Hunting Dog Supplies Reviews

As we have all been made aware in the light of COVID-19, the global economy, production, and shipping logistics have all experienced issues of various significance and this continues to be the trend in 2022. It’s been recently brought to our attention that Dogtra is facing similar difficulties with limited parts sourcing and keeping up with the high production demands.

With today, May 5^th, being National Astronaut Day, I thought it would be fun to talk about canines that have traveled to space. During the early days of both the American and the Russian space program, it was commonplace to send animals up to space to study any effects of zero gravity and radiation before launching up humans.

A large part of our industry, especially here at Lion Country Supply, is focused on upland game bird hunting and training. With that said, I thought it might be interesting to briefly discuss the different species of game birds located in North America. Depending on which part of the country you live in, you may be familiar with these game birds, but it might also be the first time hearing about some of these species.

Garmin just (May 3, 2022) release software update v2.30 for the Garmin TT15X collar and Garmin T5X collar. This update included several user experience improvements, improvements on GPS acquirement time, and more! This is labeled as a "recommended" update. 

Today I want to take some time and talk about our trade-in program. We’ve been running this program now for a little over four years. We have helped thousands of customers upgrade their equipment, while giving a really good competitive value for their trade-ins.

For a bird dog, there is no better training than training with live birds; however, live birds can be hard to come by, especially during certain times of the year when they are in very high demand. The best way to ensure you have a source of training birds is to house full grown birds or raise them yourself.

The Garmin software update previous released on March 31, 2022, that was labeled as a critical update is now being labeled as an urgent update that if not downloaded could lead to your device becoming unusable. See the message from Garmin below for more information: “Garmin has identified an issue that can prevent the affected dog devices from working correctly.

Leptospirosis, which is commonly referred to as “lepto,” is a disease caused by Leptospira bacteria and can affect animals as well as humans. Lepto is a zoonotic disease, meaning that it can be transmitted from canines to humans. For many decades, cases of leptospirosis were less common, but in recent years, cases have been quickly increasing.

Garmin just (March 28, 2022) release software update 2.25 for the Garmin TT15X collar and Garmin T5X collar. This update included several minor bug fixes, a improvement on the GPS signal calculation, improvement to the sleep mode, and more!

Garmin Alpha 10 Handheld Software Update v2.84 Garmin released a new software update today (March 15, 2022) for the Garmin Alpha 10 handhelds. This software update (v2.84) added several new features, modes, and settings. As well as fixed several issues with the Alpha 10 handhelds. 

Garmin release a new software update today (March 4, 2022) for the Garmin Alpha 200i and Garmin Alpha 200 handhelds. This software update (v5.30) made fixed point and tree alerts not triggering and fixed a communication level drop when sending stimulation.

It's important that you keep your Garmin GPS tracking handhelds and collars updated with the latest software version to ensure the best tracking results. Below we are going to do a walk-through of how to use Garmin WebUpdater to update the software of your devices.