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Whitewing
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Location: Venezuela
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 Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:19 am Post subject: What hunting dog would you recommend for the ranch? |
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Lots of quail and doves and native pigeons though I guess I'm most interested in the quail. They're a tad smaller than bobwhites but obviously very closely related so I suspect they'd hold to flush as opposed to running constantly like blue quail.
I was thinking a German Shorthair might be the best bet......close-working generally, good retrievers, good coat for this climate, etc.
What say you guys?
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jigs
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Location: KANSAS
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| hard to beat a Britney
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gcreekrch
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Location: west chilcotin bc
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Big Muddy rancher
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Location: Big Muddy valley
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| The guys that come here for Huns use German Short hairs,
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hypocritexposer
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Location: real world
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balestabber
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Location: midwest
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| i seen one of my favorite weiner dogs jump about 4 or 5 feet to catch a sparrow.alot of dogs can be trained to hunt,i know a guy that favors his smaller dogs to make just as good as hunters as the larger ones.and make good all around hunters.
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Mntngoat
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Joined: 30 Dec 2010
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Location: Southern Kalifornia For Now
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GSP, Heck Rex the wonder dog and I will come hunt your quail with you.
ML
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3waycross
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Location: Colorado
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Get a pointing Lab. They hunt quail just fine and they are a heck of a lot easier to deal with than a GSP.
Nicer dogs too.
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Mntngoat
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Location: Southern Kalifornia For Now
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Get a pointing Lab. They hunt quail just fine and they are a heck of a lot easier to deal with than a GSP.
Nicer dogs too. |
I'm curious why people think GSP are harder to deal with than say a lab.
Granted iam biased but GSP's are no more work than other sporting breeds
ML
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3waycross
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Location: Colorado
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| I have owned 3 GSP's 2 were just kinda nuts. The 3rd one bit everyone she ever hunted with. She ain't biting anyone anymore.
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jcummins
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| Many years ago I had two GSP. One didn't hunt well and became a dog that was .... just there. The other....I had friends that would come over...just to hunt with that dog. One of the best hunting dogs I ever had. He found the birds and held point. His one bad trait, he seem to intimidate other dogs, not a growl or anything, but another male dog would try and fight him, and always...always my dog wump the living crap out of the other one.
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Mntngoat
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Location: Southern Kalifornia For Now
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I believe every breed can have a few bad apples. Just as every breed needs exercise. GSP's are high energy and may need more than others or they will get bored and can be destructive.
I can't imagine having any other breed. Rex is great hunter, that loves to be around people and play.
FWIW my inlaws have a retarded lab, probably due to excessive line breeding. Dumber than a box of rocks i tell ya!
ML
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