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Rich is an expert at the collection part. My dogs start howling just hearing his truck pull in!! :lol: :lol: Doug, this one made me chuckle man. I got this picture in my mind of Rich pulling up in his truck and the dogs raising their head's up in the air and just cutting loose. That's funny. I don'...

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Got a call last night for someone who wanted a greyish, redish German Shorthair. I say, do what :? A Weim or a Vizla? No, he wanted a greyish, redish, GSP. I said, no comprende amigo. He said he found one up in South Dakota, but the guy wanted $15,000 for a pup. I said, man, that's a lot of money. A...

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Chip,

Congrats on the placements!

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Zephyr,

Congratulations! It sounds like Natasha did a really nice job for you. I talked to Bobby the other night and he said you had placed her a couple of times. That's great! Keep up the good work(You and Natasha)!

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Knine, i'm glad to hear your dogs did well in the AZ regional. It sounds like they all did a nice job!

I hope you can get your knee back right. Are you going to IN this year? I have pretty much decided to sit it out again this year.

Congrats again!

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dudley,

I'm not really sure. I bought my pup when he was about 5 months old.
I don't think I could ask for a nicer, classier bird dog for what I want right now

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Good luck Vagas and Nella's Running Tab!

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He's been on a roll. Congrats to him and Gary Lester! I love that second shot of Snowatch. That's great. Right into the eyes.

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Chip, thanks alot. I hope he's just getting started. He placed in a puppy stake last year. i haven't run him in any derby's. this was the second NSTRA trial that i ran him in. He did a nice job for me. maybe one of these day's i"ll get a horse. I've heard a lot of rumors about blackhawk, i just want...

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Chip, Thanks, I've heard people say it, but I've never really had anyone back it up with the proof. It's easy to say, hey he's tri-color, must be part setter. But, i've never actually heard the real story about the setter that's in there. I've got a Blackhawk son out of a Buckwheat bitch. He's a nic...

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Doug,

Congratulations! Sounds like Buddy did a very nice job for you. That's what natural is about. Not man made, he just went out and did it on his own.
Sorry, it took me so long to see this thread. Hope it's warmed up some for you in Iowa now.

Congrats again and I'll talk at you soon!
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Chicken Dog, tell us the story. Can't lead a horse to water and not let him drink.

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Chicken dog wrote,

If you want a Setter buy a Setter.

a little harsh, don't you think?

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Yeah, the Garner's used to run in the Dixie and Mid-South. Nice folks. Everyone has their preference on what they want in a bird dog. On bad scenting days, a slow do won't pass many birds up. A fast dog can pass birds on terrible scenting days. On the good scenting days, the fast dog will pick up bi...

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This subject just rubs me the wrong way. Sell me the pup or don't. Period. Limited Registration, Put a ch on it, spay her or neuter him, I choose the stud dog, ect. IMO is a bunch of BS. Some type of small contract covering basics might be ok, but some of these contracts are rediculous. I mean, if y...

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Joe, Hopefully, someone with more knowlege about it will answer your question about the 2 quailifying AA wins and then running on Shooting dog standards up a Ames. I actually like how they do it. For a dog to win on the praries in a true AA stake, then come down and win at Ames tells me a lot about ...

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Neil, Every time I go up to Ames to watch the AA CH I am impressed with the constant hunting pace the dogs set. You are very correct. It's not just a flat out line run. It is a hard, steady paced hunting clip. It is even more impressive to watch one get it done for 3 solid hours. The ones I've seen ...

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I love these theads. I have a couple from Zettie Jones. She's out of Stuttgart, AR. I used to live in Stuttgart, AR for awhile. That's where I came to know her art work. I like it.

http://www.freewebs.com/zettiejones/index.htm

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41 quality animals. It's anyone's game. A lot of luck involved as you know. Lester's Snowatch seems to have had a pretty good year so far. Wild Agin you know is more than capable. I'm looking for Gamemaker to make some noise again. He had about 8 finds last year in it. I'll be pulling for him. He's ...

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I can't remember exactly whether i heard this or read this. It may have been in the American Field X-mas addition. I can't remember. Faye Throneberry won the AA Nat'l with Miller's Miss Knight back in 1973. A couple/few years later, Faye picked up Miller's Miss Knight about 2 hours into the Nat'l Ch...

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[quote][The only atribute a trial dog has over a close working dog is the desire to run. And that is important when you are trialing. And if it is coupled withthe desire to find birds then it is important in the prairies with unlimited area to hunt. /quote] Ezzy, I disagree with that one. I think th...

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Russmill,

Yeah, you will have your hands full! I understand where you are coming from.

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Russmill,
that seems to work good to. A lot of times, I'll try to do something nice for the wife and family like that. I think it works out good that way.

Hey, training pups is the fun part to me. I love to see them progess into a bird dog.

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My wife was fine with the first dog. Then, the second dog, I threw her the dog needs someone to play with trick. The third dog was a little tougher to sell. Now, she's pretty much given up hope on me :lol: I'm not sure if that's a good thing, or a bad thing. I think you need to kind of find your lim...

