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- Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:28 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: A Couple of Poor Training Days in a Row
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7439
Re: A Couple of Poor Training Days in a Row
I've been keeping my sessions as short as possible. I may be out for a few hours at the training grounds, but most of that time the dog is kenneled while I set up launchers, or the backer, or just take breaks. That seems to keep my dog focused. In that few hours, my dog may only be on the ground for...
- Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:02 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: GSP random puke???
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9925
Re: GSP random puke???
My lab will occasionally throw up do to excitement/activity within half day of eating, as well as other apparent causes. Regarding yogurt. .. I had read that dogs are lactose intolerant. So I use probiotics from Purina. I have also used probiotics from other makers, including human products. Wheneve...
- Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:38 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Truck Caps and Dogs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5745
Re: Truck Caps and Dogs
My 5 year old Snugtop has been a good topper. The Ainley drawers are about 6 years old. They work great to keep my vintage guns from getting all the things we take on hunt trips piled on top of them. Also, getting guns and ammo in and out is easy and quick. But I'm thinking of getting a new truck th...
- Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:43 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New bread: American field pointer?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 35015
Re: New bread: American field pointer?
As it should be. Form follows function.RayGubernat wrote: ... Conformation was only considered as it impacted on performance. ...
RayG
- Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:24 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New bread: American field pointer?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 35015
Re: New bread: American field pointer?
Tipping "the genetic Petri dish" has gone on for as long as there have been dogs. That's how we got dogs and all these breeds. Mankind seems to have a fascination with breeding/crossbreeding animals. I lack that gene myself, although I've been to the barn to cover a mare or two during my horse days....
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:20 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Eye Candy
- Replies: 36
- Views: 25116
Re: Eye Candy
Nice parts. Very nice.
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:13 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Truck Caps and Dogs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5745
Re: Truck Caps and Dogs
I had Ainley Kennels build a set of 2 aluminum drawers 48" x 5 1/2 ft x 10". I screwed a bed mat to the top and its been pretty nice. No dog box setup. Im about to buy a new truck and have been thinking about the the new topper that snugtop is offering with the double doors. Id like hinged side wind...
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: BO REPEATS
- Replies: 76
- Views: 39141
Re: BO REPEATS
Granted
what will be interesting is whether there will be more interest in setters and therefore more setters entered, as result of Bo.
what will be interesting is whether there will be more interest in setters and therefore more setters entered, as result of Bo.
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:13 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: "Olive"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3932
Re: "Olive"
Yeah I bought a sixer of that stuff. It was just ok.
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: BO REPEATS
- Replies: 76
- Views: 39141
Re: BO REPEATS
Pups out of Bo are listed on Hickox's website.
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:03 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: GSP random puke???
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9925
Re: GSP random puke???
If you've ensured it's not a chronic symptom of something serious by consulting your vet, I'd start using a probiotic. It seems to be have a stabilizing effect on my dogs.
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:53 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Why do you come onto this forum?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 37963
Re: Why do you come onto this forum?
I like to come to this forum, put on Joan Baez' version of Kumbaya in the background, and sit back and feel the love. Alright, I'z just kiddin 'bout the Joan Baez stuff. I can't stand her. I come to show off my puntshiashun. But I do feel the love. :D I'm right on most things. Sometimes toward the c...
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:19 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Wild birds vs pen raised
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11546
Re: Wild birds vs pen raised
Hunt club pen birds are often blinded to prevent running. A true flight pen raised bird with minimal human contact (that hasn't been blinded) will be wary and run or fly easily according to my friend that raises thousands of pheasant every year.
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New bread: American field pointer?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 35015
Re: New bread: American field pointer?
. Well, it's true. It's new.madmurph wrote:Roanie, Roanie
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What's the best video cameras for self hunts?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5728
Re: What's the best video cameras for self hunts?
The video ive shot with a Contour HD mounted to my dogs was nearly unwatchable. Ha dheld video cameras are a dime a dozen on ebay or local classifieds.
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New bread: American field pointer?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 35015
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 3:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Whats your dogs name?
- Replies: 214
- Views: 93181
Re: Whats your dogs name?
Those two owner abusers in my avatars are:
Stonecreek Midnight Sky "Sky" - EP
My Emma's Jasmine "Jazz"- Lab
Stonecreek Midnight Sky "Sky" - EP
My Emma's Jasmine "Jazz"- Lab
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Whats your dogs name?
