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Hey everyone, I was wondering what kinds of dog food you use for your dogs? I have been using the Joy dog food for about the last year or so, but it seems like most places aren't carrying it anymore and it is getting really hard to find these days. I was looking for any recomendations that anyone ha...

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This is a totally random question and I have no reason behind me asking it, just was reading some posts and thinking a little bit about the use of an ECollar. I use my ECollar for many purposes, when off leash, I use it as a leash. Rarely do I use the stim, mostly just use the tone to let them know ...

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I was wanting to get some suggestions on what I can do for my pup. She is about 14 months now and up until now hasn't had any problems going and sleeping in her kennel since she was a little puppy. A few weeks ago, my wife and I went out of town for ten days and ever since than she tucks her tail an...

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The constant companionship. As much as it might bug me at times when my pup is under my feet everywhere I go, I wouldn't change it for anything. Its that feeling of being wanted that only a dog can and will give to you 100% of the time.

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Took Oakley out for another pheasant hunt on friday, and couldnt be happier with her. Lately, I haven't been able to do hardly any formal training with her but she showed some incredible traits during the hunt. We kicked up 15 birds, and Oakley pointed 6 of them, with 4 dogs in the field. She is onl...

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So I have a question on what everyone recommends doing regarding spaying your females dogs? So our female puppy is about 8 months old now. She has not had her heat cycle yet, and I have heard not to spay her until after her first cycle. Why is that? This being my first time ever having a female dog,...

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Thanks everyone for the replies. It kills me that we are in this situation. When out in the field or anytime he is off leash and independent he shows no interest in anything other than running free, and has never shown any interest in kids, the only time it has ever happened is while on leash or lik...

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So my wife and I are trying to make a decision on what to do with our older dog. We had an incident with him yesterday when my brother in-laws neice and nephew wanted to come over and see our dogs. My 7 month old GSP is an absolute angel around people and kids, but for some reason my 2 and a half ye...

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Yup these things happen all the time, not just for buying puppies. They are called Nigerian Scams because this is where these peopl are based out of and they try it on everybody. I work at a bank and run across this type of thing all the time, so everyone BE AWARE. You'll always be able to tell beca...

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And, one of her points...

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Went up to Pheasant Valley Farm for our first pheasant hunt of the season and Oakley's first pheasant hunt ever. I have to say, she did pretty awesome for her first time out. Had two really solid points, one I was able to get a picture of. Hope you enjoy..

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I know this is kind of an older topic but I was just reading through it and had an additional question. I feed twice a day as well as many of you, but the night before a big hunt, would it be ok to feed extra to provide the energy for the morning hunt and miss the morning feed? Thats kind of what I ...

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Just a thought, but did he know where you were? I know a lot of times when my dads 2 year old dog doesn’t know where we are when hunting, he’ll let out a yelp/high pitched bark to let us know where he is and almost to let us know he is looking for us. Its actually really funny thinking about it. Jus...

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Ok, thank you everyone. I must have been completely mistaken and I apologize. That is just something I have heard before from more than just one person, but I personally don't think it makes sense, so just the one word I choose will be the only one. Thank you again!

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It seems like lately there have been a lot of topics based on fetching. So I just wanted to add another question without stealing anyone else's thread. My question is, when playing "fetch" in the yard or in the field with dummies or bumpers or whatever, what phrases do you use to command to fetch? I...

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I just have a simple question, and wondering if anyone has any answers as to why and what I can do to try to prevent my 5 1/2 month old GSP to stop peeing in her travel crate. She has no problem what so ever sleeping in her crate at night and makes it all the way through the night without needing to...

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Yeah maybe that too. I was just thinking that I don't think my GWP would have been able to handle the pressures of FF at that young a age, but I feel like labs can?[/quote]

Agreed. I dont think my GSP would be able to handle it either...

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Its is hard to give all details when trying to explain my situation. My question was more how can I help stop her from chewing on the bird? I've heard a lot of people say FF is what I will have to do, but what can I do in the meantime leading up to FF? Using bumpers, what should I focus on with her?...

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So I took my 4 month old GSP on her first hunt this weekend grouse hunting and she did an awesome job. Had no problem with the gun fire, ran hard learning from the other dogs and showed a lot of prey drive towards the dead grouse we had. She hasn't been introduced to live birds yet, I just wanted to...

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YouTube it. You should be able to find a video that explains pretty simply how to set it up.

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Always had DD's growing up, but now that I'm married and have our own house, wife and I decided to get a GSP for my first hunting dog. I'll probably always have one of both however, when I get a house with a bigger yard. Great things about both dogs! I'm loving my new GSP pup right now though.

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So I am planning on buying some pigeons this week. I only want them for a couple weeks just so I can do a little bird introduction for my pup before I move her on to wild birds this fall. However, my wife refuses to let me build a pen or anything right now in our small yard. So my question is, how c...

