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- Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:36 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Identifying the Enemy
- Replies: 498
- Views: 555961
Re: Identifying the Enemy
Donald Trump is an embarrassment to the nation. Mocking the disabled. Stoking racism and bigotry. Making unspeakable comments about women., including the daughter he's like to date if he wan't already married. He lacks character. And is not the sort of person future generations should be looking to ...
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 6:40 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Identifying the Enemy
- Replies: 498
- Views: 555961
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:44 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Identifying the Enemy
- Replies: 498
- Views: 555961
Re: Identifying the Enemy
I'm hardly young either, and never in all my days have I seen a candidate for the presidency of the United States possibly enable an unfriendly foreign government to engage in espionage against the United States by using a private unsecured server for sensitive government emails. I'm not easily sho...
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:17 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Identifying the Enemy
- Replies: 498
- Views: 555961
Re: Identifying the Enemy
I'm hardly young either, and never in all my days have I seen a candidate for the presidency of the United States possibly enable an unfriendly foreign government to engage in espionage against the United States by using a private unsecured server for sensitive government emails. I'm not easily sho...
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:16 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Identifying the Enemy
- Replies: 498
- Views: 555961
Re: Identifying the Enemy
And thank God mine isn't a Trumpist.
Bill
Bill
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:45 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Identifying the Enemy
- Replies: 498
- Views: 555961
Re: Identifying the Enemy
I'm hardly young, and never in all my days have I seen a candidate for the presidency of the United States encourage an unfriendly foreign government to engage in espionage against a political opponent in the United States. I'm not easily shocked, but Donald J Trump has sunk to new lows. He must nev...
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 1:03 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Identifying the Enemy
- Replies: 498
- Views: 555961
Re: Identifying the Enemy
The enemy is easy to identify: He is blaze-orange with white eye-lids, and he's sold the nation out to the Russians.
Bill
Bill
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:25 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Feeding Insight
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11444
Re: Feeding Insight
I'm absolutely sold on a balanced Prey-Model raw diet myself. With a no-carbohydrate PRM every ounce of the the meals provides essential nutrients, unlike cereal-based meals that are loaded with non-essential carbohydrates (as a cost-cutting measure). With PRM you serve 80% meat (skin, fat, connecti...
- Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:52 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Identifying the Enemy
- Replies: 498
- Views: 555961
Re: Identifying the Enemy
We really need this BS on a dog forum?
Bill
Bill
- Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:51 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Enlarged prostate?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8622
Re: Enlarged prostate?
Sounds fishy.
*If* the dog really had an enlarged prostate that presented a risk of impeding urinary flow, then neutering (a poor practice otherwise) would rapidly solve the problem.
But to do it "just because?" No way.
No rectal exam? Morons is right.
Bill
*If* the dog really had an enlarged prostate that presented a risk of impeding urinary flow, then neutering (a poor practice otherwise) would rapidly solve the problem.
But to do it "just because?" No way.
No rectal exam? Morons is right.
Bill
- Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:01 pm
- Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
- Topic: nail trimers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9850
Re: nail trimers
I found a corded dremel $1 at yard sale and use it with the drum. Would love to find a cordless one for that price but have not found one yet. Nothing wrong with a corded one if you have a convenient place to plug in. And an advantage for never running out of battery-power or needing a battery repl...
- Tue May 03, 2016 10:21 am
- Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
- Topic: Red Wing Irish Setter Men's 814/817 Havoc
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14547
Re: Red Wing Irish Setter Men's 814/817 Havoc
Can't speak for the havoc but Irish setter wing shooters last forever. Mine look terrible but are still comfortable and absolutely will not leak. http://www.irishsetterboots.com/INTERSHOP/static/WFS/RWSC-ISH-Site/-/RWSC/en_US/IS-00807-1-pdp.jpg Do you have the Black rubber sole or the white synthet...
- Sat Apr 30, 2016 11:58 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: snake proofing
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6377
Re: snake proofing
There is no science-based evidence that the so-called "vaccine" has any effacacy on rattlesnake bites. To the contrary, dogs that has gotten the shots require exactly the same emergency treatments with the same odds of recovery as dogs not given the shots. There is zero advantage to the shots. Leadi...
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:30 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Let's see/or tell us what your favorite training tool is
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21291
Re: Let's see/or tell us what your favorite training tool is
A whistle.
Bill
Bill
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 3:50 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: low blood sugar seizures
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10160
Re: low blood sugar seizures
Bill, do you not understand what Doc asked? He didn't need advice on feeding the dog but just asked if anyone had seen a dog get better that suffers from low blood sugar seizures. I am guessing that a trainer with a big string of dogs is not going to be real interested in having to mess with feedin...
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 3:23 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: low blood sugar seizures
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10160
Re: low blood sugar seizures
Bill... I don't feed my above mentioned dog raw food, but he's been on grain free dog food for atleast 5yrs. I do realize this is a case study of one on my part, but I didn't find feeding grain free food being a cure as the dog still had episodes of low blood sugar. This dog had great stamina, but ...
