Ryman Gun Dog

Suzy, Congrat on the way you and your husband decided what to do and then followed thru with your plan. Self confidence is a big tool, he learned with effort he can accomplish what he sets out to do. You may have accomplished more than you might think. RGD

Roughshot, I raise and train dogs so I usually have at least 5 dogs in our home/kennel. All our dogs are pointing type bird dogs. We have two Gordons, two Ryman English Setters, and a Small Munsterlander on the grounds right now. No problems with the exercise, feeding ect. We also train and supply a lot of our clients dogs for them. We recently acquired some nice forest property in Potter /Tioga county Pa, USA where our main training facility is now located. Its all in how you set up your kennel and home that determines how hard or easy it is to manage your animals. Having the right amount of space/acerage really helps. The pavilion you see in the picture is set up so we can have an entire litter of pups housed in it safely. RGD

Hi Mate, i am in newport I reckonise that stone by that rabbit kip is it in magor ? lol up the road from me at nash lol Welcome back to Wales Bry Close but no cigar, B) Shirenewton mate Oh yes :( :( Kip, Well done, thanks for taking me along I enjoyed the hunt. RGD

John, Mr Heston never did anything in bad taste. RGD

Frank, Hate to see you giving in to the politcians, don't sell your guns. Spent some time with the Ausie Special Forces men. I will tell you this, those men will never give up their personal weapons, no matter what the politicians decide to do. You can always come to the USA, no man takes our guns here and we are free to shoot and hunt thru out our country. Owning my weapons means a lot more to me than just hunting or shooting, it means freedom to live how I want, without fear from politicians or would be bad men. RGD

Stwart, Pretty new here myself, welcome from the USA, Pa mountains. The forum seems like a real nice place, hope you like it. RGD

Daisy one of our Ryman Setters locked up on a Grouse covert in the big fence row Sampson our Small Munsterlander with a Couple of Woodcock and old L.C. Smith bird gun Ripper our Male Gordon Setter Grouse Dog, with one of his well earned Grouse Penny our Female Gordon Grouse Dog, locked on point Shawnie our latest Ryman Setter pup

NTTF, At Pine Creek Grouse Dog Trainers we introduce the gun in a similar manner, starting with the blank pistol when the pup is about 25 weeks old. The pup is let into our training woods where it gets educated as to his natural hunting habitat. As he is playing and is looking for our wild Grouse, the trainer makes sure he is 35 or more yards away as the pup romps freely the light blank is fired. This goes on at different times for a few days, next comes the larger blanks and we move up to the 28 Guage as the pup gets older, with very light shells. When the pup is a might older we have him find and point a planted Chukar, the bird is flushed and shot down from approx the same yardage as the blank gun was fired. In this manner the pup always concentrates on the bird, and killing the bird on the 1st 28 guage shot insures the positive imprint of gun fire, meaning dead bird. As the dog gets older we introduce the 20, 16 and 12 guage guns while actually hunting. We use this method on all our pointing dogs, we have no gun shy dogs using this training technique. RGD

James, We train a lot of Gun Dogs here in the Pa mountains and have days set aside for young men like you. Its along way away but you are welcome to came and learn with the rest of the young men. If you ever get over on this side of the pond you have a standing invite. RGD

Hello Bill and the Pigeon Watch Community I thought I would also stop in and say hello. Ryman Gun dog is my handel, born in the back woods, Potter County, Pa - USA Grouse hunt and Fly Fish, now prefer to now spend most of my time at home in the Pa mountains. Now retired, I own and operate a small Gun Dog Training business in the Pa Mountains. Have Ryman English Setters, Gordon Setters, and Small Munsterlanders in our home Kennel. Like Bill I hope to interact and have friendly converstaions. Hello from the Pa mountains Dave