Gun Dog Forum

thanks everyone, i'll put it up in the next few days...

I bought a pigeon door from Lion Country Supply recently and will be installing it on my coop soon. Any tips on installation? Low or high? Perch, what kind? Any tips for keeping predators out? The coop is nothing special...mainly chicken wire with a tin roof, just something we used to keep chickens ...

gundogguru wrote:The AKC website will give you all the hunt tests in the country. Where are you in Charleston ?

James Island...I couldn't really find any local events on the AKC webpage except for a local Weim club that holds tests

I lived in Clemson, SC for 4 years and never heard about a hunt test Wallhalla! What's the best way to find out about events like that?

I do not watch the pheasants forever shows, and other bird dog tv shows. It just flat out annoys me. First off I'm a big fan of hunting for the gentleman side of the sport. So having 4 pointers and 2 labs to 3 people is just ridiculous. Second, Some of the bird work there is terrible. Stealing poin...

15 years ago, I thought the reward should be the bird. To have a great pointing dog, the reward should be the point. The reward of the bird is for you. Using that approach, you will have a better pointing dog. The retrievers have a better nose for finding the downed game and the pointing dog is gon...

On more than one occasion I've seen a bird hunting show where they are using a pointing breed with a Lab. The pointer finds the bird, points, lab rushes in to flush bird, hunters shoot it, Lab retrieves it. Why do people do this? Why do the pointers keep pointing? It looks like they are doing all th...

I really don't know much about spaying/neutering and the consequences of each but from personal experience I'll make some comments on 2 issues above... 1) Growth Potential -- I spayed my GSP at 5 months and she is now 60 lbs and taller than any male I've come into contact with to date...still a litt...

I spayed my GSP at that age and it made no difference in her at all...she is now 20 months. Take advantage of the day or two after the surgery when she's still drugged up...they sleep like babies!

I've got the Boater's Parka from Avery for my GSP. It is a little loose in the waist, but not bad. She is fairly large though at 60 lbs. Duck season starts next week, we'll see if it helps. [/img]