New to upland hunting with a 41lb 7mo/old GSP in SE WI.

On recommendation from my breeder I got her the SKID PLATE from MENDOTA PRODUCTS because the first time I took her out her belly got completely trashed by the brush. She broke out in crazy rashes. Put the "skid plate" on her and haven't seen the "road rash" since. The nice thing is the blaze orange helps me keep an eye on her in the thickets and underbrush that she's working.

May not be for everyone and I haven't seen other dogs out by me with them on but screw it. It works for us and I could care less what other dudes think. Especially the ones with dogs that are completely untrained.