Gun Dog Forum

your vet should be able to get a fine needle aspirate (or a biopsy) of the mass, prepare a slide of it, send it to the pathologist, and have an answer of what exactly you are dealing with within 72 hrs. i just sent in 2 samples this past Monday (day before yesterday) and got results back today. you...

My ten year old intact male Pointer has a growth right below his anus that I noticed about a week ago. There is a little blood coming from it, and to me, it looked like a hemorriod. When I took him to the vet today, the first thing out of the vet's mouth was "cancer", and I believe the second word o...

A good friend of mine and avid GSP guy is going to have to put down his faithful hunting companion of 17 years. He is in the market for a young started female GSP which will be wild bird hunted more than anything. He lives out here in Las Vegas, but I'm sure he's pretty open so far as what part of t...

I feel for my fellow Texans, being a native myself. The greatest hunting experience I ever enjoyed was in South Texas, near Falfurius (sp). We hunted on my trainer's lease and moved 15 to 20 covies a day for 3 days. Truly Nirvana. I've extended an invitation to East coast guys to come out West and I...

Nes pas? I am not trying to beat you down, I am trying to understand. And I apologize if my earlier statements were somewhat vehement. You see, I hear this from trialers - that the dogs are not hunted anymore - but when you pry the statement open and look inside, there just is not much real truth t...

I said MANY don't hunt Still wrong. Ok you win you win. You're right, I'm wrong. You have obviously interviewed, spoken with, talked to, and scientifically polled every field trialer in this country and can unequivocally state that ALL FIELD TRIALERS HUNT. I bow down. Respectfully, Owned Gun Dog Fo...

I didn't say ALL field trialers don't hunt, I said MANY don't hunt. "But now a day, we all know many trialers do not hunt and their field trial dogs have not hunt. (and judges who do not hunt as well!)." I'm going based on what I know and see at field trials. Many professionals I have spoken to beli...

I can't speak for every state, but the wild bird numbers are ridiculously high in some parts of AZ, most of Nevada and California. If you have time, you can wild bird hunt out of Vegas in 3 different states and never drive more than 3.5 hours from your house. I hunt northern AZ (although i'm going a...

Personally, my dogs are broke but I allow them to relocate on Gambel's or any wild bird on their own. If they bump the covey, I'll correct them. If they chase after the covey flies, I correct them. But if they relocate on their own before I get there and stick that covey, that's a job well done.

I personally see the benefit in field trialing dogs so far as an objective way to evaluate one dog against the other. But it seems you guys are insinuating that you have a better chance of getting a high quality wild bird dog from field trialers. Back in the day when field trialers hunted as much as...

A buddy and I were planning to do the utah ptarmigan trip this fall, but it didn't pan out. I'm curious as to how far you were from Painter's Basin. Our research told us to get into that area. I didn't realize how far a hike it was into the country. I see a few more hours a week at the gym for me be...

We are a small kennel located in Southern Nevada that offers Elhew Pointers for sale, and on occasion a shorthair litter. I know most of yall are interested in shorthairs, and to that end our shorthair stud Buster is a young son of Uodibar's Shoot The Moon and FC/AFC PFK Dunfur's Y Fly. I've been to...

it looks like west texas blues has great bird count this year compared to bobs in the rest of the state so i am debating whether to chase blues this year with a gsp. i understand they like to run well out front and i am used to this from hunting gambels. what i need to know is will the blues hold a...

I read an article on PDJ (could have been Gundog) awhile back that actually had a pretty neat system for selecting a pup. First, choose the sex you want. When you go to visit the pups, have the breeder only show you the males or females, depending on your preference. Out of the ones you have to choo...