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	<title>Chief's Brittany Bird Dog Journal</title>
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	<description>American and French Brittanys as companion gun dogs.  Hunting, training, trialing and more.</description>
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		<title>6 years old and pointing frogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I&#8217;m keeping it short but thought I&#8217;d share something very common to us Brittanys owners.  That is they will point the darndest things.
Sarah sleeps at my side every night and by day she points and attempts to retrieve the following: frogs, lizzards, crawling bugs, flying insects, squirrels, rabbits, various tweeties, mourning dove, released pen raised game birds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2008/05/08/6-years-old-and-pointing-frogs/</link>
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		<title>What is this addiction?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;addiciton&#8217; I ask about is that which pertains to Bird hunting and Brittanys (or any breed bird dog).  What causes us to be so avid about bird hunting with our canine partner?  What drives us to go afield on cold blustery days then want our partner to join us fireside?
What causes grown men and women [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2008/05/07/what-is-this-addiction/</link>
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		<title>Overheated, heat stroked Brittanys.  Be careful!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year when we must all begin to pay attention to climbing temperatures and how they may affect your Brittany.  It is so easy to forget that your dog can overheat so easily.  When your dog is down in the grasses running about, it doesn&#8217;t feel the cool breeze you feel on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2008/04/29/overheated-heat-stroked-brittanys-be-careful/</link>
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		<title>What tools do I need to train?  Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post, I spoke about wants and needs and did comparisons with regard to releasing birds with kick cages, manual launchers and remote launchers.  I didn&#8217;t delve into other tools too much.
Here&#8217;s a list of the nuts and bolts, essential dog training tools, no matter whose method you use.

A well bred dog from hunting lines [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2008/04/28/what-tools-do-i-need-to-train-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>Can I begin yard work at 10 weeks of age?  Mentorship!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I get a lot of questions about starting a pups yard work early.  The folks who ask this question are usually new to bird dogs and are training themselves without a support network, i.e., a friend, pro or other experienced and helpful person.
If you have no support network other than a book, stop.  You need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2008/04/26/can-i-begin-yard-work-at-10-weeks-of-age-mentorship/</link>
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		<title>What tools do you need to train your dog adequately?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My father, grandfather and their fathers obviously didn&#8217;t have remote controlled launchers so why do I need to spend money on tools I&#8217;ll only use once?  Do I really need it or just want it?
Man, that&#8217;s a terrific argument!  When I trained my first brittany I didn&#8217;t have any special tools.  I will admit that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2008/04/24/what-tools-do-you-need-to-train-your-dog-adequately/</link>
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		<title>The importance of the tie-out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  I would say that one of the very first foundation building blocks missed early on, when pup comes home, is being tied out. 
We tend to forget that and put that on the back burner when in reality, it should be done right away.

Pup needs to learn that good things will happen in the course of its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2008/04/20/the-importance-of-the-tie-out/</link>
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		<title>I was a Promeris user for one month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a new flea and tick medicine named &#8216;Promeris&#8217; that has questionable side effects.  I am a user of Promeris for a month, last month.

I am only going to comment on my use which, as I mentioned, began last month.  I placed the drops on 3 of my inside Brittanys as a test.  The Vet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2008/04/15/i-was-a-promeris-user-for-one-month/</link>
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		<title>Summer shave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s about that time down here in central / south / west Texas.  Time to shave some dogs and make &#8216;em comfortable.  I have always shaved my dogs each summer.  90 days later and you can&#8217;t hardly tell the difference.

The way I do it is I start with livestock shears, the extra wide kind for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2008/04/14/summer-shave/</link>
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		<title>I feel like a pup on a spring time romp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After finishing with spring trials a week ago and a few days rest, I have been going at it non-stop!  I actually am thrilled to be back home taking care of business back here at the training grounds.

A dog trainer is like a mechanic in some ways.  One way in particular is that if you show me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2008/04/08/i-feel-like-a-pup-on-a-spring-time-romp/</link>
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