Ambassador Posts

Whether to neuter our young dogs is a difficult question for many dog owners.  I’ve mentioned in this column before that my father was a veterinarian.  We had a separate kennel just for our sporting dogs, and it was always full of setters and beagles.  Dad never neutered any of our sporting dogs.  He always […]

The glory time has arrived…hunting season.  How sweet it is.  And the good news is that the grouse and woodcock numbers are very promising from Minnesota to Maine.  Several professional trainers who began training dogs on wild birds in late July have reported two or three times the flushes compared to the same time last year. The season

She became very restless and kept looking at her stomach.  At this time of the evening, she’s typically lying down on a dog bed in the living room. I’m talking about our three year old German shorthaired pointer; a breed that is prone to gastric dilatation-volvulus or most commonly known as “bloat.”  Both my wife

August means we need to get serious about conditioning…for both the dog owner and the dog.  Depending upon where you live, hunting season may be only one month away. First, the dog owner.  To enjoy hunting season, your heart, lungs and legs must be conditioned for long walks and, in certain areas, climbing mountains.  If

A recent email from Aaron:  Paul, my long time hunting buddy is getting old and I need to get a puppy this spring.  A pointer kennel I’m looking at advertises many years of conscientious line breeding.  What is line breeding? Your author is not a veterinarian or genetic scientist; however, I can give a layman’s

This month’s column is about correcting two common faults with pointing dogs. The first fault is a dog that has too many unproductive points.  An unproductive is simply a good solid point but there is no bird.  The most common cause of the unproductive point is that a bird has just left the area…either by