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isuhunter

Good morning everyone! I'm on the search for a new vest (i'm thinking strap vest) that goes well with carrying gatorade water bottle and a good secure spot to hang my alpha 200 or 550 remote. I also need some new pants the filson chaps are too warm early season. Curious what everyone else has had go...

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My GSP is now 9 years old and we are thinking its time to start the search for another hunting partner and family companion. We really love the drive of the GSP in the field but man oh man have I seen some beautiful bearded dogs. Looking for a pup that would be great with the family and ready to tur...

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I wish I could find the duck material like carhartts and make one for her out of that.

Thanks for all the input! I think I'll save my money for now.

isuhunter

We have a GSP that loves to sit and suck on her bed but really she must grind her mouth on it and eventually tears through cheap dog beds. I need to replace it and I like the looks of the mud river dog beds. Is it worth the money for a living room dog bed?

isuhunter

Well sitting in the backseat on the way home from Kansas. Had a great time. Not many birds but the pup showed a lot of potential and I learned a lot about burrs and dogs feet. I'll post some pictures when we get home.

isuhunter

Getting stuff ready to head to Kansas bright and early tomorrow morning. We sat down to eat supper and then cleaned up. We tossed the chicken bones in the trash and next thing I know my pup (1 yr old GSP) had snuck into the garbage and grabbed one and stomached it before I could get to her. It was a...

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11 months have gone by

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We ran hard around the inlaws place today this past weekend. She got to watch some flocks of ducks come land in the pond.

isuhunter

For those of you that have inside dogs do you prep them to spending the night in a trailer by kenneling them outside over night prior to the trip? No they will be fine...if they bark bring a bark collar What are some things that you overlooked on your first big trip with your dogs? A second (or thi...

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Cajun Casey wrote:Skin stapler and some cake decorating gel.

We will have a stapler. Cake decorating gel?

isuhunter

Ok so we are prepping for our first big trip... We are headed to KS on Nov 10th. I'm starting to turn into a nervous owner I think (haha). I have a couple more questions and I thank those of you who replied to my first thread about health papers. I have been taking my 11 month old GSP -- Maggie -- o...

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Cajun Casey wrote:Depending on your phone, your vet can probably e-mail the records and you can store the document.

Excellent idea!!!!!

isuhunter

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll make sure to get my shot records.

isuhunter

We are taking a trip to Kansas next month and I can't find if I need health papers for my dog. I'm a first time owner and recalling my days of showing livestock we always had to have health papers when crossing state lines. Does anybody know or know where I can find out?
Thanks!

isuhunter

I am preparing for my first long distance hunting trip to western Kansas with my 11 mo GSP and 5 other guys and two other GSP's.

I'm wondering what you guys recommend bringing along that might get over looked. Also what do you recommend for a dog first aid kit/supplies?

isuhunter

Grundy Center here ... Whats up?

isuhunter

Well we went to the vet yesterday.

He thinks its mild folliculitis. If the spots don't change in 10 days I'm supposed to bring her back. He did some impressions on a glass slide and said there were very few white blood cells.

isuhunter

Just set one up. She threw up this morning and that's the first time we have ever seen her do that.

isuhunter

I have a 9 mo old GSP and she has two small bumps on her under side. One is in her left armpit and the other is on high on the inside of her leg almost nipple height. Neither appear to have any redness and are both on left side of body. They are about the size of an eraser off a pencil and feel firm...

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First time buyer. Split my time between upland and waterfowl. I've heard nice things about a buzz feature for a GSP in a blind. I think the beeper would be nice too for upland hunting.

What would you guys choose??

Tritronics Sport Basic or the Tritronics Sport Upland

isuhunter

How many people feel a beeper is worth the extra money to go with a Dogtra T&B 2500 or the TriTronics Sport Upland?

isuhunter

I'm looking at collars and I'm looking at the Sportdog 1825 or the Tritronics G3. I have a couple questions... I'm a first time owner and have never had a collar before. I have GSP that will be used for waterfowling and upland hunting What would you choose? Buzz feature on the tritronics -- is that ...

isuhunter

Well thanks for all the advice!

I think I'm going to go with chainlink!

isuhunter

How young of a pup would you use the efence on? I have a 4 mo GSP. Too soon?

isuhunter

I'd love to get the prefierts but they cost a fortune. Chainlink is popping up on craigslist pretty often and is much more affordable. I'm going to look into TSC, Blains, Menards, HD, and Lowes and see if they have any afforadble welded wire kennels. I'm going to put the kennel on the North side of ...

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With the nice weather here I'm looking at building my dog kennel/run. Curious what everyones thoughts are, go with welded wire or is galvenized chainlink good enough?

isuhunter

Where are you at? If you can bring her over when she is ready for live quail and we can get her on a few, you can shoot some too if you wish. Iowa hunters stick together :) I put up some pics of my pup and our fun yesturday here this morning. Cant wait till the season opens. I have guys both sides ...

