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Post by reagorfu on Sept 1, 2009 17:01:46 GMT -5
Hello,
First off I would like to say that I am sorry if I posted this in the wrong area. If the Mods could move it that would be awesome.
Where can I find an Airedale that I can work with to hunt quail? I would love to have a hunting Airedale that some day I could take out with my step-dads GSP's and have him not want to kill me when the day is over. I just want a dog with a good nose and that I could also hunt rabbit with in the spring with, and then take home and have him play with my 3 year old son. I live in Oklahoma, but if there is no hunting airedale breeders here, I guess I could travel. thanks guys and gals.
Matthew Reagor
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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jackie
Hunter/worker
Duke & Patty
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Post by jackie on Sept 30, 2009 18:39:45 GMT -5
Hi. Re-post this under the main topic anything goes airedale thread and you will get some answers...probably. Also, contact Southern and HiCountry from this forum and also try:
Lone Star Airedale Terrier Club, Inc.
Lynn Rickman, Secretary
8380 County Road 147
Kaufman, TX 75142
Phone: (972) 962-2482
Email: therickmans@onlineisp.net
Southwest Airedales
Michele Foley, Corresponding Secretary
3812 Creek Hollow Way
The Colony, TX 75056
Phone: (972) 625-6316
Email: MMF66@aol.com
Best of Luck, Jackie
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Post by kansas on Dec 10, 2009 17:30:01 GMT -5
I recommend High Country Airedale in Fresno, CA. I got my Airedale from Don two years ago. We "trained" her to hunt pheasant and quail (she proved to be a natural). I didn't really track fur before I got her but her nose was so good and she just kept doing it on her own.....so now we have fun in the woods too. Don is a wealth of knowledge and would love to talk to you I'm sure!
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Post by frankyme on Dec 11, 2009 9:08:08 GMT -5
I recommend High Country Airedale in Fresno, CA. I got my Airedale from Don two years ago. We "trained" her to hunt pheasant and quail (she proved to be a natural). I didn't really track fur before I got her but her nose was so good and she just kept doing it on her own.....so now we have fun in the woods too. Don is a wealth of knowledge and would love to talk to you I'm sure! How far out does she hunt when you go bird hunting? Frank |
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Post by hicntry on Dec 11, 2009 13:45:44 GMT -5
Frank, Rachels dog loved to be with people, as in dependent vs independent. A dependent dog will hunt with you and is more of a team player, independent dogs is what I use so I can sit on my a$$ until they have something bayed. ;D
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Post by frankyme on Dec 13, 2009 9:01:10 GMT -5
Frank, Rachels dog loved to be with people, as in dependent vs independent. A dependent dog will hunt with you and is more of a team player, independent dogs is what I use so I can sit on my a$$ until they have something bayed. ;D Correct em if I'm wrong, you're breeding program is designed to put out independent fur dogs. How often do you get the dependent bird dog type? I was always under the impression that range was breed for and that two distance hunters would have distance puppies. Obviously early experiences and environment will have an affect on how dependent an adult dog is. But pounding square pegs into round holes is a pain. I ask because ranging and being independent was the biggest obstacle to getting my Teddy to be a great bird dog. He would hunt close but it wasn't his natural tendency and only came from a lot of training. My current Kodi checks back and stays in gun range much more often but is missing some of the drive that I liked in Teddy. IYO, can there be a close working Airedale with super strong prey drive without a lot of training to force that close working control? Frank |
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Post by hicntry on Dec 13, 2009 14:04:54 GMT -5
Frank, at one time independent dogs was the name of the game. When they started introducing the bills to stop the use of dogs for hunting fur, the writing was on the wall. If I kept them the way they were, I would have a yard full of dinosaurs if the bills ever passed. I needed more dependence and biddability or training hardness. The priority was gameness and prey but lets face it, people had to be able to handle them. After breeding a lot of Bailey in, they really started accomplishing more in trained areas such as obedeience, birds and other trained venues. It is easy to see the dependent vs the independent pups when they are young so it is a matter of correct placement and knowing which is which.
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Post by Summit Forge on Dec 13, 2009 21:21:24 GMT -5
... can there be a close working Airedale with super strong prey drive without a lot of training to force that close working control? Frank, maybe but I have not owned one. Ron |
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Post by dwolf on Dec 28, 2009 2:02:24 GMT -5
reagorfu, you definitely need to talk to Don High Country who runs this board. his dogs have phenomenal drive for any game, awesome bird dogs, awesome fur dogs. my 2 & 1/2 airedales from him have non stop drive & will "flash point " on instinct in my experience & if you cultivate that they will hold a steady pt so you can comfortably work them w/another pointing dog& will flush on command., plus they will back & honor another pt w/no training. What;s cool is the same dogs kill coyotes, coons, wild cat, woodchuck, & tree like hellions. cheers,      |
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Post by ed on Dec 28, 2009 12:23:01 GMT -5
Gads more pointy Dales!
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Post by dwolf on Dec 28, 2009 21:01:55 GMT -5
just fyi -
not all of High Country's dales necessarily point- it's just something i've encouraged.
He has had a few trained by a well respected national trainer & others & they use them as flushers.
cheers,
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