Gun Dog Forum

BuckeyeSteve

Maybe you should consider keeping and taking the dog with you, there is probably some good hunting in southern.... just kidding. I get it. Obviously the dog is worth what you're able to get for him, and that has to be consdering the fact that you're limiting his sale to a good family dog buyer who h...

BuckeyeSteve

I posted this question in the wrong place before..... anyone going to this this weekend?

I'm going to try to go watch for at least a few hours at some point over the weekend, would like to meet up with anyone else from here that may be there. Let me know.

BuckeyeSteve

I bought a pair of Dan's Briar Fighter Bibs ($115.00) from The Briarproof Superstore last season. I bought them big so I could layer underneath if needed. They are tough, well made digs. I've only had them for a partial season....but for grouse hunting in the thick stuff I get in to around here, the...

BuckeyeSteve

Anyone going to the Beaver Valley Pointer & Setter Club trial in Beaver Valley PA this weekend?

BuckeyeSteve

I've never heard of bird dog wars. What format does the guy run in? Must be very informal because only papered dog's can compete in trials. Bird Dog Wars is a show based on the Bird Dog Challenge organization. I would say the organization and the show are accurately and negatively described below. ...

BuckeyeSteve

First things first... If your dog is charging in after the planted bird...it may not ready for prime time, IMO. Before my dogs see a planted bird they are pretty rock solid in the yard. My dog is zero steady in the yard. I intentionally haven't taught whoa, bc there seems to be mixed feelings on it...

BuckeyeSteve

I think your cc is way too long. 15 feet of really stiff rope works great...you have good control, the dog can move somewhat freely, and the cc won't snag or wrap around the dog's legs. I let my pups drag the cc. Depends on how you plant your birds. If you dizzy the snot out of them, then bury them...

BuckeyeSteve

So here's where I'm at.... Rosco is 9 months old. I've intro'd him to birds only by letting him play with a chukar dangling in front of him, letting him play with a freshly dead grouse for a bit, and dangling a quail for him and eventually throwing it to fly away and let him chase. I tried four chuk...

BuckeyeSteve

Never. I always want a GREAT dog, not marginal or mediocre. You would have to be amazingly lucky to come up with a great dog in a rescue program. Life is too short to put up with them. One of the guys on Bird Dog Wars ONLY uses rescue dogs, and he has multiple champions. I don't believe (going from...

BuckeyeSteve

ezzy333 wrote:Not bad for the birds but just makes it harder for you to catch or control them.

ahhh..... I hadn't thought that through. Good point.

BuckeyeSteve

:lol: My dogs all think they are called "Peep - peep !" I very seldom use a dogs name at distance. My spaniels , lab and versatile dogs are taught to respond to a stop/sit whistle, taught to recall or to turn to whistle and in the case of the verstiles I use a distinctive whistle that means "go hun...

BuckeyeSteve

I have to ask, how do you know what the range of a silent whistle is in different conditions, like heavy cover or high winds? I've never tried one because of that. Thanks as always for the insight Shags... much appreciated. On the "how far" subject, I don't know what test or study some good scienti...

BuckeyeSteve

I bought an Acme silent dog whistle. It came with a "how to train your dog with the ACME Silent Dog Whistle" instruction booklet. The booklet gives an overview of verbal commands, but only mentions using the whistle for the heel command ("use one blast of the whistle"). Does anyone primarily use a w...

BuckeyeSteve

I also just built one.... no pigeons in it yet b/c the pigeon trap I bought ($80, tried to get the best one I could) seems to have a revolving door....I got one in the trap & left it over night so it's friends would go in and by the next morning they had all learned to come and go as they pleased).....

BuckeyeSteve

I have just begun teaching the place command. I watched Robin McFarlane's video that came with the WetMutt mat I ordered from GDS, plus multiple other videos. I get the point of Place for in the house....but what else is this good for? I keep hearing that the minimum standard of a trained dog is to ...

BuckeyeSteve

My Brittany had his first real point a few minutes ago.... He broke it after 10 seconds or so and went around and flushed the bird....but I was happy to see the point. He's 7 months, and I haven't really done much on into'ing him to birds yet. I moved 100 quail last night from my coup to a flight pe...

BuckeyeSteve

I hear a lot about how Purina Pro Plan is the "the best food for sporting dogs" and its "the food that 8 out of 10 champions eat" and so fourth. This is also the food that the breeder who I got my Lab from recommended, but why? After looking into it and its ingredients it doesn't look that good. Wh...

