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Years of Classic Setters at Good Go Ing
By
Jason Gooding
Nineteen
eighty eight was a pivotal year for Good Go Ing Kennels. It was the year Errol Gooding, my father, left
his position as a Nursing Home Administrator. He returned to the dog business full time, a
career he originally began in 1966, working for More….
(Fall 2008)
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Teaching
Points
By Tom Hayes
Hunt
Clubs like Good Go Ing are excellent training grounds.
One of the big advantages to membership is the
ability to keep the dogs on the ground and in birds year
around. More
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Welcome Home
By Tom Hayes
A few days ago I was out at Good Go Ing to work my Labs on sitting still while “ducks” were coming in and being steady to the shot. When I got there, I saw Jason showing off a litter of 6 week old English Pointer puppies to some prospective clients.
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Training Young English Setters (Part 1)
By Jerry McAllister
I spent the summer and fall of 2007 training two young English setters for Jason Gooding and for myself. Both were born at Good Go Ing Kennels in March the year before, in separate litters. Daisy is a smallish classic female setter
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(Spring 2008)
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Hunting Young English Setters (Part 2)
By Jerry McAllister
Hunting with young English Setters, after months of training and shooting a few dozen planted birds, was an experience with surprise, as well as one which delivered the rewards anticipated during training.
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Bird
Hunting is Over, Right? WRONG!
By Tom Hayes
For a lot of folks the Holiday Season spells the end of
Bird Hunting Season. It gets cold. The snow accumulates.
Pheasant and grouse seasons close throughout the
Midwestern states. More….
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Dog
Work on Both Sides of the Missouri River
By Jerry McAllister
The Gettysburg to Eagle Butte country in South Dakota provides
proximity to good pheasant and sharptail grouse hunting. It has
a varied landscape with bird cover specific to pointer, lab, or
setter working styles. More….
(Winter 2008) |
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Dog
Preparation and Care
By Tom Hayes
In just a couple of weeks we will be able to take the dogs out
and get them onto some game. Good Go Ing’s season opens on
September 1st and the Minnesota and Wisconsin Grouse seasons
open two weeks later and then waterfowl another two or so weeks
after that. More….
(Fall 2007) |
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Non
Toxic Shot and Upland Hunting
By Tom Hayes
Over the past 10 years a strong trend to require use of
non-toxic shot for upland hunting has emerged. Many, if not
most, Game Farm / Hunting Preserves in Minnesota and Wisconsin
now require the use of Non-Toxic shot. More....
(Fall 2007) |
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Remembering
Pheasants of Days Gone By
By Tom Hayes
Tomorrow, the third Saturday in October, is the traditional
Opening Day of the South Dakota pheasant season. Every year
about now, I experience a bit of melancholy. On the one hand I
have some of the best memories of my childhood and my
relationship with my Dad associated with the pheasant opener.
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(Fall 2007) |
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Getting
Ready is Half the Fun and Essential
By Tom Hayes
Along about the time the walleyes stop biting in the spring, or
if not stop biting, they stop biting in the places where I can
locate them, my thoughts begin to wander into the coming summer
and fall. While I love to fish, I love to hunt even more so at
the first excuse I will start to plan and prepare for fall.
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(Summer 2007) |
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Puppy
Pickin’ Time
By Tom Hayes
About every decade or so, the bittersweet time comes when those
of us who hunt with dogs must bid farewell to a trusted friend
and companion and face up to the fact that it is time to start
over. More….
(Spring 2007) |
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On
Game
By Tom Hayes
There certainly is a lot to be said for continuing to work with
and train dogs all through the “hunting season” by working
on fundamentals and refining handling. One of the outstanding
benefits of membership to a hunting preserve like Good Go Ing is
the opportunity to keep dogs on game. More….
(Winter 2007) |
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