Something to look forward to...
 

I have a deposit on a new hunting partner to be...I'll be picking her up in Mid-January and during the following months will be introducing her to upland hunting/training. She is a Tri-color English Springer Spaniel!

Haven't thought of a name as yet but she is a surprise Christmas gift to my girlfriend and myself, of course...wish me luck with her in the coming months!

Congratulations!

Thank you!

Sweet looking pup, congrats

looks like lue ann...a nice lookin pup she is... she will be the best friend you will ever have...what love these dogs have.... charlie

as Charlie Schutz said

"happiness is a warm puppy"

a long and happy hunting partnership to you both

Good looking pup with nice colors. Springers are great dogs.

Good looking pup, I hope she trains you well.:rotf:

Like they say.... Hunting without a dog is just an armed walk in the woods. Nice puppy. Enjoy ever minute afield with your new springer. Good luck.

What a pretty girl! She looks like she will love the hunt.

Great hunting dogs, enjoy the days afield with her.:)

Thanks all!

Bela's first time in the pheasant coverts!
 

Not an "actual" hunt, but today was the first time off leash for my little Springer girl at the pheasant hunting site...no birds around but a good workout and the end result, a tired but happy pup!
I so, look forward to the coming season...I think she's gonna be a natural!

Growing like a weed....

She's beautiful, Ron. Prayers for the best hunting buddy ever.

Beautiful little pup!

Ron- That is one good looking Springer, congrats. I would like to meet her sometime:)

Thanks!
Where in NH are you?

Gilford

I'm in Salem, but trying to move up your way...looking at log homes in the Lakes Region...with acreage!

Puppies are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Your new pup has the best coloring....she gunna be spoiled! Her is a picture of Ruby..she was 2 on feb-5th...(-:

Thanks! She is totally spoiled already and I don't even care...lol


What a beautiful dog you have! Some kind of Setter I presume?

Ruby is a gordon setter from hunting kennel

Gordon...that's what I thought...couldn't recall the breed name...she's quite the looker and I would imagine, the hunter as well!

Gordons are a beautiful dog:)

Ron, you never told us whay you named her. :corn:

Haha...you're right!

Her name is "Bela" (pronounced b-a-y-l-a)

I named her after my favorite musician Bela Fleck (even though he's a guy, it sounded like a good name to me...) :)
Plus, her name is the 1st 4 letters of my last name, and close to "Belle" my last hunting dog of many moons ago...

So there you have it! :cheers:

Makes perfect sense to me.

Bela at 8 months
 

Thought I'd post this latest, picture of my 8 month old, girl...most days, for her, are a combination of running around our "new" acreage in the Lakes Region of NH, splashing through runoff engorged brooks...smashing through thickets, happily chasing the Robins and a myriad of "grub moths" that kick up and fly erratically as we walk along in our rough, five acres of mowed grass...jumping at low hanging branches of birch leaves and pine needles that dangle enticingly out of reach...all with a few short sessions of training thrown in...nothing major yet in the way of hunt training...need to go through a first season to see how her natural instincts are before I decide which training route to take...

She drifted off to sleep shortly after this was taken...hopefully, she is contemplating, in a dog's way, what a good life she has and is dreaming of the next day's adventures, be they on land or merely, sitting in the passenger seat with her nose in the breeze. She is a good dog and I am blessed to be accompanying her on our time together on this beautiful place we call Earth.

She sure is pretty! Did you get her locally? Kathy is in the mood for another dog... and to my way of thinking a bird dog is the only way to go.

As others have said, she is just beautiful. And welcome to the Lakes Region. We should get our dogs together sometime for a run. I am in Gilford:)

Dean,
North Stratford, NH, a older lady/breeder.

Her house is a bit unkempt, not a kennel in the "true" sense but she loves her dogs and has some lovely, Springers that produce some beautiful, pups...honestly, I don't know how she does it all alone...her husband passed about 7 years ago in a car accident and this is how she ekes out a living.

Definitely, a labor of love managing a few breeding pairs of dogs...

Her name is Elaine Dunkerly...here's a link:

http://www.gundogbreeders.com/breede...springers.html

Love to...I'm now in Hill, between Franklin and Bristol.

Franklin Falls Flood control area is one of the largest pheasant release sites in the state (5 release sites)
I have to go to F&G to get a map of where the release sites and hunting areas are...pretty vague on the info from the F&G website...

Ron, my Dad is from Hill, and I have been hunting the flood control area for longer than I would care to think about. We will get together and I can give you a tour of release sites.

Absolutely! :)

I am free most days...retirement has it's benefits!

PM me any time.

Beautiful puppy. I know you will both enjoy each other's company.

Dennis

Thank you!

Steve, I sent you a PM regarding the release sites in Hill...

Ron