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Wow, that's quite a painter. Beautiful.

LOL Now what you do without a woman's help?

Killing rats all week. Our neighbour seldom puts out his garbage , and his place looks like a junk yard inside and out. As a result, he has many rats and we now have many rats at our bird feeder area. Managed to trap 3 so far and one or two more to go. Don't want any Spring babies. Saw a video about...

Sorry to hear that. It's always something.

Good pics!! Looks like a fun time.

Welcome to the forum. Let me know anytime I can help you in your use of the forum.

Ledo0231 : Suggest you have a read of the thread "First Dog" in the General Chat section.

Welcome to the forum. You'll get good help here. Good intro and beautiful family . Let me know anytime I can help you with your use of the forum. (Living in Canada, the Freedom 2024 had me worried for a minute, until I saw it was about retiring. :) Freedom Convoy 2022 caused a lot of problems for Ca...

I know all the excellent posts previously posted assume you know this , but as a reminder it's all in the breeding. I told you all about wonderful setters BUT still it's all in the breeding when assuming characteristics of a breed .

Did you get the help you needed Dayla? Just PM fourseasons ( the admin.) for help.

I had a pro force fetch train my GSP. Yes , the dog bit him.

Dakotazeb wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:49 pm
Is this affectionate enough for you?

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Definitely, and here I thought you were a young guy.

Spoil it for him.

He's having fun , but that behaviour won't serve you well when hunting . Be glad he has a desire to retrieve , but get on with the force fetch.

What a great picture! Thanks.

Welcome back!
I can only say that I've had 2 GSP and both were affectionate, had plenty of energy and endurance,
Not short haired, but my best dogs in your 3 categories were setters.

ROFLMBO .................

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and to you too Sir and to all the members on here.

Welcome to the forum.

Let me know anytime I can help you in your use of the forum.

(Sounds familiar. I bred and hunted beagles for many years, then made the big jump to a GSP.)

That is so uplifting to read and see. Thank you.

Are you yelling at me there?

Merry Christmas to my friends here. Hope you have a good holiday and a happy time.
(I read today that only 4 % of the population is offended by the term "Merry Christmas"; I hope you aren't one of them.

The membership here is eager to help, in a positive way. You couldn't find a better place for help imo.

Well said. As you said Birdman, I always took my dogs to places where socialization with different kinds of people , children , etc could happen. I believe that is essential. However , I waited as long as my vet advised to introduce my dog to other dogs... usually 14-15 weeks. If you walk your dog a...

Isn't that great!
I have wonderful memories of fishing and hunting with my Dad too. One day we were fishing for trout in a small stream ; I was maybe 7. He was having no luck. I walked down the stream and managed to scoop up a beautiful trout in my quart basket. He was not impressed. LOL

Got it. Sorry to have misinterpreted what you said.

Apply the boot??? I assume you are joking. Lets just say, "Continue to be consistent. "

Great to see someone follow through on their goal. Congrats.

I was wrong nmhuntr. Listen to the experts.

Hmmm Can't believe that that is a good idea. Dogs aren't stupid; they won't believe it is a real dog - no smell etc. Is there a dog club near you? Then you could train backing with another dog. https://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/web?omnisearch=yes&q=dog+clubs+in+New+mexico&annot=false&vendorConfigure...

I always hesitated to train off leash in the winter. Where we trained there were ponds - half frozen now- and I always
worried about my dog falling through the ice. If you have no ice, I see nothing wrong with training in the winter.

Great pics. Thanks. Looks like that snow goose was a challenge for Moon.

Another Canadian- great! And an excellent picture taker; beautiful pics. Welcome. Let me know anytime I can help you in your use of the forum.

Sharon ( mod)

Thank you for your service . You're the good looking one eh?

Well said. My father served overseas (Canadian) from Dec.1939 to Spring1945. He came home a shadow of himself ; no one knew about PTSD then. He is no longer with us , but every year I remember his sacrifice. He used to post a sign on his lawn on Nov.11.. It said, "Lest YOU forget; I won't forget. " ...

Thanks for a great story. Those beautiful 6 quail lying in the back of the truck- are they scaled or gambit? Never see anything like that here in Ontario.

Seems strange to have had two dogs with struvite crystals problems from 2 different breedings.
Do you have a well?

kirsch: Sorry to hear about your difficult time. Shags has posted an excellent post as usual. I hope you will follow her advice. We all go through these difficult time with dogs. I had a 5 year old GSP get cataracts in both eyes ( no sign of this in his breeding line); he was running into fences /tr...

That's great. I sure remember those days.

Beautiful picture. Thanks.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN ( by gonehuntin") "If our hunting dog is also our house dog, we are given 1,440 opportunities each day to train that dog. Those are the number of minutes in one day and every minute we are with that dog is provides an opportunity to train that dog. It is a tremendous advantag...

This is probably going to sound weird but I am hopelessly superstitious, most fisherman are. When I was driving out of Bozeman with Nelly on the way to the trainer a big covey of huns got up and flew over the road almost hitting my windshield. When I was pulling into the driveway at the trainer’s p...

This is probably going to sound weird but I am hopelessly superstitious, most fisherman are. When I was driving out of Bozeman with Nelly on the way to the trainer a big covey of huns got up and flew over the road almost hitting my windshield. When I was pulling into the driveway at the trainer’s p...

Welcome to the forum. :) Free free to ask questions; you'll get good help here. You'll need 5 posts approved before you can post and PM freely. This is to control spammers etc. Let me know anytime I can help you in your use of the forum. Sharon (mod) PS Consider posting in the "General Chat- New mem...

Welcome to the forum. :) Free free to ask questions; you'll get good help here. You'll need 5 posts approved before you can post and PM freely. This is to control spammers etc. Let me know anytime I can help you in your use of the forum. Sharon (mod) PS Consider posting in the "General Chat- New mem...

"He’s a pretty well respected trainer and I trust him. I’m sure he won’t give her more than she can handle." quote

That's all you need to know. I'm sure it will work out great.
May I ask who the trainer is? (PM me.)

"He’s going to introduce birds, gun and a little check cording ."

The dog is 4 months. Little early for the gun imo.

How old is your pup now?

Wow. Some very sad stories posted.
I had one Jack Russell die from cancer too at age 9.
One Jack Russell stolen.

All of my GSPs and setters lived from 11-14.
Two TPLOs needed on the setter.

In the "hunting " section there are excellent posts on, " Best flushing breed for hunting swamps".. My post's subject was asked also in that thread. Thought it deserved a separate thread.

Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian members here.
One listen to the news, and we realize how fortunate we are to live in Canada. Let's not forget how blessed we are and do what we can do to help the less fortunate.

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