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Archive for July 31st, 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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