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When and How to Socialize a Sporting Breed Puppy

Socializing puppies when they’re young is key to building strong and confident adult sporting dogs. Puppies need to learn about everything, which includes the environments in which they’ll live and work, people, other dogs and animals, .. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: March 20, 2023

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Can Sporting Breed Puppies Eat Adult Dog Food?

Sporting breed puppies are bred and trained to work. As a result, they have very different nutritional needs from those of a future house dog. Puppy formulas are typically more nutrient dense when compared to most adult formulas, to meet th.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: February 19, 2023

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How Nutrition Supports Trainability in Your Sporting Breed Puppy

Sporting breed puppies have a lot to learn. Nutrition that fuels healthy brain function and learning supports a puppy’s ability to master a variety of tasks. Puppy diets that contain clinically proven levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) .. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: January 29, 2023

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Puppy or Older dog

So `Goose` is getting older and you are thinking about a new puppy. Or maybe you lost your pet and are starting to look for another one. Remember first of all there is only one `Goose`. Nothing or nobody can replace him. He was the one we h.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: October 26, 2022

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Causes, Symptoms and Treatment - Whipworms

A common parasite in dogs, whipworms infect your pet's colon and small intestine, causing symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting, and weight loss. They are hard to treat, but fortunately, whipworms are not transmittable to humans or cats and can be.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: October 17, 2022

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Causes, Symptoms and Treatment - Hookworms

Hookworms are one of the common intestinal parasites in dogs and cats. As the name suggests, hookworms have hook-like mouthparts that enable them to attach to intestinal walls. These microscopic germs may not be easy to catch with the naked.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: October 17, 2022

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Causes, Symptoms and Treatment - Hip Dysplasia

A hunting dog's career can be cut short when it develops hip dysplasia, so it's essential to understand the causes of this condition, how to spot the symptoms, and what treatments are available to help your dog live its life as comfortable .. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: October 11, 2022

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Poisonous Plants For Dogs

Dogs make such great hunting companions because they have great instincts, and they love to explore. Unfortunately, this desire to explore can sometimes take over, and the instinct to check something out with their mouths can lead to a grea.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: October 10, 2022

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THE BENEFITS OF ANTIOXIDANTS IN DOG FOOD

Hunters and trainers might argue about which breeds of sporting dogs are best for their preferred pursuits, but they can all agree on one thing, sporting dogs are driven to work. Whether it's a setter, pointer, shorthair, or retriever, spor.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: September 25, 2022

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And the Birds Whistled Bob-white

Quail hunting in the South has always been as common as sunburn. Due to the fertile soil, flat and rolling coastal plains that are cut by long rivers and dotted with lakes and ponds, made for a perfect farming. Mild winters with hot, humid .. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: September 18, 2022

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How your dog ages

You ever heard that your dog ages seven years for every year that you age? Is called the "rule of paw". Used since the 1950s, the "rule of paw" is speculated to come from the ratio of the average mortality years in dogs versus humans. Dog.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: September 17, 2022

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Causes, Symptoms and Treatment - Giardia

Understandably, a good population of pet owners are worried about their pets catching a Giardia infection, thus acquiring Giardiasis. Statistical numbers show that about 15 % of dogs globally already have the disease. While Giardia is preva.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: September 14, 2022

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Causes, Symptoms and Treatment - Coccidia

Do you own a hunting or sporting dog? Then you should know about the danger of coccidia in dogs. You may have already heard of this disease because it is common among these breeds and can be serious if not caught early.
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By: gundogcentral
Posted: September 5, 2022

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Amazing Facts about a dogs sense of smell

With regarding to sense of smell, our hunting dogs reign supreme. Scientists speculate that their olfactory senses can be 10,000 to 100,000 better than ours. For every single human scent receptor, our amazing canine companions boast 50. The.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: August 27, 2022

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Causes, Symptoms and Treatment - Parvo

Parvo in dogs refers to the Canine parvovirus, a highly contagious disease found among dogs that causes gastrointestinal illnesses in puppies and older animals. It is a febrile disease of the canines which is highly contagious, especially t.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: August 24, 2022