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:56 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: low blood sugar seizures
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10160
Re: low blood sugar seizures
I like this measured response. However, there needs to be some other points addressed. I think the original post was asking if anyone had experience with a dog that has a problem with low blood sugar get over the problem as it grows or matures. In other words it was not asking for an opinion of wha...
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:51 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: low blood sugar seizures
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10160
Re: low blood sugar seizures
I have a client that trains all age pointers, and of course his number 1 prospect suffers from this malady. He asked me if I had ever seen a dog grow out of that condition. I had to say no, but wondered if any of you had seen such an affected dog eventually not have problems with it. Were I a veter...
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:17 pm
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: Feeding dog
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3551
Re: Feeding dog
In practically all cases self feeding will work but hand feeding is much better as it allows you to keep tract of when and how much they are eating and it puts you in control instead of the pup. Feeding time is a great time to start teaching the pup things it needs to know if it is to become part o...
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:26 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Skin irritation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8291
Re: Skin irritation
I'd agree that most of the "grain-free" kibbles are marketing-hype, with manufacturers simply replacing carbohydrates from grains with carbohydrates form non-grains. What's incontestably shown my scientific research is that high-carbohydrate diets are a problem in reducing stamina and endurance vs f...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:25 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Puppy to skinny
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12808
Re: Puppy to skinny
I always have weight issues with young dogs. Personally, I do not want my dogs overweight but I would like a little more weight than yours appears to be carrying. Coat looks very good though. Do you feed performance 30/20? I feed about twice the recommended amount and have never had feeding more wo...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:20 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Skin irritation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8291
Re: Skin irritation
It does look like a lick granuloma, which is a pretty serious condition.
I'd get the dog into a vet to work on a program for healing the wound.
Bill
I'd get the dog into a vet to work on a program for healing the wound.
Bill
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:29 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: using the "nick" on retrive? ?? fair ??
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9607
Re: using the "nick" on retrive? ?? fair ??
Dr Spock's son did not commit suicide.
Bill
Bill
- Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:40 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Puppy to skinny
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12808
Re: Puppy to skinny
Feed by condition, not by what's printed on a bag. If you feel the dog is too thin, feed more. Not sure the age on this one, but he doesn't look overly skinny to me either. By and large keeping a GSP lean while it is developing is far better for the pup's joints. People have gotten used to truly obe...
- Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:57 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: How many/much bones are safe for my GSP?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3163
Re: How many/much bones are safe for my GSP?
I think the general rule is any cooked bone (boiled, baked, smoked, bbq'd etc) is unsafe . Raw bones are ok but many folks avoid large weight bearing bone (marrow bones, knuckles, etc) for fear of cracking teeth. +1 Also if a substantial portion of the diet is "homemade" (and 50% is substantial) it...
- Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: dog turning aggressive
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8126
Re: dog turning aggressive
I wouldn't do much. Sounds like pretty standard behavior for an adult in tact dog interacting with young pups (except your situations with older dogs). Pups need to learn manners. Whenever my dogs have snapped, bit, charged, rolled, etc a dog for 1) Taking a toy, 2) encroaching on dinner time or 3)...
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:07 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Feeding Fish to Dogs?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5799
Re: Feeding Fish to Dogs?
I've seen people on TV in Alaska feeding chucks of fish to their sled dogs. It looks like in many cases that's about all the dogs get. I've wondered how the dogs process the bones, but evidently they don't have a problem with digesting them, getting them caught in their throat, etc. Any thoughts on...
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:51 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: she wont put on weight
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6963
Re: she wont put on weight
Some dogs just do stay thin. If I really want to put weight on a dog I feed raw tripe, known here as "dirty tripe" twice per day. It looks and smells revolting but only to humans ....most dogs love it. Don't know if it is available where you live though ? Bill T. It is generally called "green tripe...
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 18 Week Old Vizsla Weight
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6694
Re: 18 Week Old Vizsla Weight
Look at the guaranteed analysis on the back of Blue, Fat% & Protien% Let us know what it is. Probably 27% Protein and 16% fat. That is fine. Than do the same with the canned cancer. Probably 10 % & 7% from what I seen at their site. If you fed 50/50 you dropped your Protein down to 18.5% and the fa...
- Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:38 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What A Shame
- Replies: 54
- Views: 30108
Re: What A Shame
Bill, what you say is true and I said as much in the post. However, occasionally even the most well cared for and pampered dog's develop problems that can not be solved with cookies and love. Then, the intelligent person turns to a method. I don't believe there is any WELL TRAINED BIRD DOG on this ...
- Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:04 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What A Shame
- Replies: 54
- Views: 30108
Re: What A Shame
When most people look at training methods posted, the problem is that those people have not trained many dogs. A pro may have 20 dog's at a time he is working with. He might flop those dogs 3-4 times a year. That's 60-80 dog's every year he is working with. I worked at one kennel where we ran 120 d...
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:28 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What A Shame
- Replies: 54
- Views: 30108
Re: What A Shame
The someone was the person who's now complaining about it :roll:nikegundog wrote:I was not part of the thread....... As I recall someone asked for a moderator to lock the thread. No moderator was forced to intervene.
