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birddog1968

Congrats on your recent win Ray....

birddog1968

K9 strain probiotics, and some foods containing micro nutrients.I'm just glad it wasn't a big change.

birddog1968

New diamond bag and formula is now here....dogs have done well on the change and the price here is the same as old formula......

birddog1968

Tylan is also used in shipping stress and diarrhea in cattle, it works well to clear such symptoms in dogs. Been using it for dogs for decades,when needed with good fast results.

Might want to take a look at what it does treat..... Just saying......

birddog1968

agreed, I was only speaking to "birds teach dogs to point" as it relates to pen raised birds......

birddog1968

Fair enough.....and sometimes vets are flat wrong.....seen it twice this week including one dead dog.

birddog1968

Pointing is instinct that birds Can help bring out, holding point, at least thru the flush takes some amount if training especially with pen raised birds. Pen raised birds can teach a dog to crowd and catch. One must also remember that the bump/flush and chase can also be self rewarding and if allow...

birddog1968

I don't try and feed Tylan as said it doesn't taste good. I mix a small amount with water and use a needle-less syringe to squirt in the mouth......

birddog1968

Crap/crock huh....I don't ff my pointing dogs until after their second season.....I don't always agree with others training methods but don't feel the need to call their methods " crap or a crock" Force broke at 18 months after second season. He's retrieved more birds than most people would believe....

birddog1968

The snapping could just be a snarky spoiled pup or a real aggression issue...hard to say.

birddog1968

Gqf manufacturing, I've had very good success with using 2 Styrofoam incubators. I also have 2 sportsman incubators but if your not doing couple hundred at a time, at least, they aren't worth firing up. Be slightly religious in watching over them and not opening them and the Styrofoam incubators wor...

birddog1968

If cutting back doesn't firm him up I always keep Tylan powder on hand. I'm not sure if there is a dog flu going around but I've had some loose stool issues in all 4 of my dogs this spring. We are always out running or hunting...three or 4 days of some dilute Tylan (antibacterial/antibiotic) cleared...

birddog1968

You must have an unquenchable love for the outdoors, not a passing wish to take a walk once in awhile....go to a truly wild place 100 miles from nowhere and take a dozen mile walk.....its an experience in solitude some folks can't stomach. If you love that then add a beautifully gaited independent d...

birddog1968

Little trick I learned on dark coated dogs....rub their fur backwards vigorously and even the tiniest ticks will come to the surface and crawl around....look for the shiny little devils. Works on my black lab.

birddog1968

I'm sure she was....don't know why your being hostile, maybe you misunderstand the point I was making........dogs can carry low grade infection for years...this is the worst scenario as long term joint damage / arthritis is the result. All I was saying is some of the ticks are nearly invisible small...

birddog1968

Id be surprised if you actually saw the tick that caused the lyme or the other tick born disease. Some ticks are almost too small to see so seeing every tick that bites a dog is improbable, not impossible but improbable. They say it takes 24 hours for a tick to infect but I don't know if I believe t...

birddog1968

We call em mutts here

birddog1968

I won't use the vaccine....all mine have had active bouts of Lyme and needed treatment with doxy at one time or another....but after discussion with my vet the vaccine results seem marginal in this locale so I choose to not give it.... I've found best prevention is by keeping ticks off them best I c...

birddog1968

Non of my pointers who live in the house know sit.....they know go lay down, whoa and the fact the won't get attention unless the are calm , sit stand laying down what do I care. Never needed formal sit.

birddog1968

Gotcha....my mistake

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If it takes a lifetime to get a good dog might pay to evaluate where you buy dogs or how one trains....its not that hard, there are good dogs with tons of potential everywhere....

birddog1968

Some are scored most are judged.....nstra scores on a scale up to 50 and 100 for find/point, retrieve, ground application and obedience. BDC AND UFTA score on birds found, shells not used and time not used .... AF, AFTCA, NBHA, USCSDA, are purely judged. Might take some time and look up those organi...

birddog1968

Beware of inhalation by you or your dog.

birddog1968

A trial is a competition, a test is exactly that, testing to a standard

birddog1968

I'm honored to be outside the "norms" these days.

