Hunting Dog Supplies Reviews

Talking Dogs - By Bob Ford

We are officially into field trial season in the world of AKC beagles. Field trials are a great opportunity to get out and talk about beagles with other people that actually care what I am saying. What I mean by that, is my wife would rather schedule an optional, unnecessary root canal than endure another discussion about beagles chasing rabbits. I brought up the topic of conditioning dogs, and she immediately grabbed her cell phone and responded to an urgent phone call. -It's mom," she said. She got in the car and sped down the driveway to respond to a crisis. A minute later the phone at the house rang. It was her mother. -Isn't she talking to you now?" I asked.

After 8 years in the Lion Country Supply Gun Room, I have encountered many types of hunting dogs. Our regular customers lead a parade of pointing dogs, retrievers and flushers, who hunt a gamut of gamebirds. Local hounds men who hunt for rabbits and hares arrive with their beagles. coons and bobcats, as well as the ever growing population of coyotes in central PA, are pursued with black and tans, plotts, redbones, blue ticks and walkers - all visitors to LCS. Those dogs also travel out of state to chase black bears (mostly plotts) or mountain lions (walkers and redbones). We've had curs and feist squirrel dogs in the store, as well as a Spinone Italiano, a Caucasian shepherd (Russian Bear Dog), a Catahoula Leopard, cattle dogs, and various breeds of search and tracking dogs with the PA Game Commission. Even the PA state police train at our facility with arson and drug dogs.

Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the Nittany Valley Trial hosted by the Nittany Bird Dog Club at the Scotia Game lands in State College, PA. This was a wild grouse trial where the dogs had the opportunity to hunt for wild grouse or woodcock in the trial grounds. Most of my Continue reading?

In my first blog post I reviewed the five basic types of e-collars available at Lion Country Supply, and in the second blog post I reviewed selecting the best training e-collar for your dog. Today I continue this e-collar series with a post about tracking e-collars, considered by many to be the ultimate in the entire e-collar line up.

What is your position at Lion Country Supply? I work as a phone sales associate as well as handling various accounting tasks. I have been an employee here for a year. What kind of dog do you own? I own a Boxer/Lab mix named Angie that has been featured in many LCS blogs and videos.

Simcoe just turned 20 weeks old and working with him over the past few months has been a very gratifying experience. Since he came to live with us in December I've witnessed him change from a highly energetic puppy just romping around the house into the start of a promising upland bird dog. This is Continue reading?

Selecting your e-collar Below is the most recent post in our e-collar series titled Selecting the Right E-collar for Your Dog. To learn more about the very basics of e-collars read our previous post. With the e-collars limited functionality and the lack of e-collar training know-how, e-collars were not always favorable among dog handlers.

On February 22, 2016 Brian attended the 2016 Pennsylvania Game Breeders and Hunting Preserves Conference in State College, Pa. sponsored by Penn State Department of Animal Science. Brian was one of the several speakers at the 2 day event. The topic of dissection was the latest in e-collar technology and best practices for sporting dogs.

Throughout the non-hunting season, trainers should keep their dog's hunting skills sharp by training with live birds whenever possible. Though depending on where you live, getting live birds to train with can be hard. In the following post, I will explain some local Pennsylvania sources to get birds, as well as ways to catch your Continue reading?

Name: Michael Cassatt What is my position at Lion Country Supply? I'm the webmaster of the websites and blogs here at Lion Country Supply. I also manage our inventory software and maintain product listings online. I've been an employee at Lion Country for 1.5 years. What kind of dog do you own? 

In one week's time I successfully hunted three species of bunnies in three states with my beagles. You could do the same with birds or squirrels, depending on what type of dogs you have. The week in question began with an eastern cottontail shot in my home state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, October 27th.

E-collars which are also known as remote collars are operated remotely with a handheld controller. While many people consider e-collars nothing more than a shock collar used to correct bad pet behavior, e-collars have greater uses beyond behavior correction. Location tracking is one of those uses. Over the next few weeks we'll be doing a short article series on e-collars.