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Yeah, thanks Cj. Snip'sTicked Off frozen semen is still available what shocked me was only frozen semen on Gamble's Rip-N-Logan, a direct son. I remember when he was young and it doesn't seem very long ago. Crystal Kennels did a AI breeding with Snip'sTicked Off a year or two ago. What were the trai...

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Cj, Really appreciate you sharing a little. It's hard for many of us to get much info like that. You have had a little experience with the Jacob VD Westwind lines what is your experience with the lines that have come from him. I've never had a dog from those lines but in looking for my last 2 dogs I...

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Thanks. I was trying to remember the name. I found a used one and didn't get it a couple years ago. Then couldn't remember the name. I was searching here last night trying to find it.

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I think Rusty had a fair amount of Moesgaard.
Hillhaven's Hustler had Axel Von Wasserschling several time, Erick Von Enzstrand which is part Wildburg, and a bunch that I don't know.
Sometime I need to learn more of the old lines

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The FT people have always done a fair amount of outcrossing. Several of the Rusty offspring that you see on a lot of pedigrees were outcrosses. I'm sure no expert I just look at a lot of pedigrees trying to learn and I sure don't see anything tight anymore. With Rusty being no close than the 5th gen...

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By PM CJ? How are we all suppose to learn.
Jacob VD Westwind, and Odyssey's Sam Saint Max. Anything you could tell us about those two would be great. You could just give us the positive side so people don't get affended.

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With Rusty being back 35 years now. That puts him several generations back. I don't know of anyone that has been able to stay tight on line breeding Rusty. When you look at pedigrees even the breeders that started their lines with Rusty blood are pretty dituted by now.

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I apologize. There are still some shorthair people around.

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FT, Navhda, Nstra foot hunting? You have been here quite a while. All the real gsp people are gone. Some of them might answer PM's I have done searches here and read quite a bit of good things from several years back. I've got a dog from Nuke it, and one from Sam Man

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Disclaimer.
Not a Griff guy but I'll give it a shot.

Aspen Glo's Kennels, Griffman is over on versatiledogs.com along with most of the Griff guys

Stonyridge Kennels

Switchgrass Sporting Dogs

Aux Lake Kennels Larry Woodward in KS

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As a gsp owner, that made me tense just watching it.

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+1 on what Ray G. Said The collar has allowed far more humane and effective methods of training to be created and used. The old ways often crossed the line in my eyes. Even my knot head sees me grab the alpha bag and she goes crazy because she knows she is going to go do what she truly loves to do. ...

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They may not be ideal for training. But are great for hunting. I use the tone to bend my dog or recall them. Makes for a quiet day hunting. I haven't done it but I think a person can set up a custom screen and use the three mechanical buttons and set them up for 3 different intensities for training....

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In some lines some of those traits may not be fallacies.
I've got a white gsp that also has a couple of those traits.
It's almost like she has some all white pointer blood.
She isnt an easy one but she is a bird finding machine.

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Real close to how I do it. Always with my older dog never chasing birds. I start between 3 and 4 months. Some of them get a little spooky later on then you have to be more careful. My white one was fully conditioned by 3 months. I know it's not for everyone but it always works for me. I'm lucky to h...

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They aren't a problem until they are a problem. Then you have a problem that could have been easily avoided. Not so easily avoided if you get the pup at 7-12 weeks of age and it has the dewclaws still on. From my perspective, there are things about a prospective puppy that are much more important t...

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Just about bought a dog from him. He didn't use to update his website so you had to contact him to know what litters he had coming but I think he wouldn't be a bad choice.

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I agree with all the above. I'll add that for a total beginner I would suggest getting some help from a quality trainer or mentor. At the least get a set of videos so you can see what they are telling you to do. Learning to read dogs takes a while. And right when you think you have it you will run i...

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Quite a few of the versatile guys are leaving them on. They say the dogs learn to use them to climb out onto the ice. I've also heard that it destabilizes the tendon. In 45 years I've never had a hunting dog that had them.

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You certainly don't have to feed a 30/20 dogfood to have dogs in good shape. I know you hear 30/20 here all the time. There are a lot of dogs that don't like the real concentrated foods and don't do that great on them. I know I don't feed 30/20. My last pup (avitar) was raised on a 30/18 puppy food ...

