side of the fence and gates to prevent digging. It's worked like a charm (and was WAY cheaper than concrete footings). Honestly, I don't think you can dig more more than a few inches without hitting rock here, but we aren...

Karen

gotpointers, I really wasn't asking about the durability of the fence. We went to great lengths to find a very reputable fencing contractor, who feltcertain the fence would hold up for years to come.

I'm concerned about safety issues I may not have considered already.

Karen

campgsp, can you post a picture of your door and the weather stripping? I'd KILL to muffle the sound.

Karen

Dogs on 1 side of the fence....horses on the other side. That's what the welded wire is for.

Karen

We have them....they're LOUD!!! If you like to sleep at night with your windows open, pick a different door. We're waiting for our old dog to die so we can sleep at night again (he can't hold it through the night).

Karen

Here's a pic of how our dog fence is constructed: http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/travelerGirl/fencedyard4_zps580ea568.jpg Our plan when we had the fencing done, was to run 3 strand polyrope to the outside of the fence (the side where the 3 boards are) and let the dogs and horses share the fe...

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Well, it was definitely a split season. She's STILL in....should be out on 5/8. Poor girl came home from winter camp, came into season, got locked in a crate, went out with the show handler for a couple weeks, got locked in a crate, came BACK into season so is STILL locked in a crate! She's due out ...

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Bought a new house late October, had a prety basic dog room built out in the basement, and we etched and painted the cement floor with 1-part epoxy (Home Depot garage & basement floor paint). http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/travelerGirl/IMG_20130209_202025_zps58f94cab.jpg http://i31.photobuck...

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Used Pete for years...good trainer He does NOT have his own grounds, and I've never seen him with a beagle. He's strictly pointing breeds, and mostly Brittanys these days, although he ran pointers & setters in the Field for years.

Karen

Mario, I use the same stuff, but it's out of stock just about everywhere. There is an "industry-wide shortage", which of course, means everyone that isn't sold out has doubled the price.

Karen

I keep doxy on hand to treat Lyme Disease. Flagyl has also been associated with seizures in dogs in the past. I use it exclusively for stomach issues.

Karen

I wound up ordering from www.revivalanimal.com. It was $59 shipped and I received it in 3 days, and not the $70 several other online sources are charging (AND they had it in stock). Still quite a bit more expensive than I've paid in the past, but I hate to NOT have it onhand.

Karen

Thanks everyone. I'm real excited about this one. Hubby got her for me for our 1st anniversary after I oooooh'd and aaaaah'd over her picture and pedigree for a good week. She was the stud puppy, sold and returned because she was a handful. We've invested $1000's to NoJenny-proof our dog room, x-pen...

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http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/travelerGirl/NoJennywPA1_zps02f8e176.jpg We call her NoJenny because she's such a trouble maker, but she's a Gambler's Ace in the Hole grand daughter, absolutely bird CRAZY, VERY independent, and has both of her majors in the show ring (needing 5 single points...

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HA! I actually had someone there accuse me of not understanding my trainer's program and techniques and they CALLED HIM to check up/report me to the trainer! I've not entered the training section on this board since (and that was probably 3 or 4 years ago).

Karen

Anyone use these and have issues with infertility later?

Karen

Long would be better than split for sure. Friday was 23 days....so she'd be on day 28 now.

I guess we just wait it out and see when the boys are no longer interested.

This has been going on since 2/28 (when the first of the 3 came in)...what's a couple more weeks.

Karen

Ugh! Just as we got all the dogs healthy! And I thought we could turn everyone out together again...this stinks! NoJenny is 17 months old, and this is only her 2nd time in season, and was probably brought in by 2 other bitches in season when she got home from winter training camp (although she came ...

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Had a bitch come in on 3/21, which meant she should have been out on 4/12. She stopped having a discharge after about 10 days, and as of today, has an amber colored discharge. Brought her home from the show handler this evening and my boys went NUTS! What am I in for? With split seasons, do they sta...

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Congrautlations! She's CUTE!

Karen

No game birds = no bird hunters. Pretty soon there won't be any song birds left. You can thank the greenie weenies.

Karen

Would love to see pictures of yours. Building one is on my to-do list this summer.

Thanks!

Karen

I've always purchased from California Vet Supply in the past, but they're only selling the powder (make your own capsules??) now and I'm finding reference to an "industry-wide shortage of Doxy". Several places are out of the 100 mg capsules, or are charging double ($70 for 100 capsules, when I know ...

Karen

Not sure it's walmart brand, but yes, the generic is PetArmor. I pay $25 for 3 doses.

Karen

We do the same thing. I buy the XL Pet Armor dose at walmart and split between 3 dogs.

Karen

We got Courage slowly weaned onto a grain-free feed we use for 1 other dog in the house (Earthborne Primitive), and started adding a heaping tablespoon of plain yogurt to his food 10 days ago. He's gone from 4 cups of the performance feed a day without being able to gain weight, to 2 cups of Earthbo...

Karen

IMO, shaving DOES effect coat quality. The Brittany that I have repeatedly shaved has a fine, cottony coat, which is not what we started with. Also, it takes about 8 months for him to grow his coat back.

Karen

My Brittany bitches came in the first time at 9 months. You REALLY want to spay that early?

Karen

I show (and field trial) my Brittanys in the American show ring. I expect to put a couple pounds on them during show season to be truly competitive. I've never bothered specialing any of them. The idea has always been to finish them, and then concentrate on field work, so you do what you have to do ...

Karen

That's what I figured.....I don't think our vet fully appreciated the amount of strenuous exercise our dogs get. I will run/road as soon as we get home from work, then feed an hour later.

Karen

How long do you wait to run or road a dog after you feed them?

My old vet said an hour before and after was sufficient, but we've recently had an out-of-the-blue experience with what we think was probably twisted gut caught early, I'm VERY VERY gunshy, to say the least.

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