Bill
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:27 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What A Shame
- Replies: 54
- Views: 30108
Re: What A Shame
The shame is the moderator does remove posts that advocate animal abuse, which is what your methods are. Anyone caught using the techniques you outlined would go to jail for animal cruelty. Even if the "means" of your "techniques" weren't as brutal as they are, the "end" of terrorizing a dog so badl...
Re: debolt
Spy Car, I think you read way too much into a lot of posts. Not a single one of us has even indicated what we had to do years ago was great but it wasn't all bad either when you knew what you were doing. But we all continued to look for better ways and that is what brought about all of the differen...
Re: debolt
It boggles my mind that you think a dog can be hit with shot-gun pellets (or bb-s or sling-shots) it a "responsible" fashion.
Cattle-prods? Whips?
Jesus wept.
Bill
Cattle-prods? Whips?
Jesus wept.
Bill
Re: debolt
I understand IT IS YOUR OPINION and that is fine, but I only said that your opinion is not universal and there other opinions just as valid as yours and in different parts of the country where people have grown up under different circumstances you will find that there are other ways of doing things...
Re: debolt
Somehow shooting at a dog with a bb-gun or firing at one with a marble from a sling-shot, with the aim of teaching a dog "there is no safe place in the world other than by my side," doesn't strike me as a wise idea on any level. Were one observed by a law enforcement or animal control officer using...
Re: debolt
Somehow shooting at a dog with a bb-gun or firing at one with a marble from a sling-shot, with the aim of teaching a dog "there is no safe place in the world other than by my side," doesn't strike me as a wise idea on any level. Were one observed by a law enforcement or animal control officer using ...
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 12:49 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What is a Problem
- Replies: 39
- Views: 11635
Re: What is a Problem
And you are egotistical, delusional, and perhaps even a little sadistic to think your paragraph response comes close to preparing the OP to use an e-collar properly. Please give some consideration to the poor dog. No kidding. I think it is in exceptionally bad form for a Moderator—of all people—to ...
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 12:10 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: E-collar, yes or no?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16460
Re: E-collar, yes or no?
Poor guy. he makes 5 posts - all very polite and asking for help and he's told he's too inexperienced to ask these questions. Sad. He's being offered help. He should find resources (here included) for how to sucessfully raise a puppy. Being overwhelmed with the energy of a 9 week old puppy, and bei...
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 10:55 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: E-collar, yes or no?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16460
Re: E-collar, yes or no?
Poor guy. he makes 5 posts - all very polite and asking for help and he's told he's too inexperienced to ask these questions. Sad. He's being offered help. He should find resources (here included) for how to sucessfully raise a puppy. Being overwhelmed with the energy of a 9 week old puppy, and bei...
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 10:35 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: E-collar, yes or no?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16460
Re: E-collar, yes or no?
The question is not whether a person has previous exposure to an e-collar (or not) it is whether said individual has the first clue about how to train a dog. Lacking that fundamentally knowledge makes the use of an e-collar a risky proposition. While e-collars have their place, they have a downside ...
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 8:04 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: E-collar, yes or no?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16460
Re: E-collar, yes or no?
An ecollar is the greatest safety device ever invented for the dog owner. It is also the fastest, most humane, and most precise training tool ever invented for dog training. Not when used improperly. Bill There's a revelation. The same can be said for any piece of training equipment or any training...
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 7:27 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: E-collar, yes or no?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16460
Re: E-collar, yes or no?
Not when used improperly.gonehuntin' wrote:An ecollar is the greatest safety device ever invented for the dog owner. It is also the fastest, most humane, and most precise training tool ever invented for dog training.
Bill
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:51 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: E-collar, yes or no?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16460
Re: E-collar, yes or no?
Having read your thread on your 9 week old Brittany, I would be very reluctant to advise using an e-collar in your case. Not trying to sound mean, but you need to learn the very most basic training approaches first, before you even think about using an e-collar. http://gundogforum.com/forum/viewtopi...
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 2:22 pm
- Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
- Topic: Whistle GPS Tracker
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6889
Re: Whistle GPS Tracker
Does the Whistle GPS only track location, or will it provide one with miles covered and mph as well?
I'd like a device to track conditioning work.
Bill
I'd like a device to track conditioning work.
Bill
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 2:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: toe nail cutting training
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6847
Re: toe nail cutting training
As a postscript, I condition my dogs from puppyhood using mostly positive methods so that the routines of life, like trimming toenails, checking ears and teeth are second nature. As more "formal" training starts, I teach commands that mean "don't move," but also have different ways and alternate com...
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What is a Problem
- Replies: 39
- Views: 11635
Re: What is a Problem
Perhaps we should limit the forum to old people who think they know-it-all, so we can just argue amongst ourselves?
Bill
Bill
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: toe nail cutting training
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6847
Re: toe nail cutting training
Like Ray, I expect my dog to stand for inspection, stand or lay down (upon command) for nail trimmings, etc., and lay still and be compliant if I want to inspect or clean his teeth. I like to condition these behaviors from young puppyhood in as positive fashion as possible. That's my preference. The...
- Tue Dec 08, 2015 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Black GSP
- Replies: 28
- Views: 17574
Re: Black GSP
Yes, some very fine looking dogs.
Bill
Bill