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larue

My brag is my son called me and told me he got all 5's on his review in the air force and was named airman of the month! 3 months till he is home from afganastan,I cannot wait. I am so proud of his service and how well he is doing in the airforce,hearing his voice from over there was the best gift I...

larue

I thought the food was the best I have had at any trial. I enjoyed dan hoke and triple j in the limited,as we do not see them around here much. I will thank the zick's in public for the work they do putting the trial on.Great job tim and erica. This trial is growing every year,not too many 46 dog li...

larue

I have not seen topgun dogs run since I watched there jake dog run in ut tests along time ago,nor have a seen sharpshooter dogs run,for quite a while. That being said I would not hesitate to look at them if I wanted a close working dog. Clyde has been training quite a while now,and if a versatile do...

larue

This weekend while doing some training at my buddies game farm,my bitch eva started to back bracemates by the sound of there beeper collar once they went on point. I found this interesting,but she has presented many different challenges in her training as she is almost too smart,for her own good. So...

larue

a good topic,and there is no way to determine the best dog by titles or wins alone. The "best " dog is the dog you are looking for,and that very likely will vary quite a bit depending on what you want to do with the dog. Even if you don't look at the variables in dogs receiving titles,be they akc,af...

larue

The advantage of a started dog is you get what you see,in other words you can see the dogs attitude,its size and everything else before you buy it. You will also get a dog who is ready to go hunting with,depending on how "started" the dog is,and what you want in a dogs performance. "started dogs ran...

larue

It is my opinion that the navhda testing and training programs are fun to run,and it is fun to receive your scores at the end of the day,but that is not the real value of the test. The real value is the information that you,as the guy who trained the dog,learned about your dog as you prepared him an...

larue

first off,the tracking portion of the n/a test is the hardest part of any navhda test. It is the hardest to judge,the hardest to train for,and it takes some luck. I would not worry about the track score,test conditions such as cover, scenting for that day or time,quality of birds, and how the bird r...

larue

if you can find some young pheasants,young enough that they run instead of flying,they work great on teaching the track.
you have to judge the pointing vs the tracking,is all.

larue

Now if the first owner has registered the pup in his name,you will need to have him get a replacement cert,and then sign him over to the new owner,if never registered then back to the breeder.

larue

simple,only the breeder of the litter can get a replacement puppy registration paper,so call the breeder of the pup.

larue

lol,one of jack marchese's delivery vans.I can bet we where the only van in the grasslands with a pic of a banana on it!
But it got us there,with 10 dogs inside.

larue

Just returned after 3 days,we had a great time even though we ended up going in a fruit van,(f450 broke down). Had some real nice bird work,shot plenty of grouse we even had a divided find on a covey between eva and a 10 month old puppy in which we shot 2 of them,eva stayed broke and the pup had a b...

larue

Heading out west today to hit some grasslands for grouse,it will be fun. Taking dogs from 12 plus to under 1 year old,cant wait to let the old guys go in the morning,it does not seem that long ago when max was 2 on our first trip out there. Good friends,great country,wild birds,who could ask for mor...

larue

good luck with your trial,I see a dunfur dog in the derby,who are the parents?.
I will be hunting grouse in south dakota with my son or I would have came to the event.

larue

There was one thing different about this falls trail,over other trials held by us in the past,we had the vast majority of dogs ran by non pro's at the trial.
It was nice to see such a large turn out without the pro's help,it shows that am trialers can fill up our 4 lakes trials.

larue

I have yet to see a pedigree point a bird,if you like your dog who cares what the pedigree is behind the dog.

larue

I would not bother with pigeons,as you have the real deal wild quail,I would just get him into them as much as possible.
He will never catch them,and then one day he will just plain point them.
There is no better way to teach a dog to point than let the wild birds do it

larue

On sunday,the puppy was won by nusty,a visila owned by lee dosier,and the am limited gundog was won by my bitch eva,
I dont know the rest of the placements,as I had left early.

larue

It sounds like you have intimidated him enough that he now is showing his submission by urinating. A 11 week old puppy is a baby,heck you have had him what 3 weeks? The other 8 weeks playing and biting his litter mates and mom,and other adult dogs he knew was his life,if you watch a bitch handle her...

larue

I guess I dont think that a dog out that far is a dog out of contention,if our gun dogs can run almost that big,what do we expect out of an all age dog?. Or a shock collar,,, they have no business being out there at that range. R heaton,you can keep your dogs as close as you want dont tell me at wha...

larue

yeah doug,I will tell you what I told dan,you guys need a penalty in trials for being able to train where you can. I fell in love with the little I saw of the scabland out there. Living out there I can see why people dont go anywhere to train in the summer. I wonder often how big eva would be out th...

larue

your best bet might be to give kings kennel a call,willie knows alot of german stuff.

larue

just this spring I was running my eva on our 300 acers,I lost her foward(which happens alot) only this time she did not show up.I spent the next 8 hours looking for her,and after 3 hours gone I called the sherrif,the aninal shelter and home again (she is chipped). after a long night waiting for her,...

larue

first off the track is a crap shoot,no matter how good your dog is. As far as range of your dog dont worry about it,My max dog failed his first n/a test in tracking to go on and recieve 4 prize 1 ut scores,a master hunter and a field champion.Dont sweat it. Have fun with your pup,dont worry about th...

larue

No they do not want to retire just ask my max dog.

larue

It was fun trial,my highlight was getting my oldbrown dog into the callback,after he ran a very nice course for a 1997 model.He has lost some style and some run,but it was very cool for me to watch him go and and do his thing once more,not bad for an old man who has not had any formal training in se...

