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Any word on Boonesville? Normally someone posts info on conditions, running order - etc.

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My buddy

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New to being broke

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More style

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Style

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Another one

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Backing

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All point

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He got a little too close and really had to brake!

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Same point

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Same point

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Same point different angles

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Some photos from winter camp.

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Since I started the thread, I will change the direction in which it goes. Neal, it is my understanding from others here that you have a wealth of knowledge about bird dogs. I want to learn a lot more about bird dogs and recognize my ignorance. You became the victim of more and more bad apples gettin...

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Ray,

Thank you very much!!!

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Does anyone have photos of the dogs in the 2013 and 2014 Futurity placements from Boonesville?

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Hotchkiss, One consideration is chewing bedding material. If they chew, straw is easier to pass and less likely to impact bowels then synthetic carpet material. Thanks! That is a perfect example of something that seems to be obvious, but isn't obvious to someone like me who is trying to make this m...

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Neil, Why is it important to change the straw often and how often is often? I assume it deals with sanitation. I haul my dogs about two to three times a week from October through January. I am starting to travel more and will take a multi week trip next fall traveling to Monatna and then working my ...

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Where do you travel and in what? SUV/truck camper shell vs open truck. Wire crate vs insulated dog box. What breed of dog? Pointer vs Chesapeake. Down to 40F with no wind exposure carpet is fine. Straw changed often is better if colder. Keeping them dry and out of the wind is more important than be...

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Lucky lady working with horses let alone a show barn is hard work but I would take it over a desk job any day.I showed at Louisville a few times and nothing compares.Being in New England this is dressage/hunter country.I prefer Saddleseat its exciting and fast paced. Now that I'm an adult and can't...

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I have a lot of carpet scraps. When it comes to hauling dogs in the winter do you believe using carpet is better or worse than straw in the bottom of the box?

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This has probably been covered 100 times, but I will give you my experience. I have GSP and one is trained to remain steady after the shot until I tap him on the head or give him a verbal command. He does great. Another one of my GSP does not go to trials and he has been allowed to release from his ...

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Oh when that pup starts to mature, gains confidence and starts ranging he is going to look great ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT LAKE, inlet or whatever type of water is in that photo!!!!!!

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Well if you could take off enough time you could put together the mother of all road trips starting about now and ending around New Years!!!!

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ezzy333 wrote:I prefer females in people and find little difference in dogs.

We have a winner. That is the best answer on any forum on the web!

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Reading one of the posts on here and it got me thinking about which sex one prefers to hunt behind. I currently have a 4 1/2 month old GSP male that I am working with to be a bird dog. There are times that I think he is really smart and there are times I think he is really dumb. I know he is still ...

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Congratulations to all who placed and for those who did not, it was still better than work.

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Well either a protest wasn't made, or no one on here knows anything about one being made.

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Thanks for the explanation. I heard one of the judges out there filed
a protest against the other judge in that division. Are the judges
even unable to get along and adhere to the rules? New here - but surely
that can't be the norm.

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Hearing judges don't agree on All Age Winner. May have run off in the morning. One dog had 5 finds and always found to the front, and one with 1 find after great all age move, but was handy in the middle of brace. Tough decision. Don't remember ever having a run off at a GSPCA Nats only at a NGSPA ...

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A little over a year ago, I found a litter posted here on the Gun Dog Forum by Brian Murphy and ended up picking up a little male GSP. My wife and I trained him for obedience and I followed up with intro to birds and the gun. He showed a lot of potential so in August we sent him off to Phil Mathiow...

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Thanks for the update. WHat is the word on the conditions? It looked really windy when I checked the weather this morning. How did the dogs handle it?

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How many braces were completed on Saturday in the futurity?

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I see the draw on their web page.

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Will the futurity start tomorrow? Anyone know how the draw went?

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Any word on how the amateurs have done in Kansas?

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Finally got it to work for no apparent reason!

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Mine always shows no suitable matches.

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I have tried several times to search for dog boxes in the forum and never pull up anything. Any one have ideas how to correct the situation?

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Just by looking at it, if it is a slide in for a full sized truck, a 2 hole box is way bigger and way taller than you need for a bird dog. If it is a slide in for a mid-sized truck. it would be better but still way too tall. I had an older 2 hole slide in that had top storage. The top storage was n...

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reba wrote:WHAT SIZE IS IT?

http://www.mtck.com/gallery/Slidein/513 ... 2947d68b68

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I have been looking at these kennels and a few others. The MTCK SEEMS a lot large than it needs to be for a 55 pound GSP. I could maybe see it if I were hauling a 100 pound lab. Does anyone have a MTCK that could offer their opinion on the overall size of a slide in box?

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I have not done a very good job explain my question. My thinking was there a certain number of AA AND Shooting Dogs that have been winning on the national level the last five years. I suspect so me of them have been bred. How many of those offspring are doing well in futurities or elsewhere.

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[quote="jimbo&rooster"]Don't let fools on the inter webs, be your measuring stick of the FT community. I have field trailed all over the place east of the Mississippi, several grounds, and several states. I have been to weekend walking trials and national CH qualifiers. I have met a few folks I was ...

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If I may, in one of my earlier posts I noted that I quit going to trials because several in attendance were not very friendly or helpful. As Shaggs pointed out, they should have gotten their heads out of their _______. I have been involved with hunting since I could walk (grew up on a farm and hunti...

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jimbo&rooster wrote:Pro's do not pick and choose the dogs that run a stake. They run the dogs their clients pay them to run.

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Yes if the client asks them to they will, but I am fairly close to some folks who use a pro. They OFTEN chose to not run a FC dog in a weekend stake.

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ACooper wrote:Check out NGSPA.ORG and GSPCA.ORG.

Maybe I am missing something. I can tell who is winning the national stakes, but just because those dogs are winning does not mean their offspring are doing well. I guess that was my reall question.

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[ If attaining an FC/AFC were just a numbers game, all dogs would be titled eventually, and clearly by the numbers that is not true. Most of us who have competed over a number of years have seen a dog or two slip through the cracks and title. Most of us know of some 10 or 11 year old dog being run i...

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I emailed AKC and from the link they sent, here are some numbers. I had to do some quick math so might be off a bit...the link is below if anyone cares to figure it out for themselves. Dogs entered in pointing breed FT 2014 - 28,638 Dogs earning FC 147 ( the total includes retreivers and spaniels, ...

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Neil, Try looking up the number of each breed registered for the year, too. Might could give an idea of percentages. But would you not have to know the number that are trialed? I am sure AKC could give us the total number of entries in a year, but I don't think there is anyway to know the number of...

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