Our Mick Turned One Today!!
 

Hard to believe that our Mick turned one year old today!! He's 60 plus pounds and taller than both his mom and Ghillie!! HBD MICK!!

Once again, the photos get twisted up no matter how I save and post them.

Mike he's a very beautiful dog.

How's about this Mr. Editor.

That is one classic setter head on your pup. Beautiful dog, vintage gun...I hope you have birds to hunt this coming season.

Randy, I can save photos multiple ways on the computer and it doesn't matter how I do it, at least one comes out wonky on a site. Happened on the Fox site too.

Thanks Garry! We are heading to Maine again in October. Last year two of us flushed 144 birds over three days. The place we stay said they are seeing even more birds this year with multiple broods. We'll also do a bird package at the same preserve I guide out of and we'll be on plenty of birds. We have four Setters to choose from this year. :)

Nice pup.

You're a lucky man! What a great way to "make" a bird dog -- wild birds.

Happy B-day Mick. He kind of reminds me of you. ( In a good way).:)

Any time I post a picture without first cropping at least one thin sliver of an edge they show up wonky too. I have found that I need to crop my pics, even a tiny bit, and they post perfectly.





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He’s a very pretty pup - But can he hunt?!?
BWAHAHAHAHAHA





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A very handsome dog! Happy birthday.

Beautiful pup!

Dean, after surgery I couldn't take him out until late February. From day 1 he scented every bird, pointed, held point, was steady to wing and shot and even did some retrieving. I shot 48 birds over him by early April. By the end of the season he was consistently retrieving too. All four of our Setters are excellent hunters. :)

That's really impressive Mike!

If ya want a bird dog you have to get them on a lot of birds and you're doing it right!





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As Ken Alexander always told us, a dog that has seen 20 birds will be only as good as the 20 birds. A dog that has seen 50 birds will be as good as seeing 50 birds. A dog that has seen 100 birds...... You get the gist.

Like any great athlete it’s all about practice and experience.
This old girl Missy accounted for 11 put of 16 birds on the last day of the season Feb 10, 2019. At 10 years old she was one of 6 dogs we ran that day. I will miss her when she is gone. She has turned some so so days into some fantastic memories.

Mike,
The Northern SXS was my first time to your place. I thoroughly enjoyed the event. My wife came with me and it took me until the afternoon of the second day to realize what was going on. Periodically she would ask me if I had to go to the Club House. In reality she just wanted to visit with the dogs any chance she could. She definitely took a liking to Mick. He is a fine dog and thank tou for an enjoyable event.

You're very welcome Tom! Thanks for attending and we hope you come back next year.