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Rick Hall

This thread reminds me I'm past due to shovel the pigeon poop from under my birds' loft. Feeding a very high whole-grain-to-pellet ratio, keeps their turds relatively non-smelly and firm compared to the stinking plaster pellets produce, so cleaning up after them is little more than a twice-a-year ch...

Rick Hall

Gone, even if only a point or two is spot-on, your case has been made. Pup's preparation for what's been expected of her has apparently been sorely lacking.

Rick Hall

Here's deep-frying tip for gamebirds: cook legs seperately from whole breasts. Otherwise, by the time the breasts are done, the legs will be well past their flavor peake. (Can't remember which of the classic quail writers proclaimed it a sin to fry quail, but he must never have tried them deep fried.)

Rick Hall

A/C Guy wrote:I am constantly telling my kids to stop repeating commands...

Hmm... Don't suppose similar "consistency" with the pup is why:

(Pup) will test you repeatedly. Mine do all the time.

"Just a thot..."

Rick Hall

The fact it put weight back on your dog means it was a richer food. The stools naturally loosen up because of the richness. All you needed to do is cut back a little on the amount fed and then many times after a short period you can increase the feed slightly. You can't have increased performance l...

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My question is just how anxious dogs are to drink unbaited maltodexrin or Carbo Gain disolved in water?

(Have been using a baited version called "Glycocharge," which the dogs think a great treat and drink every drop of for a few years, now, but it's not nearly so cheap as plain maltodextrin.)

Rick Hall

When folks talk about "steady" dogs losing more cripples, I can't help but think they're refering to half-steady dogs that are still looking over their shoulders figuratively, if not literally, to see if correction is coming, rather than paying attention to business.

Rick Hall

I've had three sets of pointing and flushing dogs that could hunt together without degrading either's work, but it does take some effort to instill the facts that they each must follow their discipline's rules regardless of what the other is doing, be it ranging well out like the pointer or bouncing...

Rick Hall

Here's some science in readable form on the subject: Relationship of Nutrition to Developmental Sleletal Disease in Young Dogs

Rick Hall

The only MN formula I've tried was their 30/20 performance formula, which my dogs did better on than some much bigger names. Was essentially, if not, the same formula as Pro Plan's 30/20. But it's no longer available here, and I don't care for the other MN formulas I've looked at. (If what you're lo...

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Some of it has to do with the birds you hunt. When I hunted Prairie Grouse (Sharptails)many times the dog would go on point, I'd walk in to flush the bird and one or two would get up and I'd either hit or miss it, reload my gun and have more birds go out. If a dog was allowed to break or chase afte...

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Dogs know the difference between thsoe that WILL ENforce commands given and those that say a command and will let them get away with it what will happen is expect thse dogs that are allowed to get away with stuff with one person to test you a little more every now and then ,,,it is very important t...

Rick Hall

I'm wit' George Bird Evans, who once wrote something to the effect of, "Having had a steady dog, it is not something I would want to do without." Even putting safety concerns aside, there's much to be said for not adding a running dog to one's sight picture when birds take wing. (While I used to buy...

Rick Hall

Actually a "life rule": When you lose your temper, you lose.

Rick Hall

Everything I've ever had during my adult life, but the beagle, has pulled both upland and waterfowling duty, MG. And, if memory serves, the name "spotted Lab" came from one of my hunters that duck hunted the big marsh over the current Britt, where the 38-pounder was more adept at staying atop the fl...

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Sorry, Aaron, I thought you were just stirring the pot a bit. My upland experience with Chessies has been as mixed as with Labs, some get after it and can go hard all day and some are less keen on or fit for flushing work. The best of my waterfowling Chessies probably enjoyed upland work even more a...

Rick Hall

Aaron Proffitt wrote:Is it true Chessies are lacking as field dogs ?

Yes, it's true: some poorly bred Chessies are dang near as lacking afield as well bred Labradors.

Rick Hall

Surely your friend has tried most applicable advertising venues and is still using those which have proven cost effective. The deal he's offering you sounds like hiring new commissioned sales people to gain access to their network of family and friends that weren't previously reached through other m...

Rick Hall

Is the operator's first name, "Shifty"?

Rick Hall

Shoot, shooting time at some of Ohio's stocked areas looked like a Revolutionary War reenactment long before 1978. And the "trick" was just to wait until mid-morning with the knowledge that the mob didn't get 'em all, and a fellow with a decent dog could still have some fun.

Rick Hall

Coyote: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/RickHall/dogs/IMG_3958.jpg I've always had deadgrass Chesapeakes, and it's been a rare week when one of our hunters hasn't looked at one's wavy back hair and asked if it didn't "have some Chesapeake in it". Now I tell 'em he's registered as "Coyote In Th...

Rick Hall

I AM NOT A DOCTOR AND AM NOT OFFERING MEDICAL ADVICE, but when I hustled to a little country store looking for Benadryl for a cottonmouth bitten dog, the gal working there told me the following: She is dangerously allergic to stings and, having suffered one without her epi-pen on hand, tried a doub...

Rick Hall

We used a food treat to get a buddy's Weim (rescue) over the shyness. Dog was a nut for icecream so we would get a kiddie cone and park by the skeet range and let the dog have it. He or I did this every Saturday. We parked a little closer every time. Started at the end of a 1.5 mile driveway. Withi...

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It's not about having a bunch of rules like you've listed, it's about providing clarity and consistency in whatever it is you do happen to require. (How much effect do you really think not going through a door first has on a dog that then spends its day going through the field ahead of you? Knowing ...

