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I'll post the winning answer on Friday. The winner gets a free ticket to the eighth game of the Stanley Cup.

You only get PO'd? I get sh...on when my mother-in -law comes over. LOL

I've got to get a life. LOl I'm checking on these birds twice a day!

Any blood test results?

See the thread " Scent vs Sight Pointing". There's a lot of good help in that thread. ( around the end of April/08)

Thank you. I'm new so I'm not tired of dog food discussions yet. :) Sounds like I will be at some point. Hopefully everyone knows that "the proof is in the pudding" and the pudding is the dog. My now deceased father was very poor. He had a beagle. Every Friday afternoon he used to meet the truck tha...

Wow. Sorry if I upset you. I just thought it might be a little fun. I'll crawl back into my inexperienced hole now.

Any news?

Any guesses on the name of the dog food I posted the ingredients/percentages for?

3 dogs in the house - they don't have access to the whole house. You can't be too fussy a housekeeper - may find a hair in your toothbrush. LOL

I would consider this dog food to have the necessary ingredients in the correct percentages for an active dog, but I could be wrong. Calories 3,706 kcal/kg, 426 kcal/cup Ingredients Chicken, Corn Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken By-Product Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols...

"she has never weighed more than what she is at right now." quote by Dugger 13

Now I'm confused. Are you saying she has never weighed more that what she appears to weigh in the pictures you posted?

I teach it formally with the e-collar. Was glad I did when we came upon a very large snapping turtle out in a field one day. Dog could have lost a nose or a toe.

Thanks. Very enjoyable. Also very interesting to see that tail mature.

It would be quite a trip for you. LOl

The trainer and I live in london, Ontario, Canada.

She uses it exclusively to train dogs for the wheel chair bound.

www.clickertraining.com

LOL - exactly!!

What a sweetheart! Your first bird dog? You have some wonderful years of enjoyment ahead of you.

It's a great forum; I'm sure it will continue to grow. I'm a Mod at the biggest Ontario forum and perhaps i could give you one word of caution? Be gentle with new, inexperienced members. They come looking for help and a place to participate. They will say outrageous things. Old experienced members c...

If your dog lives in the house with you there are a lot of times when he just has to sit. I haven't found that sitting ever happens in a trial. My dog also bows to greet all strangers. He doesn't do that in a trial either. The judges love it! LOL

I took a 6 week course with my derby dog. It was great fun and worked amazingly well. Relay shuts the handler up which is what many pro trainers advocate. They say that most handlers have away too much to say.The clicker is always the same , whereas our voice varies. Great for obedience ( in the hou...

I couldn't do without both and I want a tone on my next collar. Times I want it on continuously until she complies - especially f0r a young dog doing yard work. and transitioning from the check cord to the collar. Other times i just want to remind an older dog with a quick nick. For the well-trained...

occasionally for training problems or to take my dog out west for wild bird experience on the prairies

uplanderkennels@sympatico.com ( ca?)

Ontario, Canada

We have two different opinions on what we want from a professional - which is o-kay.

If I brought that dog in to my vet, she would be doing a variety of tests and have that dog on a food plan of her choosing immediately. She'd also want me to bring in the dog every couple weeks for a weight check. I can't believe the vet sent you home wondering what to do.

Blake, LOl LOl You're post is absolutely right! And I admire people like you. But there are many of us who participate in small venues, who have maybe never been in a Championship, who have reasonable expectations for our self-trained dog or 2 who are thrilled to place. May I enjoy my 3rd place win ...

I remember when I 1st got into this sport, I was braced with a much older gentleman at a walking stake. At one point during the stake his dog got hung out to the side, and I just took off to the front walking a much brisker pace to "bury" that gentleman so I didn't get stuck behind at his pace. I d...

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Wow! What a terrific picture / dog. Wow. May I print it and put it on my desk and the Ontario forum?

