Hunting Dogs

When it comes to the realm of retrievers, bird dogs, treeing dogs, and even in some cases pack dogs gun shyness is something that can be heartbreaking. From experience, owning a dog that cowers even when you pull a gun out of the truck is highly frustrating. Working with a lab puppy lately has led me to doing a lot...

We are all familiar with the phrase “quality over quantity”. But do we actually apply this in real life; especially when it comes to our hounds or sporting dogs? You see for sale ads all over social media, kennels downsizing, people adding dogs to their bench or strings. But, is it worth it? We all have this fantasy to own...

This master reset should work for the following Garmin GPS Collars: Garmin Alpha TT10 Garmin TT15/TT15X Track and Train Collar Garmin T5/T5X Tracking Collar If the Garmin GPS collar is failing to operate as expected, corrupt data may be the cause. Performing a master reset will return the collar to factory settings and clear data resolving issues caused by corrupt...

Many of our customers hunt with others in clubs or organizations, and when a new Garmin handheld hits the market, there is always the issue of if and when to switch over to the newer model. Previously, Astro 320 dog trackers ran on a 10-dog capacity software platform making them incompatible with the Alpha 100's 20-dog platform; many groups were...

At some point or another everyone here has gotten back to the truck or through the woods and said “where is my …?” I am sure others have been in that same spot where hours where you should be hunting have been devoted to finding whatever you lost in the woods. It is not a fun experience and can most...

Best friend doesn’t begin to describe it. A best friend can occasionally let you down. Probably not intentionally but we all know life gets busy. Your dog will not. When you’re sick, they will lay by your side. They feel you hurting and lay their head on you just so you will feel comfort. When you cry, they want to...

The hound hunting community is an extremely diverse community. From the treeing dogs in the Northwest, all the way to rabbit beagles on the East Coast, they appear to be completely different worlds. However, if we break it down to the basics none of us are truly that different. In our similarities there is one struggle that concerns all of...

The DC50 collar has been discontinued by Garmin and is now only available used. However many houndsmen, especially those hunting with a buddy or in a group with mixed systems, still have fully functioning DC50 collars they would like to continue using in the field. Officially, DC50 units are considered incompatible with Alpha 100 and Alpha 200i handhelds as they...

As early as 1721, without certainty on the exact origin the original phrase was, “An old dog will learn no tricks”. Now tracing even further back to the early 1500’s the saying was “it is hard to make an old dog to stoop” in other words referring to teaching a dog to put their nose to the ground to track...

If you’re anything like us, your hounds aren’t just a part of your pack but a part of your family. They give us their all to catch game or will hunt their heart out trying. But that isn’t the only reason why we love them so much! It’s their love and loyalty that’s second to none and when you’ve gained...