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...I will use the only place I found so far on the internet that will ship flight ready birds and guarantee them.www.dunlaphatchery.net
The only bird my dog was ever on was a wounded grouse that I shot. She didn't flush it, but after I shot it she came running over looking for direction. This was the first time she went hunting this past Nov. She went nuts and started smelling around so much that she was snorting! She found it but didn't bring it back to me. I walked over to her as she was playing with it. She was taking out some feathers but I didn't discourage her because I wanted her to have a good experience with her first bird. I didn't want to associate a shock or a no to the bird. I was actually very surprised to see that she wasn't scared to approach it and start mouthing it. That lasted about 30 seconds than I told her to leave it so I can put it out of its misery. We then played fetch and I planted it a few times to see if she could find it. She had no problem finding it but she just couldn't seem to get a good grip on it to bring it back to me. She did like pulling them feathers out though! Something we can work on when I get my birds. I can imagine that there is a bunch of effort that goes into raising birds and I wish I had the demand for them and the property because it does interest me. Maybe I can look into getting a shooting preserve license for my inlaws property upstate NY than I can raise more birds to bring up there for hunting season. The problem is that I live in NY and we seem to have some difficult laws when it comes to doing this. But I am going to look into it. In the meantime I will continue my search for a local bird supplier, but it doesn't look good. If all else fails I will use the only place I found so far on the internet that will ship flight ready birds and guarantee them.www.dunlaphatchery.net