Still babies, but properly introduce them to gun fire and then, only then, shoot a couple of birds for each. Always work them separately.
They all point. You benefit from a book or DVD.
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- Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:33 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: not smelling birds
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5068
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:06 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: not smelling birds
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5068
Re: not smelling birds
They are 2 months old?
Might want to wait a bit before getting concern.
Might want to wait a bit before getting concern.
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:29 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: The Season Rolls On (video)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5265
Re: The Season Rolls On (video)
Are you allowed to use electronic callers for geese and ducks?
I like the onsite cook.
Great video, good shooting and wonderful dogs!
I like the onsite cook.
Great video, good shooting and wonderful dogs!
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:38 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Iditarod Dog Breeds
- Replies: 90
- Views: 44022
Re: Iditarod Dog Breeds
ALPastor, should of addressed my last post to you as well. Sorry I left you out. I just have to laugh that a guy from Temecula is trying to take a swipe at Los Angeles. You're like 60 miles away. It isn't the country. For the record, I have two separate fireroads within 50 yards of our barn and eit...
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Iditarod Dog Breeds
- Replies: 90
- Views: 44022
Re: Iditarod Dog Breeds
Bill I read you post and understood it was you that went ten miles, and doubt your is in better shape than most other dogs. However, if you think whatever your dog does on a ten mile stroll maximizes its physical potential, you need to spend more time on Google. Maybe even find a facility that can ...
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Iditarod Dog Breeds
- Replies: 90
- Views: 44022
Re: Iditarod Dog Breeds
I roaded 6 of them from my K-Mule for an hour and ten minutes, we covered just over 9 miles, alternating among different gaits; from a slow hard pull up to a full lope, and back. Then a cool down in the play area. Followed by some rest, then some yard work, and some light free running. And then some...
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Iditarod Dog Breeds
- Replies: 90
- Views: 44022
Re: Iditarod Dog Breeds
Oh, I was there when one of the milti-winning mushers met Miller's True Spirit, after running his hands over his chiseled body, he said, "Crap, that dog is a he-man. That is some dog". 75 pounds of quivering muscle and gristle will elicit that response.
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Iditarod Dog Breeds
- Replies: 90
- Views: 44022
Re: Iditarod Dog Breeds
Anyway, if I remember correctly, we owe it's makers a debt of gratitude. He thought out of the box and created a specialist performance kibble. Until CCG came out in the 90s, these guys used to feed Purina. AlPastor You do not recall correctly, and should be cause to question everything you post. F...
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 4:19 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Dog Losing Interest
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7193
Re: Dog Losing Interest
Knotthead, not once did I say what I would do or how I feel about dogs. I was pointing out your hypocrisy, and how offensive your posts are. If you can't understand you are the aggressor and not the victim, it is not my job to educate you.
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 12:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Wife is having an issue, need some input.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10203
Re: Wife is having an issue, need some input.
You can not protect your dogs from everything. Therefor I have no fear of walking in the front door of my vet's clinic and if they had dog parks where I live and I had the need to use them I would. My dogs are all vaccinated by my vet. Every dog I own visits the vet every two years. this is hundred...
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 12:22 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Dog Losing Interest
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7193
Re: Dog Losing Interest
I'm shaming her husband and if a stranger's opinion on the internet upsets someone, they might recall that it's the internet. I was not nor do I care to be disrespectful to anybody but I can't help but to ponder how one can raise a sweet little pup and then dump it because it doesn't hunt well enou...
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:40 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Dog Losing Interest
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7193
Re: Dog Losing Interest
Because they are animals not children. Cows are loving and dedicated animals, have a friend that claims her snakes are. My miniature goats love me dearly, more than most of my dogs.
Shaming the lady is not helping.
Shaming the lady is not helping.
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:34 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Wife is having an issue, need some input.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10203
Re: Wife is having an issue, need some input.
My dogs are exercised regularly, they are in much better condition than if they ran free. They take turns spending the night in the house, and are let out in a 1 acre play area twice a day. My dogs are Boykins, Brittanys, and golders and are very loving and crave attention. You can help me understan...
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 9:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Wife is having an issue, need some input.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10203
Re: Wife is having an issue, need some input.
I don't know if I am not likeable or my dogs are not sensitive, but it is embarrassing to admit if my dogs miss me I can't tell it. Then maybe I am not intuitive. They seem to be happy enough to see me; they wag their tails, and some even dance some. But no transition that I can detect. I have heard...
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 4:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Wife is having an issue, need some input.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10203
Re: Wife is having an issue, need some input.
Except to honor a point or retrieve, my dogs are taught to ignore all other dogs in all situations. I have never seen advantage to what you are calling socialization. My dogs do have playtime, with me. When hunting or trialing, they are expected to independently do their job. I do not go to dog park...
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 7:30 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Wife is having an issue, need some input.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10203
Re: Wife is having an issue, need some input.
Not even a little bit of a problem.
- Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:05 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Energy at impact.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 26678
Re: Energy at impact.
You can typically see light through the nostrils on pen raised birds, courtesy of the blinders they wear while in captivity. The state of SD does not release birds. Now or in the past. I often read of their large-scale release on forums, but it's just not the case. Some SD cities (Aberdeen being on...
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:35 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Energy at impact.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 26678
Re: Energy at impact.
On some days, I would raise the percentage...on others, not so much. Re "stealth" ....I doubt I am capable, doubt I ever was, tho...I may have believed I was stealthy at one time. I do find "speed" to be tied to everything from anticapted flush point, flight path and foot position and more...each c...
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 6:31 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Energy at impact.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 26678
Re: Energy at impact.
Always good to recall the reality of wild pheasants when "better" comparisons call their siren's note. That being, wild pheasants can be deucedly easy......of any age, in many coverts and at several times of the year. Superiority of wild pheasants is not a given...the actual situation tells the tal...
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 2:44 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: pheasant hunt starting time
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3959
Re: pheasant hunt starting time
Good point, Mike.
I will confess to not being a stranger to cards and bourbon, but mostly I have found a day afield can be enjoyed without it being a forced march from daylight to dark.
I will confess to not being a stranger to cards and bourbon, but mostly I have found a day afield can be enjoyed without it being a forced march from daylight to dark.
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Iditarod Dog Breeds
- Replies: 90
- Views: 44022
Re: Iditarod Dog Breeds
I don't know why Britts are not allowed, it is a non-retrieving stake, besides Britts win at about the same percentage in the AKC National Gun Dog Retrieving Championship as entered. And it is not because they are afraid of the competition, there are some really nice dogs there. Some of the Iditarod...
Re: tug o war
Trying hard to keep this simple without pseudo science mumbo jumbo that is little understood by most. Dogs pretty much divide their time between seeking pleasure and avoiding discomfort. Pressure sure isn't pleasure. Nor is an electric stimulus pleasurable, no mater how slight. I have never seen a ...
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 1:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Iditarod Dog Breeds
- Replies: 90
- Views: 44022
Re: Iditarod Dog Breeds
The AR groups have had their successes, usually with activities that most sportsmen do not support. Dog fighting, cock fighting, horse fighting, horse meat sales, live pigeon shooting, etc. have all been outlawed or driven underground. I doubt any of us would even attempt to defend animal fighting ...
Re: tug o war
Trying hard to keep this simple without pseudo science mumbo jumbo that is little understood by most. Dogs pretty much divide their time between seeking pleasure and avoiding discomfort. Pressure sure isn't pleasure. Nor is an electric stimulus pleasurable, no mater how slight. I have never seen a d...
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:05 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: pheasant hunt starting time
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3959
Re: pheasant hunt starting time
When I was younger I scoffed at South Dakota as being more for drinkers, card players, and womanizer, than serious hunters. Now I enjoy it.powbass@gmail.com wrote:It seems as if different states have different starting times for pheasants and quail. I like the later start times.
Re: tug o war
Timewise, That is some indictment! And much of it is your questionable opinion. Most animal psychologists would consider an ear pinch punishment, pressure creates discomfort, that is why it works as the dog learns to turn it off. The pressure induced discomfort of a toe hitch or ear pinch is why a d...
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:02 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Iditarod Dog Breeds
- Replies: 90
- Views: 44022
Re: Iditarod Dog Breeds
The AR groups have had their successes, usually with activities that most sportsmen do not support. Dog fighting, cock fighting, horse fighting, horse meat sales, live pigeon shooting, etc. have all been outlawed or driven underground. I doubt any of us would even attempt to defend animal fighting a...
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Quail issues, bumping
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4942
Re: Quail issues, bumping
You need to consult with the trainer.
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Quail issues, bumping
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4942
Re: Quail issues, bumping
He pointed pheasants without ever being trained on quail or pigeons?
All I have worked had to be trained, some more, some less. They didn't come out of the box ready to go. We need details on what you have done so far.
You need to find a book or video, or better a training group.
All I have worked had to be trained, some more, some less. They didn't come out of the box ready to go. We need details on what you have done so far.
You need to find a book or video, or better a training group.
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 3:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Iditarod Dog Breeds
- Replies: 90
- Views: 44022
Re: Iditarod Dog Breeds
The Iditarod dogs' care is supervised by an army of veterinarians, the mushers carry bedding, blankets, tarps, and coats. They are wonderfully capable dogs, deserving of respect.
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 11:11 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Energy at impact.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 26678
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 11:00 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Energy at impact.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 26678
Re: Energy at impact.
the released pheasants do not stay on hunting lodge land. Hunting lodges are required to release birds to replace the ones their clients shoot. it is pretty hard not to be near a hunting lodge in good pheasant country..............Cj How is this on topic? I drive through the best pheasant hunting i...
