$130 is for both Perfect Start and Perfect Finish. You can get them separately for $65 if that helps. I highly recommend these DVD’s. Good stuff.

The Perfect Start by Perfection Kennels is an outstanding DVD. It will get a young, inexperienced dog well on the way to becoming a fine pointing dog. The Hickox videos aren’t bad either but if I had to choose it’d be the Perfect Start hands down.

Here’s a link to it…
http://www.gundogsupply.com/pestpefisetd1.html

These folks are in MN and sell red & irish setters. Real nice bird dogs that run hard.

http://www.ironfiresetters.net/
http://www.settersunlimited.com/repeat.aspx?a=1&b=14&c=6

Dog’s don’t need electrolytes like people & horses do. They need water during & after exercise and carbs after exercise to recover. Sodium (like in gatorade) should be avoided. It will dehydrate the dog from the inside and can cause diarrhea and other problems up to and including killing the dog. Horseback field trialers for pointing dogs just give water during and after running/roading/hunting their string and then many will give Karo corn syrup after hard work to replenish carbs & glycogen.

Phil & Anne Mathiowetz from Windwalker Kennels would be another good place to look. Looks like they’ll have a couple litters coming in April 2008. Here’s their site – http://windwalkerkennel.com

Look for tungsten polymer. That will be soft enough to use.