Fox Collectors

Mike,
Is that a Fox o/u you are carrying?

Mike Connally wrote:I have seen Sophie. She's a cutie for sure.
Lots of potential there.

She's getting to be a big pup. 27 lbs at 5 months old (Next week). Off to the trainer for a month on Tuesday for puppy boot camp.

Goldenfox wrote:Mike,
Is that a Fox o/u you are carrying?

Yes. Very rare. I think they only made one.....

How does that "200 yards in the woods" work? I am not familiar with the use of GPS collars. Thanks for letting me know.

eightbore wrote:How does that "200 yards in the woods" work? I am not familiar with the use of GPS collars. Thanks for letting me know.

Evening Bill,

Either Astro or Alpha Garmin GPS collars allow one to track their dogs in the woods way way out there. Dog wears the transmitting collar and the hunter has the receiver, which has a display screen. Can tell where your dog is at all times by looking at the screen. Range can be up to a mile or so. Really give the owner a peace of mind to know exactly where the dog is for safety reasons. For example, you might have a road out there at 400 yards and your dog at 200 yards hits a deer or flock or turkey's and takes off after it heading for the road. These GPS receivers can allow you to see where the dog is and turn it back if necessary. Also allows you to see that your dog is on point at 200 yards and will provide you and arrow to follow leading you to the dog. Beats the need for a beeper or bell and if you have a real big runner, you can see the sucker is out there at 800 yards and call/whistle him/her back. I have in my own minds pros and cons with them, but they certainly can avoid having a lost or injured dog by allowing one to see where the dog is at all times.

Latest video of my pup Sophie at Puppy Boot Camp in WV. She is starting to figure things out. 5 months and 2 weeks old as of today.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqfXJDb ... e=youtu.be

Tom, nice footage of your new pup!! She will really like Maine.

I had posted some pictures of my Star pointing early in this thread, but he is also a great retriever. Her is a picture of him retrieving his favorite Green Chicken

Star is not only good looking, he can find birds. Post a picture of that new pup that just arrived as well. Here's one taken today with Sophie and my buddy's 2 year old setter Frankie:




PS. Frankie was on point and Sophie came running in and then realized the bird was behind her and slammed into a point. Was fun to say the least.

That's a great picture Tom. Here is the "foster child", Ellie, as of now. Stars half sister and a 14 month old started Llewellin.

nhunter wrote:That's a great picture Tom. Here is the "foster child", Ellie, as of now. Stars half sister and a 14 month old started Llewellin.

Ellie has style for sure. Cute little thing. Hope she and Star are adjusting well.

vaturkey wrote:

eightbore wrote:How does that "200 yards in the woods" work? I am not familiar with the use of GPS collars. Thanks for letting me know.

Evening Bill,

Either Astro or Alpha Garmin GPS collars allow one to track their dogs in the woods way way out there. Dog wears the transmitting collar and the hunter has the receiver, which has a display screen. Can tell where your dog is at all times by looking at the screen. Range can be up to a mile or so. Really give the owner a peace of mind to know exactly where the dog is for safety reasons. For example, you might have a road out there at 400 yards and your dog at 200 yards hits a deer or flock or turkey's and takes off after it heading for the road. These GPS receivers can allow you to see where the dog is and turn it back if necessary. Also allows you to see that your dog is on point at 200 yards and will provide you and arrow to follow leading you to the dog. Beats the need for a beeper or bell and if you have a real big runner, you can see the sucker is out there at 800 yards and call/whistle him/her back. I have in my own minds pros and cons with them, but they certainly can avoid having a lost or injured dog by allowing one to see where the dog is at all times.

200 yards away in the woods is no big deal. I always assumed Joy ran 200-250 yards in the woods until I hung an Astro on her neck. I lost my young setter in Michigan for 19 hours last year. I got my hands on an Astro right away. It was an eye opener. It turns out that Joy has been operating at 300-350 yards all along. I can hear her beeper out to about 350 yards and had just assumed she was closer. There was no problem finding her with that beeper as long as she didn't get any
farther.
The years have taken their toll on her and she can no longer hunt. Breaks my heart. She ran her heart out for me.