Raising bird around your dog

MikeH · Post by **MikeH** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:16 pm

Hey,

I have been trying to get back into raising quail and pheasant. But I dont know how this will affect my bird dog. Does anyone raise gamebirds around their dogs? I dont want to bore him of quail.

Thanks

AHGSP · Post by **AHGSP** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:38 pm

Don't worry, he'll never bore of them! My "kids" spend a couple hours every day chasing the birds back and forth in the holding pen. Luckily, I use birds up pretty fast, or the birds might get bored with the dogs!

Higgins · Post by **Higgins** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:14 pm

I raise and release 300 pheasants a year. I call the birds in from the fields to feed morning and evening. I have 4 of my dogs that spend their off time running loose in an adjoining pasture. In the same pasture as the dogs, I have a pigeon loft with 60 birds. This loft has a fence around it to keep the dogs from banging against it. I think the dogs learn a lot from watching all the birds.

Got some short movie clips of the pheasants being called in to feed. On my website under Gamekeeping.

Brad Higgins
www.higginsgundogs.com

Post by **pear** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:54 am

Brad your link wasn't working. I went in and fixed the link for you. Was missing a "g" in Higgins, great site neat videos. ..."pear" Board Moderator

Higgins · Post by **Higgins** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:22 am

Thanks Pear. I'll work on my spell check.

Brad Higgins

tailcrackin · Post by **tailcrackin** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:17 am

Hey Brad how long does it take to teach the dog to take the air, as they swell up like that pointer. I watch that on my sour days, just walk away with a smile. Life is good. Cya Jonesy

rkalgren · Post by **rkalgren** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:51 am

I like the dog whose legs have completly dissappeared. Now that is concentration.

Higgins · Post by **Higgins** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:23 pm

I like to work my dogs in quicksand. helps keep them steady. LOL

Brad Higgins

I'm trying a test here. This is a link to a short video clip of one of the pointers. If it takes too long to load, is bad quality or causes any problems, let me know and I'll delete it. Thought I might see if it works.

http://www.gundogwhisperer.com/Bell2website.wmv