BuckeyeSteve

There is one way and only one way you can make money in a saturated market and that is repeat business. No reputable company that has survived over a period of time has done it by cutting costs if it is at the expense of producing a quality product. I was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to ...

BuckeyeSteve

Any company, large or small, that is not motivated to make a profit, and does not, ceases to exist. There is a market for high quality dog food and there is a market for low end dog foods. Why would anyone think Purina is not interested in capturing as much market share of each as they can and do? ...

BuckeyeSteve

Steve, you know the dog food advisor guy is a dentist, right? You gonna trust a dentist who might have a financial interest in his website, or the actual scientists who conduct millions of dollars worth of research in canine nutrition? As an aside for anyone interested, Tufts has published some res...

BuckeyeSteve

Thanks Mr. Guy: I wonder if a Golden retriever could even handle that thicket with a "field haircut". The trouble is I don't own a farm or know a person who does. Idaho has plenty of Access Yes! properties and one of these days I will have to scout some out before dove opener if the landowners perm...

BuckeyeSteve

I wouldn’t put too much faith in the dog food advisor’s rating. It’s fairly easy to put up a website and give yourself a title for a name. Amen Ezzy I agree.... hence the existence of "citizen's united".... but concerning dog food, dogfoodadvisor is amazing. If you take the time to read their revie...

BuckeyeSteve

Look at Dakota 283 for the same price point as the Ruff Tough, but with WAY BETTER customer service and a few nicer features. I bought both at the same time and compared them side by side, returned the Ruff Tough. I thought I wrote a review, but now I'm thinking I never actually did that. I'll post ...

BuckeyeSteve

reading back through old threads for flea & tick advice. Our ticks are ridiculous in this area, I pulled 18 off of the me/dog combo after one walk a couple months ago. We've used multiple topicals (our vet keeps switching all puppies across the free samples the companies give), then recommended the ...

BuckeyeSteve

Yes the issue is the crack of the rifle. Age to introduce the gun has no month ; has to due with the dog's eagerness/ excitement about birds. You want the bird to be what makes the sound acceptable. You could have a 7 month old who still isn't too excited about birds , so no gun intro. " hadn't int...

BuckeyeSteve

I see when your argument is refuted with fact you resort to name calling. Of a person you have never met. Done with you Bucky. I re-read my entire post and didn't find a single incident of fact in your reply or a single name called in mine.....so I'm not sure what you're talking about. Please re-re...

BuckeyeSteve

I see when your argument is refuted with fact you resort to name calling. Of a person you have never met. Done with you Bucky. I re-read my entire post and didn't find a single incident of fact in your reply or a single name called in mine.....so I'm not sure what you're talking about. Please re-re...

BuckeyeSteve

Birth Control is Free. Use it. Adoption is the only humane solution for those who cannot master self control and or the extreme complexity of using a condom. Shoot a pregnant woman and kill her and her baby and you will be tried for two counts of homicide. Kill her and her baby in a drunk driving a...

BuckeyeSteve

ANY GUAGE, MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. I do not recommend any rifle though. Hey Ezzy (or others)...I'm reading some back posts on introducing my dog to gunfire and came across this. I have questions on two subjects: 1. Why "no rifles"? Does that include (I assume it does) even .22's? My plan was to start ...

BuckeyeSteve

I am not one to have my rights infringed upon either, but I know wrong from right, and am willing to speak for those unable to do so. Killing 800,000 healthy babies a year is hardly progress, but it is a result of those claiming to be "progressive". Beat or kill a dog today and you will go to jail ...

BuckeyeSteve

There is no way I am in a position to call anyone an a**hole because their standards are different than mine and even more of a reason they lived in a different time that view life much differently, but certainly not worse. Have to remember we are living in a culture that just kills unwanted babies...

BuckeyeSteve

Yep... you go back far enough and we also bought and sold people, placing no value on their individual lives or rights. We chained mentally handicapped children in basements because they were an embarrassment. We poisoned indigenous people so we could take what we wanted from them. We killed off spe...

BuckeyeSteve

This is probably going to be one of the dumbest questions ever posted....but it's an issue. This isn't hunt training related, it's a general dog issue. Every night I take the e-collar off the dog. When I go to put it on in the morning, the dog is excited to come out of the kennel, has to pee, and is...

