Two Kansas Cocks

[Bill Bolyard]

John,

I hope to do it again with you sometime. Parker your favorite says hi!

[John D.]

Originally Posted by Bill Bolyard

John,

I hope to do it again with you sometime. Parker your favorite says hi!

I'm sorry - but I'm going to brag about Bill's dog for a minute. Mainly Parker - a little about Judy...

When we were out west - it was a cold and windy most of the time. Parker and I had bonded a bit. Not much, as Parker isn't my puppy. He is Bill's dog. But Parker is a special dog, and for some reason - he and I hit it off pretty well. I don't say much when working dogs - as well, dogs are quiet by nature. They don't "talk", or "yell", or really communicate except through their eyes, body motion and what the say through their body motion. If you "get that" - then they talk louder than words..? As I train hunting dogs - I look for non-verbal signs from my dogs...

Parker is "just one of those dogs".....

One afternoon, I asked Bill if I could work Parker with me. Bill was more than willing to oblige, so Parker and I set out through acres of milo and cut corn. He'd cast out - check back, wait for my hand signal - and cast out again. Never too far away - always in front of my line, working shoulder to shoulder in field width in front. His tail told me what he was working - and an almost silent whistle from my lips would bring him back - and back up to cast out around again...

Bill did all the training of his puppy - Parker - and it made my day, or week - to work over such a wonderful hunting buddy.

That was the highlight of my week - that week.

Wonderful dogs. Wonderful hunting with Bill, Bruce, Doc, Charlie and all...

But - my mind memories always go back to the dogs and the Parkers.

In this case both - Parker and Parkers..

Thanks for the Memories,

John

This is "Parker" - Bill's "Parker"

[chris dawe]

Love it sir ,wonderfully done and really neat idea

[Bill Bolyard]

John,
Here is a picture from that same trip of Parker. Thanks for being so kind, I consider my dogs average at best. Now if you want to talk about a great trainer, I saw Dunkle working with Herzog, and Day in Kansas, and had them casting and comming in no time, although one of them was a little stubborn.

Bill