William ; Yours is a beautiful Dog ,You just can't beat a good hunting companion , My dogs I have now are Kennel Dogs ,When Maggie had them ,I just couldn't live with three dogs in the house ,so the pups became full time Kennel " Hunting " Dogs ,When Maggie was alive ,and I got a gun out ,it was virtually impossible to sneak out of the house without her ,I retired her from the field between 12 and 13 years old,with over 600 Roosters to her Credit and a few dozen Grouse and Lord knows how many poor Woodcock met their fate because of her ! Very sad to say we just put her down from Cancer right before Thanksgiving this past year at nearly 15 years old ! This Photo was taken about a week before her illness got the best of her ! Russ

Russ, sounds like Maggie was some dog. I know that was a hard thing to do putting her down. I remember some time ago hunting with family and their dogs. We had one that was named "Wendy". She was some hunting dog. Like your "Maggie" she could find a pheasant in a parking lot. As she got older she wanted to hunt like she did when she was younger but her body just would not let her. We used her to train younger dogs and many times after a few hours we would have to take turns having to carry her out of the woods. To this day I compare dogs to her. They say you may hunt with many dogs in your life, but their is one that always stands out.