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Thanks, everyone, for your kind words and condolences. Yes, Miranda was an exceptional dog and her passing will leave a big empty space in our lives and home for a long time. There is a new GSP out on the horizon for us. I suspect it will be sooner, rather than later.

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There are folks who don’t understand all the pieces that have to come together for a dog to meet and exceed her potential. Randy Coffelt, Nancy Collins Coffelt and Keith and Robbi Jo Barnes Gulledge all had a hand in helping mold Miranda and get her off to a good start. They understand. As a bird do...

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When temps get into the upper 80s or 90s I don't run him so to get exercise I take him in our pool but I have to hold his collar so he cant scratch the liner. He really likes the water. If I could teach him to use the ladder I'd have it made. :lol: I can't remember where I saw them, but ramps and l...

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I absolutely agree with early morning and late evening near water. Even here around our fenced yard in Central PA I keep several buckets of water scattered here and there and freshen them up every few hours. I try to limit her strenuous activity when she's in the yard, but we've got a ton of bunnies...

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A month ago we lost our young Rottweiler, Cassie, only three months shy of 4 years old. Somehow she picked up a bacterial skin infection that she was not able to fight off. Ugly sores developed over most of her body, a couple different antibiotics over the course of three weeks had no effect and she...

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I inherited a few firearms from my dad and over the years I've added quite a few others to my "collection". I never once made a purchase that I considered to be an exercise of my 2nd Amendment rights. The guns I own are for sporting purposes only, purchased with the same mind set I might have used h...

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If it was such a bad thing you would think that after 50 or 60 years the breed would be in shambles. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Maybe you're just a gsp guy at heart since this subject seems to matter to you. Or you just like to whine. Doug Not sure who you are referring to, but I'm not whini...

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If it was such a bad thing you would think that after 50 or 60 years the breed would be in shambles. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Maybe you're just a gsp guy at heart since this subject seems to matter to you. Or you just like to whine. Doug Not sure who you are referring to, but I'm not whini...

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Were my opinions meaningless you would feel no need to be defensive. As for the PGA, none of the majors are called a National Championship, let alone two of them. So there is no PGA National Champion, which is why there is the Fedex Cup. So I think they are trying to correct a defect. As for the sp...

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Quite a few years ago, one of my GSP's took a violent head-over-heels tumble while chasing a rabbit in a stubble field. From my vantage point about 50 yards away, it looked pretty bad as she just lay in a heap until I got to her. She was very wobbly when she finally stood up, her left eyelid was hal...

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A buddy of mine stopped by this morning with his GSP that he'd had boarded for the past 9 months while he was overseas. Apparently, during that time the dog was well taken care of except for nail trimming. A few of her nails are darned near an inch long! I trimmed them slightly, just taking off abou...

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Geez! This is only the 5th ... old age, I guess LOL

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I wish I could have been there ... unfortunately, I had to work last Saturday.

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Grant wrote:

"Just looked on their page and "Olive" is/was supposedly a Weimaraner-Brittany mix...do what?? Looks awful GSP to me..go figure"

Me, too!

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birddogger wrote:There are exceptions to almost everything.

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I learned a long time ago that you cannot plan for every contingency, but you can try to be prepared for some of them!

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She can't be all that old ... not enough grey in the muzzle

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I'm not saying I don't believe these guys its just that I never heard of any such problems in my area. Now Looking at those photos of the dogs hunting in Wyoming and the size of that coyote 20 yds from them, showing little fear of them does make me wonder. It seems that there is really little anyon...

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I skijor my GSP's to keep all of us in shape in the winter. I'm lucky to have some great trails to do it on, and a local mushing group that helped me learn. We have a lot of dog sledders here in Michigan, and I got sled dog harnesses and lines from them. I bought a skijor belt for myself from a loc...

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Since I've only had the one encounter with a Coyote that I posted about in this thread, I can't say how common these events are. In my case, I think the 'yote we saw had been trailing the deer when my dog came up on it. I don't think he had any interest in my dog, but I can't be sure of that. The th...

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My GSP was 2 1/2 and "fully trained" when I bought her and brought her home. We spent seven months getting to know each other before I hunted her the first time. I had several conversations with the breeder and trainer and exchanged quite a few emails, too, during those seven months. At first, I was...

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NRC'S Buck's Gunpowder n Lead ... "Miranda"

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Edit: I forgot my Rottie ... Cassie

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Neil wrote:If one dog can do it, others can be trained to do it.

How would you go about training for it? I think Miranda learned it on her own, because I sure didn't have anything to do with it. Did she figure it out because it worked for her once or twice and we bagged the bird?

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I don't think it can be trained. I believe there are some dogs that have enough experience with certain types of birds and are wise enough to figure it out. I am pretty sure that a whole lot of people on here would find it an undesirable behavior, would not consider the dog "broke" and would break ...

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The other day I promised my grandson that a SD trip is in our not too distant future. I was fortunate enough to be able to make some good contacts there when I was still a long haul trucker. We've got an early April hunt club trip planned (Pheasant and Quail) then we'll be fishing until Dove season ...

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JKP wrote:
Not central but Greg Fry Deadwoods Kennels. He's good
+1!! and one of the few guys to put UT1 on English Setters....at least a couple.

Hattrick wrote:Not central but Greg Fry Deadwoods Kennels. He's good

Thanks, guys. I'll be giving Greg a call.

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WOW!!! How the heck did my comment about the need for the next generation of hunters...who will be members of the competing/testing ranks...get turned into another squabble?? Maybe the problem is we're to busy kicking each other in the "tukas"....makes us ripe pickins for those that would like to s...

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Can anyone recommend a good/respected trainer in my part of the world? I'm mostly looking for a bit of an evaluation of me and my dog.

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I believe AKC has it now you can change the dog's registered name one time(costs more money)---IF the dog DOES NOT have an AKC title to it's name. So you could of changed the AKC name to the Navhda name if you had to. :roll: EDIT---I looked it up on AKC. It costs $25 and the dog can not of received...

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My two grandsons and I did pretty well this past season. The oldest, who just turned 21, didn't know what a grouse looked like before this and had never hunted small game before ... he and his dad only ever hunted deer. The younger one is 13 and he managed to bag three during the season. He also got...

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For too long the best and brightest in this country have not sought nor desired public service because the rewards are too few. Instead, they have gone into business where they know they will be rewarded very well for a job well done. In my opinion, it all comes down to the selfish "what's in it for...

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Whether or not the man who currently occupies the White House deserves an award is not for me to decide. He informed us some time ago that he would fundamentally change America and he has done so. Most of the problems we face in this country today are the result of several generations of our people...

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My general rule is to never get involved in discussion like this one ... I see no reason to violate that rule now.Chet Why are you a lawyer? :mrgreen: Discussing the fate of our country is important. And from where I'm sitting we cant possibly do any more harm then what's already been done by our t...

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Oh, and I forgot to mention my dog has a sense of humor ... like that one time she locked herself in my wife's car holding the key ring in her mouth.

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My general rule is to never get involved in discussion like this one ... I see no reason to violate that rule now.

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During the spring and summer months my wife has bird feeders in our yard. Should I correct my GSP for having interest in and having fun with tweetie birds, hummingbirds and butterflies? My dog barks when my neighbor puts his dogs out. My dog sometimes digs in the yard after I apply Scott's Turf Buil...

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roaniecowpony wrote:To me, watching an upland dog and hunter work well together is a beautiful thing regardless of whether it's one of those tail challenged breeds or one that everyone knows is the best at it.

Hmmm ... "tail challenged" and "the best at it". You just might be describing Miranda!

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There's a lot of good points being made here. As for my perspective, when I'm hunting with my dog, I'm a lot less concerned about whether or not she does it by the "rules" than I am that we don't lose a cripple. For what it's worth, I've put a lot of birds in my bag that would probably have been los...

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We've had snow cover around here for several weeks. Last week several hours of freezing rain and sleet put a layer of ice three to four inches thick on top of the snow. Several inches of snow falling today and my dogs are having a heck of a time getting around in the yard!

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Great story! Thanks for posting and thanks for once again proving that hunters are also humans ...

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Be patient, be firm, be consistent. Remember always, your dog wants to please you ... don't confuse him about what you want.

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I use the DT Micro IDT Plus. Suits my needs and I have had no trouble with it in the three years I've had it. I bought it and an extra collar from Lion Country Supply after talking to one of the folks there and hearing his recommendation.

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I'm very fortunate, I suppose, as I live only about five miles from Lion Country Supply. Great people there!

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"Why use an E-Collar at all?" So you can enforce a command when the dog is more than the length of a check cord away from you. Exactly, but as I commented on a different post with regard to this topic, an e collar is an effective tool, but in the wrong hands it's more of a hindrance than an asset. ...

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One of my GSP's did that as a pup. When she got older, she'd raid the cat's litter box when no one was paying attention. I never was able to break her of that habit because I rarely caught her in the act. She was 14 when she died, so I guess it had no ill effects ...

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Welcome to the forum and good luck with your pup. When I was driving truck, I'd pick up copper at the mine in Safford. I know that area pretty well. You'll find a lot of good information here and some pretty good folks, too.

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PntrRookie wrote:Cool looking dog, enjoy... http://youtu.be/-y4IAC5x3rs

Thanks for that you tube link. I don't watch much T.V., so I haven't seen the ad. That's a pretty good commercial ... and a pretty good looking dog. Sure looks like a black EP to me.

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My embarrassment comes from the certain knowledge I should have had that something like that could have happened in the wild while hunting. Brush, a wire fence, all sorts of things could have snagged those "S" hooks and possibly caused injury or even worse. I'm thankful I was nearby, saw it happen a...

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I've always used a round collar with my dog's tags affixed with "S" hooks. When I'm running or hunting her, she also wears an e-collar. Yesterday, she got caught up in a plastic mesh fence I have around an area of our yard in which I don't want our dogs. She leaned over it and one of the "S" hooks g...

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It seems to be in vogue to disparage about anything these days. For my money, I dont know of any person or organization that has more clinical or science based data on raising healthy dogs than Purina. I trust their products more than any other views ive read so far. I use Prop Plan Savor Shredded ...

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