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In that photo mostly juniper, pinon pine, douglas fir, englemens spruce, and ponderosa. Other fire locations had mostly aspen. No beetle kill down here yet but certainly on its way.

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Man what a trip. Ready to go home but now there are flash floods. Maybe Monday. Almost lost the place twice but those firefighters are miracle workers. More than 30,000 acres so far. Lost one pigeon who was in with her weaning babies so I have been hand feeding those. Named them Burny and Wildfire. ...

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We got evacuated due to a wildfire a few days ago. Thought for sure we would loose or place but so far it has made it. The fire got within a quarter mile and was crowning when the back burn beat it. Has been a tough and interesting few days with three dogs in a tiny camper and evacuated pigeons/hone...

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I bought couturnix once. After I brought them home I waited till 8 weeks old. They could walk around a little. If you nudged them with your shoe they just peeped. We ate them before even trying to run a dog on them.

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At 7-8 weeks is there any chance at telling who the better hunters in a litter might be? Delmar Smith says no. I say no. I say that you can pick up a little on the temperament though not a whole lot. Just get the one that speaks to you or looks the best IMHO. Even if it is a little calm compared to...

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Thanks all, that’s the answer I was expecting. Sounds like I should focus all my efforts on picking the pup with the right temperament for me and not be too worried about hunting ability? The original question was about well bred pups. I would say you still want to see some hunting achievements in ...

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That is all kind of what I was thinking. If I got an extended cab setup it would make life easier and since I will be changing over from a slide in four wheel camper to a pull behind I don't need all of that bed space except for when I get firewood and I can always pull a trailer for that.

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I have been thinking about picking up a full sized pickup and replacing a small toyota pickup. I plan on pulling a small 14-16ft camper around 3000-4000lbs with it. My neighbor has a 2007 f-150 he might be offing for a deal. It has the slower 4.6L but with my camper size in mind shouldn't matter. It...

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At the end of the day, when I was recently thinking about this, I decided for my second britt to be american just like the first. Why: 1)First, there isn't much that hasn't been talked about with french vs american just search. 2) French britts are over priced and half the breeders don't seem to me ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4dgq_TYdOo

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Put the long set of prongs on if it came with it. if you can fit 3 fingers under the collar it is too loose. a snug 2 fingers is good. Get it too tight, then back off a notch. Try placing prongs directly under head with each between esophagus. When all else fails just get him nice and wet first. :lol:

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I think it is more common to get random health defects than anything else. Not sure anyone could nail a percentage. I would say that some pups require more work than others, some are raging field masters and others more likely to be a closer working buddy. A total, non-hunting dog? Well, the chances...

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The nice thing about retriever training and building a natural retrieve is this; If it doesn't work it isn't really that big of a deal because later down the road you can (should) force fetch anyways, that works. So go for it, try that method out. As far as best bumpers for pups, if you are trying t...

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How long has he had the runs? Giardiasis can be difficult to diagnose if they miss the shedding cycle. Stay away from high protein foods. Give it a week after changing food to see if it makes a difference.

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Pretty close to shooting a bird for this pup! Holding a natural point. https://youtu.be/PhyUX8Iikvc

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Sometimes I will forget a collar, or forget to charge it, or forget a remote or the GPS. I like having two separate collars so if you are open to that I like the Astro for tracking and I use sportdog training collars, with a 1-mile range for training collar. I like the smaller handheld remote otherw...

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Thanks for that. Amazing how much you can fall in love with your first dog.

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Just a side note, but there was some mention of flushing birds not being a big deal and you can just shoot them. That is true, but a 5 month old pup isn't going to range like a 2 year old. You can't shoot a flushed bird at 200 yards. Everyone on here that replies often is hoping for an opportunity t...

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I have a brittany who was and is still hunting up a storm, 2 hrs is actually our new limit, with mitral valve insufficiency at 7 years old. 2 hrs is nothing like what we hunted in the past. I hunted him this past fall over the course of 7 days, 5 total hunt days and probably an average of 4 hours ea...

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Tequila kennels. I have heard good things of their dogs, not sure about their training.

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When I saw the video it immediately presented a dilemma for me as to whether to speak up or let it lay. I believe the folks speaking up have the pup and owner's best interest at heart in doing so. Letting an adequately bold 5 month old pointing breed puppy catch 6 weak flying pen raised quail in a ...

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If I were you, and I had a big open piece of land like that, no question I would be raising some pigeons. That is the plan for next winter. Just don’t have a great place to raise them. Looking for a local place where I can trap them though. The GSP won’t see another released bird (pigeon/chucker) t...

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I have a 1 1/2 year old GSP that is all black that was purchased from a professional trainer/Breeder. I was thinking about studding him out a couple times. He has sharpshooter, willow creek, river valley Dixie doo, and a bunch of other MH lines. What does one charge and we’re is the best places to ...

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I just watched that video. Those quail have zero fly in them, they act more like couternix or some other variety of meat quail. The birds should be teaching the dog to stay by flying, especially in the first introductions (I noticed you were giving whoa gestures). Also very important, don't yank a d...

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...for me. I want to play around with the trial world. I am leaning towards NSTRA based on what I like in a brittany and how I chose my current pup, but there are some dual champions in his line, so that begs the question; how feasible is it to go for both NSTRA and AKC titles. Should I focus on one...

