Grouse Hunting the U.P. of Michigan

[Gary Laudermilch]

I trash break my dogs on porkys and I don't get soft about it. I have never pulled a quill.

[mobirdhunter]

But you need a porcupine in a planned setting to do a good job of "trash breaking" -- hard to do in Missouri. I do zap the dogs when and if I can see the porkie before they do...but that is IF I see the porkie before they do.

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Gary Laudermilch

I trash break my dogs on porkys and I don't get soft about it. I have never pulled a quill.

I had a setter, Katie that could not be broken, with a trainer she got into a porky he killed it and pulled out the quills from her, put the porky up in a limb of a tree and came back with Katie two hours and she jumped in again and he lite her up didn't even stop her (number 5 plug) And he told me, you will always have a problem with her and he was right......................

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Eric Eis

I had a setter, Katie that could not be broken, with a trainer she got into a porky he killed it and pulled out the quills from her, put the porky up in a limb of a tree and came back with Katie two hours and she jumped in again and he lite her up didn't even stop her (number 5 plug) And he told me, you will always have a problem with her and he was right......................

Eric, I had a male Gordon that was first "introduced" to porcupines on the plains of Montana. He could not be deterred from attacking them, even after having to be sedated twice at the vet because the quills were so deep in his mouth. I believe that your case with Katie is not all that uncommon, and that when dogs develops what can only be called a hatred for porkies, it never leaves them

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Eric, I had a male Gordon that was first "introduced" to porcupines on the plains of Montana. He could not be deterred from attacking them, even after having to be sedated twice at the vet because the quills were so deep in his mouth. I believe that your case with Katie is not all that uncommon, and that when dogs develops what can only be called a hatred for porkies, it never leaves them

And skunks... don't even ask about that ! To her the only good porky or skunk was a dead one! It was a mission for her.

[Ed Norman]

Originally Posted by Gary Laudermilch

I trash break my dogs on porkys and I don't get soft about it. I have never pulled a quill.

Gary,
Could you explain trash break please. I am wondering if thats what the brittany breeder was talking about when trying to help me get my dog broke from porcupines.