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My own experience was that you either spend a fortune or settle on a middling dog. I looked pretty hard for a started dog after having an unpleasant experience with my last puppy. I looked at a dog from a guide string at a preserve in CO and several dogs from prominent trial guys here in MT. I talke...

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Last week I took my dog in for her second round of shots and de-wormer. Doc asked what I am feeding her and I told her PPP 30/20. Been doing that because it’s what the breeder was giving her and it’s what I fed my last dog. She said I should probably do a purina puppy food for the first year because...

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That’s awesome. Way to get the next generation into it early!!!

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Get OnX total freaking game changer. Once you figure out what cover you are looking for or say you need to be near water or some other criteria digital scouting can save you a lot of gas and boot leather. Super helpful if you are hunting checkerboard and aren’t certain where the public/private bound...

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I’ve only done this once but I was laid off at the time and hunted a ton with my dog the first year. He was not whoa broke or particularly staunch yet but knew enough to quarter and what the game was. Biggest take always were: -get out and practice your shooting. You’ll spend a lot of time and effor...

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I’ve got that loud and clear. She’s been really good so far about not being very vocal. My last dog would just howl and cry and make every sort of awful noise when we tried to crate train him or left him in the kennel. I had a squirt bottle and would go out and spray him in the face a few times and ...

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Scrap the training table, you don't need one. Those are really for Pro's or Am's with a ton of dog's. You'll find that putting a piece of 3/4" X 14" X 8' long between two card table chairs will do a great job for you. The springiness of the plywood makes the dog tentative and they accept pressure e...

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My dogs have always been kenneled outside, so no help on the first part of your query. As far as benches are concerned, lots of things can work. What you are doing is getting the dog off the ground which creates a bit of uncertainty for them. A picnic table works, as does a picnic table bench. The ...

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With my pups I split time between the two, as well as give them time on the tie-out chain. When I am gone for the day, they go in the outdoor kennel, when we are home they are allowed into one area of the house (family room), and they head to their crates if we are eating or are away from the house...

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This reminded me to send in the registration paperwork. The sire was from High Plains Drifter kennel so I went with HPD’s Whoa Nelly, we call her Nelly. Remember that name she’s gonna be famous some day [emoji6]

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All my dogs sleep in the house in their kennels. Any table, bench, tailgate will work. I started with a goat milking stand. Even a chest freezer will work. Don't make stuff difficult. Your dog doesn't care. Now ever time my three year old GSP sees a picnic table in a camp ground she jumps up on it....

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1. Those of you who keep your dogs in the house, I have been crate training my pup, she’s about 11 weeks old at the moment. Crate training has been great she has taken to it really well and seems to be getting the idea of the house training. Question is this, if you keep the dog in the house part ti...

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shags wrote:Best wishes for a long and happy life with Nelly. Looks like you're off to a great start.

Thanks!!!

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Those are great pics. :) Don't rush things. Thanks Sharon! Good advice. As a family we re-watched the Ronnie Smith puppy video. Just trying to have everyone on the same page about not picking her up if she’s jumping on your or putting her down until she is still, not letting her out of the crate un...

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Picked up the hound a few days ago and it has been so much fun!!! Night and day from my last dog. Everything with Tubbs was such a struggle. He would just sit in the crate and howl all night. House breaking was a nightmare. He was very skittish and unfriendly. This dog, we call her Nelly, couldn’t b...

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My boys were with my parents in Maine for most of August and we just got them back last week. Good to have my best fishing buddy back! He stuck a nice one on the Yellowstone a couple of days ago [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220902/46abe62f1294ca3c94ec5fe5da1ef4e5.jpg[/IMG] Sent from my iP...

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I would seriously chill out. You’re anthropomorphizing the behavior of a very young animal. It’s not doing anything to spite you it’s simply doing what puppies do, mess around with stuff that looks interesting. Just puppy proof the house or have a designated zone and fence it off. I have a very youn...

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Those are some slabs. Nothing better than a walleye fish fry!

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You've done all that is possible to pick a good pup. Enjoy your pup. Thanks Sharon! I sure will. I’m not gonna lie I’m getting a bit nervous but mostly just excited. I re-read Delmar and Ronnie Smith’s books and am gonna dig up and watch the dvd’s again. There is a trainer I really like who has bee...

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I work at a mine so I am gone for five days and and then home for five days. It wasn’t that he made me pick early it was that I couldn’t be there on the exact 8 week mark and the second place folks will be. I tend to be pretty easy going about stuff like that not gonna make a stink about a week when...

