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Originally Posted by Mills Morrison
Sherwood did very well. The only thing he did not do was find and point a live bird by himself
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Pups are pups, and they develop over time. Patience is rewarded in the end (at least most of the time!). My best dog -- a once-in-a-lifetime-dog -- was a really slow starter, and I thought he was not going to make any sort of a bird dog. Once he had a couple of years behind his bracemate, he really got religion and was amazing...on all birds that we hunted. Sherwood has the genes; you give him the chances, and consistent guidance, and you'll have many happy years ahead.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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