Just saying Hello

[GH-16]

The top two pictures were in SW North Dakota last month. Sage would be 20 months old in that picture.

The bottom one with the Gambels was last December on the San Carlos reservation outside of Globe,Az. In that picture Sage was only ten months old and already starting to show the makings of a good hunting partner.

The gun is a GH-12 damascus 28" Factory Cyl / Full on a 1 frame 6lb 12oz 1909 vintage. That top picture is one of it's centennial birthyear limits.

[Bill Murphy]

Paul, I notice in those pictures of your little retriever, that he/she is imitating the posture and figure of a bird dog. Let me know how you do that. I have had bird dogs and Springers since 1948 and would have a retriever if I could learn your secret. Great pictures and great guns.

[GH-16]

Bill,
What can I say, maybe it's because I trained him the way I have my Springers I've over the years. I use Hup for his sit command and that might have him thinking he's a spaniel.

Here's another picture of him with a little snow on the ground. He produced & retrieved these birds in about a fortyfive minute hunt with me a buddy. We didn't make it quite to the tree row in the background and we were finished for the day.