October SettersI’ve been receiving a lot of inquiries regarding the news about reports of possible diet related Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM). The reports are pretty scary and people are justifiably wondering what they should do. So, I’ve spent some time reading up on it. Useful Info First, here is a veterinarian oriented paper on the…
October Setters
I know, we all want to walk in on solid points to flush and shoot birds. Isn’t that the reason we have pointing dogs? Of course it is. But you don’t get that by teaching the dog to point. You get that by teaching your dog to NOT FLUSH BIRDS. This is a…
One of the most common sources of confusion for Ryman-type owners is how to train puppies. These setters don’t fit very well into typical cookie cutter training programs. Several years ago we hit on the idea of a series of videos illustrating our own approach to training/starting puppies as an aid for our…
Wild birds, wild birds, wild birds, wild birds…”Our dogs handle wild birds”…”We prove our dogs on wild birds”…etc etc. We’ve all heard it before but what does it really mean? Does it really matter? Is it just an advertising tactic? In short, yes it really matters. But why and how it makes a…
We’ve finally settled in at home and got ourselves caught up so we thought we’d post our assessment of the first Ryman Setters .com breeder’s gathering in Kansas back in January. We were quite impressed with the turnout, both in terms of the number of breeders and their dedication/commitment to producing healthy first…
We are recently home from our annual Wisconsin Grouse and Woodcock hunt. Grouse numbers were still spotty in the region we hunt, but up a little from last year and maybe a bit more consistent. Not so many covers where you didn’t see any or maybe only saw a couple, and we had…
Getting dogs into wild birds is important to their development so we make an effort to show them as many as possible, whether the season is opened or not. This morning we had a chance to get out and show some Sage Grouse to Iris prior to the actual season opener. She handled…