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My Brits have no problem backing my friends Llewand it carries its tail down almost between it;s legs. I have wondered just how they do that nd I think I have figured it out. They back any dog that stops and stands still. Ezzy When Shooter was maybe 2 or so, he hadn't had much experience hunting wi...

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Thanks! Hmmmm. I might look into that. He can do marked retrieves of that distance pretty good, and to hand isn't a problem, at least for quail, pheasant, or dummies. I haven't tried 4 consecutive retrieves of that distance in a while, though. What do they normally retrieve? Quail on land, ducks in ...

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I read the retrieving test rules, and I'm still a little unclear on how the test is really done. Can anyone talk to me like I'm a dummy and tell me what happens in a retriever JH test? My oldest is retired from all pointing breed stuff. If there's a retriever test nearby and the requirements look do...

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I'm with Ray. We did it for our litter and the results were pretty consistent with the dog's temperament as an adult.

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The reason this really shouldnt matter is, how many guys who have a MH dog, and zero experience in FTs will actually go to the National trial for crying out loud. Exactly. Like I said earlier, the VCA has this qualifitcation in place for their NGDC, and I don't know of any dogs that have run whose ...

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I had my Vizsla force-fetched last year when she was 3 with phenomenal results. I don't think there's anything about the breed that would make force-fetching a bad idea. Provided it was done correctly by a competent trainer.
Brenda/Snips would be a good person to talk to.

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One more point that previous posts just made me think of. Offhand, I can't think of a single dog that has competed at the VCA NGDC whose ONLY qualification was an MH title. They all had trial placements as well. There probably have been some, but I doubt there have been many - in which case that qua...

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Greg Jennings wrote:If it's only to show that the dog is broke, then why are American Field placements or NAVHDA UT1 or VC not allowed?

Good point.

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The VCA does include a MH title as a qualification for the hour-long National Gun Dog Championship. Personally, I always took it as another way of encouraging people to compete. The NGDC gets decent entries but could stand to gain a better footing, and one way to do that is encourage entries. They'r...

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Everybody - thanks for sharing. This is good stuff. Brings a smile to my face.

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Not a significant difference in the loads, IMHO. 22's are easier to find. Both loads are fairly cheap.

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I don't know about birds, but an Army Ranger friend of mine that was stationed there went hog hunting on base one night and killed a nice hog with a speargun.

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We're pleased to announce the arrival of 7 boys and 3 girls this past Saturday night out of DC Lagniappe's Chosen One MH and DC Barben's Absolut Martini. Mom and pups are all doing fine. http://www.socovs.com/BuffyLukeLitter.html I also set up a puppy cam - best viewed through Firefox or Chrome. htt...

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Do a search on this site and I believe Scot Linden's site. I found a list of supplies to make the ultimate first aid kit.

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We hold 3 trials per year, all of them walking. We average between 90-110 entries, which more often than not, are the biggest entries in the state. I think a large part of it is your 'target market'. There are a lot of walking handlers down here and not a huge amount of people with horses. If we wer...

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Nice!!! I wanted to do the one that's in Florida in December, but it's the same weekend as our club's field trial. Oh well.

Tell her congrats and good job!!

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You CAN walk in a horseback trial, although in some horseback trials it's going to be awfully tough to do. Some judges don't care. Some do. I'd say most are probably more concerned with the dog, and if it's competitive, it'll get attention. But make no mistake, you're usually at a distinct disadvant...

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With the recent rule change, a club can hold up to 4 field trials a year. No more than 3 of them can be horseback.
A club can do 4 walking trials if they wanted to.

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I would take the dog away from pigeons immediately. With every problem from breeding and lack of natural ability, there will be issues that need to be fixed. This dog with a poor mouthing issue. Definately time to FF this dog, but when you bring the dog back to the field DONT LET IT POINT THE BIRD....

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snips wrote:Welcome to Ga. :roll:

And Florida.

Every day, from early May through late September, 95 degrees and 80% humidity. Every. Freaking. Day.

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I've seen one of these run in JH at a hunt test. It was interesting to watch. Rhythmic trot is accurate. I didn't think it had the same ground speed that we're used to out of the other pointing breeds, but it still covered a lot of ground. Nice dog.

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I've never used them, but you can get misters at Walmart fairly cheap - just a small diameter hose with holes in it. Works wonders to cool things off.

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All very nice. I still prefer mine, but I know them red dogs just don't get no respect...

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I'm with you - I hate people that let my dogs jump on them. No, it is NOT OK. Oh, but thank you for trying to undo the training I've given them to NOT jump on people! Your SIL needs her head examined. You just don't go putting your nose right in front of a strange dog's face, especially one that's a...

