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First Season Expectations
You’ve built up to your pup’s first hunting season—but what should you expect from your young dog? The experts weigh in.
The Bond
Josh Billings once said, “A dog is the only being on Earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” This is something that has proven to be true time and time again. There is an undeniable bond between owner and canine.
War
Wars between son-in-law and mother-in-law are endemic in our culture, perhaps pandemic in wealthy families and especially when son is Dixie-born and bred and mother-in-law a Yankee. So it was between Eloise Crump of Boston and Doug Hall of Thomasville, husband of Eloise’s daughter Charlotte.
Key Nutrients that support a dog’s muscular system
Featuring Russ Kelly, M.S., Eukanuba and Royal Canin Pet Health and Nutrition Center
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 eye. However, their impact on the animal's health can be dire. The parasites feed on the intestines by ingesting blood from the capillaries and other tiny blood vessels, thus causing inflammation.
Causes, Symptoms and Treatment - Roundworms
Roundworms in dogs can cause mild to severe symptoms depending on how many worms are in the dog's system and how healthy he or she is overall. Most dogs with roundworms don't show symptoms at all, but if they do, they might seem sluggish or unusually thin, experience hair loss or lethargy, vomit often, or not eat much. If you think your dog might have roundworms, call your vet to find out whether treatment is necessary and learn more about how to prevent them from infecting your pet again in the future.
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 as possible. The good news is that you don't have to put down your best hunting dog just because it has hip dysplasia, with the right approach, you can give your dog many years of pleasure and fun in the field before he needs to retire.
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, sporting dogs are energetic, focused, and motivated. Off-season conditioning helps dogs maintain their hunting drive all year long. Well-conditioned bird dogs can run for miles without missing a step, and retrievers can run, jump, and swim their way through dozens of retrieves.
Why your dog eats grass
Have you ever been hunting with your dog and noticed them eating grass? If so, you are not alone. Some dogs have a strange habit of eating grass whenever they get the opportunity. But why are our pets doing this?
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 summers meant crops grew for longer times of the year than just about any other part of the country. Cotton, rice, peanuts, tobacco, peaches, sugar cane, watermelons, and indigo, the blue dye that comes from the plant, were staples. It didn't matter if the farming occurred on plantations several thousand acres big or on 50-acre tenant farms, one thing was for sure. Quail were abundant.
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 prevalent in cats and dogs, a variant of the parasite also infects human.
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.
Tips for traveling with your Gun Dog
Whether you're driving a decked-out dog hauling rig or crating Rover in the backseat of your sedan, traveling with dogs is a process. Here are some tips and recommendations from two hunters and trainers who spend a lot of time on the road with their dogs.
Causes, Symptoms and Treatment - Heartworms
Hunting dogs spend much of the day outdoors, where mosquitoes are prevalent, the primary vector for Heartworms. But what are heartworms, and how severely can they impact your dogs health?
Understand Bird Scent-Part 2 Diffusion
In last month's column, Understanding Bird Scent-Part 1 - The Bird, we learned about how bird scent is created. We know that there are scent rafts that create four different scent clouds that carry the scent into the atmosphere. Once the scent is airborne, there are numerous atmospheric weather conditions that affect the scent dispersal and the ability of our pointing dogs to locate a bird. In this part, of our three part series, let's examine those weather conditions that affect bird scent diffusion. We'll also look at the effect weather has on bird movement which also produces scent diffusion.