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What kind of habitat is your dog running pheasant on? Running birds take dogs a while to get the hang of, and they can only get it if the dang bird holds somewhere. I have hunted blue grouse that would bust at 100 yards, just depends on the cover.

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Are making it hard to say much about this one...

https://youtu.be/zYatkifkC74

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Also, I beekeep and my reactions to stings are getting worse, thinking a trip to an allergist might be in store. My guess is that is your best bet as well.

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That sounds like a good dog honestly. Don't forget he is coming in tot he terrible 2's. My older Brittany still does that kind of hunt for himself thing on the first day or two of wild bird season. People say you can't reason with a dog, but for whatever reason when I catch him in this mood if I pen...

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I priced some chain at my local hardware store, which led me to the decision of buying a chain gang from LCS. They used the double loop chain which I didn't know. (Like the chain here https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-3-x-15-ft-Zinc-Plated-Double-Loop-Chain-803072/203958780 ). I'm a little concer...

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This is my opinion, and I have to say, take it with a grain of salt. I do not know the ins and outs of the AKC, I do not know how difficult it might be for purchasers to do any trialing with these dogs, I do NOT breed and simply don't know a lot of what I am talking about. Considering the history of...

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Rescue GSP's go for $475...That's a dog that's been surrendered to the pound, pulled from an abuse case, owner died, etc...A dog that someone gave up on or mistreated. I don't think you'll have much luck at that price point. Start a coffee can now and put every penny you can in it and don't tell yo...

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The one time I used pigeons they were carded. I let the dog run/hunt while dragging a 30’ cord. I found it difficult or clunky trying to regain control before the point and to restraining the dog after the flush. I’m sure I was doing something wrong but it was not an easy task. I plan to purchase 1...

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I don't think you should draw too many conclusions from a first bird experience other than that you should be excited he is into the birds. I expect my dogs to catch and if they have to, kill cripples in order to bring them back to me. Crushing a live bird, not sure I would really mind, especially i...

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Im using dizzied and put to sleep pigeons for exposure to a young pup right now, too young for launchers. It is reminding me of how valuable launchers are.

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Really proud of the patience my guy Fiddle has for his new brother. He has been known to track down pups and "attack" them. Never drew blood but certainly went beyond normal dominance establishment. Was going to bring in the ecollar but decided I didn't know what I was doing on this one and worked w...

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Nice puppy! That bird on the ground a pigeon? Pretty good example of what pigeons do to dogs in the yard when they land. Thinking about it, I have both homer's and feral's. The feral's are definitely spookier out on the ground like that than the homer's. If you don't need birds that don't come back...

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kstater wrote:I think I have seen that guy around! Maybe you could ship some pigeons to Kansas for me!

I was wondering if you were on here! I owe ya one so if you need be to I'll put them on a plane

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Excited to introduce a new addition to the family! Pretty birdy for 8 weeks!

https://youtu.be/CCAW4Ny75bg

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Sounds like you have para typhoid. I use a good antibiotic to treat if necessary but it is seldom that I do. Would rather let the birds develop their natural immunity. That is what I was thinking, sounds hard to treat successfully anyhow. Can my dogs or new pup catch it if I shoot one of the birds ...

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I have a small, probably over populated loft that has been sustaining birds in the 12-20 range for about 6 or 7 years now. I rarely have more than 1 bird in a clutch survive. Stools seem fine and because of density I do get some pecking on younger birds and certainly unhealthy birds that I then quar...

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You know, in the US, when talk goes around about potential bans... people just buy the &*^% out of whatever it is. I'm not saying you should break the law or anything, but an e-collar has saved my dog's life a number of times, ignorance based laws and consumption of habitat will be the downfall of h...

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The only dog I have ff so far did that but luckily birds aren't shaped like cigars.

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you never know with pigeons. I have had some come back 2 or 3 days after I released them, hanging with the ferals I suppose.

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Make sure you check around bridge overpasses for trapping birds. I would recommend just building a loft. Dont look too far into the local rules on it, I have found that nobody even notices them, get white pigeons and everyone will think they are white doves, then you can hire them out for weddings o...

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I am old school and like my collars separate and off my phone. The most important collar is the GPS collar, I recommend Garmin Astro 430 and collar along with a single bay battery charger and chargeable AAs (inteloop bats and lacosse charger). Second on importance is the e collar, get a mile range a...

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I can give you one other factor really quick. Can you say PYOMETRA. Actually two, False pregnancies. It has been my experience that females which have multiple false pregnancies all eventually die from mammary Cancer. For this reason we always spay our retired breeding bitches. Also unwanted pregna...

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Imagine what would happen if you cut a human's testicles off at the age of 14. OK so dog years aren't an exact science, but they do say to wait 2 years, anyone who snips at 6 months has swallowed the wrong colored pill. This is especially true if the dog is a female and has not had its first heat c...

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Imagine what would happen if you cut a human's testicles off at the age of 14. OK so dog years aren't an exact science, but they do say to wait 2 years, anyone who snips at 6 months has swallowed the wrong colored pill. This is especially true if the dog is a female and has not had its first heat cy...

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Why do you treat pigeons for cocci twice a year? I never treat for anything till there is a problem since treatments do not prevent. My birds have never been wormed and had never had a problem. I also have not wormed my dogs since I started using Ivomec for heartworm as I just can not find any sign...

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