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Tritronics or Dogtra, nothing else I'd even consider. When buying the collar I look at it as an investment to last as long as the dog, don't skimp. Figure on spending $200-300 for a quality collar. After that, look into Fowl Dogs for a good training program which includes introduction and conditioning the dog to the e-collar.

Yes, a black lab male pointed a pheasant at a measured distance farther that the 50 or so pointers that were entered. Well sure, but........... could your old lab chase deer across the county line and bite the mailman like a real pointer?

Tears me up to read these threads,its a sad thing to have to do

Can we do a quick camera clinic? I'm in who's putting it on??

So Chaws, since I have pics too, do you think Silver Labs and Sasquathes are real too?

Thanks all...... I think I'll try the charcoal to thaw the ground.

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blacklabs2 wrote: Again, no such thing as a pointing lab. Sh!t, I could teach a poodle to point. Just another marketing ploy like silver labs. You're a sucker if you subscribe to and pay for a "pointing lab." You can't teach any dog to point. You can teach a dog with little desire to stand game. When I trained, and before there was such a thing as "pointing labs", a certain number you'd get...

--Thanks Fellas--

I have had to bury a vouple of dogs in the winter. I just lite a fire for a day and kept moveing the fire and digging. the bad thing aout dogs is they dont live long enough