I am a horseback pointing field trialer. I have never had a large string of dogs. The overwhelming percentage of horseback trialers hunt little, if at all. The birds are worth more to them for training, than hunting. There was a time, when I was much younger, when I'd kill a hundred birds a...
Wife and kids talked me into adding a second dog to our house. Already have a well-behaved 3yr old female lab that's great.
Hot tips or best practices for introducing a new puppy to the fold? Don't want to upset the apple cart.
Wish JLS was still around...dude was a veritable treasure...
Yep, that was my plan.
I just can’t make sense of that first sentence in the post I quoted. That was the only question I had- just not sure what you meant by the citizenship thing.
Time for a quick update, now that Ellie has passed 12 weeks old, and we've had her just over 3 weeks. Still a few weeks away from her last round of rabies/parvo shots, and the vet suggested I not take her on walks where other dogs frequent until then. Not ideal, but I'd rather be safe than...
A guy I know that trained scent dogs for MS Highway Patrol gave me so advice, and it makes a ton of sense. When you're training a dog make the training a game that your dog can always win. Do scent drags with deer feet and blood. Don't get too complicated with it until you have confidence that...
I love these threads. There is always something listed that I hadn’t thought about. Very helpful!
Montana K9 Safety puts on trap release clinics and first aid classes around the state if anyone in MT is looking for some training.
Ended up building my kit as I like to do things the hard way! It...
Great discussion. Appreciate the different perspectives. I’ve always said it’s a really good thing birds don’t have antlers. Bird hunters are so cordial. Not that I don’t kill antlered stuff!
I’m not a dog trainer, but I do run 7 dogs. I just like hunting dogs. I started going to MT from KS...
Crazy world, so sad.
About a month ago my wife and I went to a retired football field with my black lab for training. I left my wife and dog in the truck while I set up some bumpers for retrieving drills. I was about 150 yards from my truck when a man across the road about 150 yards the other...
If you read my post, I said for the most part. I do use public land also. Earlier law changes put limits on when training on public land could occur. I don't have a big problem with the start date, but the ending date is unnecessarily early.
So, I don't train in the spring on public land, as...
It is too icy at our place to train outdoors. So I train 1-year old pup inside in our carpeted living room.
We run hunt tests and field trials in the summer, so train for these events:
1) Multiple marking mechanics where I teach pup to return with perfect spinal alignment in relation to my foot...
There are goldens in our training group that retrieve domestic mallards all summer long.
There are retriever clubs in Billings, Helena, Missoula, and Ronan if your close to any of those areas?
I'm similar to you hunting multiple states for birds every year. I just don't like NR camping in states and pounding the piss out of everything. I would like to see a 7 day upland license ONLY in MT, personally, on top of the other limits in this bill.
I don’t think NR are villains but I live in a destination bird hunting area and the NR pressure has gotten so bad that I don’t even hunt birds around here unless I get an invite from my friend with private access. Maybe I’m just not serious enough but getting to the public spots well before...
I don’t play with dogs. One guy got lucky one day his turned around it was about 2 steps from me shooting it. Another one changed it’s mind really quick when my boot made contact with it face
I'm sure they'll make their way east. I'd assume many of them come from released birds for dog training that survive. I bump into Bobwhite's fairly often that this is the case for at least.
So I took my 11 year old son this morning to do some dog training with me. His job was to throw birds/bumpers for our black lab retriever in training. So he can't resist and decides to just go ahead and get in the mud puddle.
Made him get in bed of truck for ride home. I dropped him off at home...