Gun Dog Forum

I have never hunted with an FB and my Griff is my first gundog so my experiences are limited. I have hunted my Griff on Blue grouse, Mtn quail, valley quail, phesant and waterfowl. I have been very happy. I also have three small children including 5 year old twins and an 18 month old plus a Yorkshir...

Just get the best WPG you can find and be done with it! They do everything you mentioned you wanted to do and are the smartest, best looking, most loyal, have the best breath (you don't know how to kiss a woman until you've been mouthed by a griff!), love children, gentlest, and everything else. :w...

Justin try this site..might help. http://www.gamebirdhunts.com/us-hunting/California.asp ps. Grey Lodge is mostly duck hunting..It hunts on Wednesdays, saturdays and sundays only...It does not reach its quotas for hunters (400) the majority of the season except for the opener and closer of duck and ...

winglish, where is your griff from????

welcome to the forum. I cant give you any advice on duck hunting cause this will be my griff's first duck season. But so far I have been very happy with his upland hunting. He is my first gundog so everything he does has been mostly natural ability. Good luck.

Well I know its not the biggest thing, but Im happy as heck for my first gun dog. My WPG just completed his Junior Hunter title today. Now its time to start working on the Senior and Utility.

Sureshot, welcome...and congrats on ur new addition..I too live in Nor Ca and own a griff...What kennel did u get yours from?????

thanks 3forme.

prairiegoat, I dont know how much it would effect your dog down the road by enticing him into water using a bird, but during the NA test if you have to use a bird to get him to swim he gets docked on his score.

When working on FF do you or can you train other areas such as steadying, OB, etc?????

I just ran my dog thru the NA test in March...What I have seen and read is the tracking portion is the test that gets a lot of dogs. If you havent been training for tracking I would start...

Justin, for upland birds I think the closest ranches maybe the ones in Sonoma or Napa county. There are a few in the central coast around Monterey and such. I know none of them are close for you. It makes it hard for day trips. Ill keep my eyes and ears open for any possibilities.

Justin, Im an inactive member of Wilderness Unlimited, but I was active for about 8 years. Just trying to save some money right now.. Im not sure what the starting fee is now but when i joined it was about $2000 for a Full membership which included fishing, birds and big game. A bird only membership...

Grouse hunter- The nearest NAVHDA has its training at the preserve about 1 1/2 hours from GspJustin on most occasions (about 1/2 hour from me), but sometimes they hold them in Corning which is a long ways away..

the bad thing is there is really nothing close to the Bay Area in regards to clubs, preserves, etc.. Everything is about 1 hour plus including state wildlife areas. There is one National WA right there at the south end of the SF bay that allows hunting during waterfowl season, but its unknown if dog...

Justin, I know your pain...I work in Fremont. I tried chxing the Don Edwards wildlife area (around the Dumbarton Bridge) but I could not find exact regulations for blank guns or dog training. I tried calling the office, but they are closed on the weekend. I also looked at East Bay Regional Parks, bu...

I probably read that same article and used it. It seemed to work/help. He puts his nose to the ground when I give the command. I transitioned to freshly killed birds and then tracking. My dog recently received a perfect score on his NAVHDA NA tracking portion of the test. I took him to the feather p...

Just ran my Griff through the Great Central Valley NA test here in Ca yesterday. He scored a 112 Prize 1 . Im very happy since I know I had nothing to do with it. It was all him. He is my first gun dog and this was my first ever test.

refuge forums (duck hunting) has a gun dog forum..

I took my Griff pheasant hunting for the 2nd time on Sunday. We worked a majority of the field with my buddies lab and found several birds. Then we let my dog have a turn. I had him off leash and he worked the field in what I thought was very good way. He stayed within a good range and eventually fo...

gsp4me, I agree I do like it there. They are very nice and the facilities are good. I have only hunted there as a guest of a friend from work, but Im looking at joining. My friend allowed me to use my dog for the first hour that day then we finished the morning with his lab. I already have a trainer...

llewgor, Close...It was Birds landing.

Thanks for the kind words. Here is a pic of him pointing one of the birds..I need to learn to believe him..There was a bird real close down wind (behind) of him that we could see, but he wanted to point the opposite direction...I thought maybe he was mixed up but he kept pointing this way and sure e...

First introduction to pheasant hunting for my dog. I was pleased.

Thanks Chaingang

how many mg should be given of each and can u overdose or over-do-it on Vitamin E or the fish oils.

Yakky

Winchester 1200...pump..My dad bought me my first shotgun when I was about 13..a winchester pump. I used it for over 20 years for everything from upland, waterfowl, squirrels and rabbits and never had a problem. So, about 2 years ago, my wife bought me a new winchester pump, but this one is in camo....

Thanks to everyone for the kind words and encouragement. Im sure I will have questions in the future, but so far I've been able to answer them by browsing through previous posts.

Hi, New to the board and owning a gun dog. I recently found this site and thought it had a lot of info to offer so I joined. I recently bought my first gun dog, Spoonie. He is now a 13 week old, Griffon. I hunt ducks and upland her in Ca. so I wanted a versatile pointing dog. Plus I have twin 3 year...