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Well I had to put through a claim and cancel my payment. Ended up ordering my collars from gundogsupply, same products hopefully better outcome. Sorry, I wasnt trying to bash pointersupply at all, that was not my intent, just wanted some info on who I could contact, but thank you for the replies!

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Thank you, still no response, but I guess I'll just keep trying...

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Well I'm regretting my decision of buying from PointerSupply... I can't even get ahold of anyone to cancel my order!!

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Does anyone have another contact phone number for PointerSupply.com? I purchased 2 new collars from them about 2 weeks ago and still have not received them. My order status still says "awaiting fulfillment," and I've been trying to contact them for a week now and email them. No one has answered or r...

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Yes, I should have mentioned this at the beginning, she does have a bladder infection. We took her in last week and she has been on medication. The vet gave us a week long medication that he said should have fixed the problem but she still searches around the whole yard peeing here and there everyti...

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Well SORRY everyone, I didnt know I wasn't supposed to wake her up, I just wanted to beat her to the whinning!! hahahaha Now I know not to though, I honestly had no idea, I thought it was good what I was doing, but I appreciate all the help everyone! Thanks!

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Well I use the ear plugs, but my wife can't sleep with them, so even though I cant hear the pup, I know she cant sleep because of it which makes me not be able to sleep because I feel bad. haha i know, i know... I haven't tried music though, I'll have to try that tonight. The only reason why I would...

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I'm at a loss, and don't know what else to do with my 3 1/2 month old pup. I've posted about this before about her not sleeping through the night, and finally it seems like it just clicked for her and all of the sudden she started sleeping through the night and everytime I would go down to take her ...

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Yeah she looks healthy, still a little on the skinny side but I think its more due to her not being able catch up to how fast she is growing. She is 13 weeks and weighs 17 pounds. I'm not exactly sure the size of her parents but I think they were decent sized dogs though. She is on her way to be a s...

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Just wondering what a 13 week old female GSP should weigh on average?

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deke wrote:you cock blocked your dog??????????????? you should be ashamed

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Man, I just love seeing her on point! I'm definately happy with my purchase!

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So instead of starting a new thread, I thought I would just add some more random questions to this one. First question is, my pup is now just over three months. She is really growing a lot physically and personality wise. She has really started to enjoy her kennel finally after about 3 weeks of heck...

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Thanks for the comments everyone! Like I said, I am one proud dad. Nothing but pleased with her.

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You should be proud. Tail height is fine with me . Hard to say whether real birds will raise that tail. ( is she too thin?) She was too thin about a week and a half ago, but she is looking great right now, she still could use a couple more pounds on her but she starting to gain. We've had her a mon...

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I introduced “wing on a string last night” for the first time, just to make sure that my new pup had some point in her. She did have a couple of really nice points. I know a lot of people prefer the high tail at 90 degrees, but hers is a set a little low, me personally I like it set a little lower l...

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hahaha Thank you for all the replies, I should have known there would be such responses. Makes for a good laugh though. some female puppies come down with a bladder infection and thus seem to pee a lot. If this is the case, you will notice she will squat and just dribble a little bit of urine, very ...

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These are some random questions, and first one is: How much do you feed your puppies? I feed my 10 week old GSP pup about 2 cups a day, is that about normal? And second question is even more random: In your experience, have you noticed if male dogs can hold their bladder longer than female dogs? My ...

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As I have posted multiple times already on this forum about my new GSP pup, I was just wondering what it is exactly that I should be focusing on with her? She is about 10 weeks old now, and is really getting her personality and confidence. Right now, I am just working on some manners in the house, p...

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We went up to Cutthroat Lake in the Uintas in Utah. I love it up there!

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My 10 week old GSP is doing great! She's still a little on the skinny side, but she did incredible on our short backpacking trip last week. Here are some pictures of her, enjoy...

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Love the color! I just got my girl on Sunday, and she looks just like him!

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I guess it wouldn’t be puppy training if it was easy right? This board is very helpful, especially for us first time puppy owners. I already messed up with her and it hasn’t even been a week yet. I hope she can forgive me. I tried forcing her to eat in her kennel to soon, when like you guys said, it...

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Great advice buckmaster. When I say “have tried feeding and giving treats,” I mean just that, it hasn’t been consistent. But how do I make it so she even has a desire to eat those treats or her food in there. She doesn’t even pay attention to it when she knows she is going in there. She gets so fre...

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Yeah so, so far we have been really good at watching her in our house and she has only had about 2 accidents in the house in the 4 days of us having her. The only real concern that I have with her is that she has not taken to the crate training one bit. She fights going in every time we try putting...

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So we're starting our first night with our new pup. Definitely the cutest thing I have ever seen. I've read a couple of different things and have taken some great advice from everyone and appreciate it. So some of you say you put them in the crate and let them cry it out, and others say to sleep wit...

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So I pick up my 9 week old GSP puppy tomorrow night and want to know what I should expect for the fist night? Should I expect her to sleep in her kennel without crying? What should I expect as far as her behavior with us for the first night/first little while. Please, any advice would be very helpfu...

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