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jayhawkj

That's a great looking pup!

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My dogs are worth way to much for me to worry about saving a few dollars on flea and tick control.

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I agree Z, that was one that made me shake my head also? :roll: :roll: :roll:

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Very nice looking Brittany's, I never get tired of seeing good dogs at work.

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If you hunt by yourself than wing and shot is probably not needed, but hunting with others makes it a must in my opinion. You will always have the saftey of your dog in mine, others often seem to have the bird and the shot in mind more than the location of your dog. JMO

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No couch for my dogs!!!

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I feed mine Pro-Plan. I have tried in the past to switch over to Diamond, but loose stools were a big problem so I went back to Pro Plan.

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WOW!!! Another thread ruined by little man syndrome, (my dogs better than your dog)!!! I love hunting dogs, I enjoy watching all hunting breeds in the field. I own a brittany and he's a heck of a dog and I'm proud of him when he's the one being backed by all the other breeds being discussed on this ...

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I take my brittany to the vet to get it done, as a matter of fact he'll be getting shaved Monday. It's worth the $30 to have the pro do it.

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I know guys who trade or sell dogs all the time, myself I've never been able to get rid of a dog that easily. I get attached to my dogs, while others I know seem to treat them more like farm animals.

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AZsetter, is the small setter you're talking about a 28 lb white female from Suncanyon setters? If so I would bet Paul will show you the dog on birds or pehaps do the youtube thing. I talked to him about the dog and was very intrigued as a hunting dog, just poor timing for me.

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slistoe, a little touchy aren't you? why are you guys so bothered by someone stating an observation from the field? Your dogs don't care, but your overblown egos seem to. :oops: If you're happy with your dogs, than what do you care what birddogz or I or anyone else has to say about the games you play?

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Why would anyone want him banned? I agree with some of what Z says, I have hunted my dog with FT dogs and been amazed at how far those dogs hunted ahead of my dog and shocked at how many birds were shot over my dog behind these dogs that are FT winning dogs. To each his own.

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Well today on the advice of you my gun dog forum friends, I purchased the 12 GA model for $399. I was in need of a new field gun and I'm hoping this gun will fit the bill at a very good price. I was surprized at how good the gun fills and Friday I will find out how it shoots.

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I cannot say enough good about Chad Bloomer of Bloomer Kennels. He's located outside of Ottawa KS and did a great job with my brittany and my brothers GSP. I'll be using him again in the future and I'm a particular guy when it comes to my dogs!

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As far as the hat goes, I figured you lost a bet!

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Goodness, now we have a guy who never misses!

If you and Shadow go hunting together you'd never have to spend more than 15 minutes in the field.

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I think the moral to the story is, let your dogs do what they know. Hunt!

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My dog will do both at different times, I let him do the hunting and I have had no complaints! So your dogs never quarter in a large field (CRP), he just runs straight to the birds? :roll:

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I agree with you birddogz, I'm not sure why anyone would think quartering would be a bad thing.

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Speaking of great Brittanys, what about Shambo's Dark Shadow?

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Now you're bragging Shadow.

Looks great, I'm jealous!

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It is a lead Delmar Smith came up with for "heel" training. Google wonder lead and you will find it.

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I have the pro 100 and it's everything I want in an e collar, I recommend it highly!

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The farms I used to hunt in SE KS used to be quail heaven and we never saw any turkey. Now I see lots of turkey and no quail, that's a good enough survey for me.

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That's a little cheaper than the $80 I was quoted on Monday by a vet here in the KC area. :roll:

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I'm with nitrex, I thought he went out of business a year ago. Is he selling his place or just getting out of the dog business?

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In the latest Pointing dog journal (for all you brittany fans) there's a great article about Nolans last bullet.

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I will give her this, I have seen a lot of poorly trained dogs. There are a lot of dogs that are ruined by people who have no idea what they are doing and then give up, and to many times you can find these dogs at the local dog pound. Sad but true! I also reconize that this does not apply to most pe...

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I own many guns and I have found that I almost always grab the cheapest gun I own when I'm in the field ( stoeger o/u ). It has a ton of draw backs for most people, but it's cheap so I don't care if it gets dinged or scratched and it knocks down birds. It's not the gun it's the guy holding it is wha...

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I agree Dan, I hunt by myself or with the same group of guys 99% (usually just 2-3 of us) of the time. Anytime someone happens to be in the group I haven't hunted with, I'm always leary.

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Foster, have you looked at the dogs for sale list on this site? There are some GSP pups and started dogs on there that may fit your price range.

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Foster, my recommendation would be to buy a well bred pup of the breed of your choice (brittany :D ) and then purchase the perfect start and perfect finish tapes. Love your dog ,make him your best friend and most of all, enjoy this experience. You will remember it the rest of your life. There are a ...

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At what age do you plan on switching your pup over?

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I was the one who brought up backyard breeders, probably a poor choice of words. What I'm talking about are the people who are breeding dogs with no thought of pedigree or hunting abilty, and then selling them as "hunting dogs". In my state there has been a real problem with litter farms or puppy mi...

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In Wichita most people live in campers so you should be fine.

I think the cheney reservoir area will work out good for you, it's 30 minutes west of Wichita.

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I have the best of both worlds IMO. I have brittanys and my brother who I hunt with every week of the season has GSPs. Makes for very good hunts.

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She makes me smile, a good looking dog.

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Nice looking dogs Rob, and like you I love the brittany.

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Gar-dogs brittany is 17-18 months old, have any of you sent your dogs to a trainer at 7-8 months old? If so how did they do? If not why? The reason I ask is I have a young brittany that was pointing birds by scent and holding at 13 weeks, it shows great potential and I'm planning on sending him to a...

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Dirtdoper I agree there are a lot of great brittany bird dogs. I love the brittany for many reasons and have a very nice brittany myself. My hunting buddies favor the gsp, some are very good some not so good (to every one his own opinon). As a brittany owner I have learned to take some verbal shots ...

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+1 K9, that is very nice! These pictures are outstanding, a lot of great looking dogs.

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Well drifter is right, there's to many people out there that don't take breeding hunting dogs serious enough. Ezzy I also bought my brittany in Kansas from a very good line of breeding (Nolan last bullet line) and couldn't be more pleased. The difference is we care enough to check the breeding, a lo...

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I will stick by the statement that if you want a very good hunting dog, you better look into it's breeding, and it needs to be very well trained. If you don't believe that, well then goodluck!

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How old is the dog? I would recommend here and whistle training, your dog should never get lost. It seems like just about every year I'm out hunting and someone will slowly pull up in a pickup asking me if I've seen their hunting dog. How does this happen?

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So true, if people would pay may more attention to breeding and then put their dog in the hands of a pro for training we would see a lot less of those poor dogs you speak of. I see more back yard breeders with britts than Pointers, setters and gsp's.

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I could say the same thing about gsp's, pointers and setters. The truth is there are great hunters in every breed and also some dogs that just aren't very good. I've seen brittany's out hunt the other breeds, just depends on the dog and your preference.

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Schmidty, here's a couple of web sites for you in Kansas.

www.outbackgundogs.com
www.progundog.com

My brother bought a young gsp from Kirby at outback recently and he's an outstanding young dog. Myself I'm a brittany guy and they do very well in the house. Good luck!

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