Mick's first training day on live birds!

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

BTW, I forgot to mention that Mick came out of our litter from the first breeding we did between DeCoverly's Natty Jo and Royal Sterling's Schuyler. He was my pick of the litter. Jo had nine pups and he stayed here. The rest were all sold by four weeks and went to their new homes in October.

We will probably do one more breeding in summer of 2022.

Master of the "soft sell"

[Mike of the Mountain]

Nice one Andy!! Price just went up.

[mobirdhunter]

Mike, I don't know what training you did to get to this point, but you should be giddy with the results as you describe them. Congratulations. I love all hunting dog breeds, but it's worth picking out cockle burrs and tending bloody tail tips to have a dog with long hair, feathers on its legs and tail...and a tail that tells all (especially one that shows intensity on point no matter what "o'clock" it is).

[Mike of the Mountain]

Nothing but basic sit-come-stay. I haven’t been able to get out with any of the Setters since the end of November. 12/9 I had a hip replaced so I’m just getting back in action again and loving it! Nothing better than an English Setter!! 😁

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Nothing but basic sit-come-stay. I haven’t been able to get out with any of the Setters since the end of November. 12/9 I had a hip replaced so I’m just getting back in action again and loving it! Nothing better than an English Setter!! 😁

Great breeding gives us "naturals" in the field. (BTW, my hip replacement is now going on 6 years and was one of the best decisions I ever made. I'm working on wearing it out following my dogs. Have fun. Keep walking.)

[Mike of the Mountain]

Will do. Thanks Garry!