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:32 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Energy at impact.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 26678
Re: Energy at impact.
The shooting preserves do release birds, the state does not, I have seen their financial reports. I do no hunt on or near a shooting preserve.
And this is not on topic.
And this is not on topic.
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 9:10 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Energy at impact.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 26678
Re: Energy at impact.
If you are hunting in South Dakota you are shooting some released birds. Every hunting lodge in South Dakota is releasing pen raised birds. Good pen raised birds are not much different then wild..............Cj Not where I hunt on public land. All pen birds are not the same, many on put and take op...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 10:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Beepers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4176
Re: Beepers
I used bells, then TT beepers successfully for years, but much prefer the GPS now available. Costly, but worth it.
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What really matters with a pup?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14835
Re: What really matters with a pup?
The balance of trade for pointing dogs for the last 100 years as been pretty much one way, from us to you. You are welcome. Name one! I can name the sires of the pups sold to the UK: Red Water Rex Miller's White Cloud Miller's Silver Ending Miller's Silver Bullet Bazooka's Brandy BanDee Perry's Rus...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What really matters with a pup?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14835
Re: What really matters with a pup?
I do not know, nor care beyond intellectual curiosity, what others do on other parts of the world. The OP and I will get and hunt our dogs here, on our game birds. Yea, there has been loads of our dogs been sent over your way. The balance of trade for pointing dogs for the last 100 years as been pr...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:47 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Berreta 391 Urika issue
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10341
Re: Berreta 391 Urika issue
Breakfree CLP, and shoot it wet. ? Not sure what you are questioning. Breakfree CLP is a cleaner, lubricant, and preservative that is sold at most gun shops, Wal-Mart, Bass Pro, etc. This quality oil has been used by the military since the Vietnam War and by most knowledgeable gunsmiths and shooter...
Re: tug o war
There are those that argue an ear pinch is pressure, not punishment; but my dogs would say otherwise.
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 6:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What really matters with a pup?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14835
Re: What really matters with a pup?
So in North America at leas t, a pup from All-Age quail parents should make a good grouse dog. All over the rest of the world ,are just winging it ? I do not know, nor care beyond intellectual curiosity, what others do on other parts of the world. The OP and I will get and hunt our dogs here, on ou...
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 5:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What really matters with a pup?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14835
Re: What really matters with a pup?
Every All-Age breeder I know offers the buyers of their pups a guarantee to happily buy back any pup that grows to be too independent and runs too big. They rarely have any takers. What most fail to understand is how rare and fragile All-Age traits truly are. The serious breeder will go through 4 or...
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 5:06 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Berreta 391 Urika issue
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10341
Re: Berreta 391 Urika issue
Breakfree CLP, and shoot it wet.
Re: tug o war
polmaise wrote:Some of those that 'Tug at war' and philosophy the terms of it are often very educated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM-gZintWDc
You win.
Re: tug o war
I have had and won this same argument with Harvard professors, they capitulated by saying terms are not static, language changes, and Skinner does not own a copyright on operate conditioning. You are referencing words I never heard spoken by Dr. Skinner. How about we agree to speak plainly and just ...
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 3:48 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What really matters with a pup?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14835
Re: What really matters with a pup?
A pup becomes what you make of it. Some of the top grouse dogs come from All-Age quail dogs, many of the cover dogs do very well on quail in Texas, Western dogs win in the southeast. My dogs have successfully hunted most of the game birds of North America (never got to the Himalayan snowflake and a ...
Re: tug o war
Folks, It would really help to understand your positions if you would either use communally understood terms or define your useable. Negative reinforcement is not punishment, but the removal of something from the situation. Positive reinforcement is not always a reward, but the addition of somethin...
Re: tug o war
Folks, It would really help to understand your positions if you would either use communally understood terms or define your useable. Negative reinforcement is not punishment, but the removal of something from the situation. Positive reinforcement is not always a reward, but the addition of something...
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:11 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Let's Never Forget
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7241
Re: Let's Never Forget
http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/FlightJacketTiff.jpg My Dad. Flew F-4U Corsairs in the Pacific as Marine Corps aviator. Went down at sea after an attack on a Japanese-held island in the Palau island group. He broke several vertebrae in his back upon crash-landing. He struggled and managed t...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 8:24 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Dog not Eating
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6497
Re: Dog not Eating
As they age dogs often miss a few meals, mostly from being too sore and tired to eat, particularly after hunting. You take her to a vet and he will have to do $500 to $1,000 in tests to tell you she is old. You could pick up some Rhymadil or other pain relievers. Also try to keep her in shape and do...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Breaking in Dog Blind
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6566
Re: Breaking in Dog Blind
Good catch Gonehuntin, I thought the "we" meant him and the dog. I have seen dogs nearly ruined after being introduced to single gunfire, then having 3 or 4 guys whooping and hollering, emptying their guns. Adding two strange dogs equals a lot of stress, unneeded stress. I would still use the tether...