You know what you want Andy, and you know what you have.
Are you going to breed him to keep the traits alive?

He is easy on the eyes.

Thanks for the link for a new collar with gps box and wpx wire / terminal Buddy.

I hunted one dog yesterday, freecast her for 3.5 hrs and the dc30 worked flawlessly. It did not lose communication once.

It appears that spraying the contacts with Deoxit contact enhancer has worked for me, at least ...

Yes Buddy, it is the WPX terminal I was talking about........I just couldn't remember the correct name for it.

Thanks for the info about the dc30 communication problems I am having Buddy. Its good to be able to isolate the cause of my problem with collar to satallite communication. I'll take the ...

I;ve been having "communication" problems with my dc30's also.

They lose communication, showing a ? on the astro 220, and the bars show red. This will happen at 10 yards or a km away, and any distance in between. It lasts from a few minutes to much longer before getting communication back. Grrrrrrr ...

Is it Boone Smith that you are taliking about, the host? I saw the show too and enjoyed it. He has done a couple lion episodes on NGTV. There was another guy with hounds on the show, they never did say his name, or I didn't catch it.

Because I often hunt roadless terrain on foot, freecasting the mutts, and because I often hunt alone, my pack has alot of stuff in it, and it's friggin heavy. In the event that I get hurt and have to spend the night unexpectedly, I hope to survive. As you know, the pacific northwest is wet, wet, and ...

I'll get some pics up when I can Nora.
I'm busy doing home renos right now......taking MUCH longer than I would like to spend on it, grrrrr.

Emma has a torn dew claw right now, there is a stub of the nail bed sticking out and the actual claw [still attached to skin ] is oriented forward of the ...

You didn't say how fast he runs when roading.....flat out? trotting? lots of pauses to sniff and such?

I run three of mine on the mtn bike. One female runs fast, for the whole 26kms. I can't run her like that more than twice inn 9 days, or her front pads will get sluffed off. Her concurrent runs I ...

Read, read, and read some more. When you're done reading, read.

There are many, many post and threads and sites on this topic........

Running trash. The only thing worse than a dog that runs trash, is a dog that won't run anything, including trash, lol. It shows he has got "spirit" and hunting instinct.
How is Ty slow? Slow at what?

A few more observations on my Emma pup.......
At 10 months old, she is showing her independance ...

Might be an abcess from a puncture wound......bite, thorn, stick etc......... Make sure there is no foreign body in there. If it's an abcess, it may have to be drained.

Spider bites usually develop a necrotic-looking black spot in the center, as in black non-viable tissue. Google for images. What ...

A *normal, healthy* dogs ear has it's own odor, but it is not foul smelling or obnoxoius smelling. The skin in the ear canal is very thin and friable....and for this reason, it's best to leave a normal healthy ear alone. Abraiding this skin can precipitate problems.

If an ear canal is infected, it ...

Dogs, hounds included, grow up to be healthier and with less risk of bone / joint disorders if they are kept on the lean side for the first year. Keeping them lean will not affect thier final height and weight, it means that they are likely to achieve this predetermined genetic size at 1 year old ...

When training a pup, and more specifically breaking a pup from running trash, training must also entail running the "correct" game. It can't be all discipline and no fun. A pups tender spirit must be nurtured and encouraged to blossom. With that in mind, and after having done some deer breaking, I ...

More on my pup Emma..........

Even after the scent gland breaking, this pup is showing som SPIRIT. She had a short "race" on something two weeks ago when I had her out freecasting / hiking. She went onto a ridge, winded a thermal coming up, bailed over the edge and within a few moments she was ...