- Replies: 214
- Views: 93181
Re:
I almost missed that.Duane M wrote:All Pointers
Bubba, Belle, Lady, Lil Bit, Gus, Karat,Rex, Rebel, Heart, Poop, Maddie, Jack
The Dirty Dozen so to speak
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:01 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Wild birds vs pen raised
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11546
Re: Wild birds vs pen raised
If pen raised birds are blinded to prevent running and their beaks cut, it's not likely they'll survive long. Other than that, I would think a bird raised in a large flight pen with minimal human contact, might do as well as a young wild bird in the same conditions. Of course, the wild bird's odds o...
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:51 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: training older dogs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11204
Re: training older dogs
All the above pretty well covers options on what you can do. I can give another example of what NOT to do. I recently saw a guy with a young pup at the clays range. We had a friendly talk for a bit in the parking lot. It turned out the pup had never been exposed to gunfire and this was his plan to "...
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:25 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: 28 ga over a 20 ga
- Replies: 86
- Views: 59841
Re: 28 ga over a 20 ga
Don
my favorite quail gun is a 410 is a cylinder bore and mod sxs Ithaca NID ejector field grade. You'd be amazed at the pattern it throws at 25 yards.
my favorite quail gun is a 410 is a cylinder bore and mod sxs Ithaca NID ejector field grade. You'd be amazed at the pattern it throws at 25 yards.
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:39 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: 28 ga over a 20 ga
- Replies: 86
- Views: 59841
Re: 28 ga over a 20 ga
I was up at a hunt club Saturday and our whole group of 5 regulars were shooting .410. An 870, 3 model 42s, and my Parker Repro with Galazan barrels. I was shooting 3" #6s. One rooster volunteered and was out around 40 yards going straight away when I hit him. He folded and never wiggled after hitti...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:25 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Good area to hunt pheasant in Kansas?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8824
Re: Good area to hunt pheasant in Kansas?
Even the South Dakota pheasant population has been declining over the past 25 years. State counts seem to defy hunter anecdotal accounts. This past few seasons have been the worst I've seen. The combination of weather, farming practices, and West Nile have put the hurt on the birds.
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:53 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Frustrated...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2599
Re: Frustrated...
That's really great. A month ago, I was down in the Sonoita area and a guy had pulled up in a motorhome at a NFS road turnout and lost his little 5 month old English Pointer pup. I saw the guy with the dog near the motorhome earlier. The next day, I heard the story from a deer hunter that stopped. I...
- Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:42 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: natural retrieve
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13886
Re: natural retrieve
What's the difference between "enhancing the natural retrieve" and FF training? Techniques employed. Both are training. One employs a highly controlled environment and no kidding direct pressure and the other seems lack specific definition, (depending on who you talk to) other than "not using pain" ...
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: sport dog gps system
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3721
Re: sport dog gps system
I recall buying a Garmin Astro 320 when they first hit the street. It worked for about one day before it went haywire. I had bought it from Gun Dog Supply and they promptly sent me another new unit and a return shipping label for the defective unit. When the Garmin Alpha came out, I bought one. A sh...
- Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:48 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Socializing an older puppy? Need help please!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5359
Re: Socializing an older puppy? Need help please!
Evan
when would you introduce the dog to public places like stores?
when would you introduce the dog to public places like stores?
- Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:31 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 26031
Re: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
Amazing thread. Maybe we should all abandon this forum, start a new one, and give it to the 2or 3 guys that always drag a thread down to personal denigration.
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:27 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training collars
- Replies: 88
- Views: 28185
Re: Training collars
I don't "blame the person " at all , but generally speaking , I do think words concerning training collars are very important., considering the calls for the banning of them in England and Scotland etc.. Even meeting the general public on a dog trail, I call it a locator collar- it does have a beep...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 26031
Re: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
[/quote]slistoe wrote:.. There is nothing worse than an unmannerly dog in a duck blind.
I thought there was nothing worse than BEING in a duck blind.
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 26031
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:57 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Garmin Alpha question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7053
Re: Garmin Alpha question
Sorry guys. I can't figure that out. I'd even like it better if you could adjust the time duration that the stim screen popped up. I'd be ok with a 1-2 second pop up of the stim screen. But it lingers like 5-10 seconds.
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 26031
Re: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
To me, watching an upland dog and hunter work well together is a beautiful thing regardless of whether it's one of those tail challenged breeds or one that everyone knows is the best at it.
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:51 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Whoa yard training
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4138
Re: Whoa yard training
The program I'm familiar with uses a barrel and a steady board.
