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- Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Intro: Nate
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3491
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 2:32 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Recall with ecollar question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4725
Re: Recall with ecollar question
I also overlay the cc with the ecollar. Command, quick tug, nick, reel him in with praise. One command only, you don't want the dog to learn that you only mean business after several commands. In the field, command, and nick if he ignores. Use the lowest setting that gets a reaction. My dogs get #1 ...
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:51 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Insurance
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3328
Re: Insurance
I don't know where's the better place to put this, here or on the clinical trials thread, but here goes. Some vet schools are researching a canine anti-cancer vaccine, which if successful in dogs might go on to develop one for humans. It's called VACCS. They're using it for cancers other than osteos...
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:08 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Insurance
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3328
Re: Insurance
It's important to have clear communication with your veterinary professionals about treatments, costs, and probable outcomes. For example, recently my daughter's little dog was diagnosed with lymphoma. She was referred ro a veterinary oncologist who explained the treatment in detail. Bottom line, no...
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:15 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Insurance
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3328
Re: Insurance
No insurance here either. We've had between 3 and 5 dogs at any one time and the premiums would have been way to expensive. Back in the day when our budget was tighter, we squirreled away a small emergency fund and also left room on a credit card to cover unexpected vet expenses. Now that we have mo...
- Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:53 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Teaching scent pointing?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6657
Re: Teaching scent pointing?
I'd probably ("probably" because things might need to be changed up depending on circumstances) start him like I would a little baby puppy. Plant some birds in light cover so he can't see them and checkcord him in crosswise to the wind. Use the cc to control his pace so he doesn't outrun his nose, a...
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:16 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: covid and So Cal NSTRA trials
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3874
Re: covid and So Cal NSTRA trials
Probably the same everywhere. As of now, it's okay to have them in my state if we follow all the governor's mandates. On state grounds there might not be any facilities open. On private grounds there's the problem of who is going to sanitize facilities after each use or at least several times a day....
- Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:37 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: male testicles
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4198
Re: male testicles
Is it hot by you? How old is the dog? Older males hang lower IME, and the scrotum loosens in the heat. Do his testicles snug up after a cool/cold swim or hosing? I think the thing to watch out for is whether the testicles are of his 'normal' size and denseness, one or both not enlarged or unusually ...
- Sun Jul 26, 2020 3:43 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Vive'ing la difference
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10262
Re: Vive'ing la difference
Horrifying!
(Well done, Buddy)
(Well done, Buddy)
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:04 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: How to calm down a Brittany?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8458
Re: How to calm down a Brittany?
Claude, I'm glad that you're feeling better. I hope you know that six months is puppy h3ll...for its people :D The suggestion to use a stake out or chain gang is a good one. It worked wonders for one of my boneheads. But there are some safeguards you should be aware of. Don't make the chain on the s...
- Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:34 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Acana dog food
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6054
Re: Acana dog food
Will it nag at you forever if you don't try it? Your best bet might to try it for a bag or two. No telling in advance how a particular dog will do on a particular food. That being said, I started with PPP, switched to something "better" and again to something "just as good but cheaper" and here I am...
- Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:28 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Trimming Toe Nails?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7520
Re: Trimming Toe Nails?
I think it has a lot to do with how the dog is put together, the shape of the foot, and how it moves. I used to hang with someone who is a pro show-dog handler. They like those nails short. Her dogs nails got dremeled at least once a week whether they needed it or not. You can clip the nails first, ...
- Thu Jul 23, 2020 10:46 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: How to calm down a Brittany?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8458
Re: How to calm down a Brittany?
A couple of suggestions, A tired dog is a good dog. Find a way to wear out that pup almost every day. Can you free run him for about 30 minutes? Does anyone in the family run and is able to take the dog along? How about biking...can someone run the dog along side? Remember that oftentimes our dogs p...
