New dog collar might not be the solution
I ran across an advertisement for a new invisible fence system that could be a game-changer, if the company had built it right. I have a black Lab who constantly wanders off [...]
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Don’t forget your best friend this Christmas
While you’re exchanging gifts on Christmas morning, you might glance over and notice your most faithful friend giving you those sad puppy-dog eyes. That’s just the sort [...]
Keep yourself — and your dog — safe this hunting season
Every year, there’s at least one story in the news about a dog tripping the trigger on a shotgun and killing the dog’s owner, or someone else along on the hunt. The thing [...]
Be ready to help your dog if needed this hunting season
If you spend any time with your dog out in the field, you’ll eventually run into a situation where your dog needs some help. I was hunting the Table Mountain habitat [...]
It’s a Lab thing … maybe you understand
I read the book Marley & Me by John Grogan several years ago, and I’ve seen the movie a couple of times. It’s about a newspaper columnist who on a whim gets a dog. [...]
My bird dog is a dud
I have an irretrievable retriever. I started to suspect that my Lab was missing the hunting gene her breed is known for the first time I took her hunting. She seemed excited [...]
Hunting dog training never ends
I got a black Lab a few years ago, and I immediately started working on her hunting ability. She has some natural ability, but she definitely needs training. Besides, there [...]
GoPro on a dog is a great idea — but not on MY dog
I have a bone-headed black Labrador, who didn’t inherit many, if any, of the hunting traits Labs are famous for. She’d rather stick her head down a long-abandoned badger [...]
Get your dog on some pen-raised birds
There are plenty of bird farms all over Wyoming, and it’s usually not that expensive to buy a few birds to get your young hunting dog some experience. It’s a great way to [...]
My TV is trying to make me get another dog
We’re down to two dogs, which is what my wife and I have agreed is the perfect number of canines. And better yet, we have two dogs that fill all the dog needs of our [...]