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Monster- thank you for correcting me. I was wrong between the two. NO doubt about it. I'm not too big to admit it either, or too big to admit it was a big discrepancy. I did edit that statement out of my original post so as not to give the wrong impression. It's been a long 2 days as my oldest dog w...

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lol- homework assignment. it isn't my dogs that will die young with cancer and disease.

Ezzy- you really have quite a mushroom farm here. You just feed them shite and keep them in the dark.

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The two most objectionable ingredients are BHA and menadione. Do some research and justify how it is a quality ingredient.

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I just wanted to give the forum a friendly heads up about not purchasing this Tractor Supply Co. house brand dog food. I know it is cheap, and the bag looks great- but it is dangerous, and has the potential to be deadly. I say that statement knowing just how serious the claim is. Meat and bone meal,...

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I have a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. I feed and recommend raw, and I recommend making your own raw. It is more complicated, it takes time, and it costs more money, but the end result cannot be argued with. For the record, I analyze and sell food for a living, and there are some kibbles that are goo...

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MonsterDad- yes at Cherrybrook. We carry their entire line up of foods and supplements.

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" I do not know of any feed that contains adequate or in many cases any beneficial bacteria in the amounts that are truly beneficial. That is not the dog foods role in nutrition. Dog food is used to sustain the life of the dog," Ezzy Let me first say, that you clearly have a very solid foundation ba...

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^ I've talked with Robert Downey the founder and creator of Annamaet at length several times. My wirehaired pointing griffon was on Annamaet Aqualuk from October this past year, through February during the hunting season as I could not conceivably continue on an all raw diet, which is what they eat ...

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I work at a pet retailer that sells this collar, and I'll tell you that is a great price. The $20 rebate isn't F&S specific, that is a general promo with Bayer right now, but our price is significantly higher. Of the customers who have purchased it through our store (around 5, it is still new) I hav...

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Yea, not this century "bleep" retards. Your stance on big pet food, and big farm, and grain, and by products, and 4 d animals, and recalled food, and euthanized pets, and pentobarbital is all eerily clear the way you stand. I couldn't convince them to think like I do. The way they think is irrespons...

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I absolutely cannot comprehend that anyone, in this day and age, would recomend that 39 million pounds of ANYTHING, not be recycled into something useful. That is absurd. I wonder how many folk who feed their dogs a raw food diet wash their hands for the full fifteen to twenty seconds it takes to b...

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While you call it a terrible waste, I would call it responsible practices. Such is the difference between us. I would expect a company to destroy these contaminated remains, and not push them off into pet food under such hideous swiss cheese regulations and definitions.

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Thanks to the lack of regulation, those bags will now be filled with the 36 million pounds of recalled ground Turkey meat. Naturally, Cargill will be recycling these recalled, likely unrefrigerated (many months now) contaminated bits into your bags under "meat meal", and "poultry by products". I'm a...

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http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffi ... 129135.htm

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actually, the FDA recently had tests confirming pentobarbital survivng the heat process via extrusion. And it was not once. If you people would wake the "bleep" up, and stop sipping the Kool Aid, you and your dogs would be better off.

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Seeing that is great! What the heck is wrong with these show people. I like conformation for a lot, but if it takes the utility of the animal away, what is the point really?

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Animal Fat, as a single ingredient is a waste by product and contains rendered fats from various sources of many animals, including other dogs and cats. Chicken fat, for example, is a much better ingredient. As is beef fat, etc. Same thing for animal meal. I am saying it as a singular, stand alone i...

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I like Clumber Spaniels as well, but I have been in the same boat that you have been. I have only seen a handful, I think 5 in person ever, and have only gotten a chance to see 2 work in a field setting and was underwhelmed with them too. I would also like to say with much ignorance, so please do no...

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its true. And the breeder was Clussex Spaniel, right before Stump won Westminster Kennel Club. Those dogs have never seen a field.

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That is a beautiful site! The difference between show dogs and field dog breedings is a sad sight within the Sussex Spaniel realm. I pursued a Sussex Spaniel breeder in the US here, and I was told the waiting list is 3 years, and the price tag would be $10,000. That ended the phone call. I would not...

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This board is very diverse in what breeds people have, just curious if anyone has a Sussex Spaniel. It has been a breed that I have admired for some time (pre Stump), and I was wondering if anyone is currently utilizing it in a field.

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Ezzy, my opinions are based in facts and the research that is available to anyone who researches it. I can say, that you can find research backing anything you want to have an agenda for. That goes both ways here. Look at the recent Consumers Report stating that there is little difference nutritiona...

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The chance of anyone getting more than $1 from that class action lawsuit is unlikely. They can get up to $200 dollars, but the settlement will be divided by the number of claims, after the 35% lawyer fee is taken out. Unlikely to see any decent amount, especially since it spans many years, 2005-2011...

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Yea, I agree with both of your last statements. Integrity and availability, price point are all major factors. Ezzy, I am at work, I will respond when I am at lunch. And which is better, I'll look up both and I'll post what I think.

