Shiner was the product of a grouse trial champion bred to a full blooded Ryman bitch named Aamos. He favored the field trial side. The litter was owned by a friend of mine, who to my knowledge, never shot a bird over a pointing dog, but liked the idea. He begged me to take a pup, and I took Shiner. He was a handful in his early years, and probably would have loved the pararie. He was solid on point, retrieved every thing, and backed naturally. He is still in great shape for his age, but he no longer likes to jog with me. He used to be crazy about running, but now he sits down when I snap the leash on him, and doesn't want to go, so I don't force it.
I am planning on taking all three out tomorrow on pheasants. A good friends sons are home from college and want to go hunting, so I will work the dogs and they will do the shooting.
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"How kind it is that most of us will never know when we have fired our last shot"--Nash Buckingham
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