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| muskellunged |
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| Mikes Extreme |
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Posts: 2691 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Best advice is to be with the dog as much as possible. My female yellow lab goes everywhere with me but in a tree hunting. She is 6 and knows all the rules of the boat and truck. I have found that a female is easer to work with. Males are just hard headed for the most part. Teach them with praise not fear. The only issue I had with my lab was when a fish came to the boat hooked and spashing. My lab wanted to go in and get it. Part of the problem was my kids thought it was funny to send in the dog to retreave the carp when they got close to shore while fishing at our cottage. The dog would chase them down and grab them, bring them to shore and hold them while you unhooked them. Funny but confused the dog when muskies were hooked and netted not retreaved. I will always have a dog. Great companion. She had a blast opening up her gifts. All 10 of them she opened this morning. None of them she broke or tore up. Soft mouth and very smart. Again, spend time with your pup. They will get to know you and you will get to know them so good you can tell what they are thinking most of the time. Attachments ----------------  dogandsanks5x3.jpg (46KB - 155 downloads) 39DC9fish2x1.jpg (43KB - 123 downloads) goodnite2x1.jpg (39KB - 124 downloads) nov24ski5x3.jpg (46KB - 125 downloads) | ||
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Location: Contrarian Island | I started taking Summer out in the boat at 6 months...set boundaries...let her know where she can and can't go, I never let Summer up on the front deck..one that is where I use to hang baits in my old Lund, she found out the hard way what hooks feel like...she knows to stay away from those shiny things now. At first I leashed her to the back until she figured out she wasn't allowed up front...now she stays in the back or loves to lay on the side w/ her head over the gunnel Try to get your dog in the boat as much as possible...my dog is so mellow and could really care less when we hook and land big fish..maybe she's seen it a few too many times ?!?! Dogs are great boat companions ... Good luck. Edited by MSKY HNR 12/25/2007 6:27 PM Attachments ---------------- summer boat 1.JPG (25KB - 124 downloads) summer18 (2).jpg (257KB - 130 downloads) 49.5 8-31-07.JPG (15KB - 161 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 670 Location: Minnetonka , MN. | My dog Boo is with me most of the time to give a helping bite. Attachments ---------------- BOO.psd (182KB - 197 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 2865 Location: Brookfield, WI | Mikes Extreme - 12/25/2007 1:25 PM I have found that a female is easer to work with. Teach them with praise not fear. They will get to know you and you will get to know them so good you can tell what they are thinking most of the time. Always listen to Professor Koepp. His lessons have many layers. I always learn something from you, Buddy.  Kevin One more Christmas gathering left. | ||
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Posts: 2024 | We really got lucky with our dog, Rolo (beagle/blue healer mix, possibly a little German Shepherd). She's a DREAM in the boat and we nary had to do a thing with her. She gets a bit wound up when we near the shore or a dock, but a quick "Get back" and she, well... get's back. Definitely have boundaries. I keep my baits hung on the sides of the boat and keep her away from them as much as possible. When it rains we usually drape something over the steering wheel to give her something to hide under. She doesn't get excited at all over fish we catch; she could care less actually. Most of the time she just sleeps in a corner or under the seat, to the point sometimes we forget about her. Dogs are great on the boat and when the muskies whoop your butt a good dose of dog slobber is the PERFECT remedy!!!!! Attachments ---------------- P1000568.JPG (249KB - 135 downloads) P1000591.JPG (221KB - 123 downloads) | ||
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Edited by KidDerringer 12/27/2007 12:02 PM | |||
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| Cool to see hounds in the boat. Never had a problem in all these seasons gone by. Few pointers here an there an all our hounds just sort of GOT IT. We figure older hounds teach younger hounds rules of the rig so everything just sort of falls into place an goes smoothly. Or they simply might not get to go next time round. Now Moe is only 1 an has jumped in after a fish or lure a few times an brother Bear has no interest in jumping in....just likes to watch everything. Barney -n- Homer J. simply love the boat an fishen so have always been along...sometimes even at clients request. We figure that is just part of his growing up an A OK fine to us. Lots of time to come back for fish ....no sense in jumping him for having fun an just being a pooch. Best clients I ever had...ever. Tom Wehler Attachments ---------------- 05H&B1.jpg (50KB - 134 downloads) Hounds07.jpg (85KB - 114 downloads) Sweethounds04.jpg (53KB - 130 downloads) 05guides.jpg (66KB - 121 downloads) Dockboy07.jpg (69KB - 118 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 4053 Location: Land of the Musky | Nice lookin dogs Tom! Not including you of course  Looks like you have one hell of a place up there to live. James | ||
| Mikes Extreme |
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Posts: 2691 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | |||
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Posts: 551 Location: Columbus, Georgia | Spanky The Wonder Dog. Absolutely LOVES Musky fishing. When the boat is moving ... he's got to stand in the front and posture himself as if "George Washington crossing the Delaware." Our family's pride and joy! Edited by cjrich 12/28/2007 7:55 AM Attachments ---------------- netdog.jpg (49KB - 116 downloads) | ||
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| Start them early in life and let them burn off some energy through out the day. My labs first trip was when he was 10 weeks old and he actually got potty trained in the boat faster than he did at home. The more the dogs go the better they will get. Get the dog some rawhide bones to chew on too that will keep them from chewing on the net, lures, and etc. Attachments ---------------- IMG_0571.jpg (26KB - 131 downloads) doc and me trolling.jpg (15KB - 114 downloads) | |||
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| Great looking heard Tommy...Gotta love Golden's. Hope all is well on the Island. My Mande (Mandy) is a very special part of my life. Great hunting, fishing buddy and overall companion. Somewhere in the archives is a long thread I posted years ago where we were both attached to the same 6" Jake...Nasty memory from about 7 years ago, happend in my shop not the boat. I keep a very clean boat at all times and keep baits out of her reach when we fish. Mande turned 8 over Christmas weekend, loves the "big-boat" and even has her own boat "Lab Cab" that she uses to take me waterfowl hunting Enjoy your fury friends companionship in and out of the boat. Attachments ---------------- Mark n Mande05.jpg (161KB - 130 downloads) Mande's Lab Cab 1006 web.jpg (56KB - 129 downloads) Mande 618 1.JPG (103KB - 126 downloads) | |||
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| Jomusky |
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| I keep my Chesie (Mercury) on the leash around the front seat post. It has worked very good for 10 years. He knows when I take the leash off it's fun time. He would swim all day if I let him. He gets worked up when I get a backlash but doesn't give a crap about normal casting or even seeing top water baits. He starts barking and gets all worked up when I set the hook....everyone knows when I get a fish....can't take him trolling because he is worked up whenever he hears a clicker going...and he gets the poops from drinking the water in Green Bay every time. He has learned the hard way what lures and hooks do. He has gotten better at staying away from them, I said something about it htis spring that he hadn't been hooked in a few years and sure enough it happened this year but not too bad. He takes it way better then a person...afterwards it is like nothing ever happened...even when he got one in the nose when he was a puppy. The photo is old and so am I now but it is one of my favorites. My fish are usually bigger now too. Edited by Jomusky 12/28/2007 5:54 PM Attachments ---------------- Canada2000sm.jpg (120KB - 131 downloads) | |||
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