Awesome thread, Jack! Thanks for posting it up! As well - great puppies and terrific pictures....! Ok to introduce another breed - the first set is a French Brittany. It's an interesting story behind her. I'm part of the National Brittany Rescue (NBRAN) and help out with fostering, home visits, transports, etc. Last winter I got a call that a "Springer Spaniel" in a kill shelter was going to be put down after being brought in by a good Samaritan who fed the dog as she was loose in their neighborhood in sub-freezing weather for they guessed "about a week or two" ... As well - they sent a picture...
Well - obviously - she is a French Brit - high on energy and was evaluated by the shelter as "ditzy", aggressive, and untrained. So - I figured I'd take her in to evaluate her and see if she could be brought around - and then find her a good home... Hmmm - and they were right about one thing - she was totally untrained at what we guess was about 8-9 months of age - and was wildly underweight - as she was then about 18 pounds (and today, she is 29 pounds).
So - after about 4 months of "fostering" and training 3 times a day 7 days a week on the "basics" - on a "hunch" -tried to begin field training on birds....
Well - I found her a permanent home.. With Jen, myself, my American Brit, one cat and three Conures. I named her Briahna when I picked her up - and after the past many months of field training - is on birds like "stink in a cow barn in mid-summer"..
First two are on-point (tall grass and the 2nd is pointing a quail under the pine she is in front of.)...
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