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From Clinton Co. originally, then moved 10 miles that put me in to Cedar Co. I do bury phone lines in Lee County though. Pretty area down there, except for all the poison ivy

. What state are you in now? Denise

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You can google NAVHDA. North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association. I just joined my local chapter back in February and my group is very helpful about getting newbies started. We have training almost every month. There are lots of folks with years worth of experience that are willing to help ou...

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Looks good, especially for the price. I did an 11 x 11 conrete pad which is nice, but cost me nearly $300 just in concrete with us doing all the labor. Besides the price drawback, if I decide I don't like the location a few years from now...............I can't pick it up and move it like those paver...

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Have my first gundog puppy, so I don't know if I did it "right". We fed Puppy Chow until about 8-9 months. Then we mixed it 1/2 and 1/2 with an adult 30/20 blend brand for the duration of those 2 bags. That took us to about 11 months and then we went totally with the adult blend. Again, don't know i...

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I went from Puppy Chow, then 1/2 PC and 1/2 Diamond Premium at like 9 months old, and then in the last month or so bought the 2nd bag and switched to totally Diamond Premium. I am still on that second bag, but after going all DP--boy did we have a gas bag for a couple weeks. I literally started read...

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Welcome aboard. Sorry to hear about the lab situation. I have an 11 year old mixed lab female and a coming 1 year old gsp. Two very different dogs :roll: . Good luck in your dog search. Denise

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Yeah, I guess I should mention that my husband is 6.5' tall and a former football player--so that probably didn't hurt with getting the long distance out of it. :lol: Haven't used it since we got birds and launchers, but I'll keep it around and maybe it'll see a little use with the next pup too. Den...

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Not all of us are nervous about not seeing or knowing where there dog is. But I would actually enjoy watching my dog/hunting buddy in the process of hunting, lock up, etc..............that is the joy of hunting for me. I'm not looking for flushing range (already have a lab if I wanted that), but I a...

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Chicken is good eats! I'm not desperate enough for songbirds yet. Denise

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This is my flood refugee "Nugget" (smooth collie). She stayed with us this past week while my parents property was inundated by historical flood waters of the Wapsipinicon River. Fortunately it appears their home stayed high and dry, so Nugget went home today after a weeks stay. It was an interestin...

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Sharon , you hit the nail on the head about Dog Dr . Whenever I've posted something medical, I wait and hope Dog Dr responds. Not that everyone elses posts don't count, just comforting to get a professional's opinion. ( Dog Dr was the one right on the money with my dead pigeon post.) It certainly d...

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What about anti-inflammatories for sprained leg? Read some suggest using them for inflamation and pain management? Denise

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My mom was feeding Exceed and went to Maxximum and is very happy--not a sporting dog though......just a collie

. Denise

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I was wanting to know besides rest, should I wrap a sprain for support or not? History: On May 17th 10.5 month old puppy was at an event and went (it appears) at some speed through a barb wire fence. She was only out of our sight for maybe 20 seconds, but got a couple lacerations and was immediatel...

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Is she pretty much sight pointing then and seeing the launcher if she's that close? I have one auto launcher and one manual. My husband put a 20' cord on the manual and will lay out where he plans to go through the scent cone, and if he thinks pup is getting too close--he pulls the cord. He was so c...

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Those are neat. I never knew there was such a thing. Love your flower shot. I'd like to donate some water if you could use a few hundred billion gallons from Iowa :roll: . Denise

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I'm in the process of putting one together also. Had a dog get to decent lacerations on a barb-wire fence a few weeks ago, so figured it was over due. Somewhere on Gun Dog Forum there is a thread that lead me to another forum and a list--but I can't find it right now. Anyway, this is what I've got g...

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My first 4 pigeons were adults and not homers. They weren't wild, but from wild caught birds. I kept them penned for about 2 months. During that time, I would use hobbles or tethers so that I could reuse them. After about 2 months, we took a couple of them out and let them go in the yard. Took about...

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I am so sorry about your loss of Boscoe..........Denise

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I don't have ropes on mine, but I'm sure my dog would do the same if I did. She also liked to mouth it like a corncob and carry it at the end. What helped us was getting bigger bumpers, which made it a lot harder for her to mouth it. Right now I'm using the jumbo DT soft-mouth. You can inflate/defla...

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Looks like Abbys headed for the all salmon diet.

Denise

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I'm glad it's working out for you so far. Sounds like you got a really good dog, and boy is she pretty. The last photo is too funny. You daughter looks absolutely startled and Abby looks like she's giving a "back away from my baby look". Congrats on both. Denise

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First time trainer also.............. As hard as it was for us to get birds, I think I should have looked for them a year before the pup. :lol: Pup is a natural retriever, but wished I'd started when she was little with bird retrieves. Only had bumpers back then, and when we finally got our 1st four...

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When my dog tracks she still points the bird--no doubt about it. At 11 months old, we've probably practiced on a dozen tracks, so I wouldn't know the implication of doing that lesson on a regular basis. She does know when her nose is put in a pile of feathers, that that means to track. And if she lo...

