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Retrieving is unnatural. We have modified their normal behavior to suit our needs. We achieve this by taking advantage of their natural prey drive, gregariousness, and willingness to please. When starting a pup retrieving how do you do it? You control the environment, so he can only return to...

I'd be wondering where the rest of them are???

I would also assume larygeal paralysis not esophageal paralysis. A tie-back surgy would be the treatment of choice, I have a friend who is a DVM and well know in field trial arena that referred his FC to Auburn and is very pleased with the results and expects to be hunting her in SoDak on...

Many pro trainers introduce the collar at about 6 months. Age is not so much an issue as where you are in obedience training. If the pup is usuallly compliant on sit, here, and heel, then it is a good time to introduce the collar on these commands.

I am new to all this. I have done a Can and a Greater Scaup (ala Willy). I did these 5 bluewing teal using Pat Godin's pattern book. I hope to get them painted and do a couple of Drake Wood Ducks in time for our early teal & wood duck season in September. Rick

Have you checked the thyroid (T3 & T4) levels?

Todd, Please don't give your dog aspirin along with the rimadyl. They are in the same family of drugs, but aspirin is a cox-1 anti-inflammatory and rimadyl is a cox-2 anti-inflammatory and if you combine them they will actually be less effective. I have had some luck in switching to a...

Lack of conditioning certainly can lead to traumatic injury when a dog over exerts, but I don't think that is the whole story. There are plenty of well conditioned Trial dogs that end up with an CCL injury. I think genetics also plays apart, as it is seems to be more prevalent in some lines...