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[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220824/ea8498923c2ac2865462825082b9c596.jpg[/IMG] Here she is. I think we’re gonna call her Maya. I tried a bunch of the stuff that was recommended and didn’t have much luck. When I got in the pen they just all mauled me which was nice but didn’t tell me much....

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I’ve been curious about this exact thing. Wondering if anyone bred for traits or behaviors regardless of breed and what would happen? If you had a mutt mixed up of britts, setters, pointers etc. would it still be a good bird dog?

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My understanding is that it’s a total crapshoot. You pick the parents and then which puppy is way less important if it matters at all, at least that’s what Delmar Smith believed. Assuming that’s the truth it’s harmless to try and improve your guess right? I asked to stop by and check them out and wa...

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I know there is ample content here and elsewhere about picking a puppy. I have a couple specific questions. The pups are 4 weeks old. I went by just to check them out. There are 3 females. I took them outside individually and watched them a bit then watched the litter all together for a while. The b...

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deseeker wrote:Post some pictures when you get your pup.

Oh for sure!

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Totally agree about the started/finished dog idea. My experience was that it’s easier said than done. I went and looked at two. Washouts from trial or guide strings. I’m no expert but I wasn’t super impressed and they were crazy expensive, one was $4500. My understanding is the economics of training...

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Thanks for checking them out! Went with a female from the GSP litter. Spoke to the owner of the sire and he was pretty familiar with the dam’s lineage. Lots of trial success on both sides in NSTRA. Best I could gather from asking around they are both really nice litters. I like the idea of being abl...

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What about the pedigrees? I’m pretty confident they’re both good litters but just a bunch of names on paper to me, no idea what they mean. Maybe that’d help me pick between the two?

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2 puppies dumb idea. Got it. Thanks!

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Last dog didn’t work out. No interest in trying to figure out what was up with that. Was pretty unfortunate for myself and the family since it was a house dog as well so had to take some time but man I really missed chasing birds this fall. Spoke with the fam and they seem into trying again, or at l...

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Be forewarned this is a real downer of a post. Today was the final straw for Tubbs, he’s gotta go. I was unloading some stuff from my truck and the garage door was open. A woman was walking by across the street about a block away with a stroller and a young child. Tubbs took off across the street at...

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WOW,I have never had 60 grouse flush wild. You must live in grouse paradise. This is Miles of prairie and creek beds. Some pasture and some corn -milo- sunflowers. May have been every bird from 10 sections. Yeah once it gets cold they flock up like that. Not at all uncommon to see groups of 30 or 5...

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I’d much rather be hunting but sadly the mortgage must be paid so here I am bustin my pick in this godforsaken desert near Carlsbad, NM. Saw a covey of quail today. Only 9 more days then back home and chase some birds.

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Dogs have biceps? Learn something new every day

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I saw it but haven't tried it yet. I have the 100 and the Pro 550+ and I don't think I ever use the 100. It's just not quite there design wise for me to use it in the field hunting wild birds on public land. The Pro 550+ is perfect thought I do wish it was a bit shorter but that's just me nit picki...

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I got an Orvis Pro that I really like. Seems like it’s modeled off of what we called an H-harness and battle belt in the Corps. Seems well made and everything is in the right spot as far as I can tell.

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mask wrote:yep.

Cool! I’ve never seen one before. I’m gonna be on the lookout.

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Are these quail tracks? I’m in Midland, TX so I believe they’d be Scaled Quail.

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Something I did to at least keep things interesting and hype up the dog a bit was shoot a couple birds that flushed wild or that I flushed independent of the dog

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I read this thread about 5 times and you guys are 100% right. I appreciate the advice I am going to: 1. Not say a word when he is on point 2. Only shoot birds where the point is held without creeping 3. Work on whoa at the at the table. One thing that is confusing me though is why I would keep my m...

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I totally get where you are coming from. Opportunities to kill wild birds over your pup can be hard to come by depending on where you are hunting or how often you can get out. Part of what makes the sport fun is how exciting it is approaching a dog on point. I have a young dog as well and do my best...

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Good looking dog! Enjoy the weather. It’s already single digits with a couple feet of snow in MT

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I will say that sometimes this board could be called Grumpy Old Men’s Forum instead of Gun Dog Forum. I generally lean toward applauding people getting out when they have the chance to. I think if everyone spent less time picking apart things others post maybe you’d have more than 4-5 people post re...

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