Gun Dog Forum

Neil

I have used Tri-Tronics since 1968, I now have a Pro 500. I am told the replacement Garmin 550 is comparable. That is my recommendation. I just don't care for the backyard class units, go with the best.

Neil

I train and run my hunting dogs in trials, rarely breed.

Neil

I am a promoter of the 28, although stop short of ascribing magical properties, still thinking it is very good for quail sized game. I would caution against going too light, I have a 5 1/2 pound Uggie that I have to concentrate to keep it moving. I have seen little evidence that a 20 damages more me...

Neil

I think he is trying to say there were no trials for Viszlas 50 years ago. I don't know, but the Brittany Club was formed in the 40's and were ran in trials in the 30's. But until 1968 the e-collars were crude devices with little use other than trash breaking. So I think he is confused or at least h...

Neil

Guys, I just field trial my hunting dogs, I have had some success, but was never going to have a dog on the steps of the Ames Plantation. Those that do are not my competition, so I am fine following their advice and being behind the curve. Some have tried, but it is very difficult to feed raw on the...

Neil

I think it better to be a late adopter than to never adopt at all. I have never claimed to be an innovator, I don't experiment with MY dogs. Sorry but if your not on the bleeding edge, at minimum cutting edge, you're spotting some of your competitors an advantage. I mean seriously how long was it a...

Neil

Shags, You are absolutely right about the importance of warm-up/cool down; and I do it as best I can training and hunting; but I have never found a way to do it on a continuous course trial. But thanks for bringing it up, hopefully it will not be lost in the mudslinging. Oh, I think it better to be ...

Neil

I don't much care about what the sled dog guys do, I care about the guys winning with pointing dogs. And those I know are using some version of maltodextrin. This is a unique question for a specific situation, and is not our usual what is the best feed debate. I don't care what the vast majority fi...

Neil

I have found it harder on some dogs to run 30 minutes full tilt, lay up in cramped dog wagon for an hour or so, then run again, finishing strong, than running an hour. But the real tests in endurance and recovery are the various invitationals. The top 12 dogs compete an hour in each of 2 consecutive...

Neil

What size dogs? You are right, they need to be able to just turn around.

Neil

It's like boundary training, don't allow her in there. When you go in and she follows, send her out. Walk her down the hall and if she veers in there, correct her and get her out. No need to bully, simply say "No, out!" and collar her out or push (crowd) her out with your body. Be very consistent. ...

Neil

On another thread I rightly criticized some old time trainers, but I want to be very clear how much I respect them as a group. My first mentor was born in 1896, there was nothing he couldn't get a dog to do. I saw him take a run off bolter, and within a month had him handling at 50 yards, without an...

Neil

This is the first time I have ever seen anyone who supposedly, knows something about gun dogs claim that playing 'tug a war' with a dog is harmless. I have been working with sporting dogs for over 25 years and all the pro's both in obedience and field training advise to NEVER play this with your pu...

Neil

As with any training method, it can be successful if you persevere. Retrievers are measured by their success in field trials and he has had none. Dogs could even be trained by the Wolters method if you were desperate. You may measure retrievers by field trials, as I do pointing dogs, but we do not ...

Neil

Congratulations

Neil

I know the man and his methods, have visited his kennels a number of times. He has long maintained that modern retriever field trials no longer measure the skills needed for a hunting dog, as the dogs got better and better they increased the difficulty to separate them. And had to continue to make t...

Neil

Even if you disagree with him, you should read Milner.

http://www.shotgunlife.com/wingshooting ... llars.html

Neil

Yep, use the .410 and buy more training birds.

Neil

Yes, easily.

Neil

tobytx wrote:It seems males win more in trials so I prefer males.

They do win more, but there are also more entered, perhaps because they win more or ? Just not sure which.

Neil

I pick a pup out of a litter and then check the sex. Except in the case of my line of Boykin Spaniels, I see little difference in other breeds as to sex. Boykin males (again I am only speaking for the dogs I have bred) take a more experienced, steady hand. They can be hardheaded and very independent...

Neil

Did you watch the Dem debate? 4 of them publically stated that it was vital that GUN MANUFACTURES be held liable for the carnage their weapons cause, that is their idea of commonsense gun laws. I certainly don't agree with everything the NRA does, but driving the gun makers out of business will not ...

Neil

Touche, Google does. I just want to see if I understand this. You do not read the New York Times. But you google Articles on Police shooting Trials or whatever you would have to use to come up with the article, then you post your version of the article with no link to the article. You do not write ...

