You have to have birds to train a bird dog. There is no way around it. This doesn’t mean you have to have them yourself but your dog has to be trained on live birds if you are going to have a hunting dog worth his salt.
Not everyone has a place to raise them and [...]
Congratulation to “In The Shadow” for winning the 2010 National Bird Dog Championship at the Ames Plantation.
“In The Shadow” (call name – Buster) is owned by Carl Bowman of Louisville, KY. He is handled by Robin Gates and was scouted by Robin’s son Hunter Gates.
Buster ran his brace on 2/11/2010 and had 10 finds.
Click here to read [...]
A few days before Christmas, my family went out to the movies. You would think it would
be a simple operation, but it’s more like moving a small army.
I took the kids to see “Avatar” and Kathy went with her folks to see “The
Blindside.”
After getting out of the movie I checked my phone to see
if I [...]
One of the biggest issues that we have had for years in multi dog systems is the size of the reciever / collar electronics for folks that have multiple dogs of different sizes.
The issue that we run into is folks that have a 90 pound Labrador and a 15 terrier. They want to be able [...]
I am a little overstocked on dogs. I have 10 runs at my kennel and 14 dogs that stay there the majority of the time.
That means we have a few dogs that have room mates.
I really don’t like to kennel dogs together, but I do it sometimes. I really need to add a few runs [...]
While there are hundreds of parts and electronic components that go into making a remote dog training collar, only four really matter to the customer. I can feel the engineers shaking their heads as I write this….
Let’s go under the assumption that you are buying a well made, high quality system. We expect it to [...]
The 2010 National Bird Dog Championship has started at the Ames Plantation located in Grand Junction, TN.
This is the “Superbowl” of Birddog Field Trials. The Ames Plantation is the home of the National Field Trial Championship for All-Age Bird Dogs.
The Ames Plantation website has a section that gives daily updates and photos so those of [...]
I am addicted to my Garmin Astro.
This may seem like an odd subject to discuss from someone that sells the Garmin Astro, but it is an issue that I have and I need to work it out.
The Garmin Astro changed the way I hunt. It allows me to run dogs in places that I would [...]
I find it funny when some ecollar manufacturers use the word tickle when they talk about how your dog feels stimulation.
“Tickle your Dog” to stop your barking problem is pretty common.
I have felt stimulation off of every brand of collar we sell. I never thought it tickled.
Now that doesn’t mean that all stimulation is or [...]
Hey, Steve
What product do you suggest I try to keep my 6 year old dog off our good couches…thanks
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Howdy – Thanks for contacting Gun Dog Supply.
I would recommend that you look at the Zone system from Innotek and Petsafe
Petsafe Pawz Away Indoor Pet-Proof Barriers (formerly Innotek The Zone) is similar to a dog containment system, [...]
Somewhere between North Dakota and Thanksgiving, I stopped blogging (and working out and eating carbs…)
We have hunted a bunch – Montana, South Dakota and Texas so far. Including Nebraska and North Dakota and Mississippi that takes us to 6 states for the year.
That meets my obligation as a founding member of the North American Nomadic [...]
9/19 Nebraska
We got in one last round for the sand hills. Same results as before. I am not really sure what went wrong but all the early reports had the area looking good. Ted has been coming here 30 years and he had never seen this few birds.
Nebraska and most of the states [...]
We ran into some Sand Spurs on our trip to Nebraska. They were pretty spotty but I was glad I had dog boots with me. These things really hurt. I took a few pictures for folks to see what we are talking about. It’s a rare dog that can run in areas covered with Sand [...]
We do photo shoots on a regular basis to get unique product shots and to show our gear on multiple breeds of hunting dogs.
This particular shoot we were getting shots of the Garmin Astro, Tri-tronics EXP receiver, DT Systems Bird Launchers, and the Dokken Dead Fowl Trainers.
These pictures where taken by my oldest son, Sam, [...]
We started hunting in Texas sometime around 1991 or 1992. It took us a while to learn the ins and outs of it and we had to shift the way we did some things because of the differences between the way Mississippi Quail behaved and the way Texas Bobs played the game. After a few [...]
Hi Steve, I was reading your article on gun shy dogs. I thought it was pretty much right on. I have trained for many years myself, both pointing dogs and retrievers, field trial dogs and gundogs. I am a nut when it comes to genetics and I do have one question for [...]
Last month we added two new pups to the Gun Dog Supply Pro Staff.
“Mac” and “Apple” are English Pointers and are the half brother and half sister to Click, Stud, and Merle. All 5 dogs share the same sire – Phantom’s Wizard.
I have really enjoyed having them around the kennel. This is the first time [...]
Dog boots can be a really important piece of gear to carry with you in the field. They are especially important if you travel to hunt. I have seen places that you could hunt without boots one year and then turn around the next year and the exact same spot is so full of sand [...]
