Boss & Co, London’s oldest gunmaker, has revealed its latest innovation in gunmaking, just a year on from unveiling its world-first ambidextrous over-and-under ‘1812 Edition’.
Boss & Co, London’s oldest gunmaker, has revealed its latest innovation in gunmaking, just a year on from unveiling its world-first ambidextrous over-and-under ‘1812 Edition’.
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When we think about the longevity of our hardworking sporting dogs in the fields and blinds, joint health is often a point of concern. They run hard in a variety of conditions, they jump over logs or stone walls, and they twist and turn their way through fields and covers. Those aggressive movements can put a tremendous amount of stress on their joints.
“What we ask our dogs to do is not easy,” said Russ Kelley of Eukanuba™’s Pet Health & Nutrition Center. “Sporting dogs are exceptional in their ability to run, jump, and twist—and they’re doing it on unlevel ground. After a day in the field, I’m tired and sore. Still, my level of exercise isn’t even close to how hard a sporting dog works. That’s why we look for ways to help fortify a dog’s different bodily systems through nutrition.”
Joints serve a variety of key roles: supporting weight, aiding movement, and functioning as shock absorbers from jarring impacts. Next time your dog is working, take a moment to appreciate the impact each movement has on his shoulders, elbows, hips, knees, carpi, and the intervertebral joints of the spine. Over the course of an hour, day, week, and season, that impact to the joints is significant.
Joints are complex intersections. The ends of bones are covered by a smooth layer of articular (joint) cartilage. The cartilage, in conjunction with joint fluid, helps reduce friction and impact from hard landings. Then there are ligaments, which connect bone to bone. Finally there are tendons located on each side of the joint to connect muscles to bones. Cartilage, joint fluid, ligaments, and tendons all work together to provide unhindered movement and rotation, and that’s why keeping joints healthy in sporting dogs is so important.
Two other key natural elements of joints are glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate. Glucosamine is an amino sugar produced naturally by a dog’s body. It is a compound found in their joint cartilage, and it stimulates the growth of cartilage cells. Chondroitin sulfate, also found in joint cartilage, helps promote water retention and elasticity.
While a dog’s body naturally produces both glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, for decades scientists have studied the potential benefits of adding them to dog food. Some dog foods, including Eukanuba™’s Premium Performance diets, include glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate to support hardworking joints.
According to Kelley, “Sporting dogs need healthy, agile joints. “I push my dogs in the field. Feeding a diet with glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate gives me more confidence that I am promoting healthy joints in my dogs.”
Sporting dogs work tirelessly, and their unique nutritional needs continue to inspire scientists and researchers to look for ways to better support their health through nutrition. When it comes to supporting healthy joints, glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate play supporting roles. And anything Eukanuba™ can do to help dogs perform at their full potentialis high on our list of priorities.
Having been in the booking business for quite a while now, my key to a successful career was always great hunts in foreign countries, not just Canada (and a brief stint in Mexico) either, but really wonderful wingshooting places like Argentina, Bolivia, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, England, France, and Scotland, plus South Africa. Covid put the kibosh on that for the past two years as most anybody knows, and the current state of the world, which is following the Ukraine/Russia conflict on an hourly basis, is not good, so travel has been down to say the least.
San Antonio, Texas (April 6, 2022) – Blaser Group is pleased to announce Joshua McBrayer as its Director of Shotgun Programs for North America. McBrayer has spent the past six years working with Blaser Germany, first as International Sales Manager for Blaser in Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Benelux, South America, and the USA. Most recently, he served as Brand Manager for the company in addition to his sales role.
It’s another misty Saturday morning, and you are awoken by the warmth of sun rays that are streaming through your bedroom windows. You’re jolted awake by the sudden realization that today is range day with your friends. Any weekend is a good weekend when you get to spend it with your buddies and your firearms.
The addition of the Standard Sporter -1654R/6225 shotgun hard case is perfect for any over/under sporting shotgun with a barrel up to 32 inches plus extended chokes. Negrini’s 1654 Series gun case features separate storage compartments for the barrel, forend and receiver. The Standard Sporter has a padded upholstered top and bottom interior with exposed ABS interior walls. Same great case, at a lower price!
When it comes to optimizing performance, professional athletes know the importance of healthy muscles. The same applies to our canine athletes. Whether your sporting dog is a hardcore waterfowler or a big-running bird dog, maintaining healthy, lean muscle will help ensure years of performance.
J.P. Sauer and Sohn, Germany’s oldest manufacturer of hunting firearms, is pleased to introduce new high-performance SL5 Turkey shotguns. Featuring a durable Inertia-Driven System requiring fewer parts and minimal cleaning, the smooth-cycling, accurate, and reliable SL5 is available in three camo patterns – Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak Bottomland, and Mossy Oak New Bottomland.
Across much of the South the opening of dove season is a social gathering marked by lots of shooting, good-natured ribbing among friends and, after the shooting is done, a Southern-style barbecue complete with a cold beverage or two.
I wouldn’t exactly call it a slump, but clearly my sporting clays performance felt like it was undergoing a creeping atrophy of body and mind. Focus and concentration required digging deeper and deeper into myself, casting adrift my inner instinctive shot like an untethered astronaut floating off into space. Finally, I simply had to accept the inevitable: go ahead and just take lessons again.
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