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by 41magsnub
Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:51 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Dog is messing with me - water retrieves
Replies: 22
Views: 9332

Dog is messing with me - water retrieves

My 15 mo GWP is a natural retriever. On land she does great. When I throw a bumper or ball she holds steady until I release her, then she does a great retrieve. If she didn't see it go down, I call dead bird and she frantically searches in the direction I am walking until she finds it or I call her ...
by 41magsnub
Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:28 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Dog was sick and appetite is off
Replies: 3
Views: 1305

Re: Dog was sick and appetite is off

She's fine tonight. Ate her dinner right away and is pestering the heck out of me wanting to go for a run.

Still going to the vet in the morning though.
by 41magsnub
Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:24 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Dog was sick and appetite is off
Replies: 3
Views: 1305

Re: Dog was sick and appetite is off

Now that I go back and read the timeline.... yeah. I called the vet and she had a cancellation at 8AM tomorrow so we are going in then.

There could have been a fair bit of algae, the river was pretty low. There weren't mats of it or anything, but it was a bit of a backwater.
by 41magsnub
Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:52 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Dog was sick and appetite is off
Replies: 3
Views: 1305

Dog was sick and appetite is off

Last Wednesday I took my 15mo GWP swimming in the river. She had a great time. That night she threw up large quantities of water 4 times and didn't eat her dinner. Didn't want any water either Thursday no more vomiting but she didn't want to eat her kibble. Fed her chicken and rice which she snarfed...
by 41magsnub
Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:53 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Will this "ruin" a bird dog?
Replies: 13
Views: 5719

Re: Will this "ruin" a bird dog?

I won't do it to my dog. Right now when she sees a rabbit or deer, she reacts to the movement, stares for a sec, then gets back to bird business. I've heard stories of folks that screwed that up and it took a fair bit of work to get the dog to stop going after non-birds. No personal experience there...
by 41magsnub
Wed Sep 11, 2013 3:24 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: LL BEAN HUNTING VEST?
Replies: 17
Views: 7963

Re: LL BEAN HUNTING VEST?

I just got my Cabelas UPLAND PRO FIELD DOG VEST yesterday and have mixed feelings about it. It will get returned. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-Upland-Pro-Field-Dog-Vest/1619373.uts?WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products The issue is it is designed to have 2 hydration bladders in it, one for me...
by 41magsnub
Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Post dogs on Point!!!!
Replies: 738
Views: 738071

Re: Post dogs on Point!!!!

A little yard work this evening.

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Here she was last summer at 9 weeks old on a pheasant wing:

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by 41magsnub
Mon Aug 26, 2013 4:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is my Brittanys major malfunction?
Replies: 14
Views: 5388

Re: What is my Brittanys major malfunction?

My GWP was like that, she took a long time to figure out how to be level when swimming. Before that her front legs more than anything just beat the top of the water while her butt kept sinking. She still seems to have to work a lot harder at swimming than a lab or the like, but she gets it done and ...
by 41magsnub
Mon Aug 26, 2013 4:23 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Belly collar
Replies: 37
Views: 7661

Re: Belly collar

I am starting into the flank collar deal tonight and bought a new Garmin Delta for that purpose and our daily walks where the Alpha is overkill. I was planning to use the vibrate function on the delta instead of stimulation for this purpose. Any possible issues with that? It seems to me like it woul...
by 41magsnub
Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:37 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Rancher's Choice Active Adult
Replies: 10
Views: 6553

Re: Rancher's Choice Active Adult

It doesn't look like a real high quality feed but it should work OK. What do you normally feed, all you said was it was a premium feed? Pork is a good animal based protein source and Corn Gluten is a good vegetable source. Ezzy Usually one of the Nutro varieties. Maddie does not seem food sensitive...
by 41magsnub
Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:31 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Jeep Wranglers and Hunting?????
Replies: 32
Views: 16118

Re: Jeep Wranglers and Hunting?????

You could always pull a little cargo trailer.
by 41magsnub
Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:41 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Rancher's Choice Active Adult
Replies: 10
Views: 6553

Rancher's Choice Active Adult

I had to go out of town and was unexpectedly away much longer than planned due to a project going sideways. A relative was watching my 14mo GWP for me during this time and she ran out of my regular dog food. I asked her to buy my regular food and I'd pay her back when I returned. Instead she bought ...
by 41magsnub
Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:26 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Naming a gundog
Replies: 48
Views: 32139

Re: Naming a gundog

I named my female GWP Mädchen or Maddie for short.
by 41magsnub
Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:09 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: New Brittany coing home, suggestions? Expectations?
Replies: 10
Views: 4376

Re: New Brittany coing home, suggestions? Expectations?

I've duck hunted with a Brit before and it was fine. We put a neoprene vest on her and kept her under a blanket in the blind. She had a hard time sitting still but she did it.
by 41magsnub
Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:49 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Gear to start buying
Replies: 13
Views: 4629

Re: Gear to start buying

What the heck is a JASCO collar?
by 41magsnub
Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:48 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: A pup's first season
Replies: 19
Views: 9914

Re: A pup's first season

The breeder I got my GWP from had his kids shooting gophers near the outdoor puppy kennel so she was exposed to gunfire as soon as they had the dogs outside at all When I brought her home I would whack a wooden spoon on the counter over her food dish once she started eating and she never reacted at ...
by 41magsnub
Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:51 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: skinned out nose ran into a rock- advice
Replies: 7
Views: 3093

Re: skinned out nose ran into a rock- advice

The ears are pretty vascular too. On an early hunting trip with my pup she caught her ear on some barbed wire. She didn't even notice. When she got back to me, the amount of blood she was covered in was amazing... her entire front was soaked and there was a pretty steady stream of blood. It took a l...
by 41magsnub
Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:21 am
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: Garmin Alpha?
Replies: 82
Views: 78944

Re: Garmin Alpha?

I got one several weeks ago and generally like it. I installed the birdseye maps and the property owner maps from http://www.huntinggpsmaps.com/ The one thing that is a problem is it frequently has a hard time syncing the collar when we start out. I sometimes have to turn the collar on and off a few...
by 41magsnub
Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:21 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Introduction and proud of my girl
Replies: 2
Views: 1259

Introduction and proud of my girl

Hello, I am in Missoula MT and bought my first pointing dog last July.. Maddie the GWP. I've hunted with a lot of pointers and trained a lab as a flusher years ago. I am in with a group of 4 guys who have a private pheasant preserve and all last season (at least once per weekend and frequently twice...