POINTING DOG POINTERS May 2017 By Bob and Jody Iler This is the time of year for all things new – and possibly, also the time for you to get a new puppy! If this is your first pointing dog and [...]
POINTING DOG POINTERS April 2017 By Bob and Jody Iler If you’re familiar with our columns and articles in The Pointing Dog Journal, you know we’ve often referred to “man-made faults” when writing [...]
Pointing Dog Pointers by Bob and Jody Iler You’ve likely heard it before and we’ll say it again: It takes three things to train your bird dog—birds, birds, birds! Without birds, your pointing dog [...]
Pointing Dog Pointers by Bob and Jody Iler Yard work” is our bird dog term for obedience training! And when we talk about yard work, we primarily refer to three main commands: heel, whoa, [...]
by Dave Erlewein, D.V.M. Belle loved training bumpers. Every evening when Chuck came home from work, Belle was at the door and ready to rumble. Chuck would usually tire of the exercise [...]
The business of forecasting woodcock hunting prospects in mid-summer took a turn for the worse this year as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the four Flyways moved regulatory [...]
Ruffed grouse populations in the Lake States appear to be on the long-anticipated rise in their 10-year cycle. Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring drumming counts were up 18 percent statewide this [...]
As reported in the article, 2015 Pheasants Wrap: Trending Up (June/July 2016), pheasant populations spiked up dramatically across most of the range last year, following a healthy increase in [...]
by Dr. Dave Erlewein If you’ve ever owned a dog with allergy-based itching, your veterinarian may have used one of the cortisones during treatment. Cortisone is another name for cortisol, the [...]
by Dave Erlewein, D.V.M. The flu is certainly in the forefront of the news the past few months, especially the H1N1 virus affecting humans. While human, avian, swine, and equine flu viruses are [...]