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Heat from the pavement definitely is a factor. I learned the hard way not to take my dogs out for a run until it's cooled down some. I've had my dogs shred their pads up in less than 10 minutes on hot pavement. Only real treatment is to keep the paws clean and give them time to heal. Bring them back...

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Despicable is the onyl word to describe it.

I swear, if I came home to something like that, I think I'd black out, and wake up standing over the body of the SOB that did that to my dog.

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kninebirddog wrote:
snips wrote:Wondering if they will continue the Influencials Club...??//
Yes

Good! I like all my free stuff, wear it all the time!

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Frogg Toggs are great and very comfortable, but they don't hold up very well.

For an upland vest, I second everything Texan said about what he liked. Orange is a must.

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I've used Garmin customer service twice. The first time was on my car GPS. Forget the details, but they were very easy and turnaround on the repair was quick. The second time was on my Astro. The battery stopped holding a charge - apparently leaving the collar in high temps all the time can affect b...

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I think it's a union made in Heaven. The leader in electronic navigation merges their technology with the leading mfg. of electronic training collars. Wow. This was my initial reaction. Garmin products and customer service have always been stellar, same with Tritronics. Garmin is a smart company - ...

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Do you walk him really, really good before you leave? Might help a little bit if he's done his business right before leaving. Plus, not feeding him beforehand might help, too. I'm guessing you've already tried both of those suggestions, but that's all I got. :) Otherwise - as a pup, one of our dogs ...

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I've heard the field of view on them is very narrow and they're really not all that great.

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Definitely Bob's dog. erbegsp@yahoo.com

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Lots of good changes. I'll have to let other folks find all the bugs so Garmin can get them fixed before dropping my current Garmin off the roof so I can tell the wife I need a new one.

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I don't see how the 49 day rule has much to do with this. Whether a pup goes home at 6 weeks, 7 weeks, 8 weeks or 12 weeks - you put that dog in a cage and don't pay attention to it for a year, it's gonna be a mess. Period.

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Colorado has a law also [8 weeks] ; there are about 15 states with the same law. Florida included. I have to agree, nothing magical about 49 days. I'd consider 7 weeks a minimum age, but I fail to see how keeping them longer will make any difference. I'm not really sure what the 49 day rule means f...

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Wow! Congrats!

And btw - do not use 'finally' and "18 month old FC" in the same sentence.

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I bought an O/U because there were more options available at a better price than a SxS.

I've shot a SxS a few times - I like them. I plan on getting one eventually, for no other reason than they're different.

Garden And Gun is an awesome magazine, too!

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Good style fits the Supreme Court's definition of obscenity; you know it when you see it.

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A dog with a JH10 will impress me not a single bit more than a dog with a single JH. I do wonder if this will cause a dog with a single MH title to be looked as a lesser dog than one with an MH5 or MH10. Personally, we approach titles with a get-in, get-out mentality; once we're done, we're done, an...

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I don't know if there's much training to do so much as giving the dog exposure. If she's leery of water, get her over that. If she hunts and can find and point birds, then you're in pretty good shape. The downfall to most NA dogs is tracking - you can try to get her some experience doing that, but i...

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Separation anxiety should not be a problem with any properly socialized dog. If all the dog knows is you and your house, then its chances of not responding well to your absence go up substantially. When our 2 youngest were pups, we made a point of exposing them to as many different situations as pos...

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LOL. Yeah, it’s a little disconcerting when you’ve been without your dog for months, then when you go to pick them and are all excited to see them – and to them it’s just another day. “Oh, yeah, hi, good to see ya! Now I’m gonna go over and pee on this bush.” :) By FAR, we have a harder time with ou...

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We've sent dogs off for 3-4 months at a time, and I've found that the first 2 weeks and the last 2 weeks that they're gone are the hardest. Once you adjust to their absence, it's not quite so bad. Then, right at the end you start getting excited and looking forward to getting them back. The last 2 w...

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Nice looking dogs!

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ultracarry wrote:This guy will run a big gun dog and as soon as you are off of a horse he will work closer.

Who is that?

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Milk and Defang snake make sure you scrape and check out the top line to make sure the snake doesn't have another set of fangs ready to drop. I prefer to have the snake in a flat open area as I want everything to be related to the snake and only the snake and nothing else not to bushes bags hay bal...

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The guy that does the snakebreaking around here requires the dogs to be 6 months old and at least 20 lbs. To bad the snakes don't ask for the same requirements I think a little earlier is fine, he just tends to err on the side of caution and doesn't want someone trotting an 8 week old puppy out to ...

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The guy that does the snakebreaking around here requires the dogs to be 6 months old and at least 20 lbs.

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Sorry, I know nothing about colloidal silver. My holistic experience mostly begins and ends with chiro and acpuncture. When our dog Magic, now passed, was getting his acunpuncture, the vet also put him on a series of different herbs and stuff. All put together it did him a lot of good and made his l...

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