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Don

It was the one on pointing dog's. I don't recall what it was called anymore. You'll see a picture of him in it lumping at the dog while teaching whoa and obviously scareing the dog.

Don

The other thred I was watching got pretty long and I though I'd go into a bit more on force retrieving, aka FF, and show some photo of my old table and try to explain the process. First off is the age to srart. I've never given that much though as I don't start what many concider actual training unt...

Don

Glendale Height's is a suburd of Chicago on the west side.

Don

I used to think that boredom caused that but I'm not so sure anymore. Dog's in the wild don't get bored and dig a hole. They dig a hole to either get something to eat out of the ground or to bury and hide a claimed prize or to build a nest or a bed. Ever really ask yourself, why on earth would a dog...

Don

I don't believe that retrieving is a natural instinct but rather a bred in trait. In the wild, the only time dog's bring anything back to the nest is when feeding puppy's. What dog's without pup's do is either eat right there or carry it off and eat it. It is that instinct to pick something up and c...

Don

My dog has a pink fleck on his nose and my breeder gave me a discount on the dog because of it. I'm not sure where it came from, I saw both parents and both of them had solid noses but I guess these things just crop up from time to time. It doesn't bother me, I just want a good dog and don't much c...

Don

I haven't raised puppy's in a long time but here's what I did best I can remember. It was never befor eight week's. I bought into the theory of the pup's imprenting with the litter, right or wrong. Never saw where holding them eight or ten weeks made a lot of difference. But the big thing was the sh...

Don

I just cut them off with a kitchen knife and the dew claws with cuticle sissors. A shot of wonder dust on each and forgot it. Didn't get a lot of bald tails but some. I always did it at three days.

Don

Possum's do the same thing.

Don

I like it! How old are those girl's? The future generation of heart breaker's.

Don

There is nothing a 4 1/2mo old pup could do that I would shock it for. Mouse trap's, just salt the area with mouse trap's. She'll get snapped a couple time's and go dig somewhere else. Puppies, ya gotta love'em!

Don

I think I'd try salting the field for her. Kinda sound's like she's used to finding bird's in a specific time frame and then quitting. Are you in a training rut? Put out a lot of bird's to train, leave bird's in the field when you quit. When you have a monster on your hands put out a few up close to...

Don

gonehuntin, now I know we read the same book! Great call.

Don

According to the wildlife biogolist here I am allowed to do it. Now maybe that was bad info but that's the word I got. I can't get migratory bird's. Had a dove that was crippled and the wife put it in the pen and nursed it back. Let it go when it was well and was told by a warden I was talking to th...

Don

I didn't use a lot of pen raised game bird's. Even flight conditioned one's didn't fly all that well and unlike a pigeon that lands in a tree, they alway's land on the ground. But I did use them for awhile, Bow White's and I love the litte guy's. I kept some out on johnny houses and more in a big ho...

Don

I don't know squat about archery but it certainly look's intresting. I'm like an old dog, I still like to chase car's but haven't got a clue what I'd do if I ever caught one!

Don

Now for some things that I have done or things that have changed in his environment that may have contributed to the flagging. 1) He broke on a covey flush with the mearns and I tapped him with the ecollar while it was around his neck on the lowest setting of 1 for my TT 90. The scenerio was we wer...

Don

Anybody have trouble with mink getting into your loft. I left for Michigan for a grouse trip and my wife called the next day and said everyone of my birds in the new loft I just completed were dead. Seems the little critters got in under the door and just had a field day. I have not re-filled the l...

Don

I agree with a lot of what gonehuntin say's, I think we read the same book. My own view is first I wouldn't want a dog I had to get birdy. And second is that YOU are going hunting, not training. This is where I get to put in another photo! I had a client year's ago that took his Britt out and messed...

Don

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Minnesota. Ezzy Brings to mind a story about my dad, he was from Michigan, snow's there too. Dad loved to meet new people and talk to them. He also loved flying. Had a commerical licence most his ...

Don

Wow!Maybe that's why my friend's keep telling me I need a dish. I had to ask who Ted Nuget was too!

Don

Some pup's are just backward's but to me, I think Margeret is right. Something happened along the way.

Don

Most people are. It just take's me a bit longer to think about it!

Everybody say's I wait to long.

Don

Dog's!!!!!!!!!Ya gotta love'em!

Don

We don't have TV in Antelope and don't get a paper here. Who is Anne Smith?

Don

12volt man, I had a system to break dog's that worked very well the vast majority of the time. Once I got the dog's standing well in the field I went back to yard work. By standing, I don't mean they were broke to wing, they weren't. But we'd go back to whoa training on the check cord. I'd check cor...

Don

There are three thing's I saw in hunt test's that caused more down fall than any other. First was not reading the dog. If you learn to read your dog, it'll tell you pretty much what it's gonna do. Next was not trusting the dog, trust the dog. And the worst mistake was being a handler. You don't go o...

Don

Emptypair, I was looking back and found this thred. I agree with you about the shotgun with primer's. What I do is to take a 1/4" drill bit and drill out the primer pocket's of bad shell's. Then after you fire the shell, just knock out the primer by tapping the shell rim on your reciever and push in...

