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in reply to: Dog Question #42099
Duncan wrote: I’m glad you found a solution. I understand the anxiousness it can produce in us when we know something is wrong but we can’t figure it out. We had a Jack Russell that had a multitude of problems through his 15 yr life but we stuck by him and got him every test we could afford to try to solve his problems as best we could. It wasn’t perfect but we are convinced his life was better than the alternative and there was no doubt that he loved us til the end. We miss him all the time. Thundershirts are based in NC I believe. Hope that works for your pup.
Thanks. My dogs are family to me. My first walker died of an enlarged heart at age two, in my arms. It was the worst day of my life. I was crippled when that happened. My second dog Magnolia, who was just a puppy at the time, I feel, saved my life. It has killed me to watch this dog be so unhappy, and at the same time, cause chaos in our home. With that harness on, she was instantly better. I would have never thought. I’m still going to get her blood drawn though, as I feel her hormones can’t be normal. She’s built like a pit bull.
I always said, if it came to it, I would rather take her out and put her down myself as I feel it would be a cop out to drop her off at the vet. I always have known, I could never do either. Love her.
in reply to: Dog Question #42018skifrk wrote: If she is not a hunting dog that is fine but beside exercise in the yard have you done any mind games with her. Also when working with the trainer have they helped you teach her how to calm in the house. While I don’t have a walker I do have a working shepherd and I had to work with him to learn when to turn on his off switch so he settles in the house.
I’ve not heard of a way to do that with a hound dog. My previous ones just knew how to do it on their own. I am amazingly surprised today though. Someone reccommended the tight fitting shirt on here, and I put a training harness around her chest and cinched it tight. She immediately calmed. I was blown away. Tomorrow, I’m going to buy her a “thundershirt”
in reply to: Dog Question #41710ps- I hadn’t thought of a hormonal imbalance. She is excessively muscled, even for a walker.
in reply to: Dog Question #41704Okay, I’ll give a little more info.
Both of my dogs, and I’ve had three walkers, are not hunters. I just love the breed and they are our house pets. They both get walked every day and we have a fenced in back yard where they play. Exercise is not the issue because even when I take her to my hunt club and run her for a few hours, she still acts the same way when we get home. She went into a very early heat and we spayed her nearly as soon as that was finished. She seemedd totally normal until that first heat. Afterwards, she never calmed down. I’ve worked with one trainer on her and talked to many people without much luck.
I think of her as a part of my family and I’m willing to do anything to help her. The only real reason that I could ever consider putting her down is bc I don’t feel as though she’s happy, when she just sits there shivering and crying for no apparent reason.
I had not heard of getting her blood work done, as my vet never reccommended it. I’ll schedule that right away.
in reply to: Which brand recurve for beginner? #40811There are a million good bows out there in that price range, especially the bears like the grizzly and kodiak, but I would really try to get my hands on a Damon Howatt Monterrey, A Howatt Hunter, Or a Martin Hunter. These are all the same bows, but I think are the most forgiving, quietest recurves on the planet.
Several of my friends shot my howatt monterrey this weekend and both were very impressed with it even though one of them shoots a custom bow and the other shoots a bear.
Just my advice, but it’s much easier to learn trad shooting with a very forgiving bow. I really wouldn’t buy shorter than 62″ either.
Good luck and welcome to the fold.
in reply to: Nothing is wasted … #39353We did this at our south ga deer camp a few years ago when I shot a doe in the late season. We also had more pictures of deer just moving through the guts and bones (It’s where we’ve dumped all our deer for years) than anything else. We also had coyotes, a bobcat, red-tailed hawks, and of course black and turkey vultures.
in reply to: Your Dream Hunt #37062Coastal Alaska, spot and stalk black bear hunt by boat. Spending the non hunting hours by fishing for rainbows, halibut, and rockfish, while eating crabs, clams, and shrimp.
in reply to: Nothing is wasted … #37058David Petersen wrote: Wex — No, I don’t hunt predators, including bears. Having a healthy population of big predators around is a flagship of still-wild land, I don’t see them as competitors, and I feel no need to kill everything that passes in front of me. To each his own, within reason. Grizzlies would be nice too, but I got here 14 months after the last confirmed griz was killed in CO, just a few dozen miles from here. But then, I don’t mind at all that we have zero poisonous snakes at this altitude. 😆
Those pictures are fantastic! But technically, there are no poisonous snakes anywhere:D
in reply to: E. Donnall Thomas #37056I’m very sorry to hear this. I’m sure he lived a full life and will be remembered.
CareyE wrote: [quote=Etter1]Outstanding Buck! I’m a transplanted PA yankee. Our family camp is in Tuscarora Forest near Shippensburg. Where you at??
I live, work and hunt in the Lebanon area.
Wow. Small world. I’m from Enola. My father and his entire side of the family still live up there. My brother teaches at East Penn High School. You ever smallmouth fish the river?
in reply to: Silencer Mystery…? #29840I’ve found the yarn puffs to work better than any other silencers. I would love to use beaver or muskrat fur but haven’t found them to do much good.
in reply to: Patience furthers #29833That’s excellent Dave!! Great shot too and I hope you saved that heart.
I’ve got a doe heart pickling as we speak.
Can’t wait to see those trail cam photos. Got to love being in woods with other big predators!
in reply to: Thanks to Don and Lori Thomas #28614Jmsmithy wrote: Big fan of DP’s books…I’ve read, and he’s been gracious enough to sign/inscribe each one, 4 of them now ( reading Writing Naturally as we speak).
As for Dr. Don, I seek out every article he writes and typically read them first. I’ve not had the pleasure of reading one of his books yet but plan to order one or two this month (I love to read when I’m in the woods, I know I know, I should be paying attention but to lose myself in a wonderful read about my favorite subject while sitting in The Good Lord’s Cathedral is an intoxicating situation I can’t walk away from -or put myself in enough 😀 )
Any suggestions as to which of Don’s books I should read first 8) ???
Longbows in the far north
in reply to: Scent proof? #28610It’s all bull excrement. Aside from rubber boots, just hunt
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