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Well I realized as I was out letting Maggie explore the Iowa "Wilderness" that I haven't put up any photos of her lately. Last time I posted photos she was 10 lbs. Today she is weighing in at 23 lbs and is 4 months old. Enjoy...no birds were planted she was just "having fun" Her watching geese that ...

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Thanks everyone for your responses!!! I'll figure out what works best for all of us at our home.

isuhunter

Our puppy is starting to get more curious and mischievous! How do you guys store your dog food? Do you store it in container non heated garage, currently we have it in closet in the house.

isuhunter

Thanks for all your thoughts and sharing of experiences. We've migrated from the Tacoma/4runner to now looking at the Highlander base package & Ford Explorers, 2008-2010 models.

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jimbo&rooster wrote:
isuhunter wrote:Any photos of the Tacomas? They have me intrugied...
Is your wife cool with commuting in a truck every day? I know my wife wouldnt have it....

Jim

Well we looked at some last night and she's open to it but she'd rather have an SUV. So I think we'll look towards the 4runner right now.

isuhunter

Any photos of the Tacomas? They have me intrugied...

isuhunter

WOW guys!!! Thanks for all the responses. After reading through, I think I need to give the Toyotas, Subarus, and Ford Escape some looks.

isuhunter

What do you guys with a GMC or Chevy 1500 get for mileage?

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rockyridge kennels wrote:2009 F-350 Crew Cab 4x4 Diesel Loaded 63,000 miles
super clean. Great commuter Car

Call me I'll hook you right up.

Hahaha...Sounds good to me...however I don't think she'd enjoy driving it as much as I would.

isuhunter

Looking at options for a new vehicle our "commuting car" (2004 Grand Am) was invovled in an accident and will likely be totaled by insurance. My wife drives 70 miles per day to and from work. We would like to get to a vehicle to use for commuting, hunting/training the dog, pulling lawn mowers & 12' ...

isuhunter

Looking at some options for our puppy.

Are you guys in favor of an e-fence? I've been looking at the sportdog setup. Are there any issues or concerns that I should be aware of? We have 3 month old GSP female puppy.

isuhunter

Cajun, thanks for the advice. We'll give it a try next time its needed.

isuhunter

First, I never use a crate for "time out" or punishment of any kind. Second, why is the dog in a position to reach anyone's face or hair? Third, try having appropriate toys and chews handy so the dog has something to do besides nag you. She is old enough to play fetch with and this will give her so...

isuhunter

So, I'm trying to stay on the forefront of this and am curious what others think we should do. Our 11 week old GSP has been a lot of fun. We have been working on the "No biting" she loves to bite at our hands and over the past 2 weeks she has gotten a lot better. However, she still lunges for our fa...

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Pup seems to be a lot more like herself tonight. Still has swollen injection spot but less than this morning.

isuhunter

Well I called the vet and they said run her back up there. They think she had a mild reaction to the vaccine and gave her some med to help her and some pain killers. If its not better on thursday I'm supposed to bring her back.

isuhunter

She still has an appetite and hasn't had troubles holding it down.

isuhunter

We took our pup in for her 9 wk shot yesterday. We started a series of 3 shots, distemper I believe. Vet appt. was at 9:30am and starting last evening I noticed she has a bit of a bump where shot was given has started to act extremely tired. She normally goes 100 mph and now I'd say she is only at 5...

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Well we've had our pup about 2 weeks now and she's growing like crazy!!! She was 7 lbs when we got her and she is already 9 lbs. Working on switching foods (won't have quite enough for a full day day switch might be closer to 7 days of switching). Hopefully she will be fine, she eats anything in sig...

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Looks like these are my options... Dianmond natural or Pro Plan. If I went with Pro Plan Would you guys go with large breed puppy food over reg puppy for a shorthair that is suppose to be approx 50 lbs full grown or just go with performance ALS Pro Plan?

isuhunter

Ok...so as I prepare to make the switch I'm trying to figure out what to go with. Looks like some options I have locally are Diamond Naturals, Native, Pro Plan, Nutro... to name a few. I'm going to go look at prices later today but just curious if people were selecting based on their experience of t...

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Sharon wrote:I wouldn't drive 45 minutes there and 45 minutes back to buy dogfood. There are so many good foods on the market that I would transition to a food that was more convenient.

Thats kind of my thought when I have farm store in town that has many high end foods.

isuhunter

Just got a pup last weekend (GSP) she'll be 8 weeks old this weekend. Breeder gave me a small bag of food and I will eventually need to get more. I've read don't switch foods for puppies but finding Country Vet Dog Fuel large breed Puppy formula I have to drive 45 min according to their website. Wou...

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