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A 75 mile drive to train isn't unreasonable. And a good solution. Might want to consider picking a training program and sticking to it. With a pup I just take a bag of 4 or 5 birds show each one to them and let them fly one at a time. After a couple you have a pretty excited pup.

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Yeah, you're right :oops: I must have been thinking of cattle dogs or heelers or dingos or something. Hey, I'm old. OP, let us know how they get on with their new pup. The dingo, heeler, cattle dog, is definitely a little possesive of there trucks. You have to be more aggressive to move cattle. But...

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If I catch one of my dogs starting to lift a leg in the house I do more than scold him.

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Your decision was made when you took the pup home. Don't over think this just enjoy the ride. One of my best shorthairs was a backyard breeding and she cost 25 bucks. She could read my mind.

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The wife does make some really good gravy.
Tried chicken broth that doesn't work well.

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Has anyone found a kibble type food that the hard keepers really like to eat.

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My son bought a pup that was docked but probably still had 75% left.
He read on it. Talked to the vet, who suggested leaving it at that point. He decided not to have it shortened. We all got use to it.

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Sound like she left you with a lot of great memories.

Sorry for your loss
Greg

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Glad to hear the good news

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Nice looking pup.
Mine had a white streak down his nose at that age.
Can't see it at all anymore.

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Definitely not in the best interest of the dogs letting them out with a lot of car traffic around. Glad things worked out in the end.
I've always worried about leaving the windows down part way and locking the doors. Easy to reach in and unlock the door.

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Hope the best happens for you.
Mine have been returned 3 times due to tags with contact information.

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Had One GSP that would go to the corner and stick her legs both directions and climb over a 7 foot fence in about 5 seconds. She would shimmy up on the 2X6''s and look around before jumping down. She saw me watching one day and jumped back into the pen. The two I have now escaped and 2 hours of sear...

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Featherfinder, I guess to each his own. I find the classical nature of real bells and whistles (no joke intended) more desirable then electronic technology when bird hunting. :) Never used high tech till I got my white gsp. She was out to 500 yds at 5 months. I was afraid I was going to loose her s...

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I find that the tone on my alpha solves all the above problems. It's reasonably quiet. Let's me communicate at any range. 1 beep for change, bend. Multiple for return.
Love it

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Sounds like you got quite a deal.

I've always thought about getting a FT washout. Don't need the range of an AA dog. I always figured a person could get a lot of bang for the buck.

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Pretty nasty stuff. Heard it hangs around for quite a while. Had 2 grayhound pups in the late 70's one got it one didn't. Back then they just sent you home and said good luck. The one that didn't catch it ended up at 85 plus pounds. The one that caught it was under 70 pounds. I didn't raise any pups...

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We don't have them around our parts.
Do you eat them

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+1
Check your limbs.

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Seems as though some resent paying for the hard work that good breeders put in. It's a lot more than tossing a couple of your pets together. This is why I am willing to pay a little extra. The sire DC VC MH, VCX, RDX is the 2015 GSPCA Hunt Test Sire of the Year The dam FC MH That takes a lot of time...

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I almost always use the compass heading and distance while hunting. But on the track I think you can change the amount of time of the track it shows on the screen. Mine shows the whole track on the default setting. The main thing I use the map for is marking the truck. Expecially in the fog. Don't l...

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Wow! Really growing.
Lookin good.

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I use a type of clicker training and part of their food along with walks in the field changing directions and keeping my mouth closed. I find this is a nice way to create a relationship with a new pup and build a lot of confidence. But don't really use it past 2 1/2 or 3 months old. Like said above ...

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$1200 for my last pup. After an eye injury and a couple porcupine encounters I've got a $3500 dog that hasn't hit his second birthday yet. I've found that the purchase price was the cheapest part of dog ownership. Buy the best that you can afford.

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Welcome

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Welcome

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Welcome from the hounds and I.

Greg J

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I find most contracts are pretty reasonable. I do require a full registration when I buy a pup. And I won't buy from anyone that requires that they pick the pup for me. However their opinion on the pups is welcomed. Or that requires a na test. There are so many nice litters out there every year tha...

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I find most contracts are pretty reasonable. I do require a full registration when I buy a pup. And I won't buy from anyone that requires that they pick the pup for me. However their opinion on the pups is welcomed. Or that requires a na test. There are so many nice litters out there every year that...

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Might want to check out some of the kennels with grouse lines.

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