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 7:44 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Clinical trials
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4382
Clinical trials
Kind of a PSA. Are you aware that veterinary colleges offer inclusion of our pets in clinical trials? If you're not unreasonably far from a vet school, it might be worthwhile to check out any trials upcoming or ongoing. Often they offer free treatment for a variety of conditions and diseases and fir...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:01 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Her First Catch!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10222
Re: Her First Catch!
Pink rules!
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 9:22 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Problems with come/here
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10014
Re: Problems with come/here
1 Not big deal. In fact, if my dog were more interested in cookies than hunting, I'd be disappointed. 2 Give only one command and enforce it. Two commands leads to three, leads to four, etc. Give the cc a good snap or jerk to get the dog moving. 3 Not too young for ecollar work on recall. How old is...
- Sat Jun 27, 2020 12:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Newbie from Oregon!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2760
Re: Newbie from Oregon!
Congrats on the new family member
Sounds like your new guy landed in a good place.
Sounds like your new guy landed in a good place.
- Wed Jun 24, 2020 3:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Nice Pup
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2258
Re: Nice Pup
Well that was fun! Thanks for posting it.
- Wed Jun 24, 2020 12:41 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Grain-Free kibble
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7462
Re: Grain-Free kibble
IME a major cause of gas and/or diarrhea in an otherwise healthy dog is too much food. Cutting back a little each meal, and feeding two small meals if they need the calories, can clear it right up. Sometimes it helps to skip a day of feeding to give the gut a chance ro settle down, then proceed with...
- Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:17 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Grain-Free kibble
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7462
Re: Grain-Free kibble
The big national brands like Purina have nutritionists on the payroll, and I'm pretty sure the small boutique brands don't. Purina for example keeps "research" dogs who can be tested for various health concerns related to feed. If I were to switch to a smaller or local brand, I'd find out who mills ...
- Tue Jun 23, 2020 4:43 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Grain-Free kibble
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7462
Re: Grain-Free kibble
There was some noise last year about grain free kibbles having ingredients like potatoes, peas, and legumes which inhibit the uptake of taurine. Taurine deficiency was linked to cardiac problems specifically heart failure. There have been some decent studies done so you might want to look them up an...
- Mon Jun 22, 2020 3:40 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Fetching issue
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7074
Re: Fetching issue
I've only ever done play retrieving with my dogs, so can't help training-wise. But there are some materials my dogs don't want anything to do with...like that smelly rubber or some slick plastics.
- Mon Jun 22, 2020 3:32 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: How to teach "turning"?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 23183
- Mon Jun 22, 2020 3:31 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: How to teach "turning"?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 23183
Re: How to teach "turning"?
Any tips for how to teach your dog to turn or "handle" in the field? Thanks Can't say for sure !! ? But if the dawg ain't looking at you ,then you can't teach it to be handled in any field . ..Little ways along you can dance or sing ,or holler all you want in any language. guess those catskills and...
- Mon Jun 22, 2020 3:02 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: How to teach "turning"?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 23183
Re: How to teach "turning"?
I use the command in the field when I'm sure the dog knows what is expected. If he ignores me, I use the e collar . Whilst your Singing may be of virtue, if the dog knows what is expected , then why would it ignore you ? , I was just watching a great film ' A few Good Men ' ..and just thought of a ...
- Fri Jun 12, 2020 5:06 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Summer heat and dog transport
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6493
Re: Summer heat and dog transport
I'd use the Rufflands because of the extra ventilation but probably either would be fine with the common sense precautions you mentioned. We travel with our dogs in airline crates under a topper with windows open and they haven't seemed distressed. We never leave the truck unattended with the dogs i...
- Thu Jun 11, 2020 3:30 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Need advice on my Brittany Spaniel puppy problems
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6624
Re: Need advice on my Brittany Spaniel puppy problems
It sounds like you're doing pretty well with your pup. Four months old is young yet, keep working on your commands and he'll eventually get it. IME some pups want to be more dominant than others, and take more convincing to stop that biting and nipping. For my pups with that mindset, I get rougher w...
- Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:10 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Pills
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6901
Re: Pills
Check the label on the chewables to see if they really need to be chewed or not. If so, I'd crush the chewables and mix with a spoonful of some kind of stinky wet dog food or cat food. Give your dog the meds' 'camo' without anything hidden in it every day for a while. When one of my dogs needs medic...
- Fri May 29, 2020 2:02 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training Help
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3431
Re: Training Help
IME dogs have to learn which birds to point and which to ignore. And unless they can read Peterson's A Guide to North American Birds they need ro be taught. I live in The Land of Very Few Wild Birds, but run my dogs in released/planted bird trials. On occasion, my dogs have come across the rare phez...
- Fri May 22, 2020 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What is the MOST money you've seen or heard a dog sell for?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16010
Re: What is the MOST money you've seen or heard a dog sell for?
Shadow Oak Bo was bred a bit at $1250 per. I've seen puppies by him go for $1500-2000 where 'regular' pups are/were $300-$600. Think how many pedigrees Tekoa Mountain Sunrise is in, so he was used a lot. Even pointer winners can command quite a bit 8) If a stud or dam is able pass on all the good st...
- Fri May 22, 2020 1:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What is the MOST money you've seen or heard a dog sell for?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16010
Re: What is the MOST money you've seen or heard a dog sell for?
^^^^ Stud fees and puppies. And IIRC there were some decent purses for some championships ; don't know about futurities and things like Purina awards.
- Fri May 22, 2020 10:56 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What is the MOST money you've seen or heard a dog sell for?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16010
Re: What is the MOST money you've seen or heard a dog sell for?
$40,000 and that was around twenty years ago. No hunt test ribbons that I know of, but a photo on the steps of The Big House
- Tue May 19, 2020 7:58 am
- Forum: Tributes to the Departed
- Topic: good by pepper
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6785
Re: good by pepper
I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure Pepper was a great little companion. It's amazingly painful to lose the ones whose only jobs were to take up space on our beds, share our pizza crust, and find a way to make us smile every day.
Peace from our house to yours.
Peace from our house to yours.
- Thu May 14, 2020 5:11 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Best Puppy food for a GSP
- Replies: 32
- Views: 48943
Re: Best Puppy food for a GSP
A heads up for chewey customers...did you know they just donated 2 million dollars to HSUS? That's an animal rights organization that pays CEO Wayne Pacelle over $320,000 a year to attempt to limit or eliminate hunting. Most of HSUS income goes to 'overhead' and not to shelters.
- Tue May 12, 2020 8:05 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: How to Train Your Bird Dog by Horace Lytle
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7323
Re: How to Train Your Bird Dog by Horace Lytle
There are some pretty good short stories and books also, that aren't necessarily about training. Check eBay, Alibris, abebooks, and Amazon. Lots have been reprinted but there are still old copies to be found. Pretty Boy, My Dog Lemon, Raff, are older examples. Jenny Willow and Zip Zap are contempora...
- Mon May 11, 2020 1:29 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: How to Train Your Bird Dog by Horace Lytle
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7323
Re: How to Train Your Bird Dog by Horace Lytle
Yep, but haven't read it in a long time. It covers a lot topics all done old school of course (1927). It's definitely worth a read. He ran an Irish Setter called Smada Bird and wrote another book by that name. I can't remember which book it was that gave me a tip for how to fix an issue I had with o...
- Sun May 10, 2020 7:18 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Male GSP question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4379
Re: Male GSP question
Some dogs chatter out of excitement or anticipation, like when they know they're going on a run or you're about to put down the food bowl. Chattering is really common when they sniff females' urine...maybe that's also excitement and anticipation :D The female probably snapped at him because that's h...
- Sat May 09, 2020 7:55 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Meet Axe
- Replies: 72
- Views: 53183
Re: Meet Axe
I wouldn't hesitate to put a little bit of fear into a pup that put his teeth on my skin. I think dogs need to know that disrespect results in a bad consequence, and if that means they have some fear of reprisal, so be it. Dogs shouldn't be fearful of its owners very presence, or of doing regular do...