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Either is good. I feed the Diamond HE and the dogs do well on it but I have fed Sportsmix and it is a good feed also. Remember the best feed you can buy is one that is readily available, one you can afford, and one your dog likes and does well on. And then when you find it stick with it and stop lo...

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no, its pretty good for that price point. i dont like corn, or the unnamed fish primarily. if they can confirm what fish they use, it will be better yet. if they confirm it doesn't have ethoxyquin, it will be better yet.

its all in degrees

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lets see- first ingredient is a by product meal, not as good as chicken meal. brewers rice which isn't as good as whole brown rice, brown rice, or ground brown rice, ground yellow corn is a bad ingredient, poultry fat, a unnamed source of fat, almost always rendered, dried beet pulp is a cheaper sou...

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Ezzy,

That background explains some of your comments. I will ask you this, do you think the FDA and AAFCO over regulate pet foods, or under regulate pet foods?

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Good point. May I ask how quickly they recovered? And what symptoms gave it away the most?

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I am in Warren County. I'm not sure if it has been the weather, hot plus wet, that has led to this, but In less than 3 hours in the field on two days, 23 ticks and counting. There better not be any more. I go over my dog about 3x a day at this point just to be sure. And I was probably wrong, I thoug...

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After my last two days out in the field with my pup, I pulled off between him and myself over 20 ticks and I just pulled off 3 more on him. The good news- None were deer ticks, or any other tick that carries lymes. The bag news- They still carry erlichiosis. I am switching over to K9advantix as it r...

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I would ask the trainer to pay half. If the trainer doesn't pay, I wouldn't take another dog back to him. If he does pay, I'd take another dog back to him.

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Much appreciate all the responses, this is great. First- nice video, how many dogs do you own? For me, I can work him up to 4 days realistically with my schedule. I can work evenings on saturday and sunday, and any time on tuesday and wednesday. I work retail as a manager and I close almost always a...

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Hey Sue,

Thanks a lot. With the practice hunts in the fields how many times a week should we shoot for? I know a lot will be based on how he performs and then recovers, and each pup will be different, but just looking for a ball park.

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With hunting season fast approaching, I suppose to us it is always fast approaching, I obviously want to get my puppy in the best possible condition (not perfect condition) for opening day while on the same token not overdoing it because he is still only 8 months and is growing. I don't want to over...

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Gotcha. I may have to look into training in some salt, as I really don't like the idea of him potentially getting sick from inhaling pond water on his retrieves. I am pretty careful where I train, but I do know that I've head of like blue-green algae mats killing dogs who ingested water in or around...

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Gotta say I agree with your signature. The two things I love most in life. Hunting with dogs, and fly fishing. As to my problem, what do you mean to force them back? scenario- I throw the dummy, I give command fetch, he heads out. he grabs dummy and gulps water, I do what? Send him back in the water...

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That is interesting. I've been water training my 8 month old wpg and while he doesn't whine, he certainly is a sloppy retriever in that he does gulp some water. How do you stop this?

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Is your Griff the type with Fousek in the bloodlines? Anywho, awesome dog. I am oodles behind you in this training, I haven't started force fetch yet, as I am working on woah. My pup is 8 months.

Where do you live?

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Hi Molly, Thanks for your advice. If you wouldn't have mentioned binding the ducks, I probably would have been just as stunned as the dog when it either started swimming away, or diving. I am picking up 4-5 quail and 1-2 pheasant tomorrow for some field work but I may see if they have live ducks as ...

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These pictures are so great. haha

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Hey, I greatly appreciate all of the responses.You guys are right about the amount of retrieves, and that tag line off the bumper is a really good idea. I'll stop much earlier and just try and get out more frequently, 2x a week or so. Great photo. As for using the bird for the blind retrieves, are t...

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I have an 8 month old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon pup and he is coming along quite well. Today we absolutely cemented his love for the water *we shall see when it is cold, haha*, but I came across a problem I didn't think about, and really didn't know how to handle. We probably ran through about 20 ...

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Thank you ...and there's the plug you finally named the food your are trying to push :roll: and in my years of dealing with cattle dogs and bird dogs...I know of a few dogs that shewed on their feet..and ironically those that did had bad hips or wait or they had mud balls and foreign objects they w...

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Hjgriffnut, In all due respect, other than working at a "high end retail store", what is your experience with dogs? Do you hunt regularly in all types of weather conditions, creating stress on your dog? Do you trial or test your dogs, keeping them on the road for several days at a time? Are you spe...

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Of course it has. We have refined their guts to the point of detriment. It is seen in the allergies, disease, and overwhelming cases of canine cancer.

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I cannot help you with the training adventures, I just wanted to say they look like great dogs.

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Happy fourth to everyone here. Awesome looking dog.

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PS you might try reading about a companies products and process also before just lumping them all together :wink: http://www.loyallpetfood.com/loyall/wcm/groups/public/@canweb/@loyall/@all/documents/document/na3025066.pdf They can sell it any way they want, but it is a cheaper ingredient then a nam...

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I agree with that ezzy. We are definitely doing things better than years past, and we will continue to learn and hopefully we can say the same in the future about what we are doing now. There are shades in this area, there aren't best ingredients, there are better ingredients. But food manufacturers...

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