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even coyotes eat grain of all kinds But this one prefers that it at least be "processed" by crushing under barrels being drug up the board into the truck bed: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/RickHall/dogs/IMG_5019.jpg Moose, I'm not a canine nutritionist and don't play one on the internet, bu...

Rick Hall

The surest course would be to pass on that litter and find one out of proven dogs that are, in turn, out of proven dogs.

"Hunting lines" might be meaningful or might be hogwash.

Rick Hall

The Headwaters strap vest they carry is the best of its genre I've seen.

Rick Hall

That ain't nothin' compared to most of the trouble I'm in. Thanks for taking the time.

Rick Hall

Just scanned this thread, but Jweb knows grouse. The "need" for close-working grouse dogs is self-fulfilling prophesy, in that their close association with man is what keeps so many of their birds from holding well. While birds pegged tightly enough well out to try hiding, are more apt to become com...

Rick Hall

Dont worry thats a good question I didnt think you were trying to confrontational. The only facts that I have are what a couple of dog food nutritionist have TOLD me. They work at Del Monte in R&D and do this stuff for a living. Unfortunately since they Told me and didn't give me any sources to bac...

Rick Hall

Dang! Not a single Maximum Nutrition turd in the photo file. Shame on me.

Rick Hall

Sorry, Rick, I scaned it ok, but then can't find it to paste. No beep pulp. I don't have a ProPlan bag around, but the last time I had one and compared them, they were the same. And I do not recall if beet pulp was in the Lamb and Rice ProPlan, is it? Neil Thank you, Neil. Back when I could still g...

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They use to give coupon for a1.00 refund with each bag my check came from purina. And when Purina ProPlan went to the plastic tubs for a while so did Exceed. When you read the labels, they are the same, not nearly the same, the same. I sometimes win ProPlan at trials, and mix it with Exceed, it doe...

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edited because there's something to the first line of my signature line

Rick Hall

I AM NOT A CANINE NUTRITIONIST, but it's my understanding that those who are have tried to put the common notion that high protein can create kidney problems to rest. Might not be good for dogs with existing kidney problems, but isn't a detriment to dogs without them.

Rick Hall

Someday you'll run across that picture of your loft's pretty white interior and enjoy a good laugh.

Rick Hall

Have you asked the dog? During their hardest working months my guys get PP Performance, which is chicken based. But when I decided to try a PP maintenance formula in the heat of Summer, I thought they might like a change and bought small bags of both the chicken and the lamb for them to sample side-...

Rick Hall

Rick, not everyone is as smart about nutrition as ezzy, me, and you. He has great experience in the animal nutition world, I have a degree in nutrition, and you are an expert in dog turds! :lol: :lol: Lord knows I'm not "smart" about anything, but I've more experience with some things than I might ...

Rick Hall

Here's a link to some readable science on the topic: Relationship of Nutrition to Developmental Skeletal Disease in Young Dogs . As I read it, the concern about adult food is that a pup might have to eat more of it to maintain good body condition, which also means taking in more of the calcium in it...

Rick Hall

Would be interesting to know how many have changed foods because of dull coats due to normal shedding.

Rick Hall

Ezzy - I have it in my head that Exceed/Maximum Nutrition 30/20s once shared PP's 30/20 recipe, if not its preparation, but that's no longer the case if the Exceed ingredients list someone posted a while back was accurate. Have also heard Iams credited with the current formula but have no first hand...

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Dr. Arleigh Reynolds (super canine nutritionist) has suggested sausage for those who feel the need to suppliment while hunting.

Rick Hall

I work for a lodge with leases in Cameron, Jeff Davis and Vermilion parishes. (Maybe Acadia, too.) Mostly half way between Lake Charles and Lafayette and then south to the marsh's edge. But I've hunted a spot above Sabine refuge that was accessed through Orange. Was a looooong time back though...

Rick Hall

JakeThomen wrote:Rick Hall,
Love the duck hunting picture. Where do you hunt? I guess that is a teal..?
Jake

Thanks, Jake. That's one of the far too few bluewings Gustav and Ike left in Southwest Louisiana.

(Lots of duck & goose hunting pics in the log linked in my signature line.)

Rick Hall

I don not know if that was Neil's pm and assume it probably was not. That does not look like something he would do. But whoever sent that in a pm to a moderator is not an asset to this board. Was not my intent to imply any claim or inference on Greg's part that the PM was Neil's. My reading was tha...

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Well, Doug, Gary, drop Grant a line and volunteer your services as moderators. I'm trying to do this and run one of the 10 largest data warehouses on the planet. Time gets short. And, while we're at it, here is exactly how adult some folks can be... To: <mailto:grant@gundogforum.com> grant@gundogfo...

Rick Hall

First duck of 2008-'09:

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Grouse, pheasants, chukar, quail, etc are gallinaceous birds apparently sharing a common scent code that prompts dogs pointing one to also point the others on first contact. Woodcock are from another family not always recognised as game, though a dog that points snipe is apt to also point woodcock o...

Rick Hall

I'm one who teaches "no" and "whoa" concurrently, pretty much from day one (the later initially at feeding time and very briefly) and have followed George Evans' lead of using "hold," rather than "whoa," to avoid possible confusion. (If I force-fetched or taught formal hold and wanted to use "hold" ...

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It's perfectly normal for one of a hen's first pair of eggs to be infertile, but the only thing that might save your hen in my loft would be that she isn't taking up nest space. Might be nesting on the floor because dominant birds are controling multiple nests. Better seperation of those nests shoul...

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