UPSTATE NY chickenstock OCT 3rd Sunday!! -The aftermath and hatching

[sonew123]

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Karen Im saving my splits for the auction so Ill go 12+ on the silkie possible lav chicks

 

[sonew123]

frick! now I am going to have to turm that stupid bator on-I want a few polish! ooh wait Gretchen is bringing some chicks ---Im so dead!

 

[Sportsterjeep]

Better be careful Nat, polish are VERY addicting.

 

[acid_chipmunk]

Yeah, our one Polish has turned into about 20 now!

 

[Brindlebtch]

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Really? I helped train a bloodhound for AKC tracking events, and it was really hard! It would start at the flag, get the scent, and then go straight to the final article. Judges said that wouldn't work! It had to track to the final article via the path taken by the track layer. Poor dog was like "why? I know where it is!" and you had to convince him to do all the other silly stuff first. Great dog. I would love to talk to Bob about his bloodhounds!

Did Bob do real bloodhound events? Those are so cool! I would like to learn more about them, if that is what he did. Do ya'll still have bhounds?

 

[sonew123]

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I have 1 polish left and I adore her! WC black--"Judge Judy". Everynight when its lockdown time I have to get flashlights out to find her-she is always not where she should be-she is even one of the chickens DH has an attachment too-Love her! In fact her photo was published in Adirondack Life magazine being held by my DD-

 

[Brindlebtch]

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Would you like a whine with that cheese?

A hearty red, please.

 

[Sportsterjeep]

Woo hoo!!!!! Brindle, you rock!

 

[ultra1classic]

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Really? I helped train a bloodhound for AKC tracking events, and it was really hard! It would start at the flag, get the scent, and then go straight to the final article. Judges said that wouldn't work! It had to track to the final article via the path taken by the track layer. Poor dog was like "why? I know where it is!" and you had to convince him to do all the other silly stuff first. Great dog. I would love to talk to Bob about his bloodhounds!

Did Bob do real bloodhound events? Those are so cool! I would like to learn more about them, if that is what he did. Do ya'll still have bhounds?

brindle did just straight man trailing with the hounds. No AKC events..all dogs were trained for Police or SAR groups...trained according to NPBA manual (national police bloodhound Association)...much more enjoyable than being in the AKC breed ring..did that for years..trailing actually judges dogs ability not who owns it or who is o. The end of the dogs leash

 

[Brindlebtch]

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Really? I helped train a bloodhound for AKC tracking events, and it was really hard! It would start at the flag, get the scent, and then go straight to the final article. Judges said that wouldn't work! It had to track to the final article via the path taken by the track layer. Poor dog was like "why? I know where it is!" and you had to convince him to do all the other silly stuff first. Great dog. I would love to talk to Bob about his bloodhounds!

Did Bob do real bloodhound events? Those are so cool! I would like to learn more about them, if that is what he did. Do ya'll still have bhounds?

brindle did just straight man trailing with the hounds. No AKC events..all dogs were trained for Police or SAR groups...trained according to NPBA manual (national police bloodhound Association)...much more enjoyable than being in the AKC breed ring..did that for years..trailing actually judges dogs ability not who owns it or who is o. The end of the dogs leash

Oh yeah! Conformation politics strictly suck. I finish the ones I can, then I am so out of there! I don't breed and finish dogs as a favor to the breeder then go on to other things.

That is so cool! SAR takes serious commitment. Did you do body parts and chemicals or live only?

Real bloodhound events are awesome! I only went to one a long time ago, but was seriously impressed. They can do things with their noses that look like magic! I saw one young grump actually find a guy standing in a fast stream by picking up the scent in the water. The guy was standing way upstream. She abandoned her trailing when she caught the water scent and worked her way so hard upstream lapping water from time to time and there he was. It was amazing. She was a trooper. She didn't pass for some reason, but still.

AKC tracking is strictly pass/fail and I don't think who is on the end of the leash comes into it like in the breed ring. My dog Bill has his TDX (which is nothing for a bloodhound but pretty exceptional for an AmStaff). When I trained Schutzhund there were police that trained with the group and we trained one of my dogs to find drugs. She thought it was great fun! Why don't they use more bloodhounds for things like that?