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I get these every single time I post a horse for sale on an internet site. The spelling and sentence structure has always been a dead give away on the ones I receive, and the fact they want to buy something site unseen! :roll: Denise

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You braggers! :mrgreen: RRRouse, I didn't figure out until I saw Eastern Iowa, that we probably know each other. (Tested with Hawkeye NAVHDA recently and had dog with barb wire cuts.) You might've already figured that out, but I'm a little slow. Must've had birds on the brain, because I kept think G...

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Thanks again Claybuster. I had originally asked the Timberwolf/Diamond question regarding the post linking them together. I had visited the Timberwolf site, just out of curiosity and couldn't find any reference to Diamond anywhere there................so was a little confused that there was a connec...

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Ah Vegas, the place that took my money last month. Thankfully I didn't give them much. Beautiful country out there. Good looking pointers and I like your website too. Denise

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Ooops

, sorry I guess I missed the year on the original post. That doesn't lessen a year's worth of work of taking a dog that was afraid of birds and making him bird crazy. Good work you two! Denise

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Thanks for the PARTIAL link to the FDA site. This would be the full link. While there are a ton of grocery store brands I've never heard of, there's also Eukanuba, Iams, Royal Canin, Hills/Science Diet (cats). Denise http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/petfoodrecall/#Dog The “Information Current a...

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I read your original thread and kudos to Clifford and you. That's amazing how you've been able to turn him around in that short period of time. Denise

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Going out on a limb, but my pup did the creeping back thing a couple times when we were out for walks and I gave the whoa. I think in my case, the further she got out (like 100')--the more I felt like I had to yell for her to hear me. I think she took it as a reprimand, since she was just learning t...

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I bought the wire bobs from Lion Country supply, and they've worked great for me. Have seen people make them out of pvc too. Also bought the covered feeder from LCS. For waterer, I take out milk jugs that I've cut windows into. Don't have to worry about them pooping it up, because the top is covered...

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Howie , if the water gets too deep, I can take Blitz off your hands. :lol: Gunner , my thoughts are with you all in IN. It's sad to lose a piece of history like that and a total tragedy to loose homes. I know personally what it's like to watch the water coming up around your familys home and not kn...

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Congrats on your NA achievement. Did you get any photos from the day? Denise

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Beautiful photo on the top. Minus the collars, it looks like it could be a calendar shot. Pretty dog. Denise

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Question: I've snatched a few photos off of websites before

, but if you snatch and use these in your own website...............can't you get in trouble? Guessing you need permission. Denise

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Unless Timberwolf makes Diamond.............or Diamond makes Timberwolf.............I'm not sure where this thread is going. I don't feed Timberwolf, but thanks for the update Claybuster. Denise

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I know what you mean, over here in Iowa too. SW Iowa got hit hard a day or two ago.............and we keep getting hit every day............with next week looking like more of the same. A lot of the fields around me are still unplanted and there hasn't been 3 dry days in a row to cut, rake, and bale...

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I don't know what age kids you will have, but I have seen youth groups do archery before. I 3D shoot and we have a now 12 year old in our group that started when he was 8, and his brother is turning 5 and learning to pull a bow. Doesn't have to be dangerous, just make a 5-10 yard shooting alley with...

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I believe my veterinary office charges $15.00 per day. Mom is free and she kisses & hugs the dogs at least 2x a day. :lol: Talking about the work and expenses involved in having a boarding kennel, as if it's extraordinary, is interesting to me. Every business owner out there has labor, long days, li...

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If you go back to the Board Index and pick Hall of Fame Posts, that's a thread all about pigeons--and I believe there is a couple links to loft plans there. Denise

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In addition to Ezzy's great ideas, would it be possible for you maybe to bring either one or a pair of (pen raised) native birds from your region: like hen/rooster pheasant, quail, chukar. I'm guessing they would find it really neat to see local wild birds up close. I don't know if that's feasible f...

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Plans are to breed (TOP TEN)Big Time Molly for the LAST time this fall to the hottest running Weim male that is loaded with style and run.The Combo should set the pups way out in the winners circle. My question; is there members here that would be interested in trialing Weims with lots of run? Gary...

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Saw this on Yahoo and thought it was too cute. Hope I get the link right. Denise

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/ ... cl=7847053

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Good for you Luke. I'm no trainer, and I'm not FFing, but everything has been a progression from buck, to bumper, to birds with my pup..........repeating some of the same steps over with the new retrieving item. You'll get there! Denise

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Wow, that is really sharp looking. Way to get the brownie points. Poor litte doggies look like jailbirds in the last pic. Guessing you're going to get a few requests here to build a few more.

Denise

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Thanks for the story. That's got to be a great feeling to go out with a puppy and have that kind of success. Hoping to have that with my first gundog next season. Something to look forward to. Denise

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From what I saw in your photos (I think they were yours with the pretty shorthair )the other day, and what you've said here............you trained with a retrieving buck. What does he do if you heel him up to the ret buck? Will he pick that up? Maybe it's a difference between the buck that he's used...

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That is fabulous! I'm so glad for you.

Denise

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