larue

only one problem with af derby stakes,how many dogs running are really derby aged?
I ran an af derby stake attached to an af wild bird championship,after my run the judge asked me if I knew I was running against dogs that were 2 years older than mine was,and she was 16 months old.

larue

doug,glad you joined in topic,I could not agree more with you. There are so many varaibles invovled in running a derby or not,who is anyone to tell someone else to run or not? Not all of us have our dogs with pro's or have them campaigned or trialed with pro's,and some of us are just rank beginner's...

larue

My opinon is simple,it depends on the dog you are running.Some dogs need more time running in trials to get them used to the trial experience,while other dogs might need to find more birds in a trial to figure it out. So with a shy dog who needs to have positive experiences in trials and who needs t...

larue

It would appear that most of the stakes will be able to be run in one day,on sat so,if Sunday is a problem there is a good chance we will be done on sat. Send your entry in ,and then call Erica before the drawing,we will know by then if it will be done in one day. After the trial we will be kicking ...

larue

I got a 3500ncp a 2 years or so ago,I also had battery problems after about a year of use,sent it back to dogtra they fixed it under warranty.I just had it fail again(collar battery) after about another year of use,this time I bought a battery online for it, cost me about 35$,the new battery fixed i...

larue

john,we might not have had the names of old running or a 100 entires but we did have some excellent dog work. The harters puppy will be a very nice dog,it did an outstanding job in the puppy.Look for it in the future. The limited stake had 3 very nice performances,any of those dogs could have won an...

larue

If she is bolting back to the truck,it sounds like she is avoiding something that is going on. Force retrieving is very high pressure training,and with such a young dog it could be too much for her. I would certainly not add any more pressure to this dog,keep working the yard work,but make the leash...

larue

unless they have changed it,your dog can be sitting at the send for the duck search,as far as the heeling portion,only at the invite will they be off lead,(unless you choose to run them off lead) and it will be through some flags. I myself like to keep a dog standing up at the duck search,you have t...

larue

a Well made dog trailer like a jones,will last you years,pulls like a dream and will keep you dogs warm in the cold,and ok in the heat.You can keep all your gear,ect in the trailer,and just hook up and go. You can lock your dogs in at night(like at a motel),and they will be safe and warm for the nex...

larue

The most interesting part of the all breed,is that although not a part of either akc,or af the requirements to enter come from those formats.
If my understanding is correct,it is a championship that is recognized by neither akc,or af,not a bad thing just interesting.

larue

My understanding is that a dog must be submitted to the gspca to get accepted to the hall of fame. I had the chance to look at a dogs submition that was accepted and it was very well done,in fact it looked to be done by a professional. The application was a small book,with all the wins the dog had,a...

larue

boxa, you seem to think weather is something you can ignore.I looked up the averages for Wi,and St louis. Southern wisconsin came in with a yearly average in feb of 22 degree's,with 42 inch's of snow,while your home town came in at 35 degree's and 19 inch's of snow. For jan,when you will be training...

larue

I think it shows that it is simply too early in the year to run this trial.Anyone north just simply cannot get there dogs ready,or even in shape,unless you send your dog off to a pro who is down south training. I myself have looked at the trials in our area,and the first one I will run in will be at...

larue

as a guy who owns a number of dogs I want to save money where I can,yet as someone who does service calls for hvac/r on emergency basis I see both sides,the customer and the provider.As a service guy,I hate going out on a weekend for a customer who never uses us for routine stuff. I have found a bal...

larue

I would have to agree,in our walking trial I have yet to have a pro show up,even after being asked to run. Now with that being said brenda,the four lakes horseback event will start on the following Wednesday at pine island.The plans are for a limited gun dog(45 minutes) on wed,thursday that will be ...

larue

Just a heads up,we are holding our walking trial on sat and sunday,starting on may 9th.
Here is a link http://www.akc.org/events/search/index_ ... hldr_event
It should be a great time for all.

larue

I would just continue to let the dog find birds,and I would put them down lightly so the bird will be up and moving around.
When the dog walks off a smelled bird I would not make a big deal about it,just move on and come back to it later,it sounds like the dog just needs to build confidence,is all.

larue

an interesting topic,yet in the few trials I have have the honor of judging,I cannot remember a dog who won on style alone,or even a dog I used over another as style as the difference maker,In fact I used a wirehair in a very tough trial who had a straight back tail,,but he dog tore the place up,aga...

larue

Style on point is subjective,and plays a role in judging a field trial,but is a small portion of a dogs day. That being said.extreme style on point is a plus,while a dog who is loses style or flags is going to hurt the dogs standings. I would put it simply,style is part of the picture,along with all...

larue

eagle also holds a horseback event or two,and you can easily walk the grounds even with your bracemate on a horse,it is a grounds that a horse does not speed it up much at all.

larue

I think there are some walking trials in desplains,if not southern wis in eagle has several

larue

lets see,right now my hiedi bitch is 14,while max is 12,blaze is 11,boise is 10,all of them can and do still hunt,although they slow down and I do not hunt them as long or in conditions as tough as they used to. I ran max this fall in a horseback trial,he ran pretty well,slowed down quite a bit,but ...

larue

I guess i am in the minority here,I do not get too upset when a dog points "bleep" birds or chipmunks or any of the many other things a dog will point,I just ignore the dog if I know it is sight pointing a "bleep" bird,and move on. I once corrected my max on a gopher in training one day,as he starte...

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