- Tue May 05, 2020 5:05 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Signs your dog is over worked?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4488
Re: Signs your dog is over worked?
Joe, It all depends on the dog. I think this is the first time I've taken exception to something Ray had posted, but here goes...he said that a properly conditioned dog can run an hour in 80* heat. Maybe some can, but many cannot. You can do your best to condition a dog to the heat, but if he can't ...
- Mon May 04, 2020 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Signs your dog is over worked?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4488
Re: Signs your dog is over worked?
Heavy panting but little to no saliva. Diarrhea. Eyes glassy and or bloodshot. Seems disoriented. Wobbly. Bright red gums. Quits. Keels over. Convulsions. Don't let it get that far ^^^ Better to bring 'em in too soon than too late. Once the internal thermostat goes, it's gone for good and the dog wo...
- Fri May 01, 2020 7:07 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Cheap(er) Price on Pro Plan
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9421
Re: Cheap(er) Price on Pro Plan
Locally our Tractor Supply stores have carried both size bags for a long time now. And they have variations too, like they carry only one or the other but will order for you the one they don't have. Petco also carries both sizes. Our TSCs will price match too, if you can show something like a screen...
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 1:13 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Stamina Expectations in GWP vs PP
- Replies: 40
- Views: 13278
Re: Stamina Expectations in GWP vs PP
Sorry for the loss of your dog. IME it's not the breed but the individual dog for traits like stamina. You have a better chance if you can find a breeder that puts emphasis on the traits you want but it's still a dicey luck of the draw if you're thinking of picking a baby puppy. You didn't mention y...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:32 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Stop to flush question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3356
Re: Stop to flush question
I treat "bleep" birds as a non-event and don't even bother calling the dog off them unless they're going off backwards or too much sideways, or way too close to a road. I think bird dogs chase for fun sometimes and where they don't have game birds "bleep" birds are their fun. Like watching 90 Day Fi...
- Fri Apr 24, 2020 11:38 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Genetics vs. Training
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17756
Re: Genetics vs. Training
In the dog game, I figured out that I'd better learn to lose gracefully because I'm gonna lose a lot. What other options are there...just quit cuz my widdle feewings are hurt, beat my dog, poke a knife into the judges' tires, go sit in the corner and eat worms? I guess I could go home and train some...
- Wed Apr 22, 2020 3:44 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Weird Spot on leg.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9200
Re: Weird Spot on leg.
That looks like something a young setter of mine had - a histiocytoma. It looks and sounds nastier than it is. My vet whacked it off and that was the end of it.
- Wed Apr 22, 2020 1:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Genetics vs. Training
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17756
Re: Genetics vs. Training
Well ya know pros only have so many dog boxes in their rigs, so they can't take every good dog that comes down the pike
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New Quail in Johnny House - Health
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3325
Re: New Quail in Johnny House - Health
IME the sandbox in the pen is key to keeping good quail, just as Ray says. We use river sand that has different sizes of grit from powdery for dust baths to the size grit the birds eat for digestion. Since we've put in a sandbox, our birds are much hardier. Last year we released 6 one day in Novembe...
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Spring Training
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4458
Re: Spring Training
Wow! Sharp looking dog! I bet he looks as good going as he does standing his birds, a brag dog for sure.
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Wirehair Pointing Griffons?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8454
Re: Wirehair Pointing Griffons?
Over the past 15 years or so I've had 7 setters. Five we acquired as puppies; two were adult rescues and one of those was elderly. None of them were not what I'd call aloof, but more chill and not in-your-face demanding attention. They all enjoyed affection from just about anybody but most had a fav...
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 5:40 am
- Forum: Tributes to the Departed
- Topic: Goodbye Little Lady
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11537
Re: Goodbye Little Lady
Sharon,
I'm sorry to hear that Lady has passed. She, through you, contributed a lot to this forum.
Godspeed, Little Lady.
I'm sorry to hear that Lady has passed. She, through you, contributed a lot to this forum.
Godspeed, Little Lady.