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Fred Preston
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 09:45 am |
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| Not today, Jack, but soon. 8deg. F. here now.
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Jack Cronkhite
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 12:13 pm |
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Sounds like a heat wave. Spring is in the air. Day 2 puppy life. I'm approachiing sleep deprivation. One thing, she seems smart as a whip. Hope that continues. Should be easy training. Cheers Jack
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Don Kaas
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 12:34 pm |
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| My new Scottie puppy, Birch Abbey's Wm. Wallace aka "Wally" 14 weeks and a sweetie...every pack needs one terrier... Attached Image (viewed 353 times):
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Fred Preston
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 10:12 pm |
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| You're right Don, and Wally's got all the appeal one could hope for. Our little mutterriers (beagle-rat terrier) are the sweetest and toughest around; as good as any that the Reverend Jack came up with. Attached Image (viewed 302 times):
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Destry Hoffard
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 10:20 pm |
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Fred,
I swear I'm gonna come down for a squirrel hunt with those dogs this coming season.
Did you get my PM about the Southern?
Dean,
That call just came in, I'm leaving about midnight.....
Destry
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Fred Preston
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 10:21 pm |
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Jack, Here's the latest of the pup and his "master". I sent the pics of yours to him. The next will be in October and we'll see how the contemporaries are doing then. Hope this one turns out as nice as Dixie. Go dog go.
Fred
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Jack Cronkhite
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Posted: Wed Mar 4th, 2009 12:21 am |
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Should be a fun summer. Opening day here for roosters is Oct. 1 I hope she'll be an asset in the field then. She will be approx 11 months at that point. Will the young master be shooting by then?? There is a reason puppies and grandkids are the right forumla. Our little lady is feeling at home now, so that didn't take long. No household "accidents" after the first day. She now knows the door opens when she needs out - that is a benefit of old fart home all day. Cheers, Jack
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Jay Gardner
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Posted: Wed Mar 4th, 2009 12:49 am |
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Last fall we "adopted" a pup from one of the local rescue agencies. We were told the dog was a lab and GSP mix, but I think that was just a WAG. She is now over 27" at the shoulders, pushing 70 lbs and she is just 8-months old. Regardless, she is a great watch dog, has a good sense of humor and is all around good company. Certainly not a grouse dog but she'll keep camp safe from things that lurk in the dark and she makes my wife happy.
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Tom Bria
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Posted: Wed Mar 4th, 2009 01:03 am |
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| The last puppy we adopted from a shelter was supposed to be a beagle mix. Maxx wound up at 132 pounds and could almost look me straight in the eye when he got up on his hind legs. Best dog I ever had.
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Dean Romig
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Posted: Wed Mar 4th, 2009 01:47 am |
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Destry Hoffard wrote:
Dean,
That call just came in, I'm leaving about midnight.....
Yeah but...
... you forgot to tell us where 
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Jack Cronkhite
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Posted: Wed Mar 4th, 2009 03:44 am |
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Dean: I think if you were to tell Destry you had a line on a strong set of 10ga trigger springs, you may get the info you seek. Jack
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Mike Shepherd
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Posted: Wed Mar 4th, 2009 02:22 pm |
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| This is my Red, less than a year old. Attached Image (viewed 233 times):
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Destry Hoffard
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Posted: Wed Mar 4th, 2009 05:37 pm |
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I didn't end up leaving as planned unfortunately.
Jim called about dark last night and said some skybusters had gotten in the field they had. Fired on every flock that came anywhere near which would have essentially ruined the field.
They're looking again today, season is in till Friday so we've still got a couple days......
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Posted: Thu Mar 5th, 2009 12:28 am |
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Bill,
Sorry that it has taken me a while to respond to your post, a week of call will do that.
My point about Labs was that I still think that any dog owner would be hard pressed to find a breed that is as able to hunt in such a variety of conditions. I have had Toots as well as other Labs that I have owned, hunting in both the Atlantic, Pacific, Lousiana swamps, Iron Range NW of Duluth MN for grouse and in MI , For pheasast & quail in N&S Dakota, KS OK, Sage grouse in western Wyoming or Snow geese on the Washington coast pounding the surf.
Field dogs for sure have their place and it can be a wonderful thing to hunt behind a well trained pointer, well trained being the key!!
But as far as versitility you will have to go a long way to show me a better all around dog than a Lab.
I am taking my UGLY PUP and Tranvestite dogs when ever I hunt. Maybe you would like to join me some time I would like the chance to show you what a real lab can do!
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Posted: Thu Mar 5th, 2009 03:19 pm |
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Don Kaas wrote: My new Scottie puppy, Birch Abbey's Wm. Wallace aka "Wally" 14 weeks and a sweetie...every pack needs one terrier...
But I'm not so sure about two....my wife bolted for Florida for a week last Sunday in front of our DC Metro area "blizzard" to visit some friends, leaving me butt-deep in snow to dogsit her 5-yr. old terrier Riley and my daughter's 8-mo. old Hudson (both Yorkies). Riley the mature dog is sort of like taking care of a pillow, but the young one is like chasing a ferret around the house trying to coax him into his crate for "quiet time" or puppy nap time. My old Lab cricket looks at the both of them sort of the way that Sigourney Weaver looked at the creature in the film "Alien."
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Jack Cronkhite
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Posted: Thu Mar 5th, 2009 06:16 pm |
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Okay, it is official. After a cross continent survey of family and friends, "Sweet Pea" as given by the Humane Society, has received a new name. I was thinking "Parker" but the final outcome is "CHARLIE", which if I was on a first name basis with Mr. Parker, still works. After the great name fuss, she was just pooped.........
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Fred Preston
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Posted: Thu Mar 5th, 2009 07:27 pm |
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| For lack of any known name, I referred to her as "Regina". Charlie is OK with me, how about it Rog ?
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Posted: Thu Mar 5th, 2009 11:16 pm |
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Fred;
Any name will work if you use it right and on occasion Dixie Dog is talked to via a different name and she still responds.
I failed to mention before that Anita had as much to do with her training by the use of a large wooden spoon from her cullinary department and now I carry said spoon when the dog and I go afield. Remarkable what a wooden spoon can do. I have never hit her though no need, spoons presence is enough.
Not much gets past that damn dog. She has her own peculiar ways that I have learned to cope with including her hair trigger actavated loud burglar alarm and in the middle of the night too.
She hunts squirrel from inside our closed in sun porch all day long. When the snow was deep the squirrels were in peril as she managed to do one in when I let her out for private business.
Bottom line dogs are fun and interesting via their antics. Destry has worked with her some on retreving ( maybe half an hour total ) and it has stuck with her ever since, we praitce it every day. Destry won't let her give him dog kisses for what ever reason and she sure tries to smooch him.
So much for my dog; Roger
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Posted: Fri Mar 6th, 2009 01:30 am |
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Mike
I also have French Brittany. He ranges quite far to the point that I decided to get Garmin DC-30 for the upcoming season. I had couple anxious moments while in SD last season. Once the wind starts blowing the wrong way, the 400 yard beeper becomes 40 yard one.
I hoping to make it to IA French Britt meet this month. Thinking about getting 2nd one ..
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Mike Shepherd
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Posted: Fri Mar 6th, 2009 01:40 pm |
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Robert I bet your far ranging one came from Fred Overby! I haven't been to the French Brittany events. David and Liz Mays from near here may be there.
Best,
Mike
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