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Gun-Dog Training

Dogs Help Heal Combat Veterans

by admin on November 27, 2010

By Howard Altman | Tampa Tribune Everywhere Mike Jernigan goes, Brittani, his 51/2-year-old goldador, is sure to follow. Around his St. Petersburg house. To classes at the University of South Florida’s St. Petersburg campus. On airplanes. Jernigan, 32, is blind. He’s had reconstructive surgery on his right hand and his left knee. He relies on [...]

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Iraq Dog Comes Home Traumatized

August 4, 2010

By DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Gina was a playful 2-year-old German shepherd when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the military, conducting door-to-door searches and witnessing all sorts of noisy explosions. She returned home to Colorado cowering and fearful. When her handlers tried [...]

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The Florida Bird Dog Basics

July 28, 2010

By Carolee Anita Boyles Part 1: Retrieving Dogs A good bird dog is a truly awesome animal.  Here in Florida, one can make dove hunting easier and quail hunting possible. Bird dogs are divided into three main categories, with a number of breeds in each.  These categories include retrieving dogs, which fetch birds from where [...]

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Protecting Your Canine Hunting Partner

November 19, 2009

By Carolee Anita Boyles Florida hunters love their dogs.  Whether your hunting partner is a retriever, a pointer, a trailing dog, a hog dog, or a feist, there are many ways that a dog can get hurt, or even die, in the field.  But with some protective gear and the right first aid kit, you [...]

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Gun Dog Training

September 24, 2009

Our Avery Pro Staff field host, Dwayne Padgett, gives a few helpful tips when training a dog for retrieves. Take a look as he and “Storm” & “Skyler” do some preseason workouts.

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