See if your vet can give you a pill injector. I was given one to use on one of our cats that needed a antibiotic. Worked for the cat and works on the dog.
Otherwise grind it up in put in their food like I do with the daily dose of Dasuquin.
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- Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Pills
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6964
- Mon May 04, 2020 10:54 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: French Brittany pup help needed
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5337
Re: French Brittany pup help needed
When you take your pup out to an open area to run, hook up a 25' check cord to them and let the drag it. It will help to tire them out and also give you a better chance of grabbing them.
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: So you think you know dogs?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6852
Re: So you think you know dogs?
I had a Weim/Chessie cross, Fawn, that was an avid waterfowl dog. We were hunting the upper end of an island in the Snake River. There was another hunter down at the downstream end of the island about 300 yds downstream. The shooting had slowed by about 8 am and I fell asleep in the blind. When I wo...
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:49 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: ~ K9 CHAOS ~ Unleashing The Joy
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2877
Re: ~ K9 CHAOS ~ Unleashing The Joy
Mike,I think anyone who has owned an older Lab, or any other dog, and then gotten a puppy has seen that look of "Oh boy, what a pest" Or the look in the older dogs eyes and and their actions when the pup gets into something it shouldn't have. It's kind of like "You have no idea what you have just do...
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:23 am
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: A little about you...
- Replies: 1099
- Views: 864127
Re: A little about you...
My name is Zach. I'm 34 and live in Idaho. I've been hunting all my life, but am relatively new to upland hunting and very new to pointing dogs. Have always had labs, as my primary pursuit (in regards to birds) in the past was always waterfowl. The last couple years I've dabbled more in chukar and ...
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:19 am
- Forum: Polls
- Topic: What gun dog breed do you currently own and why?
- Replies: 199
- Views: 211423
Re: What gun dog breed do you currently own and why?
a GSP, a Lab X GWP cross and a Lab. They fit the bill for both upland and the Lab X GWP and Lab for waterfowl.
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:12 am
- Forum: Polls
- Topic: Which shotgun brand do you use?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 226527
Re: Which shotgun brand do you use?
Remington, Mossberg and Stoeger.
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:07 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bell or no bell?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12941
Re: Bell or no bell?
Bells in thick cover.
- Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:48 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Sportmix
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5096
Re: Sportmix
Chewy has the 24/20 50# bag for $35.
- Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:55 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Help with Carrying
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4387
Re: Help with Carrying
I would work on having them sit in front of you and have them hold it. Give the command hold. As soon as they hold even for a couple of seconds praise them and give them a treat. Extend the time they have to hold before you give praise or a treat. When they will hold for while sitting work on bringi...
- Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:39 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Help with Carrying
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4387
Re: Help with Carrying
Will he hold the dummy all the way back when you throw it for him?
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:02 am
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: Getting my first true gun dog
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5018
Re: Getting my first true gun dog
Congrats on getting a lab puppy. I have always believed that if there were only one breed of dog in the world it would be a lab, they are so bidable and versatile. Now before you bring it home move everything you don't want chewed up out of the way and everything on your coffee table off of it. Lab ...
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:01 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Bird wings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4335
Re: Bird wings
They are also helpful, (when wings a fresh, keep some of the ones off birds you kill in the freezer) to teach "Hunt dead".
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:13 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: ~ A Gadwall Pair ~
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6496
Re: ~ A Gadwall Pair ~
It is going be a while before our ponds have open water.Irishwhistler wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:55 pmFishvik,
I shot the Gadwall photo yesterday, 2/15/20.
Mike
- Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:23 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: ~ A Gadwall Pair ~
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6496
Re: ~ A Gadwall Pair ~
Great photo, Mike. Gadwal drake flank feathers are fantastic fly tying feathers. We have a lot of them out here in the intermountain west. What time of year did you take the photo?
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 11:07 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Transporting dog in truck bed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7302
Re: Transporting dog in truck bed
I live in Idaho. My dogs; GSP, GWP and Lab; always ride in a kennel in the bed of an uncovered pickup. They sleep in at night, even during Dec. and January. I have an insulated cover for it and fill it with straw. When I open it on cold, 5-20 degree, mornings to let them out it is very warm inside j...
- Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: GSP Breeder?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9371
Re: GSP Breeder?
Good to hear, enjoy her Reba.
- Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:12 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: GSP Breeder?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9371
Re: GSP Breeder?
Reba, Here are a few in Eastern Idaho.
