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Danro

Wow. Great looking dog and good looking retrieves.

Danro

Wow. Hansome line of dogs. I think I especially like the Viz.

Danro

I would think you would have to home them to the trailor in one stationary spot first with the flag up constantly. Once you've trainined them to home to the trailor while its in one spot consistantly, I would try moving it, maybe to the end of the street if you can. Then leave it there and have the ...

Danro

Wow. That was weird. Disregard that last post. It must have switched my reply from the pigeon trapping post to this one.

"Markerdown"...This is the reply to your post.

Danro

You should start with the doors up for at least a day or two. Just make piles of bird seed or peanuts in the cage and sprinkle just a light dusting around the cage and especially in front of the open doors. The pigeons will quickly eat the outside away and now that you've wet their taste buds, they'...

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I think he looks like he could potentially be one of those mischiefous genius's. Kinda like Lex Luther or something. My vote goes for Lex or Lexington. Very official name. :D

Danro

Thats not a rabbit, thats a horse. You should have strapped a saddle onto it and riden it home!!!

Danro

I received an email from a member of a PA NAVHDA chapter telling about a noncompetive field trial to raise money for Hunt of a lifetime. Are any of you other Pennsylvania NAVHDA members going to participate?

Danro

I couldn't have said it better Ezzy.

Maybe we should start the Congretional Brittany Caucus on GDF.

Danro

I've hunted behind vizslas before. They're real nice hunters, beautiful dogs as well. But when this vizsla was younger, say a year and a half, it was real timid and didn't want to range more than 10 or 15 yards. Buckeye, is this characteristic of the breed, to be real clingy when they're still young...

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I was looking at the NSTRA website and trial rules. It states that to run Ameature Trial, the dog doesn't have to be be registered, it just needs to be able to be registered with AKC etc. What does this mean. The dog needs to be purebred? Thanks

Danro

Nearly all sporting dogs have huge amounts of energy, but Brittanys are definitly at the top of the list. I would compare my brittany to a toddler with ADHD on steroids with fur and a wet nose.

Danro

If your willing to travel to Pa, I know where a supplier is who supplies the birds for some of the NAVHDA trails around here. He is in NE Pa, so I don't know if thats too far. I've bought quail from him before.

Danro

It is rare to have pigeons lay more than two eggs. So chances are,(I'm assuming that the first egg is by itself), that the first is not fertile and the two eggs together(there I go assuming again) are a clutch and were probably brought on by the first egg being laided by a different hen. Those most ...

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What you could probably do, I haven't ever tried it though, is to get a couple clay pots, like terra cotta, and put that in there with straw or something. If you move the eggs the pigeons probably won't accept them. And as far as I know, pigeons can't pick up eggs so these probably won't hatch. But ...

Danro

Nice looking dog. You got a real find, getting him at the pet store. I think its too much of a crapshoot to get a good, healthy dog at the pet store, but that dog looks great.

Danro

If you've got breeders and chicks, I would band the breeders and never use them for training. The chicks will be able to fly in less than a month and they will certainly home to your loft natually with little technical training. Just take the chicks that can fly to......the stop sign at the end of t...

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I like ejectors just so I can shoot the spent shells in the air and catch them. :)

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I feed Iams, partially because its available and partially because they support many hunting dog groups.

Where do you guys get the other brands of dog food like Diamond and the other pro formula food? Thats not something you get just at the supermarket.

Danro

How'd you get on the top. Had to be one very tall ladder.

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Smokin' Pup!!

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Wow, that sounds great! The local chapter I looked at is the Hickory Run Chapter in NE Pa. It says that you have to be a member of NAVHDA international to be a member at that chapter. Is that two seperate membership fees?

Danro

I know this is probably a stupid question being that practicly everyone on this site is involved with NAVHDA. How does it work. How do you become a member and what are the requirements. I saw that they have training days at the local SGL here in PA and that sparked my interest. I hope I'm not biting...

Danro

Water squirt bottles work great! You can ambush him from a distance and get him when he's not expecting anything. How much more fun can it get? Also, there's this body harness type thing that attaches to both legs and keeps him from jumping by making him land on his butt when he does. But its probab...