Don

If your training your pup off lead, your not training. What your doing is testing. If it fail's you have no handle to make an immediate correction, your at his mercy. If he's pulling then obviously he doesn't heel. Put him on the lead and heel him. If he step's in front of you, make a right angle tu...

Don

I have no word's of wisdom. I'd have to credit other's for what ever it is I think I know. But one of my favorite's I read in Amer field and is a quote of Dr. Alvin Nitchman. He was watching a handler (?) screaming whoa at his dog that was busy running off. He turned to the guy next to him and said"...

Don

Yea, pigeon's are best trained. With the right bird's you can go a long way's from home to train and the bird's will beat you back. All of the bird's I have now came from guy's that raced pigeon's and gave me their cull's. One condition, they didn't want them back. Those bird's I took home and kept ...

Don

Someone should make a sticky out of this. I see guy's on other forum's ask quite often how to house pigeons.

One question tho. Were is the re-entry door?

Don

When I had springer's and lab's, I also had a station wagon. Some of you younger guy's might not know what that is, google probally doesn't either! To keep the dog's in back, I used one of those fence's that stuck to the window's with suction cup's. The dog's figured out that to get up front all the...

Don

Some guy's just getting going ask question's about different thing's and are given answer's that alway's seem to increase cost's and make the whole business seem very expensive. diamond plate crate's, dog trailer's ect. I started on the cheap. First I didn't have much money, second I am thrifty (som...

Don

How far would you have to go to get the septic tank to a good place and how much grade would you have to go up? Worst come's to worst, they make septic pump's to move waste uphill. If the grade is not to bad and you don't have to go to far, You could just build a concrete trench around the run's to ...

Don

:D A guy on another thred was talking about shooting plain's game in Africa and spelled it "Plane". Really had a time trying to figure out how much gun ya need for a 747, how the PH would track a wounded one, how you mount a plane ect, ect. Took the better part of a week to get done with it. Sometim...

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Actually Stump, yes you did. I like a guy that ask's question's. To many just stumble along until they really create a problem then ask for help. Of course, they never admit to a mistake. It's the darn dog! I'm gonna find a dog that speak's english someday and get it's opinion of people! :D Then aga...

Don

A plastic dog bowel?????

Don

Get the master first then go to some trial's with your friend and do amature gun dog. Don't get so competative that you forget to have fun.

I wouldn't give a hoot in heck for a guy that didn't think his dog was the best. That guy doesn't deserve any dog!

Don

Just came back in. Went out side in the shop and dug out an old johnny house, a call back pen, backing silouette, my old B&B traps, couple pigeon carrier's. Thought about the force table but I really have it burried; it'll be out soon. I think there's lot's of guy's trying to get going that are in t...

Don

Thanks. That's gonna happen. I have one old dog left, Otis, 15 this spring. Gonna kill me when he goes. I was gonna try a Boykin next and probally still will but this site is really gettin me pumped for another shorthair or pointer. The horse died three years ago so after you guy's finish courruptin...

Don

A guy mentioned pigeon's and eggs. I have three things that have been a passion in my life. Dog's, high power rifles and photography. So I went out and took some photo's of a couple very fine nest's, if there is such a thing, and a re-entry door I made. This first nest is kinda typical of what they ...

Don

I agree with Devils Creek. A dog should be above all else a hunting dog.

He bring's up an intresting subject with all age. An all age dog should run to the limit's of the course. What is that? I read a very good diffination one time, the only answer I found I could accept. Anyone want to take a stab?

Don

I didn't say they weren't fair. I said they are not alway's about bird dog's. What would be bad is someone going out and running in a open stake not understanding what's happening and seeing some of what can happen. If you read the "Field trial rule's and standard porceedures" then go watch your fir...

Don

I had a training sled here. It was a wheel type. I hooked a dog up and took off down the road. I "bleep" near killed myself. That was the first and last for me. I used the harness and hooked it up to an old tire and had the dog's pull it. Lot easier on me! That sled was like a skate board with a sti...

Don

He's spent a fortune on his dog's but I saw a photo of Wehle's kennel set up' in a book he wrote. :roll: Did you know that the guy raced E. Pointer's in sled dog races? Worthless trivia!

Don

And you don't want to run in any open stake at this point. They are open to all handler's and all dog's. That mean's in your first outing you'd be running against professional's with maybe ch dog's. Some of those dog's never see a day hunting in their life. They live to trial! Enter the amature gun ...

Don

I don't know where your dog's at but from what you had to say, I wouldn't take it at all. It's appearently a young dog in the early stage of training. Every time you put it down, it's gonna learn something if it's not real careful. It's not doing what you want yet but your gonna give it a go and whi...

Don

Actually I did. That lady lived with me for awhile and hated my dog's in the house. She live's in Bend now!

Don

Several year's ago, my house burned down and I lost most my old photo's. But going thru some more stuff last week I found this old photo. It's my son at 15 yrs and my old Hannah, she was 4 yrs here. The photo is stuck to the glass from fire damage so this is a photo of a photo. I did not get to see ...

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