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Here are a couple of articles on early spay/neuter.

http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html

http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongTerm ... InDogs.pdf

Had a friend who named his dog Sexy Specks. He went to call the pup in from the yard and yelled "Hey Sexy" and two women out for their morning walk game him a piece of their mind. He decided to use Speck for her call name.

Smashed face dogs, most of all bug-eyed flat faced dogs. A friend had a pekanesse that's eye ball popped out while playing with their doberman. I held the dog all the way to the vet to keep it from pawing at the hanging eye. We get to there and a little boy in the waiting room wants to see the dog. ...

Look for the one that will hold still while you trim their toe nails...........

Serverl years ago we had one Lab that got into the trash, $600 surgery to remove blockage. Two weeks later the cat jumped off of a chair and accidentally landed on the dog when the dog jumped up it broke the cat's jaw, $400 surgery. Four weeks later the other Lab was hit by a car, $2,000 hip replace...

I believe Trekker is (or was) the most titled in AKC. Not sure if anyone's passed him in there yet.

Taking in other venues I would think Fritz has to be way up there if not on top. Either way, I'm impressed.

Just a thought, but some of the rescue groups that work with the pointing breeds should probably be notified just in case he's picked up by someone and turned in to one.

My GSP weighs around 58 lbs. She's chewed a few pair but they're much cheaper than the doggie britches and they come in all different patterns. The Vizsla has a really cute camo pair. I buy the cheapest store brand panty liners. This is Breeze wearing hers http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff12/stl...

I tried the store bought pants and my dogs chewed them up. I now use little boys underpants with a hole cut for the tail and stick a panty liner inside. My Vizsla wears a size 4 the GSP a size 6.

Go for it Caleb. Bring back a ribbon, give it to your wife for Mother's Day and she'll forgive you..........

We had a lab that was a kennel dog at Purina Farms until she was 8 months old. The only time she was taken out of the kennel was for vet checks and blood tests. Since there were dusk to dawn lights she was scared to death when we turned the lights off to go to bed. She spent 2 days cowering in the c...

Try adding a little cottage cheese or yogurt in with her food. It worked for a Lab we had and a friend's Britt.

Pups go through "fear periods", one week they're ready to take on the world the next week they're running and hiding from everything. Best thing is not to "baby them" and get them into as many new situations as possible. Something I have done with my pups is send them off to stay with a trustworthy ...

MO denied them too until one was hit by a car. The first one they said was a fluke, after the second one was hit they admitted that there are a few. In 2001 a man shot and killed a wolf that was bothering his livestock thinking it was a coyote. It had an ear tag and radio collar and found that it ha...

My dogs and I have participated in several youth and women's hunts and I find the kids to be safer and easier to work with than adults. We set it up so that there are a lot of controls in place. Fist we do an instruction and demo to let them know what to expect make sure they know their safe shootin...

That's the kind of versitity I like.
Gunner is a very handsome boy, just like his papa.

Most of my training fields are either soggy or under water. Our house is high and dry but every main road and all but one back road out is either under water or will go under some time tonight. Only option to get to work is at least 75 miles out of the way. That was all the excuse I needed to stay h...

We had a lab bite my son when he was 9, pulled two of his permant teeth out, stitches in his nose and chin. She was injured at the time and he leaned over on her bad leg. She was mainly his dog and he wouldn't let us put her down. After that incident she was his best buddy and protector. Had two lab...

There's a walking trial in Lee's Summit, MO this weekend, one near Lincoln NE Feb. 16 & 17 & another in Lee's Summit on Feb. 23 & 24.

We had one with a had plastic flap and two screw type latches to lock it, can't remember the brand. Had the first one for 15 years through multiple dogs without a problem until our hard headed lab. She saw something outside she just had to go after and ran right through it when it was locked, breaki...

I like to see the titles in the pedigree but I would want to see for myself how the dogs in the pedigree hunt to see if it fits what I'm looking for. You can tell from the posts on this board that different people want and expect different things from their dogs. My first wild birdhunt was over a GS...

I would have to say Fritz to my Breeze (Odyssey lines), but I would also like to get a look at Archie and Chance from their kennel too. Brenda & Rick have some very impressive dogs. After the first of the year I plan on doing some serious stud(dog) shopping. I have a short list of dogs I'd like to s...

My liver roan GSP has been mistaken for a Chocolate Lab, odd colored Dalmation, Coon Hound and mixed breed. Most wanted to know why or how her tail got cut off. I also get: "Wow that's the dog that won Westminster". The fist day of puppy class with my Vizsla several people commented that they didn't...

Big Congrats, awesome job!
Hopefully I'll run into Fritz and Chuck while he's out this way. I'd really like to get the chance to see him in the field.

I'm surprised you found a pigeon club that would sell them to you knowing what you're going to do with them. Some will read you the riot act when they find out you want to train bird dogs with them. I have a GSP that was a late pointer and Vizsla that's been pointing since 7 weeks and worked with a ...

Even if they handled the birds perfectly they should be getting a low score in hunting. A performance like that shouldn't pass in the junior level.
I've seen a dog get passing scores in all the other categories but fail with a 4 in hunting, and from what I saw it was justified.

The one I know from MO with GSP's would be Caleb Bryson. Haven't talked to him in about a month so I don't know if he was in PA. He had been trialing his dogs Briar & Wendell.

I know of a couple of guys from MO named Caleb that run field trials and have nice dogs. What trial was he at & what breed did he have?

I emailed a few GSP people I know on that side of the state and so far no one has ever heard of the guy. No luck with any internet searches either. I probably will not be headed that direction until mid to late Oct but if someone locates the guy I could give the dog a ride from the St. Louis area. I...

Several years ago we left two labs loose in the house since, we were only going to be gone for a little while. We came home to two very happy but tipsy dogs. While we were gone they drug a 12 pack of beer from the kitchen to the living room, ripped open the carton and punctured several cans. They bo...

Congratulations Fritz, Rick & Brenda! Awesome job! We met at the TBVC trial in February, I stopped by to get a "GSP fix" since my girl decided to come in season and had to stay home. You & Rick have awesome dogs and I could tell you both really care about the them. I'll be watching the Crede/Fritz l...

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