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- Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:50 pm
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: New Hampshire Hunters
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2387
Re: New Hampshire Hunters
Alrighty then.
- Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:35 am
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: New Hampshire Hunters
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2387
Re: New Hampshire Hunters
I know you are out there... I can hear you breathing.
- Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:31 am
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: New Hampshire Hunters
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2387
New Hampshire Hunters
Hi everyone,
I haven't visited for quite a while, a lot going on.
But now I am retired to Hillsborough County, NH and I am looking to find people to Train and hunt with in the southern NH area.
Anybody out there interested. I own two English Setters and I have plenty of time
I haven't visited for quite a while, a lot going on.
But now I am retired to Hillsborough County, NH and I am looking to find people to Train and hunt with in the southern NH area.
Anybody out there interested. I own two English Setters and I have plenty of time
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:06 pm
- Forum: Legislation & Hunting Rights
- Topic: The NY SAFE Act
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6815
The NY SAFE Act
For those of you who live in NYS the SAFE Act is the most draconian gun control legislation to date. I for one, as a born and raised New Yorker, am Livid. I have started a blog to vent, preach, and spread news about the progress of the opposition. http://whydoweneedgunsanyway.wordpress.com
- Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:08 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Mouse/Rat Poisoning in Dogs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3949
Re: Mouse/Rat Poisoning in Dogs
I have a question that maybe someone here can answer. Clearly it is dangerous for our dogs to eat rodent poison... but what are the consequences when a dog eats a mouse that has succumbed to the poison? Is there enough residual poison in the mouse carcass to harm a 70 lb dog??
- Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:05 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Mouse/Rat Poisoning in Dogs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3949
Re: Mouse/Rat Poisoning in Dogs
It is Ipecac syrup. It was used in small doses as an expectorant (to force up phlegm). In larger doses it is a powerful emetic agent (causes vomiting).
Not recommended for humans anymore though.
Not recommended for humans anymore though.
- Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:45 pm
- Forum: Polls
- Topic: What gauge do you shoot for upland birds?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 125631
Re: What gauge do you shoot for upland birds?
I have done most of my upland game hunting with a Browning Citori 20 ga for the last twenty years. I have a Citori in 12 GA also and switch off with it from time to time but the 20 is very light and short and swings like a dream so I always end up going back to it. It is also perfect for dense grous...
- Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Could use some advice on retrieving to hand
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7716
Re: Could use some advice on retrieving to hand
I started with a wooden dowel about 1 inch diameter, but I suppose it would work just as well with a retrieving dummy. I put it in their mouth and said "Hold". If they spit it out I gently and patiently put it back in and repeated the command. When I wanted them to release it I would pinch their low...
- Sun Dec 19, 2010 11:45 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Could use some advice on retrieving to hand
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7716
Re: Could use some advice on retrieving to hand
I always taught my springers the "Hold" command. I could do drills in the living room while watching TV and once they learned that hold meant until I personally "Take" whatever they have in their mouth the transition to the field was easy.
- Sun Dec 19, 2010 11:37 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Not Pointing Grouse
- Replies: 58
- Views: 15908
Re: Not Pointing Grouse
[quote="Ryman Gun Dog"]For the Gentlemen who wanted snow Pictures http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/pine-creek/Roxie014.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/pine-creek/Roxie010.jpg Even a Puppy in the snow picture for ya Hi RGD, Beautiful dog... looks a lot like my female "Feather". W...
- Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:36 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Not Pointing Grouse
- Replies: 58
- Views: 15908
Re: Not Pointing Grouse
No problem really. I have pretty thick skin.
- Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:51 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Not Pointing Grouse
- Replies: 58
- Views: 15908
Re: Not Pointing Grouse
I have hunted grouse in just about every terrain there is and, yes they will run a bit depending on the situation.... the point I am making is that they do not handle being pressed by a dog without taking flight. Pheasants handle it quite well by running like heck and in even moderate cover can outr...
- Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:47 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Not Pointing Grouse
- Replies: 58
- Views: 15908
Re: Not Pointing Grouse
To those who disagree with me, you are doing so based on the exceptions. Relative to Pheasants grouse can hardly be considered runners. They will run from time to time but it is not their first choice as a defense and they seldom run more than a few yards before blowing out. The odd pen reared pheas...
- Sun Dec 12, 2010 3:21 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Not Pointing Grouse
- Replies: 58
- Views: 15908
Re: Not Pointing Grouse
Hey RottnBritt... One thing is something you cannot undo at this point. If you intend to hunt a dog on grouse it is advisable to avoid pheasants until he has learned Mr. Ruff. More than any other game-bird pheasants run ahead of a dog. For a dog to point one he has to press it until it gives up and ...
- Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:37 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: AKC Field Trials
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8823
Re: AKC Field Trials
That is why I like spaniel trials..... they shoot actual shotgun rounds and kill actual birds. Who'd a thunk it. :D NSTRA? English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association ESSFTA. It can be leisurely compared to horseback trials but it is a pretty fair approximation of how many people actually hunt...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:47 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Wolf or Coyote???
- Replies: 53
- Views: 17600
Re: Wolf or Coyote???
It is hard to tell from a single photo. In the next frame it could look entirely different... cameras are funny that way. It is probably a coyote. I suppose it is "Possible" that it is a coy-dog or a red wolf but you know the saying. When you hear hoof beats think horses not zebras (unless you are i...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:32 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: AKC Field Trials
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8823
Re: AKC Field Trials
That is why I like spaniel trials..... they shoot actual shotgun rounds and kill actual birds. Who'd a thunk it.
