Eyes of a Bird Dog
 

Maybe I'm over analyzing but my Springer (like other bird Dogs) has the most intense gaze. Its a look I don't see in other dogs like my wife's Corgi.

Dave, What handsome dog. Congratulations...:)

Very nice !

Fabulous..!!! Simply wonderful!!!

:cheers:

John

What a subspecies!

Field bred springers don't get the recognition they deserve. Having gunned Springer trials for years, and competed occasionally, I don't think there is a more versatile breed. Many times we have gone thru a field which has been "cleaned" by other breeds, and have produced a lot of game. What is the breeding of your pup?

She's from Illinois, that's all I know off the top of my head. I have her pedigree filed away somewhere. What I can tell you though, is hunting over this springer you won't miss anything... birds, rodents, insects, undulates, microscopic organisms... all are rooted out, and flushed with great panache.

KINGLY!
 

I had one SPRNGER, and she was a great hunter and retriever! I loved her, and she did that "SPACE-STARE"too. I think they just are bred to always be aware, or it's the definition of "HUNTING"! But, your "pal" looks so beautiful...he's almost REGAL! Must be a KING!
DON DABRO

The "Eyes" Have It
 

Dave: I agree about the eyes of a hunting dog. I also have seen Springers glean an area previously hunted. Here are the eyes for a departed friend TAZ and current friend CHARLIE

It's the predator in them that comes out in that gaze. They could bore holes in the bird cover with those eyes.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ny/jasgaze.jpg

Great shot Chuck.

Thanks Jack. I was thinking how tidy she looks in that picture and how that sharply contrasts with the image burned in my memory of her wallowing in all the garbage she emptied from the kitchen garbage can and scattered all across the kitchen just before I came home from work. It was hard to keep a stern face.

Chuck: Had to go back to 1999 to find this one of TAZ. We had recently adopted him from the humane society. I was away and Kay had to take the girls to a dance competition in another town. The dogs were restricted to lino and the pet door was left open. She came home to this destroyed pet bed. Separation anxiety :eek:

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=1854