Neil

Touche, Google does.

Neil

You answered the question, circle the pointing dog, trying to stay in enough of an opening for a shot. There are thousands of grouse taken with dogs no better trained. You can continue to work on staunch in the yard before and after the hunt, just go easy and don't try to make up for lost time. I wo...

Neil

Look, I am willing to stipulate that this gun store should be closed, our current laws worked!

My point was/is that gun manufacturers must be shielded from liability.

Even though misconstrued, I will not defend my statements about the store, it is a distraction.

Neil

Thanks Bill. Neil has a tendency to omit some of the pertinent facts where the NRA and gun control are concerned. Now we know the rest of the story..................Cj That is insulting and untrue. Learn to read what I write and not judge me by what you think I wrote. Please re-read it and my follo...

Neil

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/us/gun-shop-held-liable-for-purchase-linked-to-shooting-of-police.html?_r=0 I thought those interested could do their own Google. But you are missing my point, I suspect they are guilty, and I don't care if they are put out of business. They were sued under existin...

Neil

We try to give the dogs a lot of exposure to as many birds in as many different areas as we can, and for sure that is training. But I do not think the horseback guys have the mindset of training for the impossible. What we do is pretty simple and basic compared with retriever field trials. A great d...

Neil

I have found the quieter you are and the faster and harder the dog hits the birds the more likely the birds are to hold. The cautious point and creep often leads to what you describe. Note I said more likely to hold, some will run, others will flush out of range, still others just disappear, and the...

Neil

Very good advice.

Neil

I misread it as 7 months, too.

I will stick with other than being able to stop him in a dangerous situation obedience is overrated in a pointing dog. Hunt him.

Neil

There's a saying amoung field trial trainers: "Train for the impossible and the trials come easy.. I have never heard a horseback pointing dog field trial trainer say that. And obedience is pretty far down the list on what it takes to win. Finding birds to the front is at the top. I agree fully wit...

Neil

A jury just awarded $6 million to police officers that were shot with am illegally obtained firearm, citing the store should have known it was a straw man purchase. Both officers are back to work, but suffered serious injuries. Although a large store, it is believed this will force them out of busin...

Neil

demsdogs wrote:No.

I think they are a dangerous organization and I am horrified by just about everything they stand for. I am a responsible gun owner and hunter, and they do not represent me.

That reads anti-NRA to me, do you read it otherwise?

Neil

Wilber wrote:We were on the Rosebud Res. They open on the 10th.

I did not know that.

Neil

I am asking for the viewpoint of the anti-NRA gun owners that watched the Dem debate, do you still believe that all but Webb want to restrict gun ownership of law abiding citizens? Should we not be concerned about allowing the gun manufacturers to be sued for gun injuries and death? If a jury will a...

Neil

Those are some nice dogs!

Neil

Hope you meant ND not SD opener, or I am a week late.

Neil

hettmoe wrote:
bonasa wrote:Neil,
I believe "he", is the individual that expressed contempt for a pointer in the pheasant fields.
Yeah, I was answering the original, and only, question of the original poster.

Sorry, I seem to get confused more often these days.

Neil

Coach,

Proud to know someone with that kind of dedication.

Neil

hettmoe wrote:No. He is not even close to being right. I believe that pheasants are suited for people who like to get their dogs out

How is he to get right without exposure?

I have been hunting pheasants with pointing dogs since the 60's. Doesn't everyone like to get their dogs out?

Neil

Sorry, Coach, I just don't hate pheasants enough to go through that.

Neil

Pick your spots, stay on the edges, her experiences on sharptail and Huns will be very beneficial, don't put her down in a cattail swamp full of pheasants, that is for flushing dogs. There are so many birds this year you won't be able to avoid birds, you are sure to limit early.

Neil

You are just lucky you have TSC nearby, many don't.

Neil

Would that make the Caddilac SUV, the Escalade the most comfortable of all? Then that is the TWH.

Neil

There is reason most cowboys are on 4-wheelers today. But when they worked cattle from horseback, they used only 2 gaits 90% of the day, a walk and a canter/short lope, and a quarter horse is extremely smooth at both. It is the unique pace of 6 - 8 mph of a field trial that is ideally suited for the...

Neil

Correct staunch, stop to flush, steady, and shoot the birds if he complies.

Neil

Hunt her alone. And it is not too late to tighten up the Gordon. It has nothing to do with when and how you shoot birds, and everything to do with enforcing known commands.

Relax and enjoy,

Neil

Neil

I am trying to figure out why you did't eat it, and save the wings for training.

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