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: When Was Your Breed Developed?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12013
Re: When Was Your Breed Developed?
Exactly.... even today the best bloodlines of gun-dogs are kept high quality by selectively bringing in genetics from outside the line. While most current day bloodlines are not Inbred, per se, they are often quite "line-bred". As you stated, inbreeding to a great extent and line-breeding to a lesse...
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:31 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: When Was Your Breed Developed?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12013
Re: When Was Your Breed Developed?
I am well aware of the different strains that have been bred but none were bred by inbreeding. By it's very nature inbreeding can not bring any new genes to the table. The different strains have to be developed by out breeding or mutation and then is kept in the line by inbreeding so it won't be lo...
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:13 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: When Was Your Breed Developed?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12013
Re: When Was Your Breed Developed?
I disagree that inbreeding doesn't happen in the wild. There have been many isolated populations of animals that have existed i.e. the galopigus islands, and the example that I already gave is well documented. Mother nature is just more brutal in her culling process. Horses on an island is not an e...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: When Was Your Breed Developed?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12013
Re: When Was Your Breed Developed?
I disagree that inbreeding doesn't happen in the wild. There have been many isolated populations of animals that have existed i.e. the galopigus islands, and the example that I already gave is well documented. Mother nature is just more brutal in her culling process. Horses on an island is not an e...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:17 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: When Was Your Breed Developed?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12013
Re: When Was Your Breed Developed?
I've read a book or two on breeding (Which makes me dangerous) and the author indicated that inbreeding does not have to be the death sentence of a breed but can be used to strengthen it. He gave an example of an island off the east coast where horses have lived for many generations and have develo...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:11 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: When Was Your Breed Developed?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12013
Re: When Was Your Breed Developed?
The term Hybrid means a number of things depending upon the context. However, when using the term Hybrid Vigor it specifically means that when two highly inbred strains or bloodlines of the same species are crossed the resultant offspring are generally stronger, healthier and often larger than eithe...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:14 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: all postive training>>
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10207
Re: all postive training>>
I would love to attend a workshop on conditioning and basics or use. I really do not know enough to even start.
- Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:07 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: all postive training>>
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10207
Re: all postive training>>
Thanks Charlie, My name is Mark, by the way. Thunder was the finest dog I ever owned and I tend to use his name on forums a lot. His full name was Ruchar's Rolling Thunder. He was a freight train... watching him work could bring a tear to your eye. I was offered an obscene sum of money for him after...
- Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:29 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: all postive training>>
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10207
Re: all postive training>>
Charlie, Twentyish years ago when I was first introduced to training collars the people I saw using them were pretty heavy handed and, I suspect, the collars themselves were not particularly kind. The collar that I was shown out at DeCoverly was so mild even at mid-range settings that I was skeptica...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:41 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: all postive training>>
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10207
Re: all postive training>>
I don't understand why people who do not believe in using an e-collar, think that those of us who do, are lighting our dogs up like a christmas tree. It just ain't so!!!! There will always be people who abuse it, but those same people would use extreme measures whether it be with a training tool or...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:29 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: all postive training>>
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10207
Re: all postive training>>
I think some of the contention here is precipitated by the fact that we each have a slightly different lexicon. I don't use the word correction the way some do. I have never used an e-collar on a dog and while I have picked a dog or two off the ground like a bag of dirt and shook him a bit a few tim...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:26 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: all postive training>>
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10207
Re: all postive training>>
I think there is a HUGE correlation between raising kids and dogs.... You would be hard pressed to find an active psychologist, either animal or child, to agree with that statement. There are studies of children raised in the wild, and the lower primates raised as children that substantiates my pos...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:21 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: all postive training>>
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10207
Re: all postive training>>
Ezzy, I am sure you have heard it before, but dogs are not little people in fur coats. Child rearing and dog training have nothing in common. Let's help the guy train his dog, Neil NOTHING?!?!? Sorry, but I disagree. The most basic fundamental training axiom of all applies to both. "What you allow ...
- Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:51 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: teach/train/test
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6608
Re: teach/train/test
I have read my way through this thread and I am coming in here at the tail end. After 20+ years of training my own dogs and watching all manner of other folk train theirs I have observed that, for the most part, well bred dogs don't require a lot of correction. When I and my friends were training Sp...
- Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:34 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Whats Style to you ?
- Replies: 451
- Views: 185303
Re: Whats Style to you ?
Style is a lot of things... and different things to different people. I used to run Springers and the differences between Pointers and Flushers gave rise to different opportunities for style. When a pointer gets into a scent cone it starts to ratchet down so it doesnt bump the bird but a springer hi...
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:59 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: A Fun Way to Spend a Saturday
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3721
Re: A Fun Way to Spend a Saturday
Great pictures... excellent way to cure cabin-fever. Question... do you train your dogs specifically to back / honor another dog's point or do they come by it naturally?
( I am new to pointing dogs)
( I am new to pointing dogs)
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:52 am
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: New Member From the Hudson Valley New York.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1263
New Member From the Hudson Valley New York.
Hi all, I am brand new to the GDF. I am just now at 56 making the shift from English Springer Spaniels to my first pointing dog, DeCoverly's Owl Feather. "Feather" is a sweet orange belton female who is just now starting serious field work. If there is anyone on this forum who lives in striking dist...