Gun Dog Forum

Having spent a lot of years behind the wheel of a big rig, I wasn't in the best of shape ... few chances for exercise while on the road, fell into some lousy habits and just kind of got lazy. Unlike a lot of truck drivers, I didn't put on the weight, but my general physical condition declined kind o...

My only experience with a Coyote while hunting my GSP happened this past November. My dog, Miranda, was working a hedgerow bordered by two stubble fields about 25 yards straight out in front of me. I glanced behind us and happened to see a deer running across the corner of the far field towards the ...

My first dog was a Rat Terrier that Mom and Dad presented me with on my fifth birthday. I loved that little dog. We grew up together and she lived for 13 years until after I graduated high school, a long time for a terrier. At just about that same time I hunted with a friend of my family who had a G...

For what it's worth, my dad started me at 10 years old with a single shot 20 ga. It was an Ithaca Model 66 Super Single. Being a "youth" model, it had a short stock and I outgrew it after a few years. I don't remember the barrel length. My next shotgun was Dad's 16 ga. Ithaca Model 37. I've also use...

My current GSP is my fourth since the early 70's. I've hunted behind Britts, Labs and Beagles. I like all gundogs, but for me, the GSP is exactly what I want from a dog. I believe a lot of it is simply personal preference and training and there are exceptional dogs of all breeds. Both afield and aro...

She sometimes rides up front, she sometimes rides in the back, she sometimes gets crated in the bed of my pick up. She's happiest riding shotgun, but seems to understand that if someone else is along she has to be in the jumper seat. I've got a Nissan Frontier. For us, it depends on how far we're go...

Formerly a long-haul trucker. Now an inspector at an automotive glass manufacturing plant. Taking early retirement in the Spring.

My avatar dog, Katie, hunted in guided hunts untill age 13. We took her out a few times for short hunts at 14. But this year she turns 15 and she is for sure retired. But still getting up every morning happy to see her family and food. If you are new to pointing dogs you definatly need to she the o...

My GSP does the same thing when she sleeps ... she shakes, quivers, sometimes softly whimpers, moans and growls ... I think she's dreaming! Now and then I'll wake her and she falls backs to sleep almost immediately after taking a deep breath. I've never really been concerned about it.

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Hello all ... my name is Chet. I'm 61, live in Pennsylvania and I've been hunting and shooting since I was a kid. My dog is a 5 1/2 year old GSP female and we hunt Grouse and Pheasant. My shotgun is an old Ithaca Model 37 that I've been using for years. I joined the forum because I enjoy reading abo...