Puppy Update as requested by OH Osthaus
 

Grace, my English Setter pup, is 16 weeks old next week. Her registered name is Olga's Grace of Coronation.
Her training is going well, both yard work, obedience, and field work. She is a bit stubborn at times but mostly just wants to please me. She chases butterflies and grasshoppers and eats anything she can put in her mouth - acorns - horse pucks - moss - sticks - mushrooms - dead mice - deer, rabbit, goose, and turkey poo.... the list is endless and I have to maintain a constant vigil. I find myself with my fingers in her mouth or down her throat quite a lot and have contemplated a soft muzzle but feel that would be too distracting for her.

I had forgotten that puppies and their training is a LOT of work... but worth it in the end.

This picture I call "Dog is My Co-pilot". She's normally in her crate when travelling.




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Looking good

She's beautiful Dean!! There's an English Setter breeder up north Florida and I've been thinking about paying them a visit. I think your girls is about to push me over the edge.

Beautiful Pup Dean ,Glad to hear things are going well ,Man aren't they a handful at that age ! I sure miss my Brits but just haven't decided to commit to a new Pup yet ,I seem busier than ever !

It's amazing how quickly we forget how much time an effort it takes to bring up a pup. She sure is a "looker". Good luck Dean, you know it takes about two years for a setter to come all the way out of puppyhood :eek:, just thought I would mention that.....:rotf:

*Groan....* :banghead:

Dean, Who was drinking from the cup? You or Grace?

That's my travel mug of coffee.... we share it, Grace and me.

Damn I love Bird Dogs and Setters in particular. She looks like a sweet heart.

pretty pup - seems very intent on where ever you are going


and Dean- don't let the puppy for two years worry you - its not true

my younger one is 6 and still is a pup. Spent the weekend at the vets because he swallowed something he should not have. No surgery required, so he won't miss Wednesday's opening, but he did cost me half of the next Hardy reel to ransom

My next dog will probably be a Brittany. My lab is nearing retirement age. He likes the few dove hunts we go on, but does not have the stamina he used to have.

Nothing like a fun and loving new puppy

Dean: My granddaughter's name is Grace. She always gives me hugs and kisses. Hope your Grace gives hugs and kisses also (dogs hug differently than people but it is still the same). She is almost as beautiful as my granddaughter! :)

My dog, Axel gives me hugs but we do not kiss. I guess it is the guy thing between us. :nono: Bob

Just a few pics from field work today. The first is last week when Mr. Suponski dropped by with Danny for a short visit. Grace knows Dave as "Uncle Who Dat?"

In the video I am training her to the whistle. She does well in the field but at home she is hard-headed and often won't come.



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Video, I hope....



Aw nuts.... the file is too big even in it's zipped format.

Dean. I love that block spot on her front shoulder. It looks like a pocket.

Good looking setter! She'll be working grouse this season. After they figure out what the game is a bunch of that puppy stuff will leave.

My oldest setter will turn 15 this winter. He is still doing pretty good, just a whole lot slower. Hope to shoot a bird over him this season. So, you have lots of time to wish for a settled dog. Enjoy the puppy days. I think they are the best of all.

Good Luck!

She looks great Dean !!!,beautiful actually ....and I have to agree the black spot is really neat .
Nice whistle hanger too ;)

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And I thought Osthaus was doing good at 11

She is wonderful!!!!!! This world would suck without puppys. Especially bird dog puppys.....:rotf:

Dean..now that you sit home and do nothing all day you will have plenty of time to train Gracie....

Beautiful pup! Don't worry...2 years will fly by! My Springer, Bela, will be 2 in November...there isn't an hour that passes where she doesn't bring me joy in the way only a good dog can! You're forging a life-long friend/companionship that is one of the greatest, experiences that we can have as humans...enjoy every mischievous, minute...as they will add up quickly! May she bring many birds to your hand!

Dean,
beautiful pup. I guess that I will have to announce that I am also the proud owner of a little 12 week old female setter pup. I have not had the time to download any pictures yet, but will post them soon. My other 2 setters are 9, Betty, and Shiner will be 13 this fall. I wanted to wait until next year, but one of my best friends had , what he claimed will be his last litter of pups, and he wanted to give one to me. They are a little different bloodline than the 5 setters I have had. She will be all white in the body with orange ears and 2 orange eye patches. I have always been drawn to black and white setters, but she is a little sweetheart, and I think she will be on the small side. Easy to work with so far. Too bad she will be too young to hunt when I hit the UP for the last 2 weeks of October, but she will make the trip and I will work her each day.
Fancy is the pups name, Betty is the wonderful little setter in my avatar.

Dean, nothing makes the heart happier than the exuberance of a pup. She's beautiful. With every breath I take I miss my lovely and talented Hershee. Enjoy and cherish the wonderful early years because they are very special. Perhaps not the best years, but they are definitely very special.

I am happy for you and for Grace. It's obvious that she's in a good place with someone who cares deeply for her. And that's the way it should be, because no other animal on the face of the earth loves as completely as a good dog.

Please give her a pet for me.

John

Dean, dont want to hijack your thread on that beautiful setter, but finally got a few pictures of Fancy downloaded. My looks also pale in comparison.

Way too cute Harold. Even you will look good following her in the woods

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Harold, she's a pretty girl by anyone's standards!! She'll be hard to keep clean....

Well There is one thing us old Parker Farts know how to do and that is pick up a good looking girl, great pup Dean, years of storied hunts in her, congrats Gary

Dean Where on earth did you get such a beautiful and smart puppy??

At Coronation Kennels in Lowell, VT. run by wonderful people and they have a great line of dogs.... Corey Ford had one of this line... Twombly setters - there is a great history with these dogs.

A beautiful setter! I hope the training continues well. As I recall, my Gordon Setter trained me!

Nice dog Dean!! Sam goes everwhere with me sept on motorcycle. Life without dogs... O I think it takes a couple years on EP's as well

Yeah, we just spent six years without a dog.... couldn't stand it any longer. Like I said before, this is my 'bucket list' dog. Hopefully we'll hunt together til we both can't do it anymore....

Nice pup!! Dean, as you have seen, we too are fond of Setters. Ours are now 6 and 2 and will be hunting together for the first time this bird season!! English Setters are puppies forever!! :whistle:

Gawd, I hope not! I don't know if I could take it :shock:

Seriously, your dogs are wonderful Mike. First hunt huh? Is that for the young one or for both?

Grace's first real hunt will be tomorrow in Vermont, then Sunday and then Monday possibly with her sire or dam.

I was supposed to start my season on Sunday but my boy Nash is getting stiches as I type.
Last night while taking a pee he brushed against a piece of wire and got a cut on his rear right armpit area. The vet said if he got stitches no hunting. Well he needed stitches...:crying:

Both dogs have hunted. Deacon has 5 seasons under his belt including grouse/woodcock in Maine. Ghillie has hunted chukar and pheasant. This will be the first season they hunt as a brace! Ghillie also began retrieving all on his own without any training. It's gonna be a fun season.

you have not lost Gracie in all that snow have you????

I'll tell ya, it's awfully hard to pick her out when she's standing still.

Gracie standing still......Now thats hard to believe....:rotf:

You got that right :biglaugh: