Gun Dog Forum

For those of you that hunt springers, are you able to hunt them around pointing dogs? All my hunting partners have shorthairs and I just think that hunting flushers and pointers in the same field could cause a problem? Any thoughts?

I keep reading about people saying the alpha needs to be recalculated often. Some say it turns off by itself and others say it loses connection with satellites often. Can anyone give me any insight on this? Also does the remote vibrate when a dog goes on point? I thought I read that somewhere but ca...

Thanks for everyone's advice. It greatly appreciated.

I can't decide if I should buy the garmin delta upland or go ahead a spend the extra money on the alpha 100? I've always used tri tronics collars with beepers in the past but it is time for a new one. I only turn the beeper on when I lose track of my dog in thick cover or crp. When I relocate him I ...

Maybe close was a bad word to describe what I want. I just want a nice working dog. We hunt alot of thick crp. I don't need a big running trial dog. That's all I was trying to say. I've never been around springers. I know nothing about them.

I'll start this off by saying that I have always been a GSP guy and I have one now but it's a kennel dog. The wife is wanting a house dog so I'm thinking why not get another bird dog. I've been doing alot of research on llewellins. It sounds like to me that they would be a perfect match for us, exce...