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A variety of articles covering gunshyness, using your training collar in salt water, vibration collars, and remote-beeper conditioning. Also includes links to other websites and lists of Steve's gear.

Keeping Your Dog from Becoming Gun Shy
All Gun Shy dogs are man made. While some dogs may be more prone to becoming gunshy, it is not a genetic flaw. Some dogs are more sensitive and this can make them more "likely" to become gunshy. Even the boldest of pups can become gunshy if the introduction to the gun is not handled correctly. This method works fine with pointers, flushers,...

Fireworks and Dogs
Everybody needs to be careful with fireworks around their young dogs and older dogs that have not been properly conditioned to gunfire. Fireworks can screw up a dog faster than anything and it's a lot harder to fix a gunshy or noise sensitive dog than it is to keep one from ever being shy in the first place. Here are some tips: <...

Vibration Collars for Dog Training : Vibrating Collar Guide (Deaf Dogs)
(3 items) Vibration Collar / Vibrating Dog Collars are good for many types of Dog Training, especially for training Deaf Dogs, hearing impaired dogs, and older dogs who can be hard of hearing. Shop Dogtra, DT Systems, and Unleashed Technology....

• Vibration Collars from Unleashed Technology
• Vibration Collars from Dogtra
• Vibration Collars from DT Systems

Using Remote Training Collars in Saltwater
Using any of the Waterproof Remote Training Collars in Saltwater is not a problem, but I do recommend that you wash them off with clean water after saltwater use. Make sure to keep a close eye on the collar strap hardware. A remote collar strap will normally hold up for years (I have never had one fall apart with regular use). In saltwater, the...

Introducing Your Dog to the Remote Beeper
Any suggestions on how to get a dog used to the sound of a beeper collar? A beeper collar is designed to help you keep up with a big running pointing dog. Beeper collars have a motion sensor inside them that can tell if your dog is running or on point, and then it beeps in different ways so that you can hear it and tell what your...

Important Dog I.D. Tag Information
I am always amazed at what some folks want on their dog's ID tags. We get some really interesting ones with information that really has no place on a dog tag. We will put anything you want on your ID plates, but keep in mind that the main purpose of an ID plate is to get your dog home safely if he gets lost. In our opinion, anything else ha...

Here's the Gear that I use with my Bird Dogs
Here is a list of the gear that we sell that I use with my Bird Dogs for upland hunting (mainly quail and pheasant)....

Gear I use in my kennels for the Snells' dogs - Steve Snell
These are the products that I use in my kennel to house the Snells' family of dogs - including but not limited to my three Black Labs - Roxy, Kojak and Ned, my four english pointers - Em, Patch, Judy & Click, my three Brittanys - Star, Tom and Jet, my lone GSP "Sage", Georgia and Stumpy (the mixed breeds of my brother's), and my wife's cocker spani...

Purina Pro Plan Performance Dog Food
I feed and recommend Purina Pro Plan Performance Dog Food - Steve Snell...

Steve says "Check Out These Other Gun Dog Sites"
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• LINK: Working Retriever Central
• List of Dog Boxes, Dog Toppers and Dog Trailers Sites
• Bird Dog Magazine Links
• Retriever Magazine Links

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