qeylar
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If God didn't want us to eat animals, why are they made of meat?
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Post by qeylar on Oct 21, 2006 17:44:38 GMT -5
Hi Paula, welcome to the board.Seems like we share a lot of interests (politics NOT lol).Looking forward to your contributions and experiences. Regards,Joe. I'm afraid I don't have all that much experience, at least not much useful stuff! I've kind of figured out everything on my own all through life because usually people didn't have much time for kids. And especially girls in the woods. I did have one guy that took me fishing a lot in high school and he was my 'adopted uncle' -- but even that fell apart when people started making rude comments to him about 'robbing the cradle.' (ARRRGh!) My own dad was a musician, not an outdoorsman, and I was never allowed to own a gun (other than a bb/pellet gun) until my husband bought me one in 1996 for deer hunting. I always had to borrow guns and no one would ever give it to me until about two days before season, so I never had time to even practice with it. Somehow in the UP no one seemed to pay attention to those kinds of details. (grumble grumble) I had a great little sheltie/cocker mix who would walk with me in the woods and when I shot with my pellet gun in the brush she would dash in there (taking her direction from where I was pointing the gun) and grab whatever it was -- squirrel, chipmunk, rabbit. She read hand signals too. I think I taught it to her by accident though. But she didn't have much of a nose. Ah well, she had fun. Lucy and Ernie have much more ability with scent. Ernie didn't figure it out though until he was about 3.5 and after he had figured out the pellet gun wasn't so bad. He was terrified of any popping/snapping sound until we shot a squirrel one day while he cowered in the house. Then we brought him outside to see it, and he put two and two together oddly enough. The gun became excitement to him and it was pretty easy to graduate to louder firearms, as long as live game was connected with it. Ernie then figured out that the stuff in the yard he'd been smelling before were squirrel trails, and he would go out and follow the trail around the yard. I knew for sure he was following a trail because often I would see the squirrel and later when I'd take him out, he would follow where that squirrel went, pretty closely. Anyway, Lucy always responded with curiosity to loud noise, rather than fear. Both are excellent retrievers, with the exception of this last time out when Lucy decided to try and rip the feathers off the bumper instead of bringing it back. Of course, she started to do this AFTER we got the camera out for a little video moment. But Jason did get a couple still shots of both Ernie and Lucy retrieving it.
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qeylar
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If God didn't want us to eat animals, why are they made of meat?
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Post by qeylar on Oct 21, 2006 17:46:46 GMT -5
Seems like we share a lot of interests (politics NOT lol) Almost forgot -- are you saying you're NOT conservative? GASP! aaaauuuugh! I'm meeeelting! ;D
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Post by jsf13 on Oct 21, 2006 18:04:27 GMT -5
Lol. I'm about as conservative as they come. I just don't have much use for politicians, and therefore very little interest ;D
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Post by jsf13 on Oct 21, 2006 18:12:39 GMT -5
Lucy with a squirrel I shot See Curt? That's how it's done! ;D
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Post by southern on Oct 21, 2006 18:25:20 GMT -5
I bet Curt could hold a squirrel in his teeth too
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Post by southern on Oct 21, 2006 19:21:37 GMT -5
thats a black, but not one of mine. I have 15 breeders who breed blacks
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Post by southern on Oct 21, 2006 19:22:33 GMT -5
Curt, who said you had falseies?
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Post by southern on Oct 21, 2006 19:23:05 GMT -5
somebody move this to a thread
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Post by ronstout on Oct 22, 2006 14:14:36 GMT -5
Hey Paula...those are some fine looking dogs!! You seem to have them under control too. Every Airedale I shot a squirrel out to was apt to eat the thing before I could run them down...
Welcome to the board. RON ESQ In West Virginia...
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Post by Steve T. on Oct 26, 2006 15:26:52 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I am new to the community , and looking to purchase my first Airedale pup to get started in Schutzhund. I have a gsd at the moment. Everyone tells me I'm crazy , but i grew up with Airedales so I'd like to give it a try. I just think they are the greatest. Any advice on picking a pup? Thanks
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Post by Steve T. on Oct 26, 2006 19:24:09 GMT -5
Thanks Curt Gonna check it out ;D
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Post by hicntry on Oct 26, 2006 19:40:41 GMT -5
Welcome to the board Steve. I hope you find what you are looking for here. Lots of info.
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Post by doitallairedales on Nov 28, 2006 12:15:33 GMT -5
Just found this thread so thought I'd introduce myself.
Never owned an Airedale. Least not yet. Started out in the Northern breeds (Siberian and Samoyed), moved to a Rhodesian ridgeback (before they became couch potatoes). With that ridgeback, I started working in search-and-rescue (about 1992). One of the few ridgebacks at that time in SAR. Great temperment, great movement and strength, fair (compared to labs and GSDs) drive. Excellent nose. Coat? Lousy with a capital L. If not worried about the cold, I was having to deal with the briars and bugs in the summer with that dog. Got my first German shepherd (West German lines) almost 11 years ago. Awesome (still) dog with excellent drive and temperment and good structure. Probably have 100 searches under my belt with this dog, including 9/11 recovery work. Brought in a second shepherd (Czech/West German) three years ago. Too sharp for SAR so I have started Schutzhund with him - BH title this past October. Trouble is he's just too aggressive for me to even take hiking with me. And, tell me, how can you hike without a dog? He's settled in alot better since doing the SchH work.
I love and respect the versatile breeds so how can I not love the Airedale? Hoping when the time is right to bring in an Airedale to my home. Considering the 'dale for Schutzhund and also blood-tracking for deer since I live in a large hunting community.
I am drinking up all the info on this site.
Okay, I'll stop yakkin now!
TC
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Post by doitallairedales on Nov 29, 2006 6:58:57 GMT -5
The Czech lines of Germans shepherds were notoriously bred for sentry duty so their sharpness comes from that. This male I have now was given to me by a woman unable to handle him. She really let him rule the roost so I have worked hard at overcoming that. He's a nice stable dog now but still not a "take everywhere" dog which I have been used to. Czech-line GSDs were quite in demand for a time but alot of people can't handle them.
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qeylar
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If God didn't want us to eat animals, why are they made of meat?
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Post by qeylar on Feb 7, 2007 22:49:39 GMT -5
I didn't do any shootin' , being in the city limits ...so ... Well that's where those nice quiet pellet guns come in handy! (or a bow - have occasionally taken out those noisy grackles with one).
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