RESULT rec.hunting.dogs will be removed The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 12 Mar 2008 initiated a five-day period for final comments. Following the comment period, the Big-8 Management board has decided by consensus to remove the newsgroup rec.hunting.dogs.... more »
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) remove rec.hunting.dogs This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated newsgroup rec.hunting.dogs. PROCEDURE: The B8MB plans to begin voting on this proposal after five days. Please offer any final discussion or comments before the end of this waiting... more »
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) remove rec.hunting.dogs This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated newsgroup rec.hunting.dogs. RATIONALE: remove rec.hunting.dogs This is a dead group. There has been no viable activity on this group... more »
We live in the country and have an English Setter who runs free during the day but stays in the garage at night. He is a great pet and, during the day seems to behave fairly well. He will come when called and is a delight as a pet. The problem starts when it is time to come into the garage for the evening. He seems to take on a different... more »
I have recently had a litter of 9 flat coated retriever puppies sired by a dog in Europe via artificial insemination using frozen semen and a surgical insemination technique. I believe this is a very normal size litter but am wondering if others have had any experience and if they also had normal size litters?... more »
I live in a fairly high tick infestation area. I don't like to use stuff on my dogs that is systemic since I find it hard to believe that over the long run it is safe. There are products like Advantix and Bio Spot that claim to kill ticks when they bite. (that's great, they have already bitten) Others claim to repel. I wonder how a few drops of a... more »
Get involved now! Statewide anti-dog legistlation. The first strike on this bill is a felony, I thought the NRA and other TX gun lobbyists might be interested in being at the meeting THIS coming Wednesday. Get this info out to the gun lobbyists and dog clubs (conformation and working) ASAP to see if they will help... more »
[link] erferewithTraining.html?from=A pril2007enews Top Ten Practices That Interfere with Retriever Training by Robert Milner Training your dog is extremely easy if you control his environment and channel his behavior in the directions you want. Your dog will practically... more »
I was looking at some of the new aluminum dog boxes with storage compartments, but the interior dimensions are smaller than my present box. I need a box where I can put two dogs to a compartment. Pointers and Setters. The height on my old box is 21" and the height (inside) and on a new box I was looking at was only 19". The shoulder... more »