I don't own one but it seems everyone I meet that has a gun dog keeps them outside. Can someone tell me why?
Gun Dog Question
sarvaggio
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Old-timers claimed that keeping a hunting dog indoors ruined their nose. And that is straight from the mouth of gundog owners in my family who had everything from redbones and beagles to English Setters and Springers. I suspect it is simply another "old wives" tale.
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I've kept all my Brittanies in the house. Some were kenneled during the day at my old house, but all sleep inside. After hunting, my wife and I give them a good bath. We don't need tics crawling all over the place.
These dogs will hunt to the ends of the earth for me for grouse and woodcock and the odd pheasant. Spoiled, but in great shape and disciplined. Not couch potatoes
These dogs will hunt to the ends of the earth for me for grouse and woodcock and the odd pheasant. Spoiled, but in great shape and disciplined. Not couch potatoes
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pointers are not gonna get all tore up hunting corn stalks my hounds come out like they were beat up ,when I get to the truck I have to use stepti stop on them to stop the bleeding .I guess it is 2 differant dogs .Bring in the pointers
Some old timers shot a dog that didn't work too.
How about this the dogs that stay outside get less love because they take less work to keep clean because an inside dog is especially a long haired is all work. Some keep themselves clean but some are lazy, all depends on your breed.
My dog is an inside dog and I'll put her with any bodys dog who thinks its great. I seen and no what others dogs can do that I been around their outside dogs.
The dog either has it or it don't. Old timers dodn't let their wives run there moths on them like todays breed out there either who have a little to much to say what goes on.[smirk]
How about this the dogs that stay outside get less love because they take less work to keep clean because an inside dog is especially a long haired is all work. Some keep themselves clean but some are lazy, all depends on your breed.
My dog is an inside dog and I'll put her with any bodys dog who thinks its great. I seen and no what others dogs can do that I been around their outside dogs.
The dog either has it or it don't. Old timers dodn't let their wives run there moths on them like todays breed out there either who have a little to much to say what goes on.[smirk]
Bring them in and treat them right and they will love you all the more. Train them right and they will work harder because they love the prize at the end. My dogs come in all year long, after a good wash with the hose. It really comes down to what works for you as you see by all the response. Good luck.
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my pointer hunts in the thickest of briar patches (thats where the birds like to hide) comes home all bloody and muddy,,,, take care of the dog,, wash him and bring him in the house,,,,
our dogs work hard for us they deserve to be in the house
our dogs work hard for us they deserve to be in the house
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MY LABS ARE GREAT DOGS! WE DID A PHESANT HUNT ON Friday in Hardyston, NJ (11 birds 4 hrs) AND JUST GOT HOME FROM taking several Snow geese today in NYS. (all landed in the water, and the dogs fur was covered in ice when we got back to the truck! They work, hard, and They deserve a night, and every night in the house.
My dogs might not win the next Field Trial World Championships, but they get me my birds, preserve, or stoked on state land, upland or waterfowl, work very hard for me, cut-up, bloody, limping, and deserve a good nights rest, and a hose wash down for the mud, in a warm house!
My dogs might not win the next Field Trial World Championships, but they get me my birds, preserve, or stoked on state land, upland or waterfowl, work very hard for me, cut-up, bloody, limping, and deserve a good nights rest, and a hose wash down for the mud, in a warm house!
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place i go to,,, $10 u use their tub, warm water they give whatever scent or flea tick shampoo u want, brushes, and blowers to dry the dogs afterwards,,, cant go wrong with that deal
When I was woodcock hunting her this fall I was picking out thorns for months and getting them stuck in me as well. I steped on them also.She was all cut up and bleeding all over in the house torn up from birds and it just makes the house more like a cabin[up]
Dogs in the mooseeum with the Cat[up] Just the way we like it
Me and her.I let the dog sleep in bed with me at times as well. Dogs not allowed in bed at the does house though.
Dogs in the mooseeum with the Cat[up] Just the way we like it
Me and her.I let the dog sleep in bed with me at times as well. Dogs not allowed in bed at the does house though.
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and how many times did he hunt this year 1-2 ??? I ran my dogs anywhere from 2-4 times a week so I dont think we are on the same page .A pointer sniffs around and then points a still bird.a hound runs a bunny thru briars for hours .huge differance so stop thinking a pointer works harder than a hound
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I'm not looking to start sh*t I am just making a point that when a dog goes out a couple times a year compaired to a couple times a week it is a big differance. 2 differant breeds .Some guys think they have a hunting dog because it is a pointer breed
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Hey catfish, where you from man? Not too many beaglers on here that I know of, mainly deer guys.
Thats how my kids and I always came home, hunting or not, and my wife always let us in and fed us.
If the dog is that muddy ... you hose him off before he comes in. On really cold days ... when he got really sloppy from trampled melting snow making cold mud, run a garden hose from the threaded faucet in the laundry room, and wash him off with warm water.
Been around hunting dogs my whole life, only difference that I can see ... is that outside dogs are just not really family members and less friendly with people.
Hunting corn stalks?? Maybe I'll start now that I turn 50 next week. My field bred labs wouldn't stop chasing pheasants, through the nasitiest stuff, until their heart explodes. Would never, never give up finding a downed bird, or marker, in any kind of cover or frozen water. Day in, day out. With rest and premium nutrition in between.
Their faces start out with tiny droplets of blood, and then turn wet from it. All sorts of serious cuts. I remember one that had to be surgically repaired at Rockaway Animal Hospital (and his paw was deformed after that because of tendon damage), and the dog never slowed down hunting that day.
So, keep your dogs outside ... its cool. Most of the mountain men in Pa I know keep their beagles outside. But, don't say you do it for the sake of the dog's hunting abilities.
Only my 2 cents.
This could be a way to see whats what.
http://www.newjerseyhunter.com/article56418.htm
But nothing for the hound dogs yet[sad]
And I am guilty my little Girl sleeps in the bed,
And stays indoors most days.
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http://www.newjerseyhunter.com/article56418.htm
But nothing for the hound dogs yet[sad]
And I am guilty my little Girl sleeps in the bed,
And stays indoors most days.
My Britts never spent a night outside and most nights the wife had to chase them off the bed so she could get in,I tried to couch train her {wife} but the dogs were much easier to get along with sooooo!They are different in the field,all hunting fools and ready to go.Point is,my Dad always kept our dogs outside as a lot of oldtimers thought they wouldnt hunt if they didn't.NOT so guys,love them and they will love you.
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