Danro

Why not trap the pigeons and work with them in a controlled situation out in the field. The transfer to quail would be easier that way since they are both in the same environment.

Danro

Freezing sounds very gruesome and I've never actually attempted it, but freezing alive is the same way they kill mice or rats or rabbits or even quail sometimes for the pet industry (snake food). I asked a pet shop worker and he said that the animal will go into a coma after it becomes numb and will...

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Whats the best way to freeze a bird? Do you kill them first or tie their wings down and freeze them alive? Freezing them alive is probably the most humane, because eventually, they'll get so cold they'll fall asleep and die in their sleep. Is this true?

Danro

You know I don't appreciate that! :D

Danro

Hey, how many of you guys use weighted vests when roading your dogs? Does it really help to build muscle and get the dogs in shape in the offseason?

Danro

Sportdog by far has the best customer service IMO.

Danro

I was just running my dog once on some power line roads. Apparently, somebody was trapping down there and had their snares out. Duke ran right on one of the game trails and got his nose caught in one of the snares. Right around his nose. I would have been funny except for the fact that he got a pret...

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They'll work just fine as long as you have a large flock of pigeons. I caught 7 once using bird seed and quail feed. I'll tell you what, for a dumb bird, they sure can be smart sometimes.

Danro

Luzerne County also has some good grouse populations. Get into the swamps back on SGL 187 I think it is and you'll be sure to bump one or two. Or, work the open paths as soon as the morning sun starts to warm them up and every grouse in the woods are out there sunning themselves. Don't even need a d...

Danro

Oh man I love Hunting with Hank and Dash. Its not on as much as it used to be. Dash looks like a great setter. Hank was the main dog on some of the first shows. I remember I got so excited when I saw them hunting in Deleware County, right around where I am. That is a great show.

Danro

HOOAH!!!!!!

Danro

I actually got him from a friend who has two britts. He got his two from a breeder in New Jersey, around Salem I think. They do look very much alike. Your picture reminds me of him as a pup. He was so small I could put him in my sweatshirt pocket. :D

Danro

That first bird looks like a runt, or maybe its just this years hatch.

Danro

Ryan, I bought the vest from gun dog supply also. However, my brit is so tiny, I had to cut the last strap off to make it fit well. Instead of three theres only two now. It still works great and now when he pees it doesn't get nasty. :mrgreen:

Danro

Oh. Probably this years brood and they haven't had their first molt.

Danro

I didn't see any cock bird. Is the ratio good?

Danro

I was just saying because I recently bought a new one and I have my hold one still, a stupid little $50 innotek. Boy that was a waste of money. :D

Danro

I bet you could use an old e collar the same as the radios. :idea: All the launcher really needs is an electroinc impulse to move the acuator arm right? It might take a little tinkering though. Just a thought.

Danro

Well, I hope they can give their shots by themselves because I still can't get them out! :D

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I've heard they breed like rabbits. Are there anything special arrangments that need to be made for them to breed? I guess they're not picky considering where I caught them.

Danro

I built my loft from an old tree house. I just put walls on and a roof and called it a loft. I wonder if I could put a pigeon trap in there the night before and take out their regular feed.

Danro

How do you guys with large lofts get the pigeons out of the loft. Not five minutes ago, I went to try to net a couple of pigeons to train with and as soon as they got wound up about the net coming in, they took flight and all my pigeons that I spent long nights catching took off to the next county! ...

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Look at where the township you live in stores salt for the winter months when they plow the roads. At ours, theres about four dozen pigeons at any given night. They use the salt for grit and for minerals. But wear dirty clothes when you have to climb up the large pile of salt. Just ask permission fi...

Danro

Thanks everyone. I'll try it soon and hopefully let you know how good he does!

Danro

He does seem to only chew his back feet. We recently changed his food from puppy to adult so that could be the issue. We tried to do it gradually, mixing half and half and he took it well. As for allergies, he hasn't ever had a problem before, and his pads don't look red or irritated when you touch ...

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At this point, honestly, the only thing I can get are pigeons. They're not wild game birds, but I they should still flush pretty hard and easily. I really just don't want to be training on opening day, the first time he might even see a truly wild bird.

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