I broadcast about 50 pounds of Japanese Millet on the mud flats of our water control structure that we have at the farm for ducks.
I waited a little later than I would prefer but I am real pleased with the results so far.
The biggest concern is if we will have the right weather [...]
Thursday August 27th
Started again right before sunrise. We moved to some large alfalfa fields that had some grass and hills around them.
The first brace of dogs ran up a giant flock of sharptails and sent them out of the county.
The next group of dogs had no bird work.
We next ran Click with a grandson of [...]
Right now I am sitting in a Club Car golf cart outside Davis Wade Stadium waiting for the rain to stop so I can get inside to see the Mississippi State – Jackson State football game.
This morning we kicked off the 2009 hunting season with a bit of a thud.
Vernon was going to pick me [...]
Steve,
What are your thoughts on giving dogs vitamins, and or supplements? I have an almost two year old Shorthair who is a stud of a dog. No fat, alot of lean muscle. He runs 3-4 days a week with my wife in the am, and then trains with me with the dummy [...]
Hi. I stumbled onto your web site & thought WOW here are all the things I’m looking for. But I have a question of two. First of all I got a 14 month old blk lab that I would like to train for hunting waterfowl as well as pheasants (& other land birds). [...]
Started the long drive to South Dakota today. I am headed up to see two dogs we have in training with Dan Hendrickson of Phantom Kennels.
I also have 7 dogs with me. It’s time to start getting geared up for hunting season.
Last year I purchased dog boots in anticipation of a trip to south TX. I thought I did everything right (ordering to installation) but found that I was having to re-fit and tape. In fact my dog threw one of the boots. Could they be too big? I ordered the large [...]
It has been years (10 to 15) since the days of dummy collars coming
with Remote Dog Training Collars. Some of the newer companies (SportDog and Unleashed
Technologies) don’t even offer dummy collars.
From our website: “At Gun Dog Supply we feel the use of the DUMMY
collar to condition the dog to the weight and feel of the [...]
It’s hard to believe but Dove season is right around the corner.
The Mississippi opening day is September 5th.
Click here for info from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife
Be sure to keep a close eye on your dogs while you hunt. The weather is sure to be hot; Don’t over do it. Keep plenty of [...]
I spent a good bit of the day digging out the water control structure pipe in my duck pond. Normally this pipe isn’t an issue but I messed around and let the beavers get the upper hand
It will take another 24 hours or so to get it down to the level I want for this [...]
After 10 years of pushing, you can now buy a replacement transmitter for your Tri-Tronics system. This allows folks to upgrade an older G2 or G2 EXP system to a G3 unit or you can even go from a 1/2 mile G3 Sport Basic to a G3 Pro 500 and use the same collar. This [...]
One of the most important things to get done early with a pointing dog is the introduction to birds. I prefer to use pigeons. They have a strong smell and are easy to see. They will also stand their ground a little, so the pup has a chance to get close.
I really don’t care what [...]
Just ordered a Mendota Skid Plate – 2560OL. Hope this dog vest can do a good job of protecting my dog. She whelped 08/19/08 and needs protection, if there is a better vest please let me know.
Thanks for contacting Gun Dog Supply. I think the skid plate is the
best choice especially for early season work. [...]
I have two English pointers, one medium (45 Pound), one large (60 pound), both dogs will sleep in one dog house. Will the Dog Den 2 be big enough or should I get the Dog Den 3?
Thanks for contacting Gun Dog Supply. I have two 40 pound brittanys that share a Dog Den 2 insulated dog house, but [...]
I NEED A LITTLE HELP IN CHOSING A TRAINING/TRACKING COLLAR FOR MY DOG. MY DOG IS 10 MONTHS OLD AND I JUST FOUND OUT HE IS DEAF AND JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TYPE OF VIBRATING COLLAR WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIM. THE DISTANCE WOULD BE UP TO [...]
I recently ordered 4 of the medium blue Break-Fast bowls from you folks. I think the concept of getting my yellow labs to slow down their eating has been achieved however; I would not recommend these bowls to anyone as they slide all over the kitchen floor where they eat. I thought that for the [...]
I really like the Garmin 220 & DC 30’s that I got from you, but Garmin needs to come up with an easy way to differentiate between the collars such as color codes……..since both are black, the only way I can tell the difference is the original collar has a square end, and the additional [...]
Ready to start blogging again! — Steve
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A rabbit hunter writes:
“I am looking to buy some shock collars for my rabbit dogs to keep them from running deer. I have two dogs now and am planning on adding more. ”
I recommend the Tri-Tronics Classic 70 G2 EXP for stopping a hunting dog from running deer.
You can also get it in multi dog [...]