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R-Heaton,

I guess I was just looking at Red Water Topaz who was out of Red Water Rex and a White Knight female. Then, Copper Strike's sire was Red Water Rex. It just make me think of Hoyle when I saw it.

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Duane M, Thanks for the answer. I had heard comments like that from some old time field trialers. They didn't ever care for elhew bred bird dogs. I kind of think it's hard to lump them all in one category though. I think it just depends on the breeding. R-Heaton, I never got to see Silver Strike. Bu...

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By looking at some pedigrees, I can tell there were believers in Snakefoot. I had a question though. Did Snakefoot quit at a OK Shooting Dog CH or was that a case of someone just jealous that spread a rumor? For some reason, I had heard this and was wondering if there was any truth to it or not. Thi...

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Vagas,

Congrats on your dog Nella Running Tab winning the AR Open Shooting Dog in Conway, AR!

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Prayers for them. It looks like that pilot did a wonderful job with what he had to work with.

Where do you work?

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Smoothbean, where you located?

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Good luck, sounds like a lot of nice dogs running.

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Vegas,

How did your dog do? Nella's Running Tab?

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Just looked on their website under how to order. "most of our pups are priced at $2000" Geeezz!!

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It was not my intention to start an argument on Elhew Damascus. I just wanted something cleared up for me. Which it was. I have heard it before, but this just confirms things for me. It is interesting to me that a dog that never really succeeded in field trials produced so many nice dogs. It just te...

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Vegas, That is interesting. I thought it might be just the way he was bred. I was told by someone that he had been run in a few NSTRA trials and never placed. Those folks told me that there was nothing special about the dog on the ground. So, I figured it must have been what he produced or the way h...

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What made Elhew Damascus a big name in the Elhew bloodline? Was it him as a sire?

Also, was it true that he never placed in a field trial? Just curious as to what made him a big name.

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Congrats! nothing like a young pup. Especially, a bird dog pup! I hear Sinbad is a powerful dog. I'd agree with what Ray said. Have fun with her.

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R-Heaton, That's cool that you scouted the winner that year. Yeah, I wish I had seen the dogs CF's seen. He can tell you some pretty good stories too. I thought this past years Nat'l would have been tough to choose the winner. There were several dogs with around 6 to 8 finds. He told me there was no...

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RHeaton, yeah, i remember seeing that litter on the dogs for sale section. It caught my eye. Seems like it all goes back to some nice old stuff. Red Water Rex stuff. It seems like it would be great stuff. If you like Charlie Frank, you would have loved his dad. He was a man's man. Booming voice. He ...

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R-Heaton, I grew up hunting behind pointers and setters as a youngster. No field trial dogs, just bird dogs. I never could for the life of me figure out why someone would want a dog that you had to ride a horse to keep up with :lol: All I wanted was to hunt behind Lady, a setter that wasn't wide ran...

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ElhewPointer, got it. thanks.

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Maybe, I should just steer this fellow to someone like Ross or someone who breeds a lot of Elhew dogs. They would be more qualified than me to tell him who to take the bitch to.

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Cherrystoneweims, exactly. That's why i just said paperwise, what would match up relatively well. I was just going to give the fellow some options and let him decide the rest. I see Elhewpointer put something out there on ch elhew running tab. That may be a suggestion for the man. I was just trying ...

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I had a fellow contact me yesterday with an Elhew bred female pointer. He wants to raise a litter of pups out of her. He bought her at Yellow Rose Kennels in TX. She's bred Yellow Rose Sarge x Yellow Rose Shug. I know it's hard to recommend a stud dog without seeing the dam. But, paperwise, what wou...

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Brenda, Maybe, I should try the Exceed. Only problem I have is that I actually have to drive into the city to get it :( There are so many cars around where the Sam's is, it's very hectic to get in and out. Drives me banannas. I'm not made to handle traffic. I guess I could buy a pickup bed load when...

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I thought I would post something. After reading all the hoopla about AF compared to NSTRA, I just wanted to post something a little more simple. A bird dog finding a bird on Christmas evening. Cheers!

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I have started to feed Loyall. I fed the 31/20 Professional and the dogs did pretty good on it. I switched them gradually over to the 24/20 Loyall active and it didn't agree with them near as good. It was ok, but the dogs seem to have quite a bit more stool and werent' as solid as I like. So, I'm in...

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I have seen him run up in IN. It's been about a year or more since I was up there. I believe Shane Smith was running him up there for Mr. Simmons. He goes by name "Ike". Hits the ground pretty nice as I remember. Shane just turned him loose and Ike took care of the rest. I remember him making the fi...

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I have a 3 1/2 year old son. He loves blowing a whistle. We don't let him indoors, but outdoors it's alright. He helps me train my dogs at times. I got him a little play gun. I think i got it at Bass Pro Shops. It looks like a BB gun. It's cocks and when you pull the trigger it makes a sound like a ...

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I take the Field. I look forward to getting the magazine every week actually. Why? I feel it's because of my love for bird dogs and everything they are involved in. I started running in NSTRA about 5 years ago or so. The article did kind of rubbed me the wrong way. But, hey, that's one man's opinion...

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