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My "niddle nose :)" lab is 60#s and everyone is always telling me he is "way to skinny and that their lab is much bigger than mine." The best part is the look on their face when I say, " the vet...

Thanks everyone for the good info. It will make my choice much easier.

I know this must of been discussed before, so a simple link to the explanation will do. What is required of the retriever to pass the started test vs the seasoned test. I know there must be a big...

Is anyone here a member of the HRC club in Howell MI? I would like to join but have a couple of questions. If so send me a PM. Thanks!

In a field trial when at the line is it acceptable for the dog to move their front legs at all, or are they expected to stay firmly planted to the ground just like their rear end!:confused: My dog...

My dog had the same symptoms. A fecal test showed nothing at the vet. After about a week it got much worse. Returned to the vet and the fecal test showed giardia. Sometimes it doesn't show up at...

My dog does the same think. He is hauling it so fast that to expect him to stop in anything less that that would be tough. I always figured that trying to train this out of him would either slow...

I thought I would give trapping pigeons a try. I found a business owner that would let me trap on his roof. I had been seeing tons of them in the area. I don't have anywhere to keep them so I...

Yes that is very good advise. I have been focusing on just using the command once. When he knows there is a consequence for not complying the first time, you save a lot of breath. I try never to...

Well I have been training my 8 month old CLM all by myself. It’s been a very huge under taking. It takes lots of devotion to do it while working a full-time job. He has been through ff, cc and...

Thanks. I think using it for come in is a good one. If you tried to train it as a warning you would have to be fast fingered from buzz to vap!!

So I picked up my first e-collar. I got the tt G3 sport basic. I liked that it was BASIC. Very simple to use for a beginner. We haven't started collar conditioning yet, he is just wearing it...

Sorry for the DOUBLE reply!!

Thanks for the advise. Today it was like a switch turned on and he started taking it!! He reaches out for it right when I say hold. Now we are walking around a lot with it, and putting him in a...

Thanks to all for the advise. Today it was like a switch turned on and he started taking it!! He reaches out for it right when I say hold. Now we are walking around a lot with it, and putting him...

Yeah I have been toying with getting help from a pro. I absolutely love training this dog. The problem is most of the pros I talk to want to take the dog for minimum a month. The rest say about 4...

I have been doing it for about 2 weeks now. I am taking my time to make sure everything is sufficiently covered. My understanding was that you should never apply any pressure until the dog...

Well some of you guys already know, but I am ff'ing a 7 month old CLM. He has been holding , dropping and carrying the dowel for quit a while now. I'm taking things slow to make sure I do it write....

Good point. These are the kinds of things I was curious about. Sense this is the first dog I have formally trained I have no idea what types of situations ff comes in handy.

So I think he is...

If I sounded no it allish, I apologize. That was by no means the intent. Like I said I have started the force fetch process. It seems like every great hunting dog has been ff. I've just been...

I have done tons of research on the subject. Force breaking was developed to make pointing dogs retrieve and deliver to hand. They did not have the retrieving instinct. They were bread to point,...

Just wanted to start by saying that this is my first post. I have been lurking around and getting lots of good advise for a couple months now. My dog is a CLM 7 month old. I have been training...

Thanks for the info. I got a couple PM's and will call you guys this afternoon.

I live in south east Michigan. Does anyone know a duck suppliers in the area?