Mainstream..... Is that cable TV's idea of normal lol

birddog1968

Boykins are tenacious little dogs for sure.

birddog1968

My dogs are in the field well over 100 days a year and one feed adjusted works fine for mine 3 years to 12 years old.

birddog1968

A dog defining ones masculinity sounds pretty shallow....

birddog1968

Same all year, just feed amount according to body condition.

birddog1968

Labs are built and wired to take all that control work without taking away their independence in hunt mode.....I want that control for all the other things a lab is good for as well as after the shot ....eg honoring a pointing dog, accepting help on tough retrieves....the control is also cooperation...

birddog1968

Why wouldn't you grange?

birddog1968

I used to get above 75 to 80 percent with the foam ones....but because of the Small volume of air in them you have to watch them more closely and not open them. Auto turners are a must.

birddog1968

Watch for tape worms if the dog is eating mice or baby rabbits.

birddog1968

I try to leave the incubator closed as long as possible....crashing the humidity to take a few birds out at a time can make it tougher or almost impossible for some of the other birds to hatch.

birddog1968

If you LIKE to train a lab may be a better fit. With a purely specialist bird dog you have to leave alot of what you train for in a lab go by the way side, People who come from labs, to say a pointer or setter. tend to try and over train a pointing dog (over training or being heavy handed with a set...

birddog1968

I roll my eyes but when I stop they've changed the formula AGAIN, reduced the quantity and raised the price lol..... DoH Now they added "SUPERFOODS" ROFL and crying at the same time.:p Still doesn't explain taking a 20% increase on a 5% increase. Seems your business plan is as questionable as those...

birddog1968

I'd say ezzys statement is fairly accurate as it pertains to a waterfowl dog compared to a upland pointing dog. If the dd is to be a navhda type then its similar.

birddog1968

Yup in spring and early summer pairs might not recall so well, hens will recall better.

5 for spring birds is a decent price

birddog1968

Good point bwire, years ago I put chicken wire on a flight pen door....2 years old and chukars flew right through the wire...it rusts fast...

birddog1968

Good Luck, much higher percentages of getting a nice Black from a reputable breeder.

But Chocolates have come around some....

birddog1968

I roll my eyes but when I stop they've changed the formula AGAIN, reduced the quantity and raised the price lol..... DoH

Now they added "SUPERFOODS" ROFL and crying at the same time.:p

birddog1968

You should be fine and I like the roost and feeding high idea...as said sanitize well and have some medication for coccidia on hand.scrape and clean as much pigeon droppings up as possible. You can spray with a bleach/water mixture or I liked to keep tek-trol on hand for sanitizing everything from t...

birddog1968

birddogger wrote:
birddog1968 wrote:Was that about head crank Charlie )....

I second sending Evan a message and following to a T..good luck hope all goes well....
Na, no right or wrong there...Just preference.

Charlie

Glad you knew I was poking fun Charlie....always value your thoughts and opinions.

birddog1968

Was that about head crank Charlie

)....

I second sending Evan a message and following to a T..good luck hope all goes well....

birddog1968

Its terrible watching the ones just living and getting by.....
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birddog1968

Yes it was high...the writing was on the wall for that poor dog. We tried everything....she was miserable, her whole back was raw, so we finally decided to ease her suffering. Direct daughter of Sugarknoll Buckshot too...

birddog1968

Yes you can also do a regular worming anytime if you think you need to....I really only worm mine once a year for round and hook worms...and only for tapes if I see them.

birddog1968

ringworm? ivermec is given monthly for heartworm prevemtion.....Chris you should probably read about heartworm prevention so you understand how the medication controls heartworm....basically it kills the young worms. SCT we had to treat a dog for mange, the dose was 1cc for a month, thats 10,000 mic...

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I don't have a personal problem dosing at 5+ times the level of a heart guard but .10 or 1/10th of a cc per 10lbs is more than 15 times the dose.... Even tho a lot if people use that amount safely it seems....I see no need, again personally, to dose 15x more than is needed. 1/10th cc per 20lbs is 7....

birddog1968

The way I do pups is to crate them, take them out to pee....if he pee's outside he gets some fun time loose but then back in the crate....then repeat....peeing outside = fun time. You can also restrict water some during the day and before bed time. He goes outside to pee he gets some water and free ...

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