Relax. Enjoy your pup. You've got lots of time. Best advice I can give right now is : Whatever commands you decide you need - come, stay. off, no , kennel etc. - follow them through to the end. Then lots of praise. If pup knows what you're asking and doesn't do it, get off the couch and gently enfor...

Shedding is promoted when the light conditions change - spring and fall depending on the amount of light. If spring is dreary for weeks , shedding will be delayed.

I agree with everything Sharon has to say. I don't have a horse but I borrow one from friends whenever I can. I am a foot handler for the most part. I know a husband and wife team that but FC/AFC's on two of their dogs and walked. They beat pro's and Nationally Ranked dogs. I have won or placed 36 ...

I'm no expert but I've been taught 2 things by an expert. #! Make very sure that she knows what you are wanting her to do. If there's any doubt go back to basic training for that skill. #2 Figure out the level of correction she normally responds to and use that. #2 in your case. If she still refuses...

Discovered this Board by accident and am enjoying it thoroughly. Have been involved with dogs all my life - beagles, GSPs, JRTs, and now setters. I have 2 setters and a JRT now. I trial my setters with the American Field/AFTCA/ Region 13/ Ontario Bird Dog and Conservation Association. I am responsib...

I'm glad you said that. Excellent reminder. Even though I only ride once or twice a weekend through the season, I 've taken lessons and always wear a helmet.

I stand half- corrected.

Two of my Ontario friends place first and second. John Palladino and "No Boundary" http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/lee460/2008-05-09_0001.jpg Shawn Wright and "Kung Foo" http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/lee460/Shawn.jpg Bruce Minard and "Ridlyn" http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/le...

NICE photo's, we can't train on wild birds from April 15 to July 15. Thank god our grouse pop. is on the way backup. Howie Hill http://www.northwatersgsps.com :D I mean no training period( planted or wild ) from May15 - July15 on public land. You and your dog are not to be in the fields at all. Onl...

First of all, I am not a fat guy on a horse. Second of all, there is no rule now that states the pace must be at the foot handler's pace. That has changed. Ask an AKC rep. Justin Just a little humor Buckeye. Don't take it personally. I was talking about AFTCA - American Field trials where the horse...

Nice pic! We're shut down here. No dog training from May 15 to July15 for breeding season.

I walk in horseback stakes and have placed. My walking friend places a lot in horseback Often we don't have enough entries for walking stakes and I like a stake with a large number of entries. The horseback handler you are braced with usually doesn't like it and grumbles and growls but 8) He/she fee...

LOl I have no place to road. Definately not against roading. I do have a placeoutside the city to work my dogs ahead on a course for an hour+ without covering the same ground. They just go full out, check in regularly and off they go. No birds used during these times. Work on handling. On bird work ...

Just my opinion, but having been through this I would be getting another vet opinion .

Been through this before. These are classic lyme disease rings - stage 1. They go away and unless your antibiotic (21 days+) has worked, it goes into stage 2. No way to know if your antibiotic has worked without a test. See your vet asap. Don't risk your dog's future mobility please. http://www.nlm....

I live in the city ; I have never roaded dogs.

I let them run full out for an hour every second day all year.( Didn't start at an hour of course.)

They have no trouble having lots of energy/stamina for a one hour trial.

Hasn't had it yet. I'm about to make a decision.

Saw my vet for my dogs' spring shots. She tells me that Lyme disease and lepto was much more prevalent in Ontario last year than ever before. More prevalent than heartworm deaths. Also said that there is a new Lyme disease vaccine she recommends . Is it a big problem in the States around the Great l...

Beautiful. Thanks.

The Brittany is the only breed my dog won't back. I don't fault her either because I can't tell if the dog is on point myself. I think they should have to wear something on their tail in a trial to make it fair for my dog.

Actually in Canada they are just referred to as a "Brittany". In the Canadian Kennel Club registration they are listed with the pointing breeds.

That is an excellent answer.

See my question on "Coming Back" please Dave.

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