Moody Creek Shorthairs, Rigby, ID 208 351 7069 , rodbarber52@gmail.com, moodycreekkennel.com
Shooting Top Gun Kennels, 208 223 1230
Best Hunting Buddies, Ririe, ID, 208 821 0082, besthuntingbuddies.com
Moody Creek Shorthairs, Rigby, ID 208 351 7069 , rodbarber52@gmail.com, moodycreekkennel.com
Shooting Top Gun Kennels, 208 223 1230
Best Hunting Buddies, Ririe, ID, 208 821 0082, besthuntingbuddies.com
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Watershy Shorthair Help
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10262
Re: Watershy Shorthair Help
Polmaise, Is it possible to keep a Lab out of water?
- Mon Dec 23, 2019 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The Flush
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5654
Re: The Flush
Mike, If you want to come out here and hunt those masked bandits in their "introduced" native habitats you will see why we say out here," You hunt chukars the first time for fun and then from then on for revenge."
- Sat Dec 21, 2019 5:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8120
Re: Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you Sharon and all other GDF members.
- Wed Dec 11, 2019 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Trekmoor/Bill/Wullie
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6304
Re: Trekmoor/Bill/Wullie
Bill, We're all pulling for you.
- Mon Dec 09, 2019 1:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New guy from Idaho
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3751
Re: New guy from Idaho
H_D_O Welcome to the group. Good to have another member in SE Idaho. I hunt both upland and waterfowl with our dogs. (Lab, Lab/GWP and GSP) The GSP is too thin coated for waterfowl. I've trained a few dogs for both upland and waterfowl pointers, flushers and retrievers. If you want to get together a...
- Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:03 am
- Forum: Wild Game Recipes
- Topic: Duck
- Replies: 35
- Views: 40459
Re: Duck
I've had good golden eyes and bad golden eyes. The only Barrow's golden eye I ever shot (I wouldn't have shot it had I known it was Barrow's) was so nasty when I tried to grill it that I had to abort and throw it across the road. Some have been great though. I've shot a lot of both species of golde...
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:57 am
- Forum: Wild Game Recipes
- Topic: Duck
- Replies: 35
- Views: 40459
Re: Duck
I've found that goldeneye, a duck most people avoid eating, is very tasty. I fillet the meat off the keel bone (sternum), skin them (usually need a knife to do most of it). I cut off the legs and skin them too. I then soak them in salt water for a day and then fresh water the next day. When I cook t...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 12:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Small town pointers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4487
Re: Small town pointers
I've had a couple of versatile breeds and live in town. I'm lucky enough to live close to public land so exercising them has not been a problem. Keeping my shorthair in the yard was when she was younger and talking to other shorthair owners I think some in their breeding some kangaroo is in there.
- Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:17 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 12 year old getting it done
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3461
Re: 12 year old getting it done
My Hanna is an 11 yo GSP that still hunts like the Everready Bunny. When she gets home she eats and then crashes on the couch, unless there is food around. If I get ready to go again the next day with one of the other dogs she stands in front of the door and does the "I'm ready to go again" dance.
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:12 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Permethrin Spray
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5454
Re: Permethrin Spray
It' interesting that fall is tick season in PA, here in ID we have them in spring and they are gone by mid summer, none in the fall.
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 2:10 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Bleeding toe nails?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4992
Re: Bleeding toe nails?
Hunting in Nevada can lead to that. When I lived there my dogs often broke nails and were always sore footed after the first day of hunting or if hunted them on a number of successive days later in the season. There is a lot of lava rock (basalt) and obsidian in that landscape, particularly in north...
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 2:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: AUTUMN'S BOUNTY
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2409
Re: AUTUMN'S BOUNTY
And the autumn colors are brilliant. I miss that.
- Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: FOGGY MORNING REST STOP
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2203
Re: FOGGY MORNING REST STOP
Pretty picture, Mike.
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 6:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: EVERY MALLARD'S NIGHTMARE
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3445
Re: EVERY MALLARD'S NIGHTMARE
There is nothing like watching a good retriever chase down a cripple in a current. It's even better when they catch it, swim back to the bank and return it to the blind. Out here on the Snake River they get a lot of practice doing just that. Looks like you have a pro at that game.
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 9:15 am
- Forum: Brags
- Topic: One Step Closer
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8612
Re: One Step Closer
Way to go Mike and Trad.
- Wed Sep 25, 2019 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: OUT O' THE HEAVENS
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2123
Re: OUT O' THE HEAVENS
Out o' the heavens, into some customers brawn...hmmmm I'm not sure that way of saying it really works. Perhaps…INTO SOME CUSTOMER'S COMPUTER. Yeah...I like that one better. Out of the heavens comes a well-known player. Think I'm talking about a deity or astronaut burger king feedback ? Nope, actuall...
- Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:26 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Running 2 Pointing Dogs at Once
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10738
- Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:00 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Running 2 Pointing Dogs at Once
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10738
Re: Running 2 Pointing Dogs at Once
A lot of the country I hunt has both types of ground bordering each other. My brush dog not only hunts the thick stuff but is also a better retriever and very rarely if ever loses a cripple whether its on land or over water. A lot of the pheasant and quail habitat I hunt is along the Snake River. Be...
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:09 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Running 2 Pointing Dogs at Once
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10738
Re: Running 2 Pointing Dogs at Once
I hunt two most of the time. One hunts the edges and open areas well, the other is a beast in thick stuff.
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:23 am
- Forum: Brags
- Topic: Our New Girl- Stella
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5573
Re: Our New Girl- Stella
Top photo is classic GSP, when they aren't running, eating or hunting, it's couch potato mode.
- Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:37 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: First Day of Season
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3689
Re: First Day of Season
Start doing a fake hunt. Get out early in the dark, set up a blind, set decoys, bring a gun with blanks, call and throw a dummy with duck wings (or a dead duck). If you use a boat start practicing behavior and getting back in now, during the summer. This is critical if it is a small boat like a cano...
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:33 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Heat and dogs..
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3902
Re: Heat and dogs..
If you live in a fairly low humidity area, swimming is a great way to keep a dog cool. Not only is the water a cooler when they are in it, but they also cool from the evaporation as they dry. Swimming also gives them a chance to get some exercise. Dogs will also get some cooling effect in high humid...
- Sun Jul 14, 2019 10:11 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Need some advice to un-teach this behavior
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1716
Re: Need some advice to un-teach this behavior
I don't think there is an app for that. Sorry I just couldn't resist that in the electronic world we live in. Mute as many of them as possible. Then hopefully she will start to ignore the rest.
- Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:29 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: GSP behavior - correct this or no?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3532
Re: GSP behavior - correct this or no?
First a couple of questions before I answer. 1. Do you want to hunt rabbits with this dog? 2. Are these cottontails and are they a game species in Kansas? If you don't want this dog to be a rabbit hunter, I'd be lighting this dog up when he hits a rabbit trail, much like snake breaking or breaking a...
- Fri May 17, 2019 11:05 am
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: New Member
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1490
Re: New Member
Rips Dad, Good to have you aboard. I too am an avid bird hunter and fly fisher/tyer. I did my practical clinical requirement for my EMT certification at Deaconess in Spokane. If you want to work your pup on some sage or sharptails here in SE Idaho let me know.
- Sun May 12, 2019 1:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Let’s talk about registration
- Replies: 62
- Views: 33626
Re: Let’s talk about registration
Sorry AG but you provided no proof other than your opinion on pet labs. Fact of the matter is the hunting genes are alive and well in the Labrador lines, American and British. Labradors are thriving as Gundogs and Pets for the warriors of the weekend world wide. Even after multiple decades of “poor...
- Sat May 04, 2019 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Investigating... DD, setters and griffons
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11147
Re: Investigating... DD, setters and griffons
Have you considered a Boykin? Nope. 1 spaniel is more than enough for my mental health lol. And no offense to those that love boykins but I don't think they can match an ECS or ESS in the uplands. They are bred for a different skill set. Well then I'd go with the wirehair. I have a 9 yo GWP x Lab c...
- Fri May 03, 2019 9:31 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Investigating... DD, setters and griffons
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11147
Re: Investigating... DD, setters and griffons
Have you considered a Boykin?
- Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:20 pm
- Forum: Tributes to the Departed
- Topic: Passing of Ezzy333 - Al Esger
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15517
Re: Passing of Ezzy333 - Al Esger
RIP Ezzy, you'll be missed.
- Thu Apr 04, 2019 3:10 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Won't hunt
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6049
Re: Won't hunt
Easiest way to get a pup exploring is with an older dog. Just let them romp around, no pressure. Doesn't matter the type, could be a Schnauzer. Working on obedience at a young age can also make them clingy. I'm with the others; he's a baby, give him time. My feelings exactly. Find a buddy with a ob...
- Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:53 pm
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: A little about you...
- Replies: 1099
- Views: 864127
- Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:50 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Proper use of the Check Cord
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6379
Re: Proper use of the Check Cord
A little nick with an E collar works wonders. If you don't have an E collar a wonder lead or power stick are good tools for teaching heel and whoa. Read up on their proper use. My own experience has been that a check cord is hard to teach heel because the dog has to much lead. But getting back to my...