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 26031
Re: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
Deke I saw some videos of Hickox's and Lardy's labs trained to sit on the flush. I got some counseling from Hickox on how to train for it and got my lab to sit when I launched a bird. But I couldn't get it fully done. I was almost there. The idea is that on multiple flushes and kills the dog will ma...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:59 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 26031
Re: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
Everyone has a particular idea of how they want to hunt. That may include only taking one or two birds out of a covey or only hunting certain birds in certain cover, always hunt alone, hunt with othe. dogs, etc.. Some people are happy with a dog that breaks on the flush and just happy the dog found ...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:11 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Who doesn't use an e-collar?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 20450
Re: Who doesn't use an e-collar?
....and peace once again returned to the land...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:05 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 26031
Re: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
This!Del Lolo wrote:Steady to Flush
Steady to Shot
Steady to Fall
Do not go until sent
My understanding of the term steady to wing and shot is that the dog doesn't move until sent by the handler.
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:29 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 26031
Re: Steady to flush or Steady to shot ?
To the shot. You'll be busy shooting. If there are birds in a covey that hold thru the first flush, you don't want your dog moving which would cause them to flush when you're gun is empty. This happens often with quail and chukar.
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:01 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Who doesn't use an e-collar?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 20450
Re: Who doesn't use an e-collar?
I agree with that last statement of Ray's.
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:54 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training collars
- Replies: 88
- Views: 28185
Re: Training collars
My young pointer would sometimes go to barking when left in the truck. Sometimes I'd be caught without a barking collar and I'd take her ID collar, slide it up high and tighten it like the bark collar. She'd stop barking thinking i put the barking collar on her.
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:22 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training collars
- Replies: 88
- Views: 28185
Re: Training collars
My ol lab will lag on commands sometimes when not wearing an e-collar. She cleans up when the e-collar is on her neck. Like stated above, she needs a correction or two when she is not wearing the collar to get her attention. A loosely rolled newspaper smacked on the haunches works or the "bonker". A...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:10 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Our President Deserves an Award
- Replies: 128
- Views: 55152
Re: Our President Deserves an Award
You mean the unemployed can keep their current unemployment plan?ezzy333 wrote:I thought the unemployment had been made a lifetime thing.
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:56 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Our President Deserves an Award
- Replies: 128
- Views: 55152
Re: Our President Deserves an Award
..... We run a fleet of vehicles at our company ... . I hadn't heard many, if any, business owners support Obama and denigrate GWB. How's that medical plan working out in your part of the country? Over here, a lot of people lost their old plans, have to pay twice as much for medical now, or can't g...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:31 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Prey drive question
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8813
Re: Prey drive question
I watched a whole litter at 12 weeks get out with some quail. I think only one pup showed prey drive. One other was a follower. The rest didn't do much except play with each other. These were some pups out of National CH and HOF blood.
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:00 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Eye Candy
- Replies: 36
- Views: 25116
Re: Eye Candy
Tooling it's an NID or New Ithaca Double which replaced the Flues model. It's a Grade 3 ejector, factory single selective trigger with the funky selector. The sliding safety on the tang is the barrel selector also. So, all the way forward selects firing the right barrel first, the middle position on...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:11 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Why use an E Collar at all?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 21662
Re: Why use an E Collar at all?
Frankug
just one more time on this again. You dont like these things? And you want everyone in the world that uses them to stop? Maybe you want a law prohibiting them too? Or is there some other point you have?
just one more time on this again. You dont like these things? And you want everyone in the world that uses them to stop? Maybe you want a law prohibiting them too? Or is there some other point you have?
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 11:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Hunting dog into a non hunting home?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9170
Re: Hunting dog into a non hunting home?
I think a dog is such an adaptable animal that good owners that don't hunt would not be a disservice to the dog. But there are so many people that would want a well trained hunting dog to hunt with, why would it go anywhere else.
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:08 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Why use an E Collar at all?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 21662
Re: Why use an E Collar at all?
The intolerance on this subject reminds me of anti hunting people vs hunting people. There's probably something to take away from that.
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:53 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Why use an E Collar at all?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 21662
Re: Why use an E Collar at all?
Mine will usually moon me rather than give me the finger.Sharon wrote:Exactly - like 500 yards away giving you the finger.roaniecowpony wrote:"Why use an E-Collar at all?"
So you can enforce a command when the dog is more than the length of a check cord away from you.