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Archive for July, 2007

Memorable Hunts.

Posted in bird dogs, dogs, hunting, upland on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This should get you in the mood for the upcoming season.

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Nice Blog.

Posted in bird dogs, dog training, dogs, homing pigeons, pigeons, upland on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

http://www.pointinggundogs.com/ 
Just looking around on Google and I stumbled on to a great blog.  This guy looks to have some good knowledge and shares similar interests with me.  He appears to be a fellow Utahn, but I haven’t been able to find a name yet.  Lots of interesting reading and pictures. 

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Loft designs.

Posted in bird dogs, dog training, homing pigeons, pigeons, racing pigeons on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This is a link to the a starter sized loft.  I see this one recommended quite often by Pigeon fanciers. 
http://www.redroselofts.com/starter_loft.htm

I consider this loft a bit overboard for someone wanting to keep a few birds around for training dogs.  But it is quite nice for someone looking to race pigeons or keep pigeons as a hobby [...]

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Raising pigeons for bird dog training.

Posted in bird dogs, dog training, dogs, homing pigeons, pigeons, racing pigeons on July 31, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Here are a couple of links to articles.  I read these a couple of years ago.  This was my first intro to the idea.  Provides a good explaination and some ideas. 
http://www.uplandbirddog.com/training/pigeon.html
http://www.uplandbirddog.com/training/loft.html

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Picked up a couple of Squeakers.

Posted in bird dogs, dog training, homing pigeons, pigeons, racing pigeons on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

When a friend of mine heard I had built a new loft, he offered to hatch some pigeons for me.   I went to pick up the first two last night.  He has some very nice birds.  I wish I had taken my camera along to snap some photos of his loft.  Really nice setup.  [...]

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Scenes from Cincinnati Jimmy Buffett show.

Posted in Jimmy Buffett on July 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Great little presentation from Saturday’s Jimmy Buffett concert.
http://www.cincypost.com/postflicks/buffett/buffett.htm

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Taking one for the team.

Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I got a call last night from the local AYSO (American Youth Soccer).  We signed my daughter up to play in the upcoming season.  Apparently no one had volunteered to coach the kids.  They were asking if I would step up and coach the kids.  I initially declined.  Then she mentioned that the next option [...]

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Some Saturday morning training.

Posted in bird dogs, dog training, dogs, homing pigeons, hunting, pigeons, racing pigeons, upland on July 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I decided to get out and work Cowboy on some birds a little this morning. Dave, one of my buddy’s had been wanting a bird dog forever. He came along to see some training and get an idea for what his future might hold. I also gave another buddy, Darren a call [...]

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Funny Sign

Posted in humor on July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This sign used to be just South of Nephi, Utah on I-15. I wish it was still there. I got a nice laugh every time we drove past it.

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More on my Pigeon Eggs

Posted in bird dogs, dog training, dogs, homing pigeons, pigeons, racing pigeons, upland on July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

It was suggested to me to build some protection around the nest on the floor. I had some scrap wood laying around so I built a nest box. However I was too late, one of the eggs was crushed when I went to put it in there. We’ll see if it caused [...]

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