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Another Canadian- great! And an excellent picture taker; beautiful pics. Welcome. Let me know anytime I can help you in your use of the forum.

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Thank you for your service . You're the good looking one eh?

Well said. My father served overseas (Canadian) from Dec.1939 to Spring1945. He came home a shadow of himself ; no one knew about PTSD then. He is no longer with us , but every year I remember his sacrifice. He used to post a sign on his lawn on Nov.11.. It said, "Lest YOU forget; I won't forget. " ...

Thanks for a great story. Those beautiful 6 quail lying in the back of the truck- are they scaled or gambit? Never see anything like that here in Ontario.

Seems strange to have had two dogs with struvite crystals problems from 2 different breedings.
Do you have a well?

kirsch: Sorry to hear about your difficult time. Shags has posted an excellent post as usual. I hope you will follow her advice. We all go through these difficult time with dogs. I had a 5 year old GSP get cataracts in both eyes ( no sign of this in his breeding line); he was running into fences /tr...

That's great. I sure remember those days.

Beautiful picture. Thanks.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN ( by gonehuntin") "If our hunting dog is also our house dog, we are given 1,440 opportunities each day to train that dog. Those are the number of minutes in one day and every minute we are with that dog is provides an opportunity to train that dog. It is a tremendous advantag...

This is probably going to sound weird but I am hopelessly superstitious, most fisherman are. When I was driving out of Bozeman with Nelly on the way to the trainer a big covey of huns got up and flew over the road almost hitting my windshield. When I was pulling into the driveway at the trainer’s p...

This is probably going to sound weird but I am hopelessly superstitious, most fisherman are. When I was driving out of Bozeman with Nelly on the way to the trainer a big covey of huns got up and flew over the road almost hitting my windshield. When I was pulling into the driveway at the trainer’s p...

Welcome to the forum. :) Free free to ask questions; you'll get good help here. You'll need 5 posts approved before you can post and PM freely. This is to control spammers etc. Let me know anytime I can help you in your use of the forum. Sharon (mod) PS Consider posting in the "General Chat- New mem...

Welcome to the forum. :) Free free to ask questions; you'll get good help here. You'll need 5 posts approved before you can post and PM freely. This is to control spammers etc. Let me know anytime I can help you in your use of the forum. Sharon (mod) PS Consider posting in the "General Chat- New mem...

"He’s a pretty well respected trainer and I trust him. I’m sure he won’t give her more than she can handle." quote

That's all you need to know. I'm sure it will work out great.
May I ask who the trainer is? (PM me.)

"He’s going to introduce birds, gun and a little check cording ."

The dog is 4 months. Little early for the gun imo.

How old is your pup now?

Wow. Some very sad stories posted.
I had one Jack Russell die from cancer too at age 9.
One Jack Russell stolen.

All of my GSPs and setters lived from 11-14.
Two TPLOs needed on the setter.

In the "hunting " section there are excellent posts on, " Best flushing breed for hunting swamps".. My post's subject was asked also in that thread. Thought it deserved a separate thread.

Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian members here.
One listen to the news, and we realize how fortunate we are to live in Canada. Let's not forget how blessed we are and do what we can do to help the less fortunate.

Welcome to the forum. :) Free free to ask questions, as you've done; you'll get good help here. COLD weather for a limited amount of time, didn't bother my GSPs, but I don't know about English Pointers. Let me know anytime I can help you in your use of the forum. Sharon (mod) PS Consider posting in ...

You said you have a garmin 550+ but the dog is too small to wear it. One of my pup buyers bought a female from me & she only is 28#--He runs her with a GPS unit attached to a harness--He says it works real well and he likes it better on the harness then around her neck. He doesn't use the shock par...

Thanks for the response. I'm mostly just worried about her safety at this point, because she can disappear in these woods so fast. I want to let her chase to her hearts content but I don't want to lose track of her. I'm just not sure if it's bad for her drive if I have to restrict her from chasing ...

Welcome to the forum.

Free free to ask questions; you'll get good help here.
Let me know anytime I can help you in your use of the forum.
Sharon (mod)

PS Thanks for posting in the "General Chat- New member" category.

Wow. There's something to think about. Thanks.

Having just had to put down my last dog, I've been going through all my AF wins, pics, etc... since the 1992's ++. Wow, I'm impressed how well we did. We even beat a pro for first place once. LOL We even had Walking Derby Dog of the Year in 2007. Good memories. ( Too much coffee today I guess) . :lo...

I love that picture!!

Enjoy.

Enjoyed those. Thanks.

Such excellent posts above. I hope we appreciate the tremendous experience we get from many of our members. Thank you.

Good for you. Congrats. Enjoy your dog.

For those who don't know about ABHA (American Bird Hunters Association)

https://www.nbhadog.org/about.php

Ah, what a memory. In the 50s my Dad would spray them with the hose; he kept it near the kennel. At 10 years of age, I thought, "How mean."

Great pics.! Great memories for me.

Thank you. I'm not going anywhere.

Now I'm bringing up an old thread. :) because my dog passed over today......(9 years old with cancer) . I've had 9 dogs in my lifetime and had to put 8 down ( one was stolen), but it is never easier as you know. This thread really encouraged me. Because of Parkinson's Disease , this dog was my last ...

Is that for me, or are you responding to my dog? LOL

You realize the thread is 18 years old Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk NO,I didn't. Why would anyone post an old thread? Sheesh. Good heads up/reminder for us all. We are suppose to be responding to the original post/question given. Always a good idea for all members to check the dates on those ...

Beautiful girl. Remember socialization.

https://www.k9ofmine.com/how-to-sociali ... checklist/

LOts of good opinions from experts above and none say sooner than 6 months. I'd give those opinions a good read.

Exactly.
It is all about repetition and a consistent response, which is why I tell folks that when you call the pup and it doesn't come, get up and get him/her every time.

Those are great pics. :) Don't rush things. Thanks Sharon! Good advice. As a family we re-watched the Ronnie Smith puppy video. Just trying to have everyone on the same page about not picking her up if she’s jumping on your or putting her down until she is still, not letting her out of the crate un...

Those are great pics.

Don't rush things.

Ah yes, Ontario . Lived here all my life. You can't visit a more fun place for fishing and hunting. Good work!

Welcome to the forum.

Free free to ask questions; you'll get good help here.

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Let me know anytime I can help you in your use of the forum.

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PS Beautiful pup.

Beautiful!

You've done all that is possible to pick a good pup. Enjoy your pup.

Don't shoot your dog. I'm serious. Brand new hunters shooting over their dog are often so rev'd up that they can shoot their jumping up dog. Almost did it myself with a beagle chasing a rabbit.

Now there's a great pup.

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Sun Aug 14, 2022 10:47 am
How come my post got deleted? I just said "no comment." Is that contentious?

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Well said Willie. In many ways it is a crap shoot picking pups imo . The last litter a friend and I made(well the dogs made :) out of A.F. 4xCH Shady Hills Billy and Uplanders Contessa, had all 7 pups sold before they were born. When a guy came to pick up the last pup he had paid for, only the runt ...

How a pup is at 4 weeks has no bearing on how it'll turn out. Just pick the one you like the looks of best. If there was a way to pick the best that's all there would be I'm certainly willing to admit that you can see some qualities at eight weeks-- or seven. But four weeks? Don't know what the bre...

Now isn't that true.

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