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Thanks again. Good videos Wayne

Thanks for the input so far. She is giving great attention when swimming back to me, and coming fairly slowly. I am using the Chris Akin DDB2 video, and most of the dogs he uses nail every drill he...

We are at he beginning stages of water-T, and when I blow the stop whistle, the dog (13 month old lab female) turns towards me, but swims towards me slowly instead of stopping and floating/treading. ...

I will say this, I have already done two tests--hips are 'good', but she is an EIC carrier (I am sure she will be crapped on for that in this forum, ha). I make a decent living and do not need to...

Man, it sounds like it better be a dog with some serious pedigree and/or titles to make it worth the gamble. I will say I would have found all of this out when researching breeding this summer...

I really appreciate the info guys. This may help me make a decision regarding the black female and a yellow pup I am currently working with. Thanks again.

Thanks Breck, that was informative. We will consider those point before we decide.

I am sorry, am I now to assume that having a litter of puppies cannot make money?

Raymond--Excuse the terminology, I am guessing that was the first comment regarding the term 'trials' (?), is that what you meant? Not sure of your point.

Breck-- Why would you forego breeding...

Not sure if that is a trick question, we are breeding to make some of the money back spent on high-dollar dog food, equipment, new kennels, hunt test fees, and the other costs that come with...

This is a long post, but I feel like a thorough background is important for the right advice. I bought a black lab female for my son for his 4th birthday back in February 2009. She has an OK...

I have a 4 year old BLF that we plan to breed in July. She has a HR title as of last fall. I am wondering if we can take her to AKC tests this spring and get her a JH title, will that make her...

Well if it gets any more expensive or goes even a pound down in weight per bag (and stays same price), I probably will go back to Diamond Lamb and Rice-- it was doing fine with my BLF, just thought I...

Just ordered two ZingerWinger II G4 (Manual) from GDS. Thanks for the help!

I bought 3 bags of the 'Sport' today and compared with one of the sample bags of 'Pro Plan Performance' (both purple bag 30/20 with the same dog).... Look closely and you will see the recommended...

They can throw a bird, they just cannot throw a bumper or bird consistently.... and I have seen boy scouts load them at Hunt Tests, so it should be OK for the wife and 8 year old (?)

What sound...

I have to ask-- what is the loudspeaker for?

Another question-- even if I get the throwers with electronics (remotes), they still have to be reloaded for each throw, I assume? If that is the case,...

I have given up trying to get my family to throw bumpers for me (it is tough), and I am not even going to let them try to throw ducks up high enough. I have resigned to buying 2 brand new launchers...

thank you all very much.... Do the wingers/remotes have good resale value?

Will try to make a long story short-- I have trained my 4-y.o. BLF to a HR title, and she is a very good duck dog. We tried to run her (with my 7-year old boy handling) at a finished test last fall,...

DDB1 and the TriTronics training book covered 90% of the training of my BLF. The best thing about Chris' videos is that they are extremely easy to listen to and he knows how to teach using laymen's...

She is a 'beast' in water. Loves to swim and has retireved many times in water as well.

However, it is probably just due to her hunting too soon. Thanks for the advice!

I have a 8.5-month old YLF that is wrapping up walking fetch, but has not yet started doubles or pile work. However, she does successfully retrieve a freshly killed duck thrown 20 yards away--...

We practiced for Seasoned all summer and did not plan to try Finished until next spring, so tomorrow is a bonus-- I will probably be more relaxed than the last couple of weekends. Truth be told, it...

Thanks again to all, and Jacob really appreciates all of the compliments. Ready for a Finished test this Saturday!