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DonF

Started several days ago but didn't have a camera with me. She stands there and doesn't move till I flush and doesn't chase real far and is back. Gonna start popping then sooner to style her up a bit now. Stormy was 11 mos before he started. https://i.imgur.com/qC3sIT4l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/3aUo7...

DonF

12ga or 410, once you pass the KFC on the way out of town, you've left rational behavior behind. Buy and shoot guns that make you smile. If that's a 10ga 3 1/2" for quail or a 410 for pheasant, it doesn't matter since the goal is fun. You only have to satisfy yourself. For those who claim the moral...

DonF

DonF

Only 18 weeks now and getting big. Color is darkening up, getting close to Stormy. Unfortunately it doesn't show that well in the photo's I got of her. Took her out alone with birds in the traps and popped some birds for her. Had her out with the traps about a week ago and the first pp startled her ...

DonF

Haven't seen K9 around in quite a while. She raise's them. You can find her on Facebook at Arlette Hennessy. She'll probably know where litter's are. Picking pup's, I look at field bred litter's then I pick the one I like to look at. My last pup is a Red Setter and I just had the breeder pick it out...

DonF

Dakotazeb, your trainer should resolve your concerns but since you are typically the handler, you will need to understand the rules of engagement. Somehow, dogs know if YOU know. I use wild pigeons to exhaust a dog's penchant for chasing. Once they get the picture RELIABLY, I transition into quail/...

DonF

So, does anyone know what type a dog the OP got?

DonF

At that age I wouldn't worry to much, it's a 6 week old puppy! People go out of their way to evaluate litter's of puppy's but for me it's a waste of time. I see a puppy I like and that's pretty much it! tween 6 wks and say 12 wks and 20 wks your gonna see changes!

DonF

I would say you have a rare bird dog, timid to a fault! Have you ever shot around the dog? I suspect it will be what we tend to call gun shy without you doing anything to cause it. Simply timid to a fault. It happens just not very often. I should have mentioned, you have a good idea where this probl...

DonF

That is a nice looking dog!

DonF

I've been in the grain business for 38 years and the companies I am or have been associated with have traded millions of lb's and bushels of grains, byproducts, and feed ingredients to most of the major pet food manufacturers. I can't tell you which food is the best for your pet, but I can assure y...

DonF

My 3 weims are on a 22-14 food 4 cups a day. They all weigh about 70. Get quite a bit of exercize almost daily.They are just too thin. Tops of hip bones are visible.I have fed more but this seems to be about the correct amount judging by their stools. I. Want to add olive oil to fatten them up a li...

DonF

Take a look at some of these bowls on Chewy.com. They should solve your fast eating problem. https://www.chewy.com/s?rh=c%3A288%2Cc%3A338%2Cc%3A339%2Cc%3A1424%2CBreedSize%3ALarge+Breeds I'll be darned. I didn't know that bowls like this existed. Good idea. The reason for them is that many people be...

DonF

Something I've done with water'ers I sit them on something to keep as much of the base off the ground as I can. Have plastic in the pigeon pen's and glad they are inexpensive, after to short a time the crack and need fixed or replaced. For my chicken's I have galvanized water'ers and they also sit w...

DonF

Been a lot of years since I've been without a bird dog, lot! But I also used to hunt deer and elk a lot too Don't hunt a lot of big game any more, draw system really the pit's, most time's can't hunt close to home and I live in the middle of no where! Used to reload and shoot a lot to but lagging on...

DonF

That's a good looking loft! How much trouble is it to clean the wire floor? I have plywood floors and easy clean unless it freeze's to hard. I used wire floor's in a few rabbit hutch's and they got super plugged up. Never did get them cleaned well. Look's like 1/2 x1 wire?

DonF

Build your loft about 4x the size you think you need and get a few pairs started in it. In six or so month's you'll never have to catch another pigeon. You'll have to shoot them or sell them! It's been thirty some years since I've had to. That loft, ferals, is 12' x 12'.

DonF

Possibility exist's if the lady had had a blue bird in her yard the dog could catch it would have been a prize for your dog also!

DonF

Something I've noticed about every dog and puppy I've ever had is that normally they do well on what ever I feed them. I've got Sis on Purina puppy chow,,,sometimes! It was what she'd been on when I picked her up and what I kept her on. Something I've noticed about all my pup's and even adult dog's ...

DonF

Got a call from Amer Fld yesterday. Can't use Ironfire in sis's name without written permission from the breeder. I'll write him later about it, don't think it will be a problem, and then change it down the road. Reg name now will be simply "Twisted Sister".

DonF

DonF

Went to Prineville Res but got rained out! Out there about 40 min and got seven but got the do scared out of me. Just got out and stopped the motor to fish and Sis jumped over the side of the boat. I didn't think she could do that. Well she didn't again. She came back up and started swimming. Thank ...

DonF

Haven't used game birds in years but I did notice something about quail when I did. If you have them in a pen, they covey up and sleep at night in about the same space as you might have in a travel crate! When I did shoot to retrieve, they brought the quail in in those large travel crates and kept t...

DonF

Three different post's in a row dealing with what to feed. Read the bag and determine if it's adequate for the age and activity level of your dog and go for it. If the dog won't eat it, change food. Boy dog food it a huge business and people pay out a lot more than they need to thinking they really ...

DonF

I find whoa a very necessary command. It give's you control over the dog in all situations. Example, years ago I went to a vet that was right on a busy stretch of US 30 in Oregon. While I was inside someone came along and let my old GSP, Hannah, out of her kennel box in the truck. I didn't notice it...

DonF

I wouldn't concern myself much with method other than which can you stick to yourself. The flaw in the program is the trainer that can't read his dog and can't be consistent in how he goes. Just pick on and go for it. I suspect if either done properly, you'll get the same end result with both.Contin...

DonF

Got her out yesterday for a couple new photo's. Noticed when I got her home she was pretty bold! Got a creek bed on my place that has really heavy cover in it. Took her over and she looked at it a moment and bailed right in! https://i.imgur.com/B5c7Qfyl.jpg Then a bunch of pigeon's landed fairly clo...

DonF

My thought's on the dog food discussion's are that for the most part all the stuff about my food is better than your's is it's just a scam. I've fed Nutro Max in the past and it's good food but just to expensive for me. Only food I ever fed that was a total failure was some stuff by American Nutriti...

DonF

Be extra careful or you may end up looking for another place to sleep. :lol: Don't forget to keep the pictures coming. Naw. Just me and the dog's. Do have a girlfriend but she's a bit dog crazy too. Gonna try to get her going with shotgun's this year and maybe get back to NSTRA and have her run Sto...

DonF

She' learned her first trick and learned it fast too. Learned to sleep on the bed in one try!

DonF

Love watching any well trained dog, doesn't need to be a be a bird dog. The lady that taught me obedience training had a Dobie with a UDT on it. With it and two Springer's before it she won the Dog World award in Obedience. Unbelievable how well her dog's worked, spell binding!

DonF

Sharon wrote: ↑
Sat May 18, 2019 1:01 pm
Oh no, what are you doing to me Don? I've promised myself no more pups, but....... what a sweetheart. Enjoy!

Seem's like just after I put down a deposit, months ago, everybody started getting pup's and having pup's. Know what you mean, it's been heck! But I'm a happy guy now!!

DonF

Yes I do love my dog's! Why do you ask?

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Missy Bear

DonF

She's here now. Got home about 6:30 this morning. She's met the other's and everything is find, ran around outside a while, got her a drink and a milk bone and sleeping under my chair. Next step, I need a nap and she need's to learn to sleep on the bed! Call name Sis or Sissy! I ever go into a big a...

DonF

I've been thinking about getting back into NSTRA. Hoping maybe the girl friend want's to run Stormy and if she doesn't dump me to soon maybe even my new puppy I pick up on Friday. I did NSTRA for several years but mostly judged. I'm not all that competitive but I do like to watch dog's. Didn't have ...

DonF

I got a bag of Purina Hi Pro years ago that had a dead dryed out mouse in it. Contacted Purina and they sent me a coupon for a new bag of food. Never used that coupon and never used Purina again. But as I think abut it, what else could they do? How mny millions of dog's have lived healthy lives on P...

DonF

9 days and off to St Cloud Minn to pick up my new Red Setter pup. The wait has been h*ll!

DonF

I put an e-collar n a pup soon as it will fit well enough to stay on. But I don't turn it on till maybe a year old, depends on the pup. Get the pup used to it, don't just put it on one day and surprise the pup!

DonF

Don, your intentions are honest and forthright, you are trying to help the lad with his dog but your information is really not helpful. The OP needs to off his kiester and go train with field bred spaniel people in his area. and he lives in hot bed of spaniel activity. Now if developing a honest sp...

DonF

averageguy wrote: ↑
Thu May 02, 2019 7:29 pm
Don F, reread the second paragraph of the OP.

Missed that! Got old eye's and and don't see so gud anymore, duh! :roll:

DonF

Trainer's used to bring string's of dog to Boyce Corrals in late spring and more so late summer. They would stay there most the week and train for the following week. They started early and quit early to avoid the heat. Back then, I started late and trained in heat, shoot heat was gonna be there wea...

DonF

Just a thought, been years since I've had Springer's so don't remember a lot. Obedience it seem's was #1 priority! You had to keep the dog in gun range. Then I don't recall ever working my dog's on panted bird's but over the years I've done a lot of them, just not flushing breed's. Seem's to me tha...

DonF

Maybe I shouldn't call it obedience training but I think it s. A flushing dog out of control won't get you many birds. What they will do is flush them out of range. Ya need to be able to stop the dog getting out to far and pull it back in. Dog need's to work with the handler much better than a point...

DonF

I must have missed something. All I saw that the OP hunt's is grouse, where does the water foul come in? If grouse is all he hunt's, a setter would work fine. DD's are versatile as can be but from what I understand about them, keep your cat's away from them! They were bred for sharpness but I think ...

DonF

Just a thought, been years since I've had Springer's so don't remember a lot. Obedience it seem's was #1 priority! You had to keep the dog in gun range. Then I don't recall ever working my dog's on panted bird's but over the years I've done a lot of them, just not flushing breed's. Seem's to me that...

DonF

Tell me something. Does the ESSC of A still publish the "Springer Bark" magazine? If so it used to be in the back was all field trial new's and the guy could find people to help in it. Find a club close by that does field fun days with field dogs! Sorry Don F The Bark is no longer,It was the best T...

DonF

Nice! Beautiful shotgun. What is it? That little lever on the left side should give it away but can't remember! What gauge is it?

DonF

Tell me something. Does the ESSC of A still publish the "Springer Bark" magazine? If so it used to be in the back was all field trial new's and the guy could find people to help in it. Find a club close by that does field fun days with field dogs!

DonF

I use remote trap's, they always do exactly as I tell them. :-) I think the bad thing is those wanting to give the dog one more chance to do what we want. Slow's thing's down because when we do that, we teach a mistake. A wild bird will likely not do that! That is allow the dog leway! let's give him...

DonF

Thing about pigeon's. if your dizzying them, don't use homer's. To much of a hand full, use feral barn type pigeons. Much smaller and much easier to get your hand around. I've only done a couple springer's and they were years ago. Back then I hadn't a clue how to get one to "hup" to flush. Todays if...

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