BuckeyeSteve

BTW, where are you in Ohio?

BuckeyeSteve

I just got the Sport Pro a couple weeks ago. Get it through Gun Dog Supply and it comes with a long check cord and (way more importantly) a 1 hour dvd that is WORTH IT'S WEIGHT IN GOLD for $0.01. Spend that extra penny and watch the DVD about 5 times -- really, multiple times, you won't get it all o...

BuckeyeSteve

I'm trying to train my Brittany right now without paid trainer help.... but I've bought a bunch of training materials, asked a million questions to people on here, and I've spent thousands of dollars on the dog and gear, with a lot more to spend. If your thought is you are going to do it on the chea...

BuckeyeSteve

GDS also has some very helpful videos on the more expensive products as well e.g Garmin Alpha. And it is rare they do not have what I am looking for. Order processing and shipping is very prompt. Nothing to complain about from me. The videos are another great bonus I hadn't even thought about. The ...

BuckeyeSteve

Seriously.... I had no idea GDS owned this forum. That is awesome.

BuckeyeSteve

So... this is not a product review, but instead of supplier review. I've dealt with both suppliers now quite a bit over the past 6 months....and I figured I'd write my thoughts for anyone who cares. I'm also pretty sure I'm going to have a lot of people disagree with me on this and state counter-exp...

BuckeyeSteve

Thanks all.....that's a ton of good advice. I'm very tempted on the launcher....but I've spent a ton of money on dog equip recently and my wife is probably going to kick me out if I drop another 300 right now. I think I'm going to have a somewhat fair supply of feral pigeons, and if I can get to the...

BuckeyeSteve

So his point is that it's bad for the dog or bad for the birds to plant call-back quail?

BuckeyeSteve

In the article "Pen Raised Quail for Training Bird Dogs", Frank Thompson says when using call-back pen birds, "never plant them". http://www.fieldtrialpointers.net/penraised.html My total experience with birds so far is 4 chukar that I bought, lost two trying to get them out of the box to plant, the...

BuckeyeSteve

"Yes, you would have four collars in that situation. I have a small French Brittany with a little pencil neck. I opted for one of the Dogtra e-collars with low to medium stimulation and a 1/2 mile range. It was about the smallest e-collars I could find. It got great reviews and I am very pleased wit...

BuckeyeSteve

I wouldn’t put too much faith in the dog food advisor’s rating. It’s fairly easy to put up a website and give yourself a title for a name. Amen Ezzy I agree.... hence the existence of "citizen's united".... but concerning dog food, dogfoodadvisor is amazing. If you take the time to read their revie...

BuckeyeSteve

Let me tell you about my latest invention... the Under and Over shotgun :lol: Naming something doesn't make it yours. Let results be your brand. From what I've seen, Brad practices essentially what I know as the Gibbons-West method. Bill West was always forthcoming, he learned the method from someo...

BuckeyeSteve

Okay...not gun dog specific....figure it classifies as training just the same. My 6 month old Brittany chews every bed I give it. Destroys them. I just put a new $25 crate mat in his crate, and 10 hours later I look in and it's in 300 pieces. Right now he's on the hard plastic floor of the crate b/c...

BuckeyeSteve

Some of the combos are awkward to operate in that you have to look at the handheld to be sure your thumb is on the correct button. I like having my ecollar transmitter set so I don't have to even think about anything but the correction. I don't like that if one part of a combo needs repair, both pa...

BuckeyeSteve

I run two collars on my dogs, a garmin and an ecollar. Sometimes depending, just one or the other. Most of the time neither is used, but it sure is good to have whichever I need, if I need it. Cost is a consideration, but it's probably a once and done. Cheaper than replacing a dog. What are you goi...

BuckeyeSteve

Sorry, I can't see that dogs would happily run around acreage pulling a tire. My dogs would pull it just to move spot to spot but it sure wouldn't be any sustained effort :D You might consider a roading rig for your quad though. It's an efficient way to exercise. You set the time, distance, amd pac...

BuckeyeSteve

When conditioning, don't let the dog free wheel, have him pull something. I had a sled dog harness years ago and conditioned the dog's having them pull a car tire! Want to know the difference? Go out and run say 500 yds on the flat. next go run